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GOP uses terror threat against Dems in campaign

Posted 9/24/2014 in National

The recurring image in the latest Republican campaign ads is a lone militant walking across a barren land with the black banner of the Islamic State group.

Oil near its low for the year despite turmoil

Posted 9/24/2014 in National

The oil market has lost its jitters.

Ohio college president backs skunk safety

Posted 9/24/2014 in National

An Ohio college president says the school supports safety for skunks, and for other furry creatures, too.

FDA to doctors: Beware fake drug distributors

Posted 9/24/2014 in National

U.S. health regulators are trying to help doctors spot counterfeit and unapproved drugs by raising awareness of illegal operations that peddle bogus drugs to health professionals.

Paula Deen documentary tells her side of downfall

Posted 9/24/2014 in National

Paula Deen is ready to tell her side of the story behind the racist remark that decimated her career, but you'll need to pay to hear it.

Backers seek expansion of civil rights death law

Posted 9/24/2014 in National

There has only been one prosecution under the Emmett Till Act, even though the law was passed with the promise of $135 million for police work and an army of federal agents to investigate unsolved killings from the civil rights era. Some deaths aren't even under review because of a quirk in the law.

Poll: Support for gay marriage may be leveling off

Posted 9/23/2014 in National

A survey released Monday from the Pew Research Center indicates American support for same-sex marriage could be leveling off after several years of dramatic growth in acceptance of equal rights for gays and lesbians.

Editorial cartoon for 9-23-14

Posted 9/23/2014 in National

Media wants cameras for theater shooting trial

Posted 9/23/2014 in National

Prosecutors and defense lawyers in the Colorado theater shootings case urged the judge on Monday to bar cameras from the courtroom during the trial, saying witnesses could be harassed and threatened because of the coverage.

Gov't hackers try to crack HealthCare.gov

Posted 9/23/2014 in National

The government's own watchdogs tried to hack into HealthCare.gov earlier this year and found what they termed a critical vulnerability -- but also came away with respect for some of the health insurance site's security features.

Alaska TV reporter quits on air to promote pot

Posted 9/23/2014 in National

A television reporter quit her job on live TV with a big four-letter flourish after revealing she owns a medical marijuana business and intends to press for legalization of recreational pot in Alaska.

Dempsey: 'No safe haven' for militants

Posted 9/23/2014 in National

Combined U.S.-Arab airstrikes at the heart of the Islamic State group's military strongholds in Syria achieved their strategic aim of showing the extremists that their savage attacks will not go unanswered, the top American military officer said Tuesday.

Accused White House intruder armed in July arrest

Posted 9/23/2014 in National

Two months before Omar J. Gonzalez allegedly hopped a White House fence, dashed across the North Lawn and entered the executive mansion, he was arrested in rural Virginia, heavily armed and carrying a map of Washington tucked inside a Bible -- with a circle drawn around the White House.

Tensions high as police ambush suspect evades capture

Posted 9/23/2014 in National

A 10-day manhunt for the survivalist accused of ambushing a Pennsylvania State Police barracks has narrowed to the rural area where he grew up and his parents still live, but the suspect has managed to elude capture despite the efforts of hundreds of law enforcement officials.