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Traders say goodbye to exchange floors

Brokers recall the ‘rush’ and ‘roar’ as famed trading pits shut down

Nation Briefs

Congress faces funding deadline WASHINGTON – Members of Congress return from July Fourth fireworks and parades Tuesday facing a daunting summer workload and an impending deadline ...

Calif. water rates rise

Cities lose money as drought prompts conservation

World Briefs

Poor likely to flock to see Pope in Ecuador QUITO, Ecuador – History’s first Latin American pope returned to Spanish-speaking South America for the first time on Sunday, bringing ...

Greeks reject demands for austerity measures

‘No’ side claims majority of vote

A new big dog in world of competitive eating

Matt Stonie tops Joey Chestnut in Nathan’s contest

Nation Briefs

A new WWII museum showcases racism NEW ORLEANS – About to be overrun by Germans, a young black lieutenant called in an artillery barrage on his own position, knowing he’d be kille...

World Brief

Egypt mourns on a somber anniversary CAIRO – Two years to the day after the army overthrew Egypt’s Islamist president, the sounds coming from the mosque at Cairo’s Tahrir Square w...

Nations, Iran draft plan to ease sanctions

Exchange for limits on nuclear program furthers negotiations

Greeks divided over key vote

Referendum will impact youth

Who’s John Jay? Forgotten founder may surprise you

Overshadowed by Hamilton, Jefferson, but no less important

Jefferson Rotunda getting facelift

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Thomas Jefferson’s Rotunda at the University of Virginia is ensnared in a spider’s web of scaffolding these days, the focus of a $58.3 million renovation of the World ...