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Trump plan to sell off half of oil stockpile sparks debate
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s proposal to sell nearly half the U.S. emergency oil stockpile is renewing debate about whether the Strategic Petroleum Reserve is still needed amid an ongoi...
May 25, 2017
Mexican journalists caught in crossfire of rival cartels
MEXICO CITY - Just as each batch of the weekly newspapers was dropped off at newsstands around Culiacan, men quickly bought them up as they followed the delivery trucks along their routes. It occurred...
May 25, 2017
Pyongyang gas price surge: Bad news for Kim Jong Un?
TOKYO - While world attention has focused on Kim Jong Un’s recent missile tests, a monthlong surge in gasoline prices in Pyongyang is showing no signs of letting up - a puzzling problem that if ...
May 25, 2017
Dr. Beach names Florida's Siesta Beach best beach in US
SIESTA KEY, Fla. - The sand on Siesta Beach on Florida’s Gulf Coast is as fine as powdered sugar, a pure, sparkling white and soft as a kitten’s fur - all because it’s comprised of 9...
May 25, 2017
Fastest growing US cities are in South; 4 of top 5 in Texas
DALLAS - Ten of the 15 fastest-growing cities with populations of 50,000 or more were spread across the South in 2016, with four of the top five found in Texas, according to new population estimates r...
May 25, 2017
Philippines says foreigners among IS-linked gunmen in south
ILIGAN, Philippines - Foreign fighters are among the militants linked to the Islamic State group who are battling government troops in the southern Philippines, an official said Friday. Solicitor Gene...
May 25, 2017
Montenegro defies Russia to become NATO member
PODGORICA, Montenegro - NATO is set to expand for the first time after eight years by welcoming Montenegro into the alliance. The tiny Balkan nation is attending the NATO summit in Brussels on Thursda...
May 25, 2017
NATO, the world's biggest military alliance, explained
BRUSSELS - It sounds strange to characterize the North Atlantic Treaty Organization as a huge gun club, but the comparison can be useful in understanding the world’s biggest military alliance. L...
May 25, 2017
NATO leaders meet under intense Trump pressure on spending
BRUSSELS - Meeting fellow NATO leaders for the first time, President Donald Trump aggressively challenged them Thursday to spend more on their own defence, putting the alliance under exceptional press...
May 25, 2017
Wine and weed? Some Oregon vineyards try hand at pot farming
JACKSONVILLE, Ore. - Bill and Barbara Steele moved to this sleepy corner of Oregon to start their own winery after successful, high-powered business careers. Now, more than a decade later and with awa...
May 25, 2017