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Nation Briefs

Jury to return Monday in cliff death trial DENVER – Jurors considering the fate of a man accused of pushing his wife to her death off a cliff in Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National...

Why is 1st U.S. treasury chief leaving $10 bill?

Some question why Andrew Jackson wasn’t kicked of $20

Pentagon searching for U.S. WWII MIAs

More than 70,000 listed as missing

Oregon neighbors rally to save 3 giant sequoias

PORTLAND, Ore. – A Portland neighborhood is rallying – literally – around three big sequoias that a developer plans to cut down. Neighbors have gathered at the base of the 150-fo...

Cancer building boom fueled by economics, aging population

NEW BRITAIN, Conn. – Had she faced breast cancer years ago, Gail Brown might have ended up traveling hours to one of the renowned cancer research hospitals in New York or Boston. ...

Taliban militants hit Pakistani base

Government: Attackers came from Afghanistan

World Briefs

Japan to let troops help allies’ defense TOKYO – Japan’s parliament has approved contentious legislation to loosen constraints on the country’s military, giving it a greater role...

House blocks Planned Parenthood funds

Senate Democrats have votes to kill GOP proposal

Bergdahl felt unit was in danger

Investigator: Concerns were ‘off the mark’

Nation Briefs

Marine Corps seeks to restrict women WASHINGTON – U.S. officials say the commandant of the Marine Corps has recommended that women be excluded from competing for certain front-lin...

Waco police bullets hit bikers in May melee

FORT WORTH, Texas – Evidence reviewed by The Associated Press confirms that police bullets hit bikers in the deadly brawl that erupted last spring outside of a Waco restaurant, though it isn...

Protests continue over Confederate flag ban at high school

CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. – Protests continued Friday over a western Virginia high school’s ban on Confederate flags displayed on clothing and cars, but no more students were suspended for violati...