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Obama orders pollution cuts – but timing uncertain

WASHINGTON – Taking aim at global warming, President Barack Obama introduced a politically charged plan Monday to order big and lasting cuts in the pollution discharged by America’s power pl...

DATE: Jun 2, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Palestinian government draws threats from Israel

RAMALLAH, West Bank – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas swore in a Palestinian unity government Monday, taking a major step toward ending a crippling split with his Hamas rivals but drawin...

DATE: Jun 2, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

$15 minimum wage for Seattlites

Franchise group plans to sue city to stop ordinance

DATE: Jun 1, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Questions loom over Bergdahl-Taliban swap on Saturday

GOP say Obama didn’t follow established law

DATE: Jun 1, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

Obama: Child migrants urgent issue WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama on Monday described a surge in unaccompanied immigrant children caught trying to cross the Mexican border as...

DATE: Jun 1, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Students upset about retouching of photos

At one Utah high school, girls considered to be showing too much skin had their photos edited with higher necklines or added sleeves. Some female students at Wasatch High School i...

DATE: May 31, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Freed U.S. soldier’s parents say they’re proud of their son

BOISE, Idaho – The father of an American soldier just released from captivity in Afghanistan said Sunday he is proud of how far his son, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, was willing to go to help the Afg...

DATE: May 31, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

‘Lumbering giants’ roil world’s oceans

A 70-foot wave is a terrifying wall of water that only the best surfers can ride. But it’s a midget compared with the colossal and mysterious waves that lurk under the ocean’s surface. ...

DATE: May 31, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

‘Weed Fairy’ pays visit to Seattle, gives out pot

SEATTLE – A woman who calls herself the “Weed Fairy” distributed free nuggets of marijuana to people in Seattle over Memorial Day weekend, taping the free pot on fliers around a city neighbo...

DATE: May 31, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Students ‘blast off’ after program saved

PHILADELPHIA – In recent years, students at Northeast High School have virtually saved mankind from a meteor, discovered water on Mars and repaired the International Space Station. But their...

DATE: May 31, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

States move to blunt Obama carbon plan JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – As President Barack Obama prepares to announce tougher new air-quality standards, lawmakers in several states already ...

DATE: May 31, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Pot farms pollute, drain streams

Pollution sets one county to ban outdoor growing

DATE: May 31, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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