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WASHINGTON (AP) — Does anyone in politics dare talk up the economy? Apparently not. After five months of steady job growth and with unemployment hitti...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Veterans Affairs says it has reached out to nearly 140,000 veterans in the past two months to get them off waiting...

WASHINGTON (AP) — How strong is that pina colada? Depending on how it’s made, it could contain as much alcohol as two glasses of wine. The National In...

WASHINGTON (AP) — In an abrupt retreat, the House Ethics Committee said Thursday that it was dropping changes it had made in how lawmakers publicly re...

KILL DEVIL HILLS, N.C. (AP) — A strengthening Hurricane Arthur forced thousands of vacationers on the North Carolina coast to abandon their Independen...

ROULETTE — The North Central Land Owners Association Inc. has announced the annual picnic will be held from noon to 4 p.m. July 12 at the Norwich Town...

WASHINGTON (AP) — For the second time in three weeks, President Barack Obama on Wednesday invited top economists to a private lunch at the White House...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan privacy board on Wednesday unanimously adopted its report that endorses some of the National Security Agency’s Internet...

MISSION, Texas (AP) — Overwhelmed by a surge in illegal immigration, especially by unaccompanied children, the U.S. government has launched a $1 milli...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — As one of the year’s busiest travel weekends approaches, so does another visitor: Tropical Storm Arthur, expected to grow into...

NEW YORK (AP) — Business owners who don’t want to pay for their employees’ birth control are ending that coverage after the Supreme Court said they co...

NEW YORK (AP) — Supersized isn’t just for french fries. Americans increasingly are replacing their once-enviable 50-inch TVs with even bigger screens....

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama faced immediate demands for bold action to stem deportations Tuesday, a day after declaring immigration legis...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration has been struggling to clear up data discrepancies that could potentially jeopardize coverage for millions ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama defiantly dared congressional Republicans on Tuesday to try to block his efforts to act on his own and bypass...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House is no longer requiring lawmakers to report some free trips they take on the annual forms they file about their personal fi...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Iraq is increasingly turning to other governments like Iran, Russia and Syria to help beat back a rampant insurgency because it cann...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Navy has its first female four-star admiral. She is Michelle Janine Howard, promoted on Tuesday to the service’s highest rank. T...

NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities say at least 21 people were shot across New York City over the weekend. Four victims died. Among those injured were a 10-y...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The nation’s farmers planted the largest soybean crop on record this year by devoting millions of acres of land to the crop th...