National News
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Hurricane Rachel strengthens to a Category 3 storm off Mexico's Pacific coast
Guidelines under review
Loophole on 'dumping' never closed
Friends, family of Ebola patient reach milestone
Market turmoil: A gift for mortgage refinancers?
A sudden plunge in mortgage rates last week raised an urgent question for millions of Americans:
Hawaii hit by winds, rain as hurricane veers west
The size of recent history
Obama: US can't cut itself off from West Africa
Caught off guard?
Old Ironsides heads to dry-dock
BOSTON - Old Ironsides took one last trip around Boston Harbor on Friday ahead of a major, multi-year restoration project, firing its cannons while the Dropkick Murphys punk band and a Boston Pops quintet entertain…
Sounding the alarm
WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen sounded an alarm Friday about widening economic inequality in the United States, suggesting that America's longstanding identity as a land of opportunity was at stake.
Man gets life in prison in loud music killing
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - A Florida man convicted of first-degree murder for fatally shooting a teenager in an argument over loud music outside a Jacksonville convenience store was sentenced Friday to life in priso…
Home construction rose 6.3 percent in September
WASHINGTON (AP) - Construction firms broke ground on more apartment complexes in September, pushing up the pace of U.S. homebuilding.
Apple shows off new gadgets
CUPERTINO, Calif. - Apple showed off thinner iPads and a new iMac with a high-resolution display on Thursday. Sleek and stunning, yes, but not likely to spark …
Cutting the cord
NEW YORK - Next year HBO is cutting the cord and selling its popular streaming video service HBO Go as a stand-alone product, as more Americans choose to watch the Web, not the TV. Viewers longing to see "Game of T…
Peanut farmers deal with fallout from salmonella
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - There will be significantly fewer peanuts pulled from the ground in eastern New Mexico this harvest season because of lingering fallout from the bankruptcy and sale of a peanut-processing p…