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Fee, fie, foe, friend: Smell the blood of a kindred spirit?

Friends may share more genes than with strangers

Obama praises Egypt’s plan

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama praised Egypt’s proposal Monday for a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip, telling Muslim-Americans he’s hopeful the plan can ...

Nation & World Briefs

Bergdahl to face disappearance inquiries WASHINGTON – Bowe Bergdahl, the Army sergeant who spent nearly five years as a Taliban captive in Afghanistan, was returned to regular Arm...

Fire plagues Ore. community

PORTLAND, Ore. – A Southern Oregon wildfire destroyed six homes and 14 other buildings, and dozens of additional blazes ignited after thousands of lightning strikes lashed the state. ...

Gov. Hickenlooper weighs in on immigrant kids

Does Obama have ‘tools in his toolbox’ to deal with this influx?

Common Core standards ‘radioactive’

Republicans want federal government out of classrooms

Nation & World Briefs

iPad, other devices may cause rashes CHICAGO – Unexplained rash? Check your iPad. It turns out the popular tablet computer may contain nickel, one of the most common allergy-induc...

Jails struggle with mentally ill

High booking, release rates exacerbating the problem

Palestinians flee homes in northern Gaza Strip

U.N. secretary-general calls for end to fighting

Beware of the ducks!!

We are, quite possibly, a nation increasingly afraid of the park – or, more precisely, the creatures that live there. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reported last week that ma...

Tourniquets make comeback with police

HOUSTON – Rushing into a Houston home, police officer Austin Huckabee encountered a drunken, combative man bleeding profusely on the kitchen floor. He quickly realized the blood was spurting...

Growers seek to make farming a right

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – In the nation’s agricultural heartland, farming is more than a multibillion-dollar industry that feeds the world. It could be on track to become a right, written into ...