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Nation & World

Published
January 27, 2012

Romney challenges Gingrich in debate

The former Massachusetts governor goes on the attack in a debate leading up to the Florida primary.
Published
January 27, 2012

Open season on wolves?

Federal protections continue to expire
Published
January 26, 2012

Navy SEAL raid in Somalia shows campaign ahead

The Navy SEAL operation that freed two hostages is representative of the Obama administration's pledge to build a smaller, more quick-strike army.
Published
January 26, 2012

Army to cut number of combat brigades

The money-saving measure likely would eliminate about 80,000 soldiers and boost the size of each brigade.
Published
January 26, 2012

Dispatches

WASHINGTON NOAA using new methods to accurately gauge fish catch The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Wednesday announced that it’s using a new way to estimate the amount of fish caught by recreational saltwater anglers on the Atlantic Coast and in the Gulf of Mexico, the result of years of work on how to […]

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Published
January 26, 2012

Hostages rescued from Somali pirates

The nighttime raid was conducted by the same team of Navy SEALS that killed Osama bin Laden.
Published
January 26, 2012

House gives Giffords tearful farewell

The applause rolled through the big chamber, growing ever louder as hundreds of Republicans and Democrats suddenly realized Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was back in the House. But this time she had come to say goodbye. Fellow lawmakers gave her a fitting send-off: cheers, hugs, a cascade of tributes and plenty of tears in a rare […]
Published
January 26, 2012

Indiana on verge of banning forced union fee payments

INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana is poised to become the first right-to-work state in more than a decade after the Republican-controlled House passed legislation Wednesday banning unions from collecting mandatory fees from workers. It is yet another blow to organized labor in the heavily unionized Midwest, which is home to many of the country’s manufacturing jobs. Last […]
Published
January 26, 2012

Anniversary rallies spread across Egypt

CAIRO – Hundreds of thousands thronged major squares across Egypt on Wednesday, marking the first anniversary of the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak with rallies that laid bare the divisions that have replaced the unity of last year’s revolt. Cairo’s Tahrir Square, the epicenter of the 18 days of protests against Mubarak, was transformed into […]
Published
January 26, 2012

Germany’s American Dream

The fourth-largest economy in the world thrives on principles that America seems to have lost.