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How will gay marriage play on the ground?

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-06-10 06:03
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) -- On the upper eastern edge of Ohio lies a valley built on the sweat of the working class, where steel mills sit mostly shuttered but a once-struggling Chevy plant endures. It is a place filled with union halls and blue-collar families for whom the auto bailout meant survival, delivered by a president many here see as their savior....
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How will gay marriage play on the ground?

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-06-10 06:03
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) -- On the upper eastern edge of Ohio lies a valley built on the sweat of the working class, where steel mills sit mostly shuttered but a once-struggling Chevy plant endures. It is a place filled with union halls and blue-collar families for whom the auto bailout meant survival, delivered by a president many here see as their savior....
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Chief accuser expected in Clemens trial Monday

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-06-10 06:03
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Roger Clemens' chief accuser is expected to testify Monday against the former pitcher, a make-or-break moment for the prosecution as it seeks to convict Clemens of perjury....
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Chief accuser expected in Clemens trial Monday

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-06-10 06:03
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Roger Clemens' chief accuser is expected to testify Monday against the former pitcher, a make-or-break moment for the prosecution as it seeks to convict Clemens of perjury....
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Edwards' lawyers set to begin presenting defense

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-06-10 06:03
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) -- Lawyers for John Edwards will begin presenting his defense at the former presidential contender's campaign-finance trial....
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Edwards' lawyers set to begin presenting defense

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-06-10 06:03
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) -- Lawyers for John Edwards will begin presenting his defense at the former presidential contender's campaign-finance trial....
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Obama seeks to undercut Romney's record on jobs

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-06-10 06:03
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is casting Mitt Romney as a greedy, job-killing corporate titan with little concern for the working class in a new, multi-pronged effort that seeks to undermine the central rationale for his Republican rival's candidacy: his business credentials....
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NZ host of students in crash discouraged driving

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-06-10 06:03
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- The New Zealand university hosting U.S. students who were involved in a deadly weekend minivan crash said that they discourage international students from driving and will ratchet up those warnings in the future....
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NZ host of students in crash discouraged driving

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-06-10 06:03
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- The New Zealand university hosting U.S. students who were involved in a deadly weekend minivan crash said that they discourage international students from driving and will ratchet up those warnings in the future....
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NZ host of students in crash discouraged driving

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-06-10 06:03
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- The New Zealand university hosting U.S. students who were involved in a deadly weekend minivan crash said that they discourage international students from driving and will ratchet up those warnings in the future....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

1 in 3 autistic young adults lack jobs, education

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-06-10 06:03
CHICAGO (AP) -- One in 3 young adults with autism have no paid job experience, college or technical schooling nearly seven years after high school graduation, a study finds. That's a poorer showing than those with other disabilities including those who are mentally disabled, the researchers said....
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1 in 3 autistic young adults lack jobs, education

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-06-10 06:03
CHICAGO (AP) -- One in 3 young adults with autism have no paid job experience, college or technical schooling nearly seven years after high school graduation, a study finds. That's a poorer showing than those with other disabilities including those who are mentally disabled, the researchers said....
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1 in 3 autistic young adults lack jobs, education

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-06-10 06:03
CHICAGO (AP) -- One in 3 young adults with autism have no paid job experience, college or technical schooling nearly seven years after high school graduation, a study finds. That's a poorer showing than those with other disabilities including those who are mentally disabled, the researchers said....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

1 in 3 autistic young adults lack jobs, education

CHICAGO — One in 3 young adults with autism have no paid job experience, college or technical schooling nearly seven years after high school graduation, a study finds. That's a poorer showing than those with other disabilities including those who are mentally disabled, the researchers said.

With roughly half a ...

Bass player Donald 'Duck' Dunn dies in Tokyo at 70

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-06-10 06:03
NEW YORK (AP) -- Donald "Duck" Dunn, the bassist who helped create the gritty Memphis soul sound at Stax Records in the 1960s as part of the legendary group Booker T. and the MGs and contributed to such classics as "In the Midnight Hour," "Hold On I'm Coming" and "Sitting on the Dock of the Bay," died Sunday at 70....
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Bass player Donald 'Duck' Dunn dies in Tokyo at 70

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-06-10 06:03
NEW YORK (AP) -- Donald "Duck" Dunn, the bassist who helped create the gritty Memphis soul sound at Stax Records in the 1960s as part of the legendary group Booker T. and the MGs and contributed to such classics as "In the Midnight Hour," "Hold On I'm Coming" and "Sitting on the Dock of the Bay," died Sunday at 70....
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Three from U.S. still hospitalized after New Zealand crash

BOSTON — Seeing his injured Boston University classmates lying in a New Zealand roadway after their minivan rolled over, Evan White said he felt helpless.

"Our first impulse was to do whatever we could, but everyone had a sense of helplessness," Mr. White, a junior riding in one of three ...

Boston U student recovering after NZ crash kills 3

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-06-10 06:03
BOSTON (AP) -- Seeing his injured Boston University classmates lying in a New Zealand roadway after their minivan rolled over, Evan White said he felt helpless....
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Backlash grows at N.Y. ruling on viewing of child porn

In the wake of a New York court ruling that says it's not illegal to "merely" view online child pornography, child advocates are urging Internet-savvy federal prosecutors to take over these kinds of cases as two state lawmakers rush to fix the law.

It is "a singular outrage that the ...

American Scene: College turns to dogs as exam stress-busters

ATLANTA — Emory University in Atlanta has become the latest college to bring dogs on campus during exams to help stressed-out students.

Schools are placing pups in counseling centers for students to visit regularly or allowing faculty and staff to bring their pets to campus to play with students.

Some ...

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