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Seneca Nation commits to native-only landscaping

Tribe follows similar moves across the U.S.

Teddy Roosevelt library to rely on digital efforts

BISMARCK, N.D. – Theodore Roosevelt’s love of the country’s untouched, natural beauty spurred him to create and conserve hundreds of national forests, parks and monuments during his presiden...

North Dakota pipeline breach renews call for more monitoring

MANDAREE, N.D. – A saltwater spill from an underground pipeline in North Dakota has renewed calls from farmers and environmentalists to require new monitoring to help ensure that such breac...

Putin seeks to boost trade

HAVANA – Russian President Vladimir Putin began a six-day Latin American tour aimed at boosting trade and ties in the region with a stop Friday in Cuba, where he was expected to meet with Pr...

World Briefs

Japan seeking summit with Chinese officials TOKYO – Japan’s top government spokesman said Friday that an Asian regional summit in Beijing this November would be a good opportunity...

Israeli leader dismisses talk of cease-fire

JERUSALEM – Israel’s prime minister vowed Friday to press forward with a broad military offensive in the Gaza Strip, saying international pressure will not halt what he said was a determined...

Lack of details hurt Libya attack

WASHINGTON – Two of the four U.S. deaths in Benghazi might have been prevented, military leaders say, if commanders had known more about the intensity of the sporadic gunfire directed at the...

Price tag for VA-care fix worries some

WASHINGTON – Stung by sticker shock, members of Congress are scrambling to lower the cost of a bill to fix veterans’ health care amid a growing uproar over long waits for appointments and fa...

Nation Briefs

U.S. on track to cut annual budget deficit WASHINGTON – The U.S. government ran a monthly budget surplus in June, putting it on course to record the lowest annual deficit since ...

Report details more CDC problems

NEW YORK – Citing an anthrax scare and other safety problems, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday said it shut down two research labs and stopped shipping highly dangero...

Farmer thought it was sayonara, iPhone

TULSA, Okla. – Oklahoma farmer Kevin Whitney thought his iPhone was lost for good when it fell into a grain elevator last year. Eight months later, his phone was returned unscathed after a t...

Opposition to Obama’s immigration request grows

WASHINGTON – A key Republican said Friday that President Barack Obama’s multibillion-dollar emergency request for the border is too big to get through the House, as a growing number of Demo...