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Official: Dock found in Ore. is tsunami debris

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2025-05-09 11:12
A state official says a large dock that floated ashore on a beach in Oregon is definitely debris from last year's tsunami in Japan....
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Romney: Voters backed conservative values in Wis.

AP - Politics - Fri, 2025-05-09 11:12
SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- Mitt Romney said Wednesday that conservatives should be emboldened by the failed attempt to recall Wisconsin's Republican governor. He also said the favorable outcome for Republicans could offer a dose of hope for his presidential campaign....

Shar Pei nurses 2 endangered tiger cubs in Russia

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-09 11:12
MOSCOW (AP) -- Two Siberian tiger cubs abandoned in Russia by their mother have found an unusual wet nurse - a wrinkled, sand-colored Shar Pei dog named Cleopatra, a zoo worker said Wednesday....

Shar Pei nurses 2 endangered tiger cubs in Russia

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-09 11:12
MOSCOW (AP) -- Two Siberian tiger cubs abandoned in Russia by their mother have found an unusual wet nurse - a wrinkled, sand-colored Shar Pei dog named Cleopatra, a zoo worker said Wednesday....

Shar Pei nurses 2 endangered tiger cubs in Russia

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-09 11:12
MOSCOW (AP) -- Two Siberian tiger cubs abandoned in Russia by their mother have found an unusual wet nurse - a wrinkled, sand-colored Shar Pei dog named Cleopatra, a zoo worker said Wednesday....

Canada police: Notes found in body parts packages

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-09 11:12
MONTREAL (AP) -- Police investigating the grisly killing of a Chinese student said Wednesday that mailed packages containing the victim's body parts also included notes....

What $40,000 gets you in presidential fundraising

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2025-05-09 11:12
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- If you have $40,000 to spend, President Barack Obama's campaign has a deal for you....
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What $40,000 gets you in presidential fundraising

AP - Politics - Fri, 2025-05-09 11:12
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- If you have $40,000 to spend, President Barack Obama's campaign has a deal for you....

White House: McCain leak claim 'irresponsible'

AP - Politics - Fri, 2025-05-09 11:12
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) -- The White House is denying claims by Republican Sen. John McCain that it orchestrated news leaks of classified information to boost President Barack Obama's re-election chances....

Nation's unions lost big in the Wisconsin showdown

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2025-05-09 11:12
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Gov. Scott Walker's definitive victory in Wisconsin's recall election is already reverberating in other state capitals. It exposed the shrunken political muscle of the unions that tried to oust him, underscoring their vulnerability to attacks from the right and inability to retaliate....
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Nation's unions lost big in the Wisconsin showdown

AP - Politics - Fri, 2025-05-09 11:12
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Gov. Scott Walker's definitive victory in Wisconsin's recall election is already reverberating in other state capitals. It exposed the shrunken political muscle of the unions that tried to oust him, underscoring their vulnerability to attacks from the right and inability to retaliate....

For some, French retirement age goes down, not up

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-09 11:12
PARIS (AP) -- France's new Socialist government moved Wednesday to lower the retirement age from 62 to 60 years old for certain workers, bucking a global trend in a gesture to unions that critics say is a costly mistake....

For some, French retirement age goes down, not up

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-09 11:12
PARIS (AP) -- France's new Socialist government moved Wednesday to lower the retirement age from 62 to 60 years old for certain workers, bucking a global trend in a gesture to unions that critics say is a costly mistake....

For some, French retirement age goes down, not up

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-09 11:12
PARIS (AP) -- France's new Socialist government moved Wednesday to lower the retirement age from 62 to 60 years old for certain workers, bucking a global trend in a gesture to unions that critics say is a costly mistake....

For some, French retirement age goes down, not up

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-09 11:12
PARIS (AP) -- France's new Socialist government moved Wednesday to lower the retirement age from 62 to 60 years old for certain workers, bucking a global trend in a gesture to unions that critics say is a costly mistake....

For some, French retirement age goes down, not up

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-09 11:12
PARIS (AP) -- France's new Socialist government moved Wednesday to lower the retirement age from 62 to 60 years old for certain workers, bucking a global trend in a gesture to unions that critics say is a costly mistake....

'Band of Brothers' honored on D-Day anniversary

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-09 11:12
SAINTE-MARIE-DU-MONT, France (AP) -- With World War II-era military planes darting overhead and Normandy's Utah Beach visible in the distance, a bronze statue emerged from beneath a camouflage parachute, in tribute to a man whose quiet leadership was chronicled in the book and television series "Band of Brothers."...

Book: military feared use of taped comments

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2025-05-09 11:12
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A new book says Justice Department prosecutors were stunned to learn three years ago that the U.S. military had secretly tape recorded incriminating comments that alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed made to fellow detainees during daily prison yard conversations but was not planning to use them at military tribunals....
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Book: military feared use of taped comments

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2025-05-09 11:12
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A new book says Justice Department prosecutors were stunned to learn three years ago that the U.S. military had secretly tape recorded incriminating comments that alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed made to fellow detainees during daily prison yard conversations but was not planning to use them at military tribunals....
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Ray Bradbury, author of 'Fahrenheit 451,' dies

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2025-05-09 11:12
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Ray Bradbury anticipated iPods, interactive television, electronic surveillance and live, sensational media events, including televised police pursuits - and not necessarily as good things....
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