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S.C. Senate panel advances inmate sex surgery bill

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A bill that would prohibit state money from being used for sex change surgeries for prison inmates is one step closer to becoming law.

The Senate Corrections and Penology Committee on Thursday approved the bill that now goes to the Senate.

Under current policy, the South ...

Contraception fight on Capitol Hill

CNN - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-25 14:19
Witnesses speak at a hearing on the HHS mandate that requires health insurers to provide contraceptive coverage.
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Conservative blogger Breitbart dead at 43

CNN - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-25 14:19
Andrew Breitbart, a well-known conservative blogger, has died, his attorney confirmed Thursday. He was 43.
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And Dreier Makes Seven

Opinion Journal - Sun, 2025-05-25 14:19
The California redistricting carnage goes on, with the latest casualty being Republican Rep. David Dreier.


Why evangelicals love Santorum, hated JFK

CNN - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-25 14:19
Michael Wolraich says the common enemy of secular humanism unites evangelicals and conservative Catholics in a nontraditional alliance. It might not last.
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Disney retooling obesity exhibit after complaints

ORLANDO, Fla. — Walt Disney World is retooling an Epcot exhibit on childhood obesity after critics complained it was insensitive to obese kids and reinforced stereotypes.

The interactive exhibit, Habit Heroes, featured animated fitness superheros Will Power and Callie Stenics and super-sized villains Snacker and Lead Bottom, who eat junk ...

Police: Philly woman gave illegal butt injections

PHILADELPHIA — A woman arrested in connection with an illegal buttocks-enhancement injection that left a patient sickened last month is considered a "person of interest" in the death of a tourist who underwent a similar procedure last year, police said Thursday.

Padge Victoria Windslowe, 42, was arrested Wednesday night as ...

Romney working to connect personally with voters

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-25 14:19
FARGO, N.D. (AP) -- His two latest victories aside, Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney is working to connect more personally with voters and refocus his campaign on the protracted fight for convention delegates as he tries to recover from a difficult month and answer key questions about the strength of his candidacy....

Romney working to connect personally with voters

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-25 14:19
FARGO, N.D. (AP) -- His two latest victories aside, Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney is working to connect more personally with voters and refocus his campaign on the protracted fight for convention delegates as he tries to recover from a difficult month and answer key questions about the strength of his candidacy....

Romney working to connect personally with voters

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-25 14:19
FARGO, N.D. (AP) -- His two latest victories aside, Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney is working to connect more personally with voters and refocus his campaign on the protracted fight for convention delegates as he tries to recover from a difficult month and answer key questions about the strength of his candidacy....

Romney working to connect personally with voters

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-25 14:19
FARGO, N.D. (AP) -- His two latest victories aside, Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney is working to connect more personally with voters and refocus his campaign on the protracted fight for convention delegates as he tries to recover from a difficult month and answer key questions about the strength of his candidacy....

Romney working to connect personally with voters

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-25 14:19
FARGO, N.D. (AP) -- His two latest victories aside, Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney is working to connect more personally with voters and refocus his campaign on the protracted fight for convention delegates as he tries to recover from a difficult month and answer key questions about the strength of his candidacy....

Romney working to connect personally with voters

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-25 14:19
FARGO, N.D. (AP) -- His two latest victories aside, Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney is working to connect more personally with voters and refocus his campaign on the protracted fight for convention delegates as he tries to recover from a difficult month and answer key questions about the strength of his candidacy....

Romney working to connect personally with voters

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-25 14:19
FARGO, N.D. (AP) -- His two latest victories aside, Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney is working to connect more personally with voters and refocus his campaign on the protracted fight for convention delegates as he tries to recover from a difficult month and answer key questions about the strength of his candidacy....

Ariz. Sheriff Joe Arpaio probes Obama's birth certificate

PHOENIX (AP) — America's self-proclaimed toughest sheriff finds himself entangled these days in his own thorny legal troubles: a federal grand jury probe over alleged abuse of power, Justice Department accusations of racial profiling, and revelations that his department didn't adequately investigate hundreds of Arizona sex-crime cases.

Rather than seek ...

Santorum campaign hoping for help from Gingrich

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-25 14:19
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Short on money and staff, Rick Santorum needs help to remain a viable threat to front-runner Mitt Romney in the race for the Republican presidential nomination. One strategist hopes it will come from another rival, Newt Gingrich....

Santorum campaign hoping for help from Gingrich

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-25 14:19
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Short on money and staff, Rick Santorum needs help to remain a viable threat to front-runner Mitt Romney in the race for the Republican presidential nomination. One strategist hopes it will come from another rival, Newt Gingrich....
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