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Homeland Security sets new measures for seaports

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PHILADELPHIA — While 100 percent screening of maritime cargo would be prohibitively costly and cause huge delays, the Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday announced a security measure intended to improve knowledge about ship cargoes headed for U.S. ports...

60, 61 and 101, in full

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Effective Jan. 1, 2011, the amendment limits property taxes by...

Local supplier under fire

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The following is an excerpt from an Oct. 5 letter from U.S. Rep. Elijah...

Lara Logan breaks her silence on ’60 Minutes’

NEW YORK — Breaking a months-long silence, CBS war correspondent Lara Logan talked to "60 Minutes" on Sunday night about what really happened to her in Cairo's Tahrir Square. On the night of Feb. 11, as the dictatorship of Hosni Mubarak...

Pentagon set to announce downsizing plans

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The BBC is reporting that U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel will announce cuts to the military budget for 2015...

Indian probe to Mars cost less than film, Gravity

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The Olympics in Sochi are the most expensive ever, with costs upwards of $50 billion, a number that Mother Jones Magazine pointed out would be enough to fund 20 manned trips to Mars, which would cost somewhere in the neighborhood of $2.5 billion...

President Trump

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Let me guess: you’re scared, you’re angry, you have no idea how we got to this place or what to do now that we...

Dropbox offers pro users twice the space as competition heats up

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Dropbox pro subscribers can now get excited about twice as much...

Hamburger’s environmental impact not easy to track

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Burgers are getting more complicated by the day. They aren't just cookout food any more. They're quickly becoming symbols of both overconsumption and the wastefulness of Americans' food choices...

Just a number

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It took about 15 whole seconds for the board members to stand up. Now, that’s a bit of a cheap shot, but it illustrates a broader point about influence in the Colorado Legislature...

Briefs | Erie dog gets valor award

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Erie dog gets valor awardAn Erie dog named Kenai has been named Valor Dog of the Year in the Humane Society of the United States’ third annual Dogs of Valor Awards. Kenai, a 14-year-old Bernese mountain dog mix, awakened one of her owners, Todd Smarr, in the middle ...

Yahoo doesn’t go far for new CEO: PayPal’s Scott Thompson

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SAN JOSE, Calif. — Yahoo Inc. searched for a new...