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Vietman asks China to remove oil rig UNITED NATIONS – Vietnam’s U.N. ambassador urged China on Tuesday to withdraw its oil rig and more than 100 ships from the South China Sea to...

DATE: Jun 10, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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House majority leader loses primary race RICHMOND, Va. – House Majority Leader Eric Cantor was defeated Tuesday by a little-known economics professor in Virginia’s Republican prim...

DATE: Jun 10, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Angry circus performers aren’t clowning around

MEXICO CITY – More than 1,000 acrobats, clowns and other circus employees marched through downtown Mexico City on Tuesday to protest a new ban on animals in circuses. There can be...

DATE: Jun 10, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

IRS chief touts agency’s taxpayer ‘bill of rights’

WASHINGTON – The Internal Revenue Service wants to read taxpayers their rights. The agency is publicizing a “Bill of Rights” for taxpayers, including the right to quality service,...

DATE: Jun 10, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Judge tosses tenure laws

LOS ANGELES – A judge struck down tenure and other job protections for California’s public school teachers as unconstitutional Tuesday, saying such laws harm students – especially poor and m...

DATE: Jun 10, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. businesses ramped up job searches in April

WASHINGTON – U.S. companies advertised more jobs in April than in any month in six and a half years, a possible harbinger of strong hiring in the months ahead. Employers posted n...

DATE: Jun 10, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Gunman kills student in Oregon school shooting

TROUTDALE, Ore. – A gunman shot and killed a student Tuesday shortly after classes started at a high school in a quiet Columbia River town in Oregon and was later found dead as police arriv...

DATE: Jun 10, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Growth to pick up next quarter, economists predict

WASHINGTON – U.S. economic growth should accelerate in the second quarter and remain healthy for the rest of this year, according to a forecast by a group of U.S. business economists. Still,...

DATE: Jun 9, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Recovery plan for lynx could take until 2018

San Juans’ effort is already underway

DATE: Jun 8, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

Obama acts to ease growing student debt WASHINGTON – Up to 5 million Americans struggling to make their monthly student loan payments could find relief under a program President B...

DATE: Jun 8, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

At least 57,000 await first VA appointment

WASHINGTON – More than 57,000 U.S. military veterans have been waiting 90 days or more for their first VA medical appointments, and an additional 64,000 appear to have fallen through the cra...

DATE: Jun 8, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Tribes welcome voting access

Legislative action possible

DATE: Jun 8, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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