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Death toll in clash in China's far west at 20

AP - World News - Sat, 2024-05-18 16:15
BEIJING (AP) -- Officials on Thursday raised the death toll from a clash this week in China's heavily Muslim far west to 20, with police having shot a higher number of assailants from the Uighur ethnic group than previously reported....

Pirates open fire, fail to board Nigerian tanker

AP - World News - Sat, 2024-05-18 16:15
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Pirates have attacked a ship off the coast of Nigeria for the second time in as many days, but the attackers were thwarted in the latest incident by a quick-acting crew, an international maritime watchdog said Thursday....

Pirates open fire, fail to board Nigerian tanker

AP - World News - Sat, 2024-05-18 16:15
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Pirates have attacked a ship off the coast of Nigeria for the second time in as many days, but the attackers were thwarted in the latest incident by a quick-acting crew, an international maritime watchdog said Thursday....

Analysis: Snowe departure will widen partisan gulf

AP - Politics - Sat, 2024-05-18 16:15
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The surprising retirement of moderate Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine moves congressional centrists a step closer to extinction and highlights the great paradox of American politics....

Kim Dotcom says he'll beat 'political' piracy case

AP - World News - Sat, 2024-05-18 16:15
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- In his first interviews since his January arrest in New Zealand, Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom says he will prevail in what he calls a "political" Internet piracy case against him....

Kim Dotcom says he'll beat 'political' piracy case

AP - World News - Sat, 2024-05-18 16:15
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- In his first interviews since his January arrest in New Zealand, Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom says he will prevail in what he calls a "political" Internet piracy case against him....

Jury: Sailor not guilty in Peace Corps rape trial

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2024-05-18 16:15
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) -- A military jury found a Navy special warfare sailor not guilty late Wednesday of raping a Peace Corps volunteer in Uganda multiple times after he refused to wear a condom....
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Ohio shooting suspect described as 'fine person'

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2024-05-18 16:15
CHARDON, Ohio (AP) -- The teenager suspected in an Ohio school shooting struggled with a broken family and did poorly in school, then appeared to turn himself around once he was taken in by grandparents and began to attend an alternative school, longtime neighbors and friends said Wednesday...
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Romney wins nonbinding vote at Wyoming precincts

AP - Politics - Sat, 2024-05-18 16:15
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) -- Mitt Romney has won a nonbinding vote of Republican activists who turned out for precinct caucuses across Wyoming during the past two weeks....

Romney wins nonbinding vote at Wyoming precincts

AP - Politics - Sat, 2024-05-18 16:15
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) -- Mitt Romney has won a nonbinding vote of Republican activists who turned out for precinct caucuses across Wyoming during the past two weeks....

Romney wins nonbinding vote at Wyoming precincts

AP - Politics - Sat, 2024-05-18 16:15
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) -- Mitt Romney has won a nonbinding vote of Republican activists who turned out for precinct caucuses across Wyoming during the past two weeks....

Romney wins nonbinding vote at Wyoming precincts

AP - Politics - Sat, 2024-05-18 16:15
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) -- Mitt Romney has won a nonbinding vote of Republican activists who turned out for precinct caucuses across Wyoming during the past two weeks....

Romney wins nonbinding vote at Wyoming precincts

AP - Politics - Sat, 2024-05-18 16:15
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) -- Mitt Romney has won a nonbinding vote of Republican activists who turned out for precinct caucuses across Wyoming during the past two weeks....

Romney wins nonbinding vote at Wyoming precincts

AP - Politics - Sat, 2024-05-18 16:15
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) -- Mitt Romney has won a nonbinding vote of Republican activists who turned out for precinct caucuses across Wyoming during the past two weeks....

Singer Davy Jones of The Monkees dies in Fla at 66

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2024-05-18 16:15
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Davy Jones, the diminutive heartthrob who rocketed to the top of the 1960s music charts by beckoning millions of adoring fans with the catchy refrains of The Monkees, died Wednesday. He was 66....
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Lady Gaga at Harvard, launches youth foundation

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2024-05-18 16:15
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) -- Pop star Lady Gaga descended on Harvard University with some powerful friends Wednesday to launch her new foundation aimed at empowering young people....
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Romney clarifies his position on Blunt amendment

AP - Politics - Sat, 2024-05-18 16:15
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Wednesday he opposed Senate Republicans' effort that critics say would limit insurance coverage of birth control, then reversed himself quickly in a second interview saying he misunderstood the question....

Romney faces tough questions on women's issues

AP - Politics - Sat, 2024-05-18 16:15
PEORIA, Ill. (AP) -- Mitt Romney wanted to talk about the economy, but Bradley University had other ideas....

Romney clarifies his position on Blunt amendment

AP - Politics - Sat, 2024-05-18 16:15
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Wednesday he opposed Senate Republicans' effort that critics say would limit insurance coverage of birth control, then reversed himself quickly in a second interview saying he misunderstood the question....

Romney clarifies his position on Blunt amendment

AP - Politics - Sat, 2024-05-18 16:15
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Wednesday he opposed Senate Republicans' effort that critics say would limit insurance coverage of birth control, then reversed himself quickly in a second interview saying he misunderstood the question....
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