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Lawyer: McVeigh felt bombing was failure AUSTIN, Texas – Timothy McVeigh considered the Oklahoma City bombing a failure because he left the building standing and once suggested th...

DATE: Apr 17, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Higher U.S. gasoline prices sparked modest inflation in March

WASHINGTON – Higher-priced gasoline slightly boosted consumer prices in March, a sign that some of the effects of cheaper oil are fading and that inflation may be edging up to healthier leve...

DATE: Apr 17, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. senator says it’s time to put a woman on the $20 bill

CONCORD, N.H. – The first woman to serve as both governor and U.S. senator is backing a campaign to put a female face on the $20 bill. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen filed legislation this ...

DATE: Apr 17, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Top U.S. lawmakers strike deal to fast-track trade deals

WASHINGTON – Top congressional lawmakers struck a long-sought, bipartisan agreement Thursday for the broadest trade policy pact in years, allowing President Barack Obama to negotiate trade a...

DATE: Apr 16, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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Kansas governor signs welfare bill TOPEKA, Kan. – A new Kansas law tells poor families that they can’t use cash assistance from the state to attend concerts, get tattoos, see a ps...

DATE: Apr 16, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Court hears EPA challenge

Foes want to kill proposed rule on coal plant gases

DATE: Apr 16, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Putin: Economy is improving

MOSCOW – Sounding at times like a mayor promising to fix potholes, President Vladimir V. Putin used his annual national call-in show Thursday to try to reassure Russians that the country’s e...

DATE: Apr 16, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Newspaper’s role in Capitol stunt examined

NEW YORK – A Florida newspaper that knew ahead of time that a man planned to fly a gyrocopter into restricted airspace at the U.S. Capitol faced questions Thursday about whether its editors ...

DATE: Apr 16, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Financial incentives OK’d for workplace wellness programs

WASHINGTON – In a victory for business, federal regulators said Thursday that employers can continue to use financial penalties and rewards to nudge staff to participate in fast-growing work...

DATE: Apr 16, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Homeland chief: Gyrocopter came in ‘under the radar’

WASHINGTON – The gyrocopter that landed on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol “apparently literally flew in under the radar,” Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said Thursday, as concerned la...

DATE: Apr 16, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

Obama blasts GOP on estate tax plans CHARLOTTE, N.C. – President Barack Obama promoted his tax proposals Wednesday while criticizing congressional Republicans who are pushing to r...

DATE: Apr 15, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Kerry reassures G-7 Iran deal can stand up to Congress

LUEBECK, Germany – Secretary of State John Kerry reassured world powers Wednesday that a nuclear agreement with Iran would hold up to congressional scrutiny as Germany raised the question of...

DATE: Apr 15, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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