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Nation & World

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January 11, 2014

Report targets U.S. military academies for harassment

The sports teams at all three academies need to expand training on sexual assault, it says.
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January 11, 2014

Former Reagan press secretary dies at 74

JACKSON, Miss. — Larry Speakes, who spent six years as acting press secretary for President Reagan, died Friday in his native Mississippi. He was 74. Speakes died at home in Cleveland, Miss., where he had lived the past several years, said Bolivar County Coroner Nate Brown. Brown said Speakes had Alzheimer’s disease. Speakes became Reagan’s […]
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January 11, 2014

Preservation group asks for delay before wind farm approval

The environmentalists say they don’t object to the plan, but they want the state to finish revising guidelines.
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January 11, 2014

Nation Dispatches

NEW YORK Mayor’s pizza manners spark mock outrage New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio got his pizza with smoked mozzarella, sausage and a dash of scandal. The new mayor unintentionally spiced up a political meeting at a Staten Island pizza joint Friday by digging into his slice with a knife and fork. But that’s […]
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January 11, 2014

U.S. withdraws diplomat to end India dispute

The move comes hours after an Indian official is allowed to leave the U.S.

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January 11, 2014

Supreme Court to hear Internet TV case

A startup company offering a TV streaming service is being sued by networks.
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January 11, 2014

World Dispatches

BEIRUT Rebel infighting claims nearly 500 lives in week Many Syrians barricaded themselves in their homes Friday, while others emerged from mosques angrily accusing an al-Qaida-linked group of hijacking their revolution, in a week that saw nearly 500 people killed in rebel infighting. The rebel-on-rebel clashes have overshadowed the battle against President Bashar Assad and […]
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January 11, 2014

California braces for more crude oil by rail

The state is wary of fiery derailments like those elsewhere in North America.
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January 11, 2014

Cards of more than 5,600 Mainers listed for sale as Target breach grows

The retailer reveals that millions of additional customers have had their information stolen.
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January 10, 2014

Doctor: Execution drug would be too painful

The Ohio inmate faces execution with an untried method.