In the first step of an interim accord, Iranian TV said officials have disconnected centrifuges producing 20-percent enriched uranium.
2014
Posted inNews, Politics
Gay Republicans face long odds in congressional campaigns
From New Hampshire to San Diego, gay Republican candidates must challenge Democratic opponents in addition to religious conservatives from their own party.
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Posted inNews
NAACP Portland Branch hosts annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Breakfast
Former Secretary of Defense, U.S. Rep. and U.S. Sen. William Cohen of Maine will be the keynote speaker at the 33rd annual event, which will also honor former South African President Nelson Mandela.
Posted inNation & World, News
Wide-ranging Obama profile reveals president beyond headlines
The president comments on a range of topics and waxes philosophical in The New Yorker.
Posted inNation & World, News
Crew of 24 rescued from sinking ship in west Pacific
The Chinese crew of the 500-foot ship had abandoned the 500-foot ship was rescued from life rafts.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Unions angered by Postal Service’s Staples outlets
The new outlets are staffed by Staples employees, not postal workers, and labor officials say that move replaces well-paying union jobs with low-wage, nonunion workers.
Posted inNation & World, News, Olympics
A crumbling Sochi hides behind Olympic facades
While state-run TV trains its cameras on luxury malls, sleek stadiums and high-speed train links, thousands of ordinary people in the Sochi area put up with squalor and environmental waste.
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Ukraine protests escalate to street battles
The nation’s president later says he has named a group to work out a solution to the crisis with the opposition.
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Olympic Roundup: Bethel’s Murphy makes late push in moguls
Troy Murphy improves his Olympic hopes with a fifth-place finish in a World Cup event.
