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Death Rate For Children Under 5 Has Plunged, UN Reports

Death Rate For Children Under 5 Has Plunged, UN Reports

September 17, 2014

By John Zarocostas McClatchy Foreign Staff (MCT) GENEVA — In a break from the recent slate of doom-and-gloom reports of catastrophes, wars and destruction, a United Nations report released Tuesday...

Whichever Side Wins Scotland Independence Vote, UK Faces Change

Whichever Side Wins Scotland Independence Vote, UK Faces Change

September 17, 2014

By Matthew Schofield McClatchy Foreign Staff (MCT) STIRLING, Scotland — Seven hundred years ago, Robert the Bruce reclaimed Scottish independence here with the help of a two-handed sword. Thursday,...

12 States Sue EPA Over Proposed Power Plant Regulations

12 States Sue EPA Over Proposed Power Plant Regulations

September 15, 2014

By Neela Banerjee Tribune Washington Bureau (MCT) WASHINGTON — A dozen coal-reliant states have sued the Environmental Protection Agency in an effort to derail proposed rules designed to cut greenhouse...

Huge New Airport Is Announced For Mexico’s Capital

Huge New Airport Is Announced For Mexico’s Capital

September 4, 2014

By Tim Johnson McClatchy Foreign Staff (MCT) MEXICO CITY — President Enrique Pena Nieto announced plans Tuesday to build a new airport in Mexico City that can handle four times the traffic of the...

States That Decline To Expand Medicaid Give Up Billions In Aid

States That Decline To Expand Medicaid Give Up Billions In Aid

September 4, 2014

By Tony Pugh McClatchy Washington Bureau (MCT) WASHINGTON — If the 23 states that have rejected expanding Medicaid under the 2010 health-care law continue to do so for the next eight years, they’ll...

Celebrity Nude Photos: Hackers Could Face Child Pornography Charge

Celebrity Nude Photos: Hackers Could Face Child Pornography Charge

September 3, 2014

By Richard Winton Los Angeles Times (MCT) The culprits who hacked into Apple iCloud accounts to steal nude photos of Hollywood stars could face dozens of federal charges, including distributing child...

Republicans Appear In Position To Take Senate Control

September 2, 2014

By David Lightman McClatchy Washington Bureau (MCT) WASHINGTON — Voters hate Washington, and they’ll get their chance to shake things up in November’s midterm elections. The big question is whether...

Woman Dies After Falling Under Bus At Burning Man Festival

Woman Dies After Falling Under Bus At Burning Man Festival

September 2, 2014

By James Queally Los Angeles Times (MCT) A woman died at the counterculture Burning Man festival in Nevada early Thursday morning after she fell underneath a bus, according to a statement issued by...

Drones at Disneyland? Disney seeks patents

Drones at Disneyland? Disney seeks patents

August 27, 2014

By Andrew Khouri Los Angeles Times (MCT) On top of Mickey Mouse, Cinderella and Aladdin, visitors to Disney theme parks may one day get a glimpse of drones. Walt Disney Co. appears to have a wish to...

Burger King’s merger with Tim Hortons could prompt tax fight in Congress

Burger King’s merger with Tim Hortons could prompt tax fight in Congress

August 27, 2014

By Rob Hotakainen McClatchy Washington Bureau (MCT) WASHINGTON — Burger King’s purchase of the Canadian doughnut chain Tim Hortons is raising new questions of whether Congress will respond by changing...

Security App Gains Foothold On College Campus

May 1, 2014

By Richard Burnett Orlando Sentinel (MCT) Sarah Spann heard the steps behind her and quickened her pace. The man pursuing her on the University of Florida’s campus sped up too. She ducked into an...

Death Toll Climbs To At Least 30 As Deadly Storms Move Through The South

Death Toll Climbs To At Least 30 As Deadly Storms Move Through The South

April 29, 2014

By Michael Muskal Los Angeles Times (MCT) After leaving a trail of death and destruction across at least six states, a series of violent storms that spawned dozens of tornadoes continued to move through...

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