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In search of hope along the U.S.-Mexico border; Ivie family mourns loss
A look at challenges for families who live along the U.S.-Mexico border.
The presidential race enters its final month enlivened by two events with the potential to reshape the contest.
The pope's butler was convicted Saturday of stealing the pontiff's private documents.
Israeli jets down drone that entered airspace
Israel scrambled fighter jets to intercept a drone Saturday that crossed deep into Israeli airspace from the Mediterranean Sea, shooting the aircraft down over the country's southern desert, the... Read more »
President Barack Obama has a big money month; Mitt Romney in Florida
A month before Election Day, President Barack Obama's campaign and Democrats posted an impressive fundraising haul, easing the party's concerns that he would face a significant money disadvantage... Read more »
Terrorism suspects extradited to U.S.
LONDON — Radical preacher Abu Hamza al-Masri and four other terrorism suspects who fought for years to avoid facing charges in the United States lost their grounds for appeal and were flown... Read more »
Slain Border Patrol agent Nicholas Ivie died from friendly fire
Those investigating the shooting death of Border Patrol agent Nicholas Ivie said Friday there are "strong preliminary indications" the former Provo resident died as a result of friendly fire. Read more »
Republicans need to learn to talk to women, says GOP congresswoman
Republicans need to learn to talk to women, who are more "intuitive," said an eight-term Republican congresswoman from California this week. While not conceding the gender gap on the merits, Rep.... Read more »
Jobs report boosts Pres. Obama; Mitt Romney not impressed
Mitt Romney was still celebrating his widely praised debate performance when the campaign lurched in a different direction. Read more »
U.S. unemployment below 8%, first time since 2009
The U.S. unemployment rate dropped below 8 percent for the first time since the month President Barack Obama took office, a surprising lift for both the economy and his re-election hopes in the... Read more »
Report: Obama campaign outpacing Romney's in ads
A new report finds that President Barack Obama's re-election campaign has run more than twice as many TV ads in nine key states as has the campaign of his Republican challenger, Mitt Romney. Read more »
Madoff fraud's last days recounted in NYC document
In December 2008, two of Bernard Madoff's most loyal employees met on a Manhattan street corner and fretted over a closely held secret that the rest of the world would learn about eight days later:... Read more »
Syrian regime opens new urban front, shells Homs
The Syrian military opened a second urban front Friday, attacking the rebel stronghold of Homs with the most intense artillery barrage in months and putting opposition fighters there and in Syria's... Read more »
Steroid-related meningitis cases rise to 47 in seven Eastern, Midwestern states
A deadly meningitis outbreak rose to 47 cases in seven states Friday, as clinics scrambled to notify patients across the country that the shots they got for back pain may have been contaminated... Read more »
Jump in California gas prices leads stations to close doors, charge record prices
Californians woke up to a shock Friday as overnight gasoline prices jumped by as much as 20 cents a gallon in some areas, ending a week of soaring costs that saw some stations close and others... Read more »
Union boss: Friendly fire possibility in shooting of Border Patrol agent Nicholas Ivie
The shooting of two U.S. Border Patrol agents near the Arizona-Mexico border may have been a case of friendly fire, a union chief for border agents and law enforcement officials said Friday. Read more »
VIDEO: Biden says he, Obama want to raises taxes by $1 trillion
Vice President Joe Biden told supporters Thursday that the Obama administration plans to raise taxes by $1 trillion in order to shift liability to wealthy Americans. Read more »
Fungus blamed for meningitis rarely causes trouble
The fungus blamed for causing a meningitis outbreak in several states is mostly everywhere. It floats in the air, indoors and outdoors — and only very rarely makes people sick. Read more »
Jobs report gives President Barack Obama much-needed boost
President Barack Obama got much-needed good news Friday following his disappointing debate performance as the unemployment rate dropped to its lowest level since he took office. Read more »
Mitt Romney's Medicare plan raises cost questions
Mitt Romney's Medicare plan won't try to control costs by limiting the payments that future retirees would use to buy private health insurance, aides say. Budget experts are questioning how the... Read more »
Mitt Romney, President Barack Obama ignoring nation's poor during campaign
For all the discussion of the economy, there's been little talk of how the people at the bottom of the economy, the poor, are doing. Read more »
Obama: Jobs report shows economy is on right track
President Barack Obama says an encouraging jobs report shows that the country has made too much progress to turn back to the policies that he says led the nation into an economic crisis. Read more »
Romney on '47 percent': I was 'completely wrong'
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has described his disparaging remarks about the 47 percent of Americans who don't pay federal income taxes as "not elegantly stated." Now he's calling... Read more »
Well-preserved mammoth carcass found in Siberia
A teenage mammoth who once roamed the Siberian tundra in search of fodder and females might have been killed by an Ice Age man on a summer day tens of thousands of years ago, a Russian scientist... Read more »
China's growing economic worries
China faces of slew of economic problems in the run-up to its once-in-a-decade leadership transition. Read more »
New jobless number hold political significance
President Barack Obama, reeling from a poor debate performance, won a valuable reprieve Friday with a reduced unemployment number in September that brought the jobless rate down to a level unseen... Read more »
Al-Qaida claims attack wave and jailbreak in Iraq
Al-Qaida's branch in Iraq claimed responsibility on Friday for a stunning jailbreak last week that was followed by a wave of deadly attacks across the country that left 26 dead. Read more »
U.S. jobless rate falls to 7.8 percent, 44-month low
The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 7.8 percent last month, dropping below 8 percent for the first time in nearly four years. The rate declined because more people found work, a trend that could have an impact on undecided voters in... Read more »
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Slain Border Patrol agent Nicholas Ivie died from friendly fire
Those investigating the shooting death of Border Patrol agent Nicholas Ivie said Friday there are "strong preliminary indications" the former Provo resident died as a result of friendly fire. Read more »
Former Provo resident Nicholas J. Ivie killed patrolling U.S.-Mexico border
Border Patrol agent Nicholas J. Ivie was called to serve in his LDS Church ward bishopric less than two months before he was shot and killed in Arizona near the U.S.-Mexico line early Tuesday. Read more »
VIDEO: Biden says he, Obama want to raises taxes by $1 trillion
Vice President Joe Biden told supporters Thursday that the Obama administration plans to raise taxes by $1 trillion in order to shift liability to wealthy Americans. Read more »
Romney on '47 percent': I was 'completely wrong'
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has described his disparaging remarks about the 47 percent of Americans who don't pay federal income taxes as "not elegantly stated." Now he's calling... Read more »
Jobs report boosts Pres. Obama; Mitt Romney not impressed
Mitt Romney was still celebrating his widely praised debate performance when the campaign lurched in a different direction. Read more »
In search of hope along the U.S.-Mexico border
A look at challenges for families who live along the U.S.-Mexico border. Read more »
Mitt Romney changes the game during Wednesday's presidential debate
Mitt Romney changed the game with his aggressive, confident performance in Wednesday's Denver debate, erasing the specter of doom that dogged his campaign for weeks. Read more »
Jump in California gas prices leads stations to close doors, charge record prices
Californians woke up to a shock Friday as overnight gasoline prices jumped by as much as 20 cents a gallon in some areas, ending a week of soaring costs that saw some stations close and others... Read more »
Debate, jobs report shake up presidential race
The presidential race enters its final month enlivened by two events with the potential to reshape the contest or perhaps negate each other. Soon after Mitt Romney's strong debate performance came... Read more »
Republicans need to learn to talk to women, says GOP congresswoman
Republicans need to learn to talk to women, who are more "intuitive," said an eight-term Republican congresswoman from California this week. While not conceding the gender gap on the merits, Rep.... Read more »
News analysis: Mitt Romney stands tall by almost any measure, pundits agree
Most pundits seem to agree that Romney edged Obama in the first debate Wednesday night. Read more »
U.S. unemployment below 8%, first time since 2009
The U.S. unemployment rate dropped below 8 percent for the first time since the month President Barack Obama took office, a surprising lift for both the economy and his re-election hopes in the... Read more »
Israeli jets down drone that entered airspace
Israel scrambled fighter jets to intercept a drone Saturday that crossed deep into Israeli airspace from the Mediterranean Sea, shooting the aircraft down over the country's southern desert, the... Read more »
Union boss: Friendly fire possibility in shooting of Border Patrol agent Nicholas Ivie
The shooting of two U.S. Border Patrol agents near the Arizona-Mexico border may have been a case of friendly fire, a union chief for border agents and law enforcement officials said Friday. Read more »
President Barack Obama has a big money month; Mitt Romney in Florida
A month before Election Day, President Barack Obama's campaign and Democrats posted an impressive fundraising haul, easing the party's concerns that he would face a significant money disadvantage... Read more »
Fact check: Obama-Romney presidential debate missteps
President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney spun one-sided stories in their first presidential debate, not necessarily bogus, but not the whole truth. Read more »
The softer side of Mitt Romney
Has Governor Mitt Romney opened up enough about his personal life? He may be trying to show more. On Thursday, Time magazine released a picture of a romantic Mitt Romney. Deseret News has... Read more »
Mitt Romney trying to seize momentum post-debate
Republican Mitt Romney is trying to ride a wave of momentum from a strong debate performance against President Barack Obama and reset the presidential campaign. Read more »
Mitt Romney's Medicare plan raises cost questions
Mitt Romney's Medicare plan won't try to control costs by limiting the payments that future retirees would use to buy private health insurance, aides say. Budget experts are questioning how the... Read more »
Mitt Romney: 'Victory is in sight' after first debate
Buoyed by a powerful debate showing, Mitt Romney said Thursday he offers "prosperity that comes through freedom" to a country struggling to shed a weak economy. President Barack Obama accused the... Read more »
Well-preserved mammoth carcass found in Siberia
A teenage mammoth who once roamed the Siberian tundra in search of fodder and females might have been killed by an Ice Age man on a summer day tens of thousands of years ago, a Russian scientist... Read more »
Madoff fraud's last days recounted in NYC document
In December 2008, two of Bernard Madoff's most loyal employees met on a Manhattan street corner and fretted over a closely held secret that the rest of the world would learn about eight days later:... Read more »
Post-debate: Mitt Romney basks, President Obama challenges
An invigorated Mitt Romney basked in rave reviews Thursday after his first face-off with the president, envisioning an inaugural celebration with conservative activists while President Barack Obama... Read more »
Pope's butler convicted in leaks, given 18 months
The pope's butler was convicted Saturday of stealing the pontiff's private documents and leaking them to a journalist in the gravest Vatican security breach in recent memory. He was sentenced to 18... Read more »
The softer side of President Barack Obama
After seeing four years of President Barack Obama in political action it's hard to remember that he has a personal life too. The following photos show a side of Obama that is rarely seen. Don't... Read more »
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