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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Sen. Mark Pryor likes to tell voters that he always puts Arkansas first, borrowing the campaign slogan associated with his family for decades. In Wyoming, Liz Cheney bets that her famous father’s name will be gold in her Senate race. A...

TAMPA — Long before he stumbled onto Laguna Beach, Calif., before he was nearly mugged by a street gang in Albuquerque, N.M., and way before he was rousted by the cops in Amarillo, Texas, Harrison Milanian thought to himself: “What the heck am I doing? I ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — After months of drawn-out negotiations, United Nations experts arrived in Damascus on Sunday to begin their investigation into the purported use of chemical weapons in Syria’s civil war.
The rebels, along with the U.S. and other Western...

I found Nemo.
I also found Dory and a lot of their friends at the Aquarium at Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota.
The aquarium is a fantastic place to take little ones, or big ones for that matter. Round ones, square ones, long ones, short ones, young on...

Participants from CrossFit Murdock pose after completing their workout to benefit Sgt. Michael Wilson’s family....

CHARLOTTE COUNTY — As students return to school, the Charlotte County Library System is preparing to provide them a vast resource to help with their studies.
A new eBook program is set for a Sept. 4 rollout, allowing any library user to draw from a large ...

LOMBARD, Ill. (AP) — Authorities in suburban Chicago have canceled an anti-terrorism training after objections from an advocacy group claiming the trainer was anti-Muslim.
The North East Multi-Regional Training group planned the Monday training with Sam K...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Rick Scott is moving slowly to find a new lieutenant governor.
It’s been five months since Jennifer Carroll abruptly resigned after she was questioned by law enforcement authorities about work she did for a charity ac...

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s military leader vowed Sunday that the army will not allow further violence after the deaths of hundreds in days of political unrest, while still calling for the political inclusion of Islamist supporters of the country’s ousted presid...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican lawmakers are split over whether the U.S. should cut off aid to Egypt amid spiraling violence.
Sen. John McCain renewed his call Sunday to curtail aid as the Egyptian military continues to crack down on protestors seeking the ...