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Ashley Madison users file lawsuit over website breach

LOS ANGELES – Eight people across the U.S. who registered to use Ashley Madison are suing the website for cheaters after hackers released personal and detailed information of millions of use...

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

Trump tosses Univision’s anchor from news conference

DUBUQUE, Iowa – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump engaged in a prolonged confrontation with the anchor of the nation’s leading Spanish-language network during a news conference ...

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

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U.S. budget deficits falling – for now WASHINGTON – An unforeseen flood of revenue is shrinking federal deficits to the lowest level of President Barack Obama’s tenure, Congress’ ...

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

Migrants flood into Hungary to reach West

SUBOTICA, Serbia – Thousands of migrants, many from Syria, poured into Hungary on Tuesday as soldiers frantically tried to finish a border fence to keep them out – the latest flashpoint as E...

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

Artist’s plastic works capture S. African life

JOHANNESBURG – South African artist Mbongeni Buthelezi is turning discarded bits of plastic into sought-after works of art. The plastic bubbles pop under Buthelezi’s fingertips, calloused fr...

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

Oil-spill funds spread far past coast

Payments help governments hurt by 2010 BP accident

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

Iran looking forward to magic carpet ride

Sanctions have hurt country’s industry

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

Cheers! Liquor experiment arrives at space station

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Spirits arrived at the International Space Station on Monday. Not the ghostly ones, but the kind you drink – distilled spirits. The six astronauts won’t be ...

DATE: Aug 24, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

France honors heroic train passengers

President: Men ‘gave a lesson in courage’

DATE: Aug 24, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Tardy tax filers risk loss of health-care subsidies

WASHINGTON – Sign-up season for President Barack Obama’s health-care law doesn’t start for another couple of months, but the next few days are crucial for hundreds of thousands of customers ...

DATE: Aug 24, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Korean standoff eases after countries OK deal

SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea agreed to lift its “semi-state of war” with South Korea at the same time as the South halts propaganda broadcasts across their heavily fortified border, endi...

DATE: Aug 24, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World