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Malaysian police examine pilot’s flight simulator

Australia’s radar needed some alarm to trigger it into direct action

DATE: Mar 15, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Few see big threat from warming

Though two-thirds of Americans believe global warming is happening or will happen during their lifetimes, only about one-third see it as a serious threat to their way of life, a new Gallup P...

DATE: Mar 15, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Transgender troop ban faces scrutiny

Commission discounts medical reasons rule

DATE: Mar 15, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Missing Malaysian jet creates legion of armchair sleuths

NEW YORK – There aren’t supposed to be any mysteries in the Digital Age. The answers to most questions, it seems, can be found using Google or Twitter. So maybe that’s why the wor...

DATE: Mar 15, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

American philanthropist funds rhino protection

JOHANNESBURG – A son of investor Warren Buffett has pledged nearly $24 million for protecting rhinos in South Africa, earmarking the money for ranger teams, sniffer dogs and other security m...

DATE: Mar 15, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

World Briefs

Gunmen kill 6 soldiers at checkpoint in Egypt CAIRO – Gunmen stormed an Egyptian army checkpoint outside Cairo early Saturday morning and killed six soldiers, officials said, in w...

DATE: Mar 15, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Syria conflict marks 3 years

5.5 million children are traumatized, UN says

DATE: Mar 15, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Crimea goes to the polls today

West still condemns referendum on Russian annexation

DATE: Mar 15, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Would you spend your spring break in Mexico?

Drug-war fears in the past years have cut into country’s border tourism

DATE: Mar 15, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Where in the world has the Malaysian plane gone?

Its disappearance may have been deliberate

DATE: Mar 15, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Officers’ body cameras raise privacy concerns – for themselves and you

Exceptions may need to be carved out for use by departments

DATE: Mar 15, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Questions about cameras on cops

LOS ANGELES – New tiny cameras are starting to be worn by police officers across the U.S. – about 3,000 of 18,000 law-enforcement agencies are using or trying out these cameras, and the numb...

DATE: Mar 15, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World