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Obama a socialist? Many scoff, but claim persists

AP - Politics - Mon, 2025-05-12 14:43
NEW YORK (AP) -- When President Barack Obama's re-election campaign unveiled its new slogan, some conservative critics were quick to pounce....

Obama a socialist? Many scoff, but claim persists

AP - Politics - Mon, 2025-05-12 14:43
NEW YORK (AP) -- When President Barack Obama's re-election campaign unveiled its new slogan, some conservative critics were quick to pounce....

Obama a socialist? Many scoff, but claim persists

AP - Politics - Mon, 2025-05-12 14:43
NEW YORK (AP) -- When President Barack Obama's re-election campaign unveiled its new slogan, some conservative critics were quick to pounce....

Officials: CIA drone targets al-Qaida's No. 2

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2025-05-12 14:43
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A CIA drone strike Monday targeted al-Qaida's second in command, Abu Yahia al-Libi, in Pakistan, but it was unclear whether he was among those hit, U.S. officials said....
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Poll: More against NYC ban on large sugary drinks

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2025-05-12 14:43
NEW YORK (AP) -- About half of New Yorkers say Mayor Michael Bloomberg's proposed ban of sugary drinks over 16 ounces from the city's eateries is an example of government going too far, while 42 percent say it would be good health policy, according to a poll released Monday....
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Report: Cannibalism suspect 'Va Tech' in waiting

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2025-05-12 14:43
BALTIMORE (AP) -- A Maryland college student accused of killing a housemate and eating his heart and part of his brain was kicked out of a ROTC program after he punched holes in the walls of the cadet computer lab and a military instructor referred to him as a "Virginia Tech waiting to happen," according to a campus police report months before the attack....
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NKorea threatens specific attacks on SKorean media

AP - World News - Mon, 2025-05-12 14:43
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- North Korea's military warned Monday that troops have aimed artillery at the specific coordinates of South Korean media groups as Pyongyang threatened a "merciless sacred war" over perceived insults....

NKorea threatens specific attacks on SKorean media

AP - World News - Mon, 2025-05-12 14:43
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- North Korea's military warned Monday that troops have aimed artillery at the specific coordinates of South Korean media groups as Pyongyang threatened a "merciless sacred war" over perceived insults....

NKorea threatens specific attacks on SKorean media

AP - World News - Mon, 2025-05-12 14:43
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- North Korea's military warned Monday that troops have aimed artillery at the specific coordinates of South Korean media groups as Pyongyang threatened a "merciless sacred war" over perceived insults....

Grim search for dead after Nigerian plane crash

AP - World News - Mon, 2025-05-12 14:43
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- Emergency crews wearing masks to protect them from the acrid smoke and the stench of the dead searched for bodies in a smoldering, shattered neighborhood near the Lagos airport Monday after the crash of an airliner killed all 153 people on board and an unknown number on the ground....

Grim search for dead after Nigerian plane crash

AP - World News - Mon, 2025-05-12 14:43
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- Emergency crews wearing masks to protect them from the acrid smoke and the stench of the dead searched for bodies in a smoldering, shattered neighborhood near the Lagos airport Monday after the crash of an airliner killed all 153 people on board and an unknown number on the ground....

Jury selection to begin in Sandusky trial

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2025-05-12 14:43
BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) -- Picking 12 people to decide Jerry Sandusky's fate in the child-molestation case that brought down coach Joe Paterno and scandalized Penn State could prove a monumental task in a county where practically everyone went to the university, works there, knows someone there or is a fan of the football team....
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Canadian body parts suspect arrested in Berlin

AP - World News - Mon, 2025-05-12 14:43
BERLIN (AP) -- A Canadian porn actor suspected of murdering and dismembering a Chinese student and mailing his body parts to Canada's top political parties was reading about himself on the Internet when he was arrested Monday at a cafe in Berlin....

Sisters want brother who killed their kids spared

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2025-05-12 14:43
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- Two women are asking Mississippi's governor to spare their brother from execution, even though he killed four of their children, paralyzed another and stabbed one of the sisters....
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Trial opens in suit against Costner over BP deal

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2025-05-12 14:43
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Kevin Costner's fame is the only reason fellow Hollywood actor Stephen Baldwin and another person sued Costner over their investments in an oil cleanup device tried out after BP's spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Costner's attorney said as trial opened in the multimillion-dollar business dispute....
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Obama a socialist? Many scoff, but claim persists

AP - Politics - Mon, 2025-05-12 14:43
NEW YORK (AP) -- When President Barack Obama's re-election campaign unveiled its new slogan, some conservative critics were quick to pounce....

Wisconsin recall battle finally goes to voters

AP - Politics - Mon, 2025-05-12 14:43
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- The battle over Gov. Scott Walker's agenda has attracted millions of dollars from out of state, campaign volunteers from across the country and months of concentrated attention from the two major political parties....

Clinton: Romney would be 'calamitous' for US

AP - Politics - Mon, 2025-05-12 14:43
NEW YORK (AP) -- Former President Bill Clinton warned Monday that a Mitt Romney presidency would be "calamitous" for the nation and the world, going further than even President Barack Obama in depicting the consequences of a return to Republican rule of the White House....

Firefighting plane cause for concern in fleet

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2025-05-12 14:43
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Once a Cold War-era submarine attack plane, the Lockheed P-2V has for years been both a mainstay of the nation's aerial firefighting arsenal and a cause for concern....
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Hospitals add palliative teams at feverish pace

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2025-05-12 14:43
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) -- Fighting stage-four ovarian cancer, Carol Delzatto has more doctor appointments than she cares to count. But this day, she is beaming as Dr. Pamela Sutton comes into sight, greeting her patient and calling her beautiful. Delzatto looks forward to her monthly meeting with the palliative care doctor, where she won't be pricked and won't be rushed, just listened to and offered help....
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