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Sodexo cafeteria workers to regain health coverage

WASHINGTON – A giant food service company unexpectedly backtracked Thursday after bumping thousands of college cafeteria workers from its health plan and casting blame on President Barack Ob...

Pressure grows for al-Maliki to step down

BAGHDAD – Prominent Shiite leaders pushed Thursday for the removal of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki as parliament prepared to start work next week on putting together a new government...

World Brief

North Korea test fires missiles off coast SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea fired three short-range projectiles Thursday into the waters off its east coast in a possible move to st...

Thousands flee Ukraine

IZVARYNE, Ukraine – As a shaky cease-fire in the east entered its final hours Thursday, thousands of Ukrainians in cars stuffed with belongings lined up at the border to cross into Russia, s...

High court limits president’s appointments power

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Thursday limited the president’s power to fill high-level vacancies with temporary appointments, ruling in favor of Senate Republicans in their partisan cla...

Sen. Baker, who queried Nixon on Watergate, dies

WASHINGTON – Howard Baker’s question sliced to the core of Watergate: “What did the president know and when did he know it?” Repeated over and again in the senator’s mild Tennesse...

Bear falls through skylight, eats birthday cupcakes

It’s a tragic story of a true party animal. A 180-pound young bear fell through the skylight into the living room of a suburban Juneau, Alaska, home on Wednesday during a baby’s f...

Work takes backseat to U.S. soccer game

Across America, big sporting events trump the daily grind

Fears of wider Mideast war grow

BAGHDAD – Syrian warplanes bombed Sunni militants’ positions inside Iraq, military officials confirmed Wednesday, deepening the concerns that the extremist insurgency that spans the two neig...

House may sue to force president to enforce laws

WASHINGTON – The House will vote next month on legislation authorizing a campaign-season lawsuit accusing President Barack Obama of failing to carry out the laws passed by Congress, Speaker ...

Obama touts action on climate change

WASHINGTON – A year after unveiling sweeping plans to tackle climate change, President Barack Obama is highlighting efforts by his administration toward reducing greenhouse gas emissions, ev...

Nation & World Briefs

Rangel barely holds off primary challenger NEW YORK – U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel, the face of Harlem politics for generations, held off a strong Democratic primary challenge and mo...