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Suicide bombers kill 22 civilians at Afghan market

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-09 18:10
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) -- Three suicide attackers blew themselves up in the largest city in southern Afghanistan Wednesday, killing 22 people and wounding at least 50 others in a dusty marketplace that was turned into a gruesome scene of blood and bodies....

White House: McCain leak claim 'irresponsible'

AP - Politics - Fri, 2025-05-09 18:10
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) -- The White House is denying claims from Republican Sen. John McCain that it orchestrated leaks of classified information to news organizations to boost President Barack Obama's national security reputation and re-election chances....

White House: McCain leak claim 'irresponsible'

AP - Politics - Fri, 2025-05-09 18:10
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) -- The White House is denying claims from Republican Sen. John McCain that it orchestrated leaks of classified information to news organizations to boost President Barack Obama's national security reputation and re-election chances....

Ray Bradbury, author of 'Fahrenheit 451,' dies

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2025-05-09 18:10
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Ray Bradbury, the science fiction-fantasy master who transformed his childhood dreams and Cold War fears into telepathic Martians, lovesick sea monsters, and, in uncanny detail, the high-tech, book-burning future of "Fahrenheit 451," has died. He was 91....
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Remains of Shakespeare's Curtain Theatre found

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-09 18:10
LONDON (AP) -- Archaeologists in London have discovered the remains of an Elizabethan theater where some of William Shakespeare's plays were first performed - a venue immortalized as "this wooden O" in the prologue to "Henry V."...

Israel to build 300 new settlement homes

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-09 18:10
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel's prime minister says he has ordered the construction of 300 new homes in a West Bank settlement....

The cast of characters as Penn State trial starts

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2025-05-09 18:10
The main players in the Penn State scandal:...
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The cast of characters as Penn State trial starts

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2025-05-09 18:10
The main players in the Penn State scandal:...
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NJ Muslims file federal suit to stop NYPD spying

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2025-05-09 18:10
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Eight Muslims filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday in New Jersey to force the New York Police Department to end its surveillance and other intelligence-gathering practices targeting Muslims in the years after the 2001 terrorist attacks. The lawsuit alleged that the police activities were unconstitutional because they focused on people's religion, national origin and race....
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Obama kicks off West Coast fundraising swing

AP - Politics - Fri, 2025-05-09 18:10
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is launching a two-day campaign fundraising swing in California....

Obama kicks off West Coast fundraising swing

AP - Politics - Fri, 2025-05-09 18:10
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is launching a two-day campaign fundraising swing in California....

Miss Pennsylvania USA claims pageant rigged

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2025-05-09 18:10
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- The Miss USA pageant representative from Pennsylvania resigned her crown claiming the contest is rigged, but according to organizers the beauty queen was upset over the decision to allow transgender contestants to enter....
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Walker to mend political divide with brats, beer

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2025-05-09 18:10
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Gov. Scott Walker, fresh from becoming the nation's first governor to survive a recall election, wants to go about mending Wisconsin's political divide in an egalitarian way: over brats and beer....
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Walker to mend political divide with brats, beer

AP - Politics - Fri, 2025-05-09 18:10
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Gov. Scott Walker, fresh from becoming the nation's first governor to survive a recall election, wants to go about mending Wisconsin's political divide in an egalitarian way: over brats and beer....

Silhouetted Venus reminder of solar system's size

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2025-05-09 18:10
HONOLULU (AP) -- Filtering the sun's light to a minuscule fraction of its true power allowed sky-gazers around the world to watch a silhouetted Venus travel across Earth's closest star, an extremely rare spectacle that served as a reminder of how tiny our planet really is....
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1940 NY census records are now searchable by name

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2025-05-09 18:10
NEW YORK (AP) -- Americans are in for a cyber-surprise on Wednesday: They'll be able to plug family names into an online 1940 U.S. census and come up with details about the lives of New Yorkers - from Joe DiMaggio and Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy to their own relatives....
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1940 NY census records are now searchable by name

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2025-05-09 18:10
NEW YORK (AP) -- Americans are in for a cyber-surprise on Wednesday: They'll be able to plug family names into an online 1940 U.S. census and come up with details about the lives of New Yorkers - from Joe DiMaggio and Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy to their own relatives....
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Suicide bombers kill 22 civilians at Afghan market

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-09 18:10
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) -- Three suicide attackers blew themselves up in the largest city in southern Afghanistan Wednesday, killing 22 people and wounding at least 50 others in a dusty marketplace that was turned into a gruesome scene of blood and bodies....

Israeli parliament rejects attempt to save outpost

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-09 18:10
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel's parliament on Wednesday paved the way for the demolition of an illegal West Bank outpost by rejecting an attempt by hardline lawmakers to prevent the move....

Panetta: Drone attacks will continue in Pakistan

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2025-05-09 18:10
NEW DELHI (AP) -- Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is delivering a strong defense of the U.S. use of drones to kill insurgents in Pakistan, telling an audience next door in India on Wednesday that America has made it clear to Islamabad it will continue to target al-Qaida leaders in that country....
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