n">(Reuters) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo called on Wednesday for raising the state's minimum wage by nearly 21 percent, to...
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No deal on Illinois pension fix, talks to continue
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A fix for Illinois' public pension crisis remained elusive on Saturday after a meeting between Democratic Governor ...
Nixon to be remembered in centennial salute at California birthplace
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A planned yearlong centennial celebration of Richard Nixon's birth is due to kick off on Sunday at his presiden...
Defiant Assad summons Syrians for "war to defend nation"
BEIRUT (Reuters) - A defiant President Bashar al-Assad called on Sunday for national mobilization in a "war to defend the nation"...
Double suicide attack kills four in Afghan south
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Two suicide bombers targeted a community meeting at a major border town in southern Afghanistan, killing ...
Former Rep. Patrick Kennedy leads campaign against legal pot
n">(Reuters) - Retired Rhode Island Congressman Patrick Kennedy is taking aim at what he sees as knee-jerk support for marijuana le...
India army kills Pakistan soldier in Kashmir: Pakistan army
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A Pakistani soldier was killed and another injured in a gunfight between Indian and Pakistani troops in Kashmir on Su...
Vienna Jewish museum may hold art stolen by Nazis: paper
A screening program that started in 2007, years after other Austrian museums began combing their collections for works taken from their rig...
Italy's center-left leads in three-way race ahead of February vote
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's center-left coalition, led by Pier Luigi Bersani, has a comfortable lead less than two months before the elect...
Egypt committed to IMF talks: new finance minister
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt is committed to completing negotiations with the International Monetary Fund to secure a $4.8 billion loan, its inc...
Gunmen kill 10 in remote northwest Nigeria: police
KADUNA, Nigeria, Jan 6 - Gunmen shot or hacked to death about 10 people during a raid on two neighboring villages in Nigeria's remote n...
Drone attack in Pakistan kills at least 10: intelligence sources
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) - A U.S. drone strike killed at least 10 people suspected to be Taliban fighters in Pakistan's nor...
Ohio sheriff confronts protesters in football rape case
STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (Reuters) - A county sheriff under fire for how he has handled a high school rape investigation faced down a raucous cro...
Two Chinese women die from H1N1 flu in Beijing: state media
BEIJING (Reuters) - Two Chinese women have died from the H1N1 flu strain in Beijing in the past 10 days, Chinese state media said on Sunday...
Four dead in townhouse shooting in Aurora, Colorado
AURORA, Colo. (Reuters) - A gunman who barricaded himself inside a townhouse after killing three people in the home was shot to death by po...
Connecticut gun show goes on despite Newtown tragedy
STAMFORD, Connecticut (Reuters) - An antique gun show went ahead as planned on Saturday 40 miles from the site of the December 14 mass shoo...
South Carolina woman ranked as oldest American dies at age 114
n">(Reuters) - A 114-year-old South Carolina woman who was born when William McKinley was president of the United States and had ra...
Earthquake measuring 7.5 strikes off southeastern Alaska
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A powerful earthquake measuring 7.5 magnitude struck a remote corner of the Pacific Coast off Alaska's pa...
Indian rape victim's father says he wants her named
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The father of an Indian student whose brutal rape provoked a global outcry said he wanted her name made public so she...
Tasmania fires rage on as police search burned homes
PERTH, Australia (Reuters) - Australian police and defense forces searched burned-out vehicles and homes in the towns worst hit by wildfire...
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