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NKorea's Kim wants better living standards, arms

NKorea's Kim wants better living standards, arms
By FOSTER KLUG and SAM KIMAssociated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday called for improving the economy and living standards of his impoverished nation with the same urgency that scientists showed in successfully testing a long-range rocket recently. Kim

Over the fiscal cliff: Soft or hard landing?

Over the fiscal cliff: Soft or hard landing?
By CONNIE CASSAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Efforts to save the nation from going over a year-end "fiscal cliff" were still in disarray as lawmakers returned to the Capitol to confront the tax-and-spend crisis. A tone-setting quotation was Democratic Sen. Harry Reid's assertion that the

AP photo essay: Ex-Soviet immigrants change Israel

AP photo essay: Ex-Soviet immigrants change Israel
By ODED BALILTY and DANIEL ESTRINAssociated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - In parts of Israel, it's hard to find a single Hebrew sign in a sea of Cyrillic. Shopkeepers address customers in Russian, and groceries are amply stocked with non-kosher pork, red caviar and rows of vodka. Russian pop

Black boxes examined in fatal Russian plane crash

Black boxes examined in fatal Russian plane crash
MOSCOW (AP) - Investigators on Sunday examined flight recorders and other evidence to try to determine the cause of the airliner crash in Moscow that killed five people, an official said. The Tu-204 belonging to Russian airline Red Wings was carrying eight people, all of them crew members, when it

Over the fiscal cliff: Soft or hard landing?

Over the fiscal cliff: Soft or hard landing?
By CONNIE CASSAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Two days out from the end of the year, lawmakers appeared to have made little progress toward devising a compromise to keep the nation from going over the so-called fiscal cliff at the start of 2013. All eyes were on the Democratic and Republican

Over the fiscal cliff: Soft or hard landing?

Over the fiscal cliff: Soft or hard landing?
By CONNIE CASSAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Three days out from the end of the year, lawmakers appeared to have made little progress toward devising a compromise to keep the nation from going over the so-called fiscal cliff at the start of 2013. All eyes were on the Democratic and Republican

Over the fiscal cliff: Soft or hard landing?

Over the fiscal cliff: Soft or hard landing?
By CONNIE CASSAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Three days out from the end of the year, lawmakers appeared to have made little progress toward devising a compromise to keep the nation from going over the so-called fiscal cliff at the start of 2013. All eyes were on the Democratic and Republican

Over the fiscal cliff: Soft or hard landing?

Over the fiscal cliff: Soft or hard landing?
By CONNIE CASSAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Three days out from the end of the year, lawmakers appeared to have made little progress toward devising a compromise to keep the nation from going over the so-called fiscal cliff at the start of 2013. All eyes were on the Democratic and Republican

Over the fiscal cliff: Soft or hard landing?

Over the fiscal cliff: Soft or hard landing?
By CONNIE CASSAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Three days out from the end of the year, lawmakers appeared to have made little progress toward devising a compromise to keep the nation from going over the so-called fiscal cliff at the start of 2013. All eyes were on the Democratic and Republican

Over the fiscal cliff: Soft or hard landing?

Over the fiscal cliff: Soft or hard landing?
By CONNIE CASSAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Three days out from the end of the year, lawmakers appeared to have made little progress toward devising a compromise to keep the nation from going over the so-called fiscal cliff at the start of 2013. All eyes were on the Democratic and Republican