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GOP senators block bill to raise minimum wage

WASHINGTON – Senate Republicans derailed a Democratic drive Wednesday to raise the federal minimum wage, blocking a cornerstone of President Barack Obama’s economic plans and ensuring the is...

DATE: Apr 30, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Obama approval continues to fall

A new Washington Post-ABC News poll gives President Barack Obama an approval rating of only 41 percent, the lowest mark of his tenure in this survey. That’s down from the 46 perce...

DATE: Apr 29, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Bomb, mortar attacks kill dozens in Syria

DAMASCUS, Syria – Two car bombs exploded in a pro-government neighborhood in the central Syrian city of Homs Tuesday, killing at least 40 people just hours after one of the deadliest mortar ...

DATE: Apr 29, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

World Briefs

Illegal prisons still exist, Afghan’s Karzai claims KABUL, Afghanistan – President Hamid Karzai accused British and U.S. forces Tuesday of continuing to operate “illegal” detentio...

DATE: Apr 29, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Court says Knox killed her roommate

MILAN – The Italian appeals court that reinstated the conviction against Amanda Knox in her roommate’s 2007 murder said in a lengthy reasoning made public Tuesday that Knox herself delivered...

DATE: Apr 29, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Cross-state pollution rule gets court OK

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Tuesday handed the Obama administration an important victory in its effort to reduce power plant pollution in 27 Midwestern and Appalachian states that blow...

DATE: Apr 29, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation Briefs

Oklahoma postpones second execution McALESTER, Okla. – An Oklahoma inmate whose execution was halted Tuesday because the delivery of a new drug combination was botched died of a ...

DATE: Apr 29, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Doctor: 3 victims critical in Georgia FedEx shootings

KENNESAW, Ga. – An armed package handler with bullets strapped across his chest “like Rambo” opened fire Tuesday morning at a FedEx station outside Atlanta, wounding six people before polic...

DATE: Apr 29, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Driverless cars sidestep cyclists

Self-driving vehicles years from large-scale production

DATE: Apr 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

17 killed from deadly tornadoes

Half-mile wide tornado carves Little Rock

DATE: Apr 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Ukraine mayor shot; US announces new sanctions

KIEV, Ukraine – The mayor of Ukraine’s second-largest city was shot in the back and pro-Russia insurgents seized more government buildings Monday as the U.S hit Russia with more sanctions fo...

DATE: Apr 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

World Briefs

683 sentenced to death in Egypt MINYA, Egypt – The Muslim Brotherhood’s spiritual leader and more than 680 other people were sentenced to death Monday, stemming from last year’s p...

DATE: Apr 27, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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