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Few options left for Obama on economy

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-05-11 12:03
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In the wake of an alarmingly weak jobs report last week, President Barack Obama and lawmakers in both parties find themselves possessing few if any realistic options for jolting the economy out of its doldrums before Election Day....
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Few options left for Obama on economy

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-11 12:03
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In the wake of an alarmingly weak jobs report last week, President Barack Obama and lawmakers in both parties find themselves possessing few if any realistic options for jolting the economy out of its doldrums before Election Day....

AP: 1940 NY census records now searchable by name

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-05-11 12:03
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 Kennedy to their own relatives....
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Human remains delivered to 2 Canada schools

AP - World News - Sun, 2025-05-11 12:03
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) -- Police said Tuesday packages delivered to two Vancouver schools contained a human foot and hand....

Eyes turn skyward as Venus travels across the sun

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-05-11 12:03
HONOLULU (AP) -- None of us will likely see Venus pass, like a moving beauty spot, across the face of the sun again....
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Miss. man executed for killing 4 nieces, nephews

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-05-11 12:03
PARCHMAN, Miss. (AP) -- A Mississippi man convicted of killing four young nieces and nephews in a 1990 stabbing rampage was executed Tuesday, despite pleas from his two sisters to spare the brother who killed their children....
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Miss. man executed for killing 4 nieces, nephews

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-05-11 12:03
PARCHMAN, Miss. (AP) -- A Mississippi man convicted of killing four young nieces and nephews in a 1990 stabbing rampage was executed Tuesday, despite pleas from his two sisters to spare the brother who killed their children....
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Miss. man executed for killing 4 nieces, nephews

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-05-11 12:03
PARCHMAN, Miss. (AP) -- A Mississippi man convicted of killing four young nieces and nephews in a 1990 stabbing rampage was executed Tuesday, despite pleas from his two sisters to spare the brother who killed their children....
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Miss. man executed for killing 4 nieces, nephews

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-05-11 12:03
PARCHMAN, Miss. (AP) -- A Mississippi man convicted of killing four young nieces and nephews in a 1990 stabbing rampage was executed Tuesday, despite pleas from his two sisters to spare the brother who killed their children....
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Miss. man executed for killing 4 nieces, nephews

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-05-11 12:03
PARCHMAN, Miss. (AP) -- A Mississippi man convicted of killing four young nieces and nephews in a 1990 stabbing rampage was executed Tuesday, despite pleas from his two sisters to spare the brother who killed their children....
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Solar-powered plane lands in Morocco

AP - World News - Sun, 2025-05-11 12:03
RABAT, Morocco (AP) -- An experimental solar-powered plane landed in Morocco's capital late Tuesday after a 20-hour trip from Madrid in the first transcontinental flight by a craft of its type....

Wisconsin voters divided on bargaining

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-11 12:03
MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Talk about sharply divided voter attitudes in Wisconsin....

Disney's new diet for kids: No more junk food ads

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-05-11 12:03
NEW YORK (AP) -- There won't be any more candy, sugary cereal or fast food on TV with the morning cartoons....
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First lady walks fine line on NYC drink proposal

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-05-11 12:03
WASHINGTON (AP) -- First lady Michelle Obama says banning big servings of sugary drinks isn't anything she'd want to do at the federal level, but she offered some kind words Tuesday for New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's effort to do just that. She later issued a statement backing away from taking a stand on New York's controversial proposed ban....
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First lady walks fine line on NYC drink proposal

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-05-11 12:03
WASHINGTON (AP) -- First lady Michelle Obama says banning big servings of sugary drinks isn't anything she'd want to do at the federal level, but she offered some kind words Tuesday for New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's effort to do just that. She later issued a statement backing away from taking a stand on New York's controversial proposed ban....
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Voters wait out lines to cast Wis. recall ballots

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-05-11 12:03
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- The passions that fueled a fight lasting more than a year over union rights and Wisconsin's cash-strapped budget brought voters out in strong numbers Tuesday to decide whether to recall Gov. Scott Walker....
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Voters wait out lines to cast Wis. recall ballots

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-11 12:03
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- The passions that fueled a fight lasting more than a year over union rights and Wisconsin's cash-strapped budget brought voters out in strong numbers Tuesday to decide whether to recall Gov. Scott Walker....

Al-Qaida No. 2 dies in US drone strike in Pakistan

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-05-11 12:03
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- A U.S. drone strike in northwest Pakistan has killed al-Qaida's second-in-command, officials from both countries confirmed Tuesday, the most significant victory so far in the controversial bombing campaign and the biggest setback to the terror network since the death of Osama bin Laden....
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Romney team: Authorities probe possible hacking

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-11 12:03
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Authorities are investigating whether Mitt Romney's private email account was hacked....

Senate GOP blocks Democrats' equal pay bill

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-11 12:03
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Republicans on Tuesday blocked a Democratic bill calling for equal pay in the workplace. But President Barack Obama and his congressional allies aren't finished appealing to women on the No. 1 concern for all voters: the cash in their wallets on the heels of recession....
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