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West Virginia Train Derailment Sends Oil Tanker Into River

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 07:54 PM PST

A train carrying more than 100 tankers of crude oil derailed during a snowstorm in southern West Virginia on Monday, sending at least one tanker into a river, igniting at least 14 in all and sending...

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National Briefing | Southwest: Texas: Arrest Made in Islamic Center Fire

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 07:46 PM PST

A homeless man was arrested and charged with arson after a fire destroyed a building at an Islamic institute in Houston, fire officials said Monday.

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Gov. Scott Walker’s Higher Education Budget Ignites Backlash

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 07:27 PM PST

Critics of Gov. Scott Walker say he is capitalizing on a view that is popular among conservatives like those in the Iowa caucuses: that state universities are elite bastions of liberal...

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U.S. Intensifies Effort to Blunt ISIS’ Message

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 06:40 PM PST

A tiny State Department agency will be revamped and expanded to coordinate existing attempts to counter the Islamic State's propaganda machine.

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Men Seeing ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ Have the Same Reason as Women: Curiosity

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 06:30 PM PST

The much-hyped film adaption of the erotic novel, whose target audience is women, attracted men, too, though they were far outnumbered.

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Lesley Gore, Teenage Voice of Heartbreak, Dies at 68

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 06:23 PM PST

Ms. Gore's hits included "It's My Party," "Judy's Turn to Cry" and "You Don't Own Me," which became a feminist anthem.

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Pasco Police’s Shooting of Rock Thrower Draws Comparisons to Michael Brown Case

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 05:32 PM PST

The shooting of a man who threw rocks at the police in Pasco, Wash., has led to comparisons to Ferguson, Mo., and drawn condemnation from the Mexican president and multiple investigations.

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On the Road: Numbers May Not Give a Complete Picture of Passenger Unruliness

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:44 PM PST

While government statistics show a decline in reported incidents, an international body says they have been on the increase in recent years.

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Southeast Region Hit by a Heavy Blast of Snow, With an Icy Cold Follow-Up

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:43 PM PST

As snow, sleet and freezing rain continued falling, officials across the Mississippi Valley and the mid-Atlantic Seaboard, were shuffling their plans.

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At Westminster Dog Show, Beagle From a Winning Line Unseats a Charming Galoot

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:43 PM PST

Nathan, a bloodhound who was trying to become the first bloodhound to win the Best of Show prize, failed to defend his hound group title. He finished second to Miss P, a beagle.

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National Briefing | West: California: Travelers Flee After Erroneous Message

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:42 PM PST

Police say someone at a gate area at Los Angeles International Airport spread the mistaken word that an armed man was on the loose Monday, sending about 20 passengers fleeing through emergency doors...

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National Briefing | Mid-Atlantic: West Virginia: Tanker Derails Into River

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:32 PM PST

A train carrying more than 100 tankers of crude oil derailed about 30 miles southeast of Charleston on Monday, sending at least one into the Kanawha River, igniting at least 14 and setting off a...

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National Briefing | South: North Carolina: Jury Brings Three Murder Counts

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:25 PM PST

A grand jury has indicted Craig Hicks, 46, of Chapel Hill, in the shooting deaths of a newlywed Muslim couple and the wife's sister last week.

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U.S. Embedded Spyware Overseas, Report Claims

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 01:50 PM PST

A Russian firm says the United States has found a way to permanently embed surveillance and sabotage tools in computers in countries including Iran, Russia, Pakistan and China.

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Bob Feller Museum in Van Meter, Iowa, Will Become City Hall

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 01:13 PM PST

After the Hall of Famer Bob Feller died in 2010, the business model for his museum in Van Meter, Iowa, began to fail. The building was sold to the city for a new city hall.

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Steep Fees and First-Class Prices, but Private Jets Are Available to More

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 12:55 PM PST

Capitalizing on dissatisfaction with commercial airlines, a number of new ventures are using smartphone apps to upend the private jet market.

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Up to 14 Years of Hot Flashes Found in Menopause Study

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 12:51 PM PST

The median length of time women endured symptoms was 7.4 years, according to researchers in the largest examination to date of the menopausal symptom.

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Motherlode Blog: What Children Think of the Internet (and Why It Matters)

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 08:22 AM PST

Question I haven't yet asked my 5-year-old: is the Internet a more reliable source of information than I am?

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Health Care Success for Midwest Co-op Proves Its Undoing

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 08:13 AM PST

The insolvency of CoOportunity Health raised the question of whether a major Affordable Care Act experiment in holding down insurance costs was in trouble beyond Iowa and Nebraska.

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