Nation

Published on January 10, 2014 - Page 9
WASHINGTON (AP) —As the world warms, the United States is getting fewer bitter cold spells like the one that gripped much of the nation this week. So...
Published on January 10, 2014 - Page 9
INDIANAPOLIS — Record-keeping snags could complicate the start of insurance coverage this month as people begin using policies they purchased under...
Published on January 10, 2014 - Page 12
WASHINGTON (AP) —There has been a sharp increase in the suicide rate among the youngest male veterans, and a smaller but still significant jump among...
Published on January 9, 2014 - Page 4
WASHINGTON (AP) —One day after clearing a key Senate hurdle, legislation to renew long-term jobless benefits stood at a crossroads on Wednesday....
Published on January 9, 2014 - Page 5
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) —A Kentucky lawmaker said Wednesday she accidentally fired a gun in her Capitol Annex office on the first day of the legislative...
Published on January 9, 2014 - Page 7
NEW YORK — Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine and Frank Thomas were elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame on Wednesday, while Craig Biggio fell two votes short...
Published on January 9, 2014 - Page 20
Hikers can pay now and be rescued later CONCORD, N.H. (AP) —New Hampshire is considering giving negligent hikers a chance to buy a hike safe card...
Published on January 8, 2014 - Page 4
Cat rescued after two nights on pole SALT LAKE CITY (AP) —A wayward cat spent two frigid nights atop a power pole before neighbors in Salt Lake City...
Published on January 8, 2014 - Page 7
HARRISBURG — A handcuffed Jerry Sandusky testified by video link for nearly three hours Tuesday as Pennsylvania’s public pension agency considered...
Published on January 8, 2014 - Page 11
SELMA, Ala. (AP) — Selma residents may be unaware they are breaking the law, but then again, they may not have to worry about being caught. Selma...
Published on January 8, 2014 - Page 11
Lawsuit: Cannery contaminated wells FENNVILLE, Mich. (AP) — A judge says some claims can go forward in a lawsuit linked to contamination from a...
Published on January 8, 2014 - Page 11
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaskans know a thing or two about handling day-to-day activities in freezing temperatures, where below-zero rarely means...
Published on January 8, 2014 - Page 16
City sells $1 homes in bid to fight flight GARY, Ind. (AP) — Five people are hoping to close early next year on homes they have agreed to buy for $1...
Published on January 8, 2014 - Page 16
CORAOPOLIS — Certain essentials must be taken care of, no matter what. As a record freeze hit this small town outside Pittsburgh early Tuesday, basic...
Published on January 8, 2014 - Page 18
WASHINGTON — Funding for implementing the new health care law and other sticking points remain, but negotiators reported significant progress Tuesday...
Published on January 8, 2014 - Page 18
DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Alan Mulally is staying at Ford. The CEO, who was rumored to be in the running to become Microsoft’s next leader, said...
Published on January 8, 2014 - Page 18
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Film Critics Circle has apologized for the heckling of “12 Years a Slave” director Steve McQueen at the group’s awards...
Published on January 7, 2014 - Page 4
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) —Vermont has recovered $8.3 million in civil penalties from R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company following a 2005 lawsuit saying the...
Published on January 7, 2014 - Page 5
Feds: 42 miners died on job in 2013 RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Forty-two miners in the United States died on the job in 2013, up from 36 the year before...
Published on January 7, 2014 - Page 7
PASADENA, Calif. — Jameis Winston threw a 13-yard touchdown pass to Kelvin Benjamin with 13 seconds left and No. 1 Florida State beat No. 2 Auburn 34...
Published on January 7, 2014 - Page 11
Giant cross returns to Connecticut city WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) — Three days before Christmas, Waterbury restored a giant cross that has been a symbol...
Published on January 7, 2014 - Page 11
LEBANON, Ohio — Amid the rush and rattle of Ohio’s tag shop, inmates at Lebanon Correctional Institution are meeting the state’s growing demand for...
Published on January 7, 2014 - Page 11
LEESBURG, Va. (AP) — Businesses across the country are ready to stick ’em up in the name of gun rights — a window sticker that is. A sticker...
Published on January 7, 2014 - Page 12
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A public transit bus crashed into a downtown Boise office building on Monday, leaving the front of the vehicle dangling over an...
Published on January 6, 2014 - Page 4
FREEPORT, Maine (AP) —Fire chiefs and lawmakers are working to protect the system of volunteer firefighting that has served rural America for more...
Published on January 6, 2014 - Page 5
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Will 2014 be remembered as the year wearable computing took off? Upstart entrepreneurs and major manufacturers such as Samsung,...
Published on January 6, 2014 - Page 5
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa-based whiskey company has shot to success since becoming a licensed brand eight years ago. Templeton Rye whiskey...
Published on January 6, 2014 - Page 9
Tom Edwards grew up in a family that’s been cutting trees and hauling timber in the Pacific Northwest for more than a century. The Spanaway, Wash.,...
Published on January 6, 2014 - Page 12
CONYERS, Ga. (AP) — A photographer, a police organization and neighbors teamed up to make a Christmas wish come true for a metro Atlanta boy who was...
Published on January 6, 2014 - Page 15
GREEN BAY, Wis. —Jeff Giardinelli embraced the cold outside Lambeau Field dressed in a No. 8 Steve Young jersey, red San Francisco 49ers knit cap and...