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North Korea vows to expand nuclear arsenal, signaling end of talks
SEOUL — Escalating the stakes of a standoff with Washington and its allies, North Korea is signaling that it will abandon two decades of negotiations to constrain its nuclear program and will close the door on any deal over its atomic weapons and...
Tags: Seoul (South Korea), Kim Jong Il, South Korea, Weaponry, Beijing (China)
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North Korea could stumble from bluster to war
Beneath a map depicting the battle plan for “Target Mainland U.S.,” North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is shown in state propaganda photos being briefed by his generals on preparations for attacks on Guam, Hawaii and the U.S. West Coast....
Tags: Seoul (South Korea), Media Industry, North Korea, Kim Jong Il, South Korea
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North Korea vows to restart shuttered nuclear facilities
SEOUL -- North Korea announced Tuesday that it would restart nuclear facilities that were closed as part of a 2007 international disarmament agreement. The move comes at the urging of the communist state's leader, Kim Jong Un, for the country to build...
Tags: Seoul (South Korea), North Korea, South Korea, Nuclear Power, Kim Jong Un
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U.S. moves missile-tracking radar platform closer to North Korea
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy is moving a sea-based radar platform closer to North Korea to track possible missile launches, a Pentagon official said Monday, in the latest step meant to deter the North and reassure South Korea and Japan that the U.S....
Tags: Seoul (South Korea), Government, North Korea, South Korea, Weaponry
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TSA offers faster airport screening for wounded soldiers
Wounded soldiers and veterans can now go through airport screening gates without removing shoes, hats or light jackets, the Transportation Security Administration announced. The TSA's decision to ease screening for wounded soldiers comes about two weeks...
Tags: Transportation Security Administration, Security Measures, Armed Conflicts, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Obama names the first woman to head the Secret Service
WASHINGTON – President Obama on Tuesday named a high-ranking career employee of the U.S. Secret Service to become its first female director. Julia A. Pierson, a veteran of the agency’s Miami and Orlando, Fla., field offices, serves as...
Tags: U.S. Senate, U.S. Department of State, U.S. Secret Service, Environmental Politics, Environmental Issues
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Hayward man killed in Afghanistan
An Army Special Forces soldier from Northern California has died in combat in Afghanistan, the Department of Defense announced Sunday. Sgt. 1st-class James Grissom, 31, of Hayward, died Thursday at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany from...
Tags: Afghanistan, Prescription Drugs
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McManus: 'Sequester' causing pain -- to Congress
Think the automatic budget cuts Congress ordered at the beginning of March — the so-called sequester — haven't caused any pain yet? Think again. Judging from the squeals we're hearing from members of Congress whose districts are threatened...
Tags: Government, Federal Aviation Administration, U.S. Senate, Arne Duncan, U.S. Congress
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Marine fatally shoots 2 and kills self in Quantico base rampage, officials say
A Marine killed two fellow military staffers at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia, then killed himself in what appeared to be an isolated incident, military officials said on Friday. There was no immediate explanation for the motive of the gunman...
Tags: FBI, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Shootings, Defense, U.S. Marine Corps
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Senators protest sequester cuts, shutdown threat looms
WASHINGTON — It was bound to happen: As the sequester budget cuts are felt around the country, lawmakers are having second thoughts — and trying to tinker with them in a way that could lead to a full-scale government shutdown. Senators...
Tags: Federal Aviation Administration, U.S. Senate, U.S. Congress, Barack Obama, Kay Hagan
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In signal to allies and N. Korea, U.S. to add missile interceptors
WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon intends to add 14 interceptors to a missile defense site in Alaska by 2017 in an unusual move to beef up U.S. defenses after recent threats by North Korea’s new leadership to carry out a nuclear strike, according to...
Tags: North Korea, Weaponry, Defense, Pyongyang (North Korea), Unrest, Conflicts and War
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'With Charity for All' looks beyond the glossy appeals
Americans just love feeling philanthropic. In any debate over cutting tax breaks in the income tax system, the deduction for charitable donations is always held sacred — even more than that other sacred cow, the mortgage deduction. It's a rare...
Tags: NYSE Euronext, Inc., September 11, 2001 Attacks, Entertainment, American Red Cross, Pension and Welfare
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