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Romney, GOP guvs have differing takes on economy

AP - Politics - Wed, 2026-04-29 04:41
DANVILLE, Va. (AP) -- In Virginia, Gov. Bob McDonnell runs TV ads hailing the state's business growth. Ohio Gov. John Kasich tells anyone who will listen that 100,000 jobs have been created or retained on his watch. And Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder promotes a state budget that's on solid ground for the first time in a decade....

Romney, GOP guvs have differing takes on economy

AP - Politics - Wed, 2026-04-29 04:41
DANVILLE, Va. (AP) -- In Virginia, Gov. Bob McDonnell runs TV ads hailing the state's business growth. Ohio Gov. John Kasich tells anyone who will listen that 100,000 jobs have been created or retained on his watch. And Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder promotes a state budget that's on solid ground for the first time in a decade....

Romney, GOP guvs have differing takes on economy

AP - Politics - Wed, 2026-04-29 04:41
DANVILLE, Va. (AP) -- In Virginia, Gov. Bob McDonnell runs TV ads hailing the state's business growth. Ohio Gov. John Kasich tells anyone who will listen that 100,000 jobs have been created or retained on his watch. And Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder promotes a state budget that's on solid ground for the first time in a decade....

Romney, GOP guvs have differing takes on economy

AP - Politics - Wed, 2026-04-29 04:41
DANVILLE, Va. (AP) -- In Virginia, Gov. Bob McDonnell runs TV ads hailing the state's business growth. Ohio Gov. John Kasich tells anyone who will listen that 100,000 jobs have been created or retained on his watch. And Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder promotes a state budget that's on solid ground for the first time in a decade....

Romney, GOP guvs have differing takes on economy

AP - Politics - Wed, 2026-04-29 04:41
DANVILLE, Va. (AP) -- In Virginia, Gov. Bob McDonnell runs TV ads hailing the state's business growth. Ohio Gov. John Kasich tells anyone who will listen that 100,000 jobs have been created or retained on his watch. And Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder promotes a state budget that's on solid ground for the first time in a decade....

Romney, GOP guvs have differing takes on economy

AP - Politics - Wed, 2026-04-29 04:41
DANVILLE, Va. (AP) -- In Virginia, Gov. Bob McDonnell runs TV ads hailing the state's business growth. Ohio Gov. John Kasich tells anyone who will listen that 100,000 jobs have been created or retained on his watch. And Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder promotes a state budget that's on solid ground for the first time in a decade....

Romney, GOP guvs have differing takes on economy

AP - Politics - Wed, 2026-04-29 04:41
DANVILLE, Va. (AP) -- In Virginia, Gov. Bob McDonnell runs TV ads hailing the state's business growth. Ohio Gov. John Kasich tells anyone who will listen that 100,000 jobs have been created or retained on his watch. And Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder promotes a state budget that's on solid ground for the first time in a decade....

Romney, GOP guvs have differing takes on economy

AP - Politics - Wed, 2026-04-29 04:41
DANVILLE, Va. (AP) -- In Virginia, Gov. Bob McDonnell runs TV ads hailing the state's business growth. Ohio Gov. John Kasich tells anyone who will listen that 100,000 jobs have been created or retained on his watch. And Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder promotes a state budget that's on solid ground for the first time in a decade....

Texas high court orders state to pay ex-inmate $2M

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2026-04-29 04:41
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- The Texas Supreme Court ordered the state Friday to pay about $2 million to an ex-inmate who spent 26 years in prison for murder before his conviction was overturned, a decision legal experts said could set a new standard for when ex-prisoners should be compensated....
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Senator wants parties to refund convention money

AP - Politics - Wed, 2026-04-29 04:41
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Republican senator has asked both political parties to refund the millions of federal dollars each has received to help pay for this summer's presidential nominating conventions....

Ultra-Orthodox plan huge NYC meeting on Net risks

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2026-04-29 04:41
NEW YORK (AP) -- Ultra-Orthodox Jews who believe that the Internet threatens their way of life have rented the New York Mets' stadium for an unprecedented gathering on how to use modern technology in a religiously appropriate way....
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House OKs $642 billion defense bill

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2026-04-29 04:41
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Ignoring a White House veto threat, the Republican-controlled House approved a $642 billion defense budget Friday that breaks a deficit-cutting deal with President Barack Obama and restricts his authority in an election-year challenge to the Democratic commander in chief....
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House OKs $642 billion defense bill

AP - Politics - Wed, 2026-04-29 04:41
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Ignoring a White House veto threat, the Republican-controlled House approved a $642 billion defense budget Friday that breaks a deficit-cutting deal with President Barack Obama and restricts his authority in an election-year challenge to the Democratic commander in chief....

Activists predict peaceful protests for G-8 summit

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2026-04-29 04:41
THURMONT, Md. (AP) -- Protesters who hope to make their voices heard at a global economic summit at Camp David said they plan peaceful demonstrations Friday in the nearby town of Thurmont....
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French leader sticks to Afghan pullout timetable

AP - World News - Wed, 2026-04-29 04:41
WASHINGTON (AP) -- French President Francois Hollande said Friday he would carry out his pledge to withdraw combat forces from Afghanistan by year's end, two years earlier than the U.S. ally once planned. He made the declaration to President Barack Obama in the Oval Office....

French leader sticks to Afghan pullout timetable

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2026-04-29 04:41
WASHINGTON (AP) -- French President Francois Hollande said Friday he would carry out his pledge to withdraw combat forces from Afghanistan by year's end, two years earlier than the U.S. ally once planned. He made the declaration to President Barack Obama in the Oval Office....
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Romney, GOP guvs have differing takes on economy

AP - Politics - Wed, 2026-04-29 04:41
DANVILLE, Va. (AP) -- In Virginia, Gov. Bob McDonnell runs TV ads hailing the state's business growth. Ohio Gov. John Kasich tells anyone who will listen that 100,000 jobs have been created or retained on his watch. And Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder promotes a state budget that's on solid ground for the first time in a decade....

Repsol: Exploratory oil well off Cuba comes up dry

AP - World News - Wed, 2026-04-29 04:41
HAVANA (AP) -- An exploratory oil well drilled off the coast of Cuba has proved a failure and will be capped and abandoned, a spokesman for Spanish company Repsol said Friday....

Hundreds evacuated as Colo., NM fires grow

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2026-04-29 04:41
LOVELAND, Colo. (AP) -- Firefighters on Sunday were fighting wildfires that have spread quickly in parched forests in Colorado and New Mexico, forcing hundreds of people from their homes and the evacuation of wolves from a sanctuary....
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Merkel: Greek must stick to bailout terms

AP - World News - Wed, 2026-04-29 04:41
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel is insisting that Greece must implement the reforms it agreed to in exchange for rescue loans from international creditors....
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