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Dalai Lama cancels U.S. visit

MINNEAPOLIS – The Dalai Lama canceled his U.S. appearances for the month of October after doctors at Minnesota’s Mayo Clinic advised him to rest, his office said Friday. The 80-ye...

DATE: Sep 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

An end to GOP divisions?

Boehner’s departure shows how badly split the party is

DATE: Sep 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Next in line? McCarthy is realist with conservative appeal

WASHINGTON – Rep. Kevin McCarthy has risen to the upper reaches of House leadership mostly on the basis of his people skills and political smarts rather than his policy chops. The...

DATE: Sep 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation Briefs

Kentucky clerk says she will join GOP LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Kentucky clerk Kim Davis, a longtime Democrat, says she is switching to the Republican Party because she feels abandoned by...

DATE: Sep 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Obama wants to see ‘action’ on cyberthefts

U.S. wary of Chinese pledge to stop hacking

DATE: Sep 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Alpine threat heating up

Winter tourist towns need to adapt

DATE: Sep 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

World Briefs

Croatia lifts blockade along its border BUDAPEST, Hungary – Croatia lifted its blockade of the border with Serbia on Friday, as southeastern Europe’s squabbling governments took s...

DATE: Sep 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

What’s hot for Halloween? Turtles, Walking Dead

PARAMUS, N.J. – Expect to see a lot of Michelangelo, Donatello, Leonardo and Raphael this Halloween. Some of the most popular costumes are expected to be based on the reptilian s...

DATE: Sep 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Pink diamond could bring $28M at auction

NEW YORK – A pink diamond the size of a postage stamp is going on the auction block, and it’s estimated to bring as much as $28 million. The 16.08-carat gem is poised to set a rec...

DATE: Sep 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

CSS Hunley gets restored

For more than a century, the CSS Hunley rested at the bottom of the ocean just outside Charleston harbor, its crew entombed, its hull gradually encased in hardening encrustations. ...

DATE: Sep 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Bill Clinton appears in virtual-reality movie

NEW YORK – As world leaders descend on the United Nations this weekend, former President Bill Clinton will be taking them to East Africa through virtual reality. Viewers with spec...

DATE: Sep 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Derelict hospital as metaphor

NEW YORK – A derelict Naval hospital that treated soldiers from the Civil War through World War II is the site of an art installation that deals with the wounds of war and the human power of...

DATE: Sep 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World