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Pelosi says House Dems divided on Benghazi probe

WASHINGTON – House Democrats stand deeply divided over whether to participate in a Republican-led investigation of the deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, with p...

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

Putin may overshadow planned D-Day events

WASHINGTON – Complicating the West’s efforts to isolate Russia, the Kremlin announced Thursday that Vladimir Putin will join President Barack Obama and European leaders in France next month ...

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

GOP senators praise nominee’s ‘competence’

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama’s nominee for health secretary drew support from Republican senators Thursday even as they challenged the health law she would be charged with carrying o...

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

New investigation to look at Benghazi

WASHINGTON – House Republicans on Thursday rammed through a measure opening a new investigation of the deadly assault in Benghazi, Libya, vowing to dig deeper in a search for truth. Democrat...

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

Nation Briefs

Appeals court suspends states’ voting ID laws WICHITA, Kan. – A federal appeals court has temporarily suspended an order requiring Kansas and Arizona residents to provide proof of...

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

Big quake panics much of Mexico

ACAPULCO, Mexic – A strong earthquake shook the southern Pacific coast of Mexico and several states, including the capital on Thursday, sending frightened people into unseasonal torrential r...

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

Pakistan frees detained FBI agent on bail

KARACHI, Pakistan – Pakistan freed an FBI agent on nearly $10,000 bail three days after he was detained carrying knives and ammunition in his bag, officials said, a relatively quick release ...

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

World Briefs

Most support unified Ukraine, poll shows KIEV, Ukraine – A strong majority of Ukrainians want their country to remain a single, unified state and this is true even in the largely ...

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

Pro-Russia insurgents to hold vote in east Ukraine

DONETSK, Ukraine – The photocopy machines churning out the ballots for eastern Ukraine’s sovereignty referendum have been clattering around the clock for days. Even the powerful Vladimir Put...

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

Figuring your airfare cost may get harder

WASHINGTON – Airlines tried and failed to block a federal rule making them tell passengers up front the full cost of airfare, including government taxes and fees. So they’re trying another r...

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

Oil-tanker rules aim to reduce explosion risks

WASHINGTON – The Transportation Department issued an emergency order Wednesday requiring railroads to inform state emergency management officials about the movement of large shipments of cru...

DATE: May 7, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Obama praises tornado-hit town’s spirit

VILONIA, Ark. – Surveying the remnants of nature’s destructive power in the country’s midsection, President Barack Obama pledged Wednesday to residents of tornado-ravaged Arkansas communitie...

DATE: May 7, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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