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Turmoil in Iraq is pushing up U.S. gasoline prices

Violence in Iraq is helping to make gasoline in the U.S. more expensive, depriving drivers of the usual price break between Memorial Day and July Fourth. Global oil prices have ri...

DATE: Jun 19, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Obama, Congress discuss options in Iraq

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama believes he does not need authorization from Congress for any steps he might take to quell the al-Qaida-inspired insurgency sweeping through Iraq, the Sen...

DATE: Jun 18, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Social Security closings creating benefits delays

WASHINGTON – Budget cuts have forced the Social Security Administration to close dozens of field offices even as millions of baby boomers approach retirement, swamping the agency with applic...

DATE: Jun 18, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

VA chief raises estimate of waiting veterans WASHINGTON – About 10 percent of veterans seeking medical care at VA hospitals and clinics have to wait at least 30 days for an appoi...

DATE: Jun 18, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Florida man becomes third executed in U.S. in 24 hours

STARKE, Fla. – Florida has executed a man who fatally stabbed his wife and her young son in 1985. It is the third U.S. execution in less than 24 hours since a botched April lethal...

DATE: Jun 18, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

President Obama created in 3-D

WASHINGTON – A team at the Smithsonian Institution has scanned President Barack Obama to create the first 3-D portrait of a sitting president. Digital imaging specialists recentl...

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

2014 health-insurance premiums reasonable

2015 looks promising with more insurers

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

Backing Iraq war haunts many early supporters

WASHINGTON – The prospect of the U.S. military returning to the fight in Iraq has turned congressional hawks into doves. Lawmakers who eagerly voted to authorize military force 1...

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

Nation Briefs

Texas governor may be thinking of California AUSTIN, Texas – Could Texas Gov. Rick Perry be California dreamin’? The Republican has made persuading top employers around...

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

Contributions from wealthy are on rise

NEW YORK – Wealthy donors are lavishing money on their favored charities, including universities, hospitals and arts institutions, while giving is flat to social service and church groups mo...

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

Millennials stepping up shift to walkable cities

Urban hipsters, you may not know it yet, but you’re living in a WalkUP. Your apartment building may have an elevator, but chances are good that if you’re a Millennial in a major U...

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

Lawmakers say more IRS emails missing

WASHINGTON – The Internal Revenue Service has lost more emails connected to the tea party investigation, congressional investigators said Tuesday. The IRS said last Friday it had ...

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

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