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High court tosses $3.4M award to child porn victim

The Supreme Court on Wednesday said a federal law limits how much money victims of child pornography can recover from people who viewed their images online, throwing out a nearly $3.4 millio...

DATE: Apr 23, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

2nd-class middle class?

In mid-income tiers, U.S. not No. 1 anymore

DATE: Apr 22, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Scientists asking, What’s on your mind?

At Yale University, researchers recently used a brain scanner to identify which face someone was looking at – just from their brain activity. At the University of California-Berkeley, scient...

DATE: Apr 22, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation Briefs

IRS rewarding workers who owed back taxes WASHINGTON – The Internal Revenue Service has paid more than $2.8 million in bonuses to employees with recent disciplinary problems, incl...

DATE: Apr 22, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

At mudslide scene, Obama mourns with survivors

OSO, Wash. – Swooping over a landscape of unspeakable sadness and death, President Barack Obama took an aerial tour Tuesday of the place where more than three dozen people perished in a mud...

DATE: Apr 22, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

World Briefs

Abbas warns Israel about peace failure RAMALLAH, West Bank – The Palestinian president is warning that if peace talks with Israel fail he may dismantle the Palestinian Authority ...

DATE: Apr 22, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

New violence raises fears Ukraine deal is failing

KIEV, Ukraine – Ukraine’s acting president ordered security forces to resume “anti-terror” operations in the country’s east Tuesday after the bodies of two people allegedly abducted by pro-R...

DATE: Apr 22, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Passengers praise crew who did help

MOKPO, South Korea – As the ferry sank, some crew members gave their lifejackets to passengers. One refused to leave until she shepherded students off the ship and was later found dead. Othe...

DATE: Apr 22, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Affirmative-action ban OK’d

WASHINGTON – A state’s voters are free to outlaw the use of race as a factor in college admissions, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in a blow to affirmative action that also laid bare tensio...

DATE: Apr 22, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Cries of anguish as South Korea ferry toll reaches 135

JINDO, South Korea – The confirmed death toll from the South Korean ferry disaster rose to 135 Wednesday, but there were many more bodies left to be retrieved as divers swam through tight, d...

DATE: Apr 22, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Democrats eye 15 cities for 2016 convention

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Democratic National Committee has asked Chicago, New York and 13 others to make a pitch to host the presidential nominating convention in 2016. The DNC on ...

DATE: Apr 22, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Biden in Ukraine to show support as tensions rise

KIEV, Ukraine – Vice President Joe Biden on Monday launched a high-profile visit to demonstrate the U.S. commitment to Ukraine and push for urgent implementation of an international agreemen...

DATE: Apr 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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