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Panetta: Pentagon to shift warships to Pacific

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-05-13 15:35
SINGAPORE (AP) -- The Pentagon will shift more Navy warships to the Asia-Pacific region over the next several years, and by 2020, about 60 percent of the fleet will be assigned there as part of a new strategy to increase U.S. presence in Asia, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Saturday....
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Suu Kyi to visit Myanmar refugees in Thailand

AP - World News - Tue, 2025-05-13 15:35
MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) -- Aung San Suu Kyi turned her attention to Myanmar's long-standing refugee crisis Saturday with a visit to a sprawling camp on Thailand's border to get her first glimpse of the hardships faced by hundreds of thousands who have fled war in her homeland....

Jobs report weakens Obama's election argument

AP - Politics - Tue, 2025-05-13 15:35
CHICAGO (AP) -- The suddenly dismal news on American jobs is a blow to President Barack Obama's re-election argument that he has been a steward of recovery. It's heightened White House anxiety over global threats to U.S. economic growth - and the president's political prospects, too....

Jobs report weakens Obama's election argument

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-05-13 15:35
CHICAGO (AP) -- The suddenly dismal news on American jobs is a blow to President Barack Obama's re-election argument that he has been a steward of recovery. It's heightened White House anxiety over global threats to U.S. economic growth - and the president's political prospects, too....
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US economy souring, so what's a Democrat to do?

AP - Politics - Tue, 2025-05-13 15:35
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Five months before the elections, the uneven economic recovery is sputtering and job growth is anemic. Stock prices are down to 2011 levels and news on the European debt front is menacing....

Jobs report weakens Obama's election argument

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-05-13 15:35
CHICAGO (AP) -- The suddenly dismal news on American jobs is a blow to President Barack Obama's re-election argument that he has been a steward of recovery. It's heightened White House anxiety over global threats to U.S. economic growth - and the president's political prospects, too....
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Romney campaign: Obama lacks executive experience

AP - Politics - Tue, 2025-05-13 15:35
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mitt Romney's campaign says President Barack Obama's policies aren't working in large part because Obama lacks executive leadership experience....

Md. man accused of cannibalism ranted on Facebook

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-05-13 15:35
JOPPATOWNE, Md. (AP) -- The college student suspected of killing and eating parts of a man staying at his home ranted months ago about "mass human sacrifices" on Facebook, one of several details that emerged Friday in the second gruesome case of alleged cannibalism in the U.S. in a week....
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Md. man accused of cannibalism ranted on Facebook

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-05-13 15:35
JOPPATOWNE, Md. (AP) -- The college student suspected of killing and eating parts of a man staying at his home ranted months ago about "mass human sacrifices" on Facebook, one of several details that emerged Friday in the second gruesome case of alleged cannibalism in the U.S. in a week....
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Romney plans to use federal blind trust if elected

AP - Politics - Tue, 2025-05-13 15:35
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A week after Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney disclosed a fortune worth as much as $250 million, his campaign said Wednesday that he plans to put his holdings in a federal blind trust if he is elected president....

Romney net worth remains near $250 million

AP - Politics - Tue, 2025-05-13 15:35
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A new financial report from GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney shows that his personal fortune remains near $250 million, about the same as last year even after a mass sell-off of stocks from his vast investment portfolio....

Target sells shirts to help pro-gay marriage group

AP - Politics - Tue, 2025-05-13 15:35
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Two years after Target Corp. angered gay marriage supporters with a political donation that benefited a fiery gay marriage opponent seeking the governor's office, the retailer is now upsetting same-sex marriage opponents by selling T-shirts to raise money for a group working to defeat a gay marriage ban in Minnesota....

Target sells shirts to help pro-gay marriage group

AP - Politics - Tue, 2025-05-13 15:35
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Two years after Target Corp. angered gay marriage supporters with a political donation that benefited a fiery gay marriage opponent seeking the governor's office, the retailer is now upsetting same-sex marriage opponents by selling T-shirts to raise money for a group working to defeat a gay marriage ban in Minnesota....

Obama says economy will come back stronger

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-05-13 15:35
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- President Barack Obama said Friday the latest employment report shows that the economy is not creating jobs "as fast as we want," but he pledged that the economy will improve....
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Warren defends slow response to heritage questions

AP - Politics - Tue, 2025-05-13 15:35
BOSTON (AP) -- Massachusetts Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren said Friday that she didn't reveal until this week that she told past employers about her Native American ancestry because she needed more time to recall actions and events of years ago....

Canada police: Body parts victim a Chinese student

AP - World News - Tue, 2025-05-13 15:35
MONTREAL (AP) -- The man killed in a videotaped attack that was discovered after body parts were mailed to Canada's top political parties was a Chinese student, police said Friday, as authorities in France searched for the suspect, a Canadian porn actor....

2 California deputies face weapons charges

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-05-13 15:35
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- Federal prosecutors announced charges Friday against two Sacramento County sheriff's deputies accused of illegally selling dozens of weapons, some of which authorities say fell into the hands of criminals....
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Jobs report weakens Obama's election argument

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-05-13 15:35
CHICAGO (AP) -- The suddenly dismal news on American jobs is a blow to President Barack Obama's re-election argument that he has been a steward of recovery. It's heightened White House anxiety over global threats to U.S. economic growth - and the president's political prospects, too....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Jobs report weakens Obama's election argument

AP - Politics - Tue, 2025-05-13 15:35
CHICAGO (AP) -- The suddenly dismal news on American jobs is a blow to President Barack Obama's re-election argument that he has been a steward of recovery. It's heightened White House anxiety over global threats to U.S. economic growth - and the president's political prospects, too....

Clinton urges Democrats to vote out Wis. governor

AP - Politics - Tue, 2025-05-13 15:35
MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Former President Bill Clinton urged Wisconsin Democrats to vote against Gov. Scott Walker in Tuesday's recall election, saying the Republican has governed without compromise or honest negotiation....
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