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Extremists kill scores in Nigerian town MAIDUGURI, Nigeria – Islamic extremists killed 35 people and kidnapped at least 185 in an attack near the town where nearly 300 schoolgirls...

DATE: Dec 17, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Court: Obesity can be disability

European companies expected to challenge EU decision

DATE: Dec 17, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. ties North Korea to hacking of Sony

Studio cancels release of ‘The Interview’

DATE: Dec 17, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. ready to do business with Cuba

U.S. exports could top $4 billion a year

DATE: Dec 17, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

Death sentences, executions fall in U.S. WASHINGTON – Executions and new death sentences dropped to their lowest numbers in decades in 2014, an anti-death penalty group said in a ...

DATE: Dec 17, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S., Cuba patch torn relations in historic accord

WASHINGTON – After a half-century of Cold War acrimony, the United States and Cuba abruptly moved on Wednesday to restore diplomatic relations – a historic shift that could revitalize the fl...

DATE: Dec 17, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Mixed emotions vex 'Pedro Pan' generation after Cuba move

Among the sharpest memories Guillermo “Bill” Vidal has of being sent from his childhood home in Cuba was waiting in the airport. There he was in 1961, he and his two brothers and so many oth...

DATE: Dec 16, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Aussie leader: System failed to track siege gunman

SYDNEY – Australia’s prime minister acknowledged Wednesday that the nation’s security system failed to keep track of a gunman responsible for a deadly siege at a Sydney cafe, and promised a ...

DATE: Dec 16, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Obama signs $1.1 trillion spending bill into law

WASHINGTON – With little fanfare to mark a rare bipartisan achievement, President Barack Obama on Tuesday signed a massive, $1.1 trillion spending bill that keeps the government operating ov...

DATE: Dec 16, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Immigration debate awaits new Congress

Some say GOP must act on issue

DATE: Dec 16, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation Briefs

TSA gets approval to profile passengers WASHINGTON – The Transportation Security Administration needed an exemption from new Obama administration rules restricting racial profilin...

DATE: Dec 16, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Bush shakes up race for presidency

Ex-governor says he will ‘explore’ running

DATE: Dec 16, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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