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SKOPJE, Macedonia – International monitors said Monday that serious violations marred a national election in Macedonia that gave the center-right government a landslide victory. The monitoring mission of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe said Sunday’s vote failed to meet international standards and was marked by violence, intimidation …

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – A team of researchers representing government, industry and academia has launched a test project in which carbon dioxide produced by a natural gas processing plant is being disposed of by injecting it far beneath the ground. Officials announced Thursday that the test is under way at …

OTTUMWA, Iowa – An early morning house fire killed two young children Tuesday, fire officials said. The two-story house was engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived just after 6:30 a.m., said Fire Chief Steve O’Connor. A 1-year-old and a 3-year-old, who were in an upstairs bedroom, died in the blaze, …