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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

Nation Briefs

California Comedian David Brenner, ‘Tonight Show’ favorite, dies LOS ANGELES – A spokesman for the family of comedian David Brenner says the “Tonight Show” favorite has...

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

Facebook posts spread joy (or pain) and news

Study identifies ‘multiplier effect’ on emotions

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

College food pantries on the rise

STONY BROOK, N.Y. – Days after biology major Gillian Carll arrived at Stony Brook University last fall, she encountered a young woman on a bench outside her dormitory who said she had nothin...

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

CIA-Senate row tricky for Obama

WASHINGTON – The public spat between President Barack Obama’s trusted CIA ally and a loyal senator has sharpened the focus on his complicated role in managing the terrorism-fighting programs...

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

U.S. goes high-tech to oversee Afghan aid work

WASHINGTON – The main U.S. foreign assistance agency wants to step up use of smartphones, satellite imagery and GPS cameras to oversee tax-funded development projects in Afghanistan that aid...

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

Obama: More feeling ‘confident’ about health-care law

WASHINGTON – Despite a disastrous start and relentless Republican opposition, President Barack Obama said Friday that enrollment in his signature health-care program is high enough to make i...

DATE: Mar 14, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

World/ Nation Briefs

Leaders ask U.N. for peacekeepers UNITED NATIONS – Muslim and Christian leaders of the Central African Republic pleaded Friday for the U.N. Security Council to hurry and deploy pe...

DATE: Mar 14, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Investigation turns toward pilots

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Piracy and pilot suicide are among the scenarios under study as investigators grow increasingly certain the missing Malaysian Airlines jet changed course and headed ...

DATE: Mar 14, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Rare map going once ... going twice ...

DALLAS – A rare, 165-year-old map of Texas that has been in the same family for generations is expected to sell for more than $150,000 at an auction. The 1849 document, considered...

DATE: Mar 14, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World