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Congress targets federal workers for savings
Nation Comments Updated: Feb 22, 2012 1:20amBy JIM ABRAMS
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Federal workers were $15 billion losers as Congress looked for ways to pay for parts of the just-passed legislation to extend the...
Odds and ends for Feb. 22
Nation Comments Updated: Feb 22, 2012 1:20amBicycle warriors face off in Portland
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Looking like punk gladiators, teams of young adults on junk bikes pulling chariots made of junk parts frenetically chased each...
College cost questioned
Nation Comments Updated: Feb 21, 2012 1:20amBy KIMBERLY HEFLING
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Access to college has been the driving force in federal higher education policy for decades. But the Obama administration is...
Avalanche a 'horror story'
Nation Comments Updated: Feb 21, 2012 1:20amBy PHUONG LE
Associated Press
SEATTLE — When the snow broke loose, a group of expert skiers who watched in horror as a large avalanche swept their friends down a steep slope in...
Nation roundup for Feb. 21
Nation Comments Updated: Feb 21, 2012 1:20amYouTube looks to redefine channels
CULVER CITY, Calif. (AP) — YouTube is enlisting Hollywood's help to reach a generation of viewers more familiar with smartphones than TV remotes....
Odds and ends for Feb. 21
Nation Comments Updated: Feb 21, 2012 1:20amMonaco prince is bloodied in brawl
NEW YORK (AP) — The grandson of the late Princess Grace of Monaco was briefly hospitalized after a brawl in a New York City nightclub.
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Oil jumps to 9-month high after Iran cuts supply
Nation Comments Updated: Feb 21, 2012 1:20amBy PABLO GORONDI
Associated Press
Oil prices jumped to a nine-month high above $105 a barrel on Monday after Iran said it halted crude exports to Britain and France in an...
