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U.S. reduce number of nuclear missiles WASHINGTON – The Obama administration says the number of launch-ready Air Force land-based nuclear missiles will shrink to 400 – the lowest ...

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

Now hear this, Stradivari lose out to new violins

WASHINGTON – Ten world-class soloists put costly Stradivarius violins and new, cheaper ones to a blind scientific test. The results may seem off-key to musicians and collectors, but the new ...

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

CIA report’s release urged

WASHINGTON – The head of the Senate Intelligence Committee appealed to President Barack Obama to reconsider his administration’s decision to task the CIA with editing a torture report harshl...

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

Search crews report hearing pings again

PERTH, Australia – An Australian official says equipment on a ship searching for the missing Malaysian jet has relocated an underwater signal that is consistent with a plane’s black boxes. ...

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

U.S. accuses Russia of backing uprisings

DONETSK, Ukraine – Ukrainian authorities moved to quell pro-Moscow uprisings along the Russian border with mixed results Tuesday, retaking one occupied regional headquarters and watching pro...

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

World Briefs

Palestinians urge boycott of settlements UNITED NATIONS – The Palestinian U.N. envoy urged the world Tuesday to boycott products from “illegal” Israeli settlements as part of a st...

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

Hagel, Chang air differences over disputed islands

BEIJING – The defense chiefs of China and the U.S. faced off Tuesday over Beijing’s escalating territorial disputes in the region, with U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel telling his Chinese...

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

Obama signs actions taking aim at gender pay gap

WASHINGTON – In a concerted election-year push to draw attention to women’s wages, President Barack Obama signed directives Tuesday that would make it easier for workers of federal contracto...

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

Possible signals from lost jet’s black boxes heard

PERTH, Australia – Underwater sounds detected by a ship searching the southern Indian Ocean for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet are consistent with the pings from aircraft black boxes, an ...

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

Sub hunting for source of ‘pings’ in plane search

If sonar finds debris field, then photography will be implemented

DATE: Apr 6, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

There’s a price tag on obese kids

And that cost is about year’s worth of college tuition

DATE: Apr 6, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

Rep. Camp: Possible crimes by IRS official WASHINGTON – The chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee says investigators have uncovered evidence that a former Internal Revenu...

DATE: Apr 6, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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