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2 nuke commanders fired, another disciplined

WASHINGTON – The Air Force on Monday fired two more nuclear commanders and disciplined a third, fresh evidence of leadership lapses in a nuclear missile corps that has suffered a rash of rec...

Egypt, Gulf Arab allies eye anti-militant alliance

CAIRO – U.S. Arab allies Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait are discussing the creation of a military pact to take on Islamic militants, with the possibility of a joint...

Virgin spaceship’s descent system deployed early

LOS ANGELES – Federal investigators say they have determined that a space tourism rocket broke apart in flight over California’s Mojave Desert after a device to slow the experimental spacesh...

World Trade Center reopens for business

NEW YORK – Thirteen years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attack, the resurrected World Trade Center has again opened for business – marking an emotional milestone for both New Yorkers and the ...

Senate campaign nears its end

WASHINGTON – On a final, furious day of campaigning, Republicans pushed to capture control of the Senate, while Democrats struggled to limit their congressional losses in elections midway th...

Nation & World Briefs

Sinking prices chill America’s oil patch WILLISTON, N.D. – Oil has averaged $96 a barrel over the past four years, fueling more drilling, more hiring and bigger appetites in North...

UN climate report offers warnings, hope

Failure to act could set course for ‘irreversible’ global impacts

Nation & World Briefs

Ferguson no-fly zone aimed at media WASHINGTON – The U.S. government agreed to a police request to restrict more than 37 square miles of airspace surrounding Ferguson, Missouri, f...

Dem predicts control of Senate

Udall reminds doorknockers to not interrupt Broncos game

N.D. tribe to drill own oil wells

WILLISTON, N.D. – The Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation is planning to drill the first tribe-owned oil wells on its North Dakota reservation next year. While the 1,300-plus wells...

At last, gas dips under $3

Weaker demand, fracking lower costs

‘Cadaver dog’ use growing

Animals helping solve old and new mysteries