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Even the healthy locked out of 2014 policies now

WASHINGTON – Americans thinking about buying health insurance on their own later this year, or maybe switching to a different insurer, are probably out of luck. The policies are going off th...

Steady, not spectacular: U.S. jobs up 192K in March

WASHINGTON – U.S. employers added jobs at a solid pace in March and hired more in January and February than previously thought. Friday’s government report sent a reassuring signal that the e...

U.S. reconsiders role in Mideast peace talks

CASABLANCA, Morocco – The Obama administration will re-evaluate its role in foundering Middle East peace talks following actions by both Israel and the Palestinians that have brought the neg...

Nation/World Briefs

Panel approves release of CIA terror report WASHINGTON – The Senate Intelligence Committee voted Thursday to release parts of a hotly contested, secret report that harshly critici...

Israel drops prisoner release plan

JERUSALEM – Israel on Thursday abruptly called off a release of Palestinian prisoners, sending U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s troubled Mideast peace efforts further into a tailspin. ...

Senate panel votes to release CIA torture report

WASHINGTON – The Senate intelligence committee has voted to release parts of a classified report that harshly criticizes CIA terror interrogations after Sept. 11. The vote to decl...

Gunman’s mental health under review

FORT HOOD, Texas – The soldier who killed three people at Fort Hood may have argued with another service member prior to the attack, and investigators believe his unstable mental health cont...

Saturn moon support life?

Researchers detect ocean that could hold elements for life

Even the IRS chief says the tax code is too complex

WASHINGTON – The nation’s chief tax collector made a rare plea for overhauling the nation’s tax laws Wednesday, saying the Internal Revenue Service is eager “to do whatever we can” to help C...

Are you feeling middle class?

WASHINGTON – A sense of belonging to the middle class occupies a cherished place in America. It conjures images of self-sufficient people with stable jobs and pleasant homes working toward p...

Nation Briefs

Washington seeks aid as mudslide losses rise DARRINGTON, Wash. – Estimated financial losses from the deadly Washington mudslide that has killed at least 24 people have reached $1...

Chile’s magnitude-8.2 quake causes little damage, death

IQUIQUE, Chile – Hard-won expertise and a big dose of luck helped Chile escape its latest magnitude-8.2 earthquake with surprisingly little damage and death. The country that suf...