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U.N. nuclear agency says talks with Iran fail
Nation & World Comments Updated: Feb 22, 2012 12:05pmVIENNA (AP) — The U.N. nuclear agency on Wednesday acknowledged its renewed failure in trying to probe suspicions that Tehran has worked secretly on atomic arms, in a statement issued shortly...
Wal-Mart’s 4Q results show rebounding US business
Nation & World Comments Updated: Feb 22, 2012 12:05pmNEW YORK (AP) — Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’s business offers valuable insight into how Americans are reacting in the slow economic recovery: they will spend, but only if they believe they’re getting the...
Medical officials find mercury in lightening cream
Nation & World Comments Updated: Feb 22, 2012 12:05pmSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California health officials became alarmed when a 39-year-old Mexican-American woman in Alameda County was diagnosed with mercury poisoning, giving her headaches, numbness,...
Consumer-finance watchdog probes overdraft fees
Nation & World Comments Updated: Feb 22, 2012 12:05pmWASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — The government’s new consumer-watchdog agency is launching a probe into costly overdraft fees charged by big banks.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said...
US apologizes for Quran burnings in Afghanistan
Nation & World Comments Updated: Feb 22, 2012 12:05pmKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The U.S. apologized Tuesday for the burning of Muslim holy books that had been pulled from the shelves of a detention center library adjoining a major base in eastern...
Authorities ID mountain man suspect in burglaries
Nation & World Comments Feb 22, 2012 12:05pmSALT LAKE CITY (AP) Authorities on Tuesday identified a man sought for more than five years in dozens of cabin burglaries in the mountains of southern Utah.
In a statement Tuesday evening,...
Mardi Gras revelry, parades take over New Orleans
Nation & World Comments Updated: Feb 21, 2012 12:05pmNEW ORLEANS — Revelers hit the streets today to celebrate Mardi Gras, lured to the French Quarter and stately oak-lined avenues by the chance to snag beads and baubles from seemingly endless...
FACT CHECK: Artful swerves on the auto bailout
Nation & World Comments Updated: Feb 21, 2012 12:05pmWASHINGTON, D.C. — Michigan has become squirm central for Republican presidential candidates who are trying to explain their opposition to the auto bailout before the big primary in the home of...
Congress targets federal workers for savings
Nation & World Comments Updated: Feb 21, 2012 12:05pmWASHINGTON, D.C. — Federal workers were $15 billion losers as Congress looked for ways to pay for parts of the just-passed legislation to extend the payroll tax cut and federal unemployment...
High court to take new look at affirmative action
Nation & World Comments Updated: Feb 21, 2012 12:05pmWASHINGTON, D.C. — The Supreme Court will once again confront the issue of race in university admissions in a case brought by a white student denied a spot at the flagship campus of the University...
