3 formally apply for sole Mass. slots license

BOSTON — Three companies have formally applied to operate a slots parlor, the first type of expanded gambling facility expected to open in Massachusetts, state gambling regulators said Friday. The Massachusetts Gaming Commission had set a 2 p.m. deadline...

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US pushes Pacific trade agenda despite shutdown

BALI, Indonesia — Talks on a Pacific trade pact are forging ahead with hopes of meeting a year-end deadline still intact, officials said Saturday, despite President Barack Obama's absence due to the government shutdown. Obama had intended to thrash...

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DC memorial for journalist Helen Thomas being held

WASHINGTON — A memorial is being held at the National Press Club in Washington for Helen Thomas, who died in July at the age of 92. A memorial is being held Saturday for Thomas, who grilled 10 presidents as a White House reporter for United Press International...

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Health care website gets down time for repairs

WASHINGTON — It's not the sign that the Obama administration wants people to see on its health overhaul website: down for repairs. Using overnight hours this weekend to debug the system, the Health and Human Service Department hoped to fix the technological...

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Concern grows over Asian crab's spread in Maine

PORTLAND, Maine — A species of invasive crab with a voracious appetite that first showed up in the United States 25 years ago has spread to far eastern Maine, and marine ecologists are worried about its potential impact on the environment. A group of...

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Analysis: US reliability questioned overseas

An unmistakable sense of unease is growing in global capitals as the U.S. government from afar looks increasingly befuddled. America is shirking from a military confrontation in Syria, stymied at home by a gridlocked Congress and in danger of defaulting...

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Spain quakes increasing near gas storage plant

MADRID — Spain's geographical institute says there has been a large increase in the number of small earthquakes off the country's east coast, where a large underground gas storage plant is being tested before going into operation. Government officials...

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Obama to public: Don't give up on health sign-ups

WASHINGTON — Defending the shaky rollout of his health care law, President Barack Obama said frustrated Americans "definitely shouldn't give up" on the problem-plagued program now at the heart of his dispute with Republicans over reopening the federal...

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Egypt journalist gets 6-month suspended sentence

CAIRO — An Egyptian military court convicted an award-winning journalist Saturday of endangering national security by spreading false information in his coverage of operations against Islamic militants in the Sinai Peninsula, and handed him a six-month...

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Greenpeace: Russia actions among worst 'assaults'

AMSTERDAM — Greenpeace International's director says Russia's seizure of its ship "Arctic Sunrise" and the arrest of its crew is the worst "assault" on the group's environmental activism since its flagship "Rainbow Warrior" was bombed in 1985. Russia...

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