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Legislators are comparing two bills that would make it a crime to take revenge on an ex-lover by posting their nude photos on the Internet â a practice known as

Technology

Maryland lawmakers weighing bills to outlaw ‘revenge porn’

Nick Tabor -

January 29, 2014 5:00 am

German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned Wednesday that countries who spy on their allies risk destroying trust, resulting in less rather than more security. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

National Security

Germany’s Angela Merkel: Spying on allies harms security

Frank Jordans -

January 29, 2014 5:00 am

The Great Plains Synfuels Plant near Beulah, N.D. Bismarck-based Dakota Gasification Co. approved plans to add a urea fertilizer production facility at the plant. (AP Photo/Bismarck Tribune, Lauren Donovan)

Energy and Environment

North Dakota synfuels plant to add $402m fertilizer facility

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January 29, 2014 5:00 am

Customers walk to the the Indiana Food Market in Philadelphia. (AP/Matt Rourke)

Healthcare

Group aims to improve food at Pennsylvania corner stores

Kathy Matheson -

January 29, 2014 5:00 am

The House has passed an almost $100 billion-a-year, compromise farm bill that would make small cuts to food stamps and continue generous subsidies for the nation's farmers.

House passes farm bill, crop subsidies preserved

MARY CLARE JALONICK -

January 29, 2014 5:00 am

Several warehouse workers marched through a northwestern Indiana Walmart store as they protested what they called freezing work conditions. (AP/Jae C. Hong)

Walmart warehouse workers protest work conditions

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January 29, 2014 5:00 am

The Air Force's nuclear missile corps faces new strains after dozens more officers were implicated in an investigation of cheating on missile-launch proficiency tests. The number implicated in the probe has roughly doubled from the original 34 officers, meaning that about 14 percent of all launch officers are now sidelined. (AP image)

National Security

Expansion of cheating probe adds to nuke burden

Robert Burns -

January 29, 2014 5:00 am

National Security

North Korea warns of tensions over US-South Korea war games

Eric Talmadge -

January 29, 2014 12:00 am

Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne, left, and the state have reached a settlement agreement with an employee in his office who claimed she faced retaliation after telling the FBI Horne may have violated campaign finance laws. (AP/Ross D. Franklin)

Campaigns

Deal reached in whistleblower suit against Attorney General Tom Horne

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January 28, 2014 5:00 am

Debbie Jurcak, a mother of three, works on an application for state aid at her apartment in Aurora, Ill. Jurcak, 43, was among many Americans who lost unemployment benefits in late December. On the verge of eviction, she and her husband sought the help of faith-based organizations to help them pay rent. (AP/Martha Irvine)

‘Long-term unemployment’ — one mom’s story

Martha Irvine -

January 28, 2014 5:00 am

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Maryland lawmakers weighing bills to outlaw ‘revenge porn’

Germany’s Angela Merkel: Spying on allies harms security

North Dakota synfuels plant to add $402m fertilizer facility

Group aims to improve food at Pennsylvania corner stores

House passes farm bill, crop subsidies preserved

Walmart warehouse workers protest work conditions

Expansion of cheating probe adds to nuke burden

North Korea warns of tensions over US-South Korea war games

Deal reached in whistleblower suit against Attorney General Tom Horne

‘Long-term unemployment’ — one mom’s story

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