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SPIN METER: Rivals airbrush anti-Romney words

AP - Politics - Tue, 2025-05-20 01:07
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Remember Newt Gingrich calling Mitt Romney a liar? Michele Bachmann saying Romney's unelectable? Rick Santorum calling Romney "the worst Republican in the country" to run against Obama?...

Race, age questions fuel Miss World Fiji fiasco

AP - World News - Tue, 2025-05-20 01:07
First came complaints that the winner of the Miss World Fiji pageant looked too Western to represent her country. Then her age came under scrutiny. And now, with the 16-year-old's crown lost, one of the judges says the contest was rigged from the start....

China TV blames Dalai Lama for Tibet immolations

AP - World News - Tue, 2025-05-20 01:07
BEIJING (AP) -- China has released a documentary accusing the Dalai Lama of orchestrating a wave of self-immolations by Tibetans, in its most elaborate attempt so far to shape international opinion about the protests against Chinese rule....

Deputies: Fla. mom killed 4 kids, then herself

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-05-20 01:07
PORT ST. JOHN, Fla. (AP) -- In the middle of the night, Tonya Thomas' neighbors awoke to the sound of a gunshot and moments later heard a knock on their door....
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Crossroads announcing $25 million ad push

AP - Politics - Tue, 2025-05-20 01:07
WASHINGTON (AP) -- An independent group favoring Republican presidential rival Mitt Romney is launching a $25 million, monthlong advertising campaign in 10 states against President Barack Obama, further escalating an expensive TV ad war in presidential battlegrounds six months before Election Day....

Heavy focus on news shows in presidential race ads

AP - Politics - Tue, 2025-05-20 01:07
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- "Tell President Obama: Stop the spending," screams an ad running during the broadcast of NBC's "Today" show in central Virginia. At a break during ABC's "The View," Mitt Romney is praised in a different spot for his "strong leadership."...

Crossroads announcing $25 million ad push

AP - Politics - Tue, 2025-05-20 01:07
WASHINGTON (AP) -- An independent group favoring Republican presidential rival Mitt Romney is launching a $25 million, monthlong advertising campaign in 10 states against President Barack Obama, further escalating an expensive TV ad war in presidential battlegrounds six months before Election Day....

South African police seize 10 rhino horns

AP - World News - Tue, 2025-05-20 01:07
JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- A South African police spokesman says officers tipped off by an anonymous informer forced their way into a Johannesburg apartment where they found 10 rhinoceros horns and an elephant tusk and arrested a Vietnamese man....

Zuckerberg's Facebook story is study in contrasts

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-05-20 01:07
When Hollywood set out to tell the story of how Mark Zuckerberg launched Facebook, it enjoyed the flexibility of portraying a man who, despite his social network's worldwide reach, was all but unknown to the public....
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Ratko Mladic's genocide trial gets under way

AP - World News - Tue, 2025-05-20 01:07
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) -- Twenty years after the opening shots of the Bosnian War, former Bosnian Serb military commander Gen. Ratko Mladic went on trial Wednesday at a UN tribunal on 11 charges of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes....

Medical marijuana supporter wins Oregon AG primary

AP - Politics - Tue, 2025-05-20 01:07
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- A retired state judge supported by marijuana advocates has defeated a former federal prosecutor in a Democratic primary race for attorney general that focused on Oregon's medical marijuana law....

Medical marijuana supporter wins Oregon AG primary

AP - Politics - Tue, 2025-05-20 01:07
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- A retired state judge supported by marijuana advocates has defeated a former federal prosecutor in a Democratic primary race for attorney general that focused on Oregon's medical marijuana law....

AP IMPACT: Evacs and drills pared near nuke plants

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-05-20 01:07
Without fanfare, the nation's nuclear power regulators have overhauled community emergency planning for the first time in more than three decades, requiring fewer exercises for major accidents and recommending that fewer people be evacuated right away....
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AP IMPACT: Evacs and drills pared near nuke plants

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-05-20 01:07
Without fanfare, the nation's nuclear power regulators have overhauled community emergency planning for the first time in more than three decades, requiring fewer exercises for major accidents and recommending that fewer people be evacuated right away....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

AP IMPACT: Evacs and drills pared near nuke plants

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-05-20 01:07
Without fanfare, the nation's nuclear power regulators have overhauled community emergency planning for the first time in more than three decades, requiring fewer exercises for major accidents and recommending that fewer people be evacuated right away....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Students in tornado-hit Ind. town await `Lady A'

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-05-20 01:07
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Tornadoes battered their school and their homes. Their spring break was filled with cleanup and recovery work that has only just begun. But for one night, students at a southern Indiana high school hope to put all that aside to enjoy an evening that one of country music's biggest acts planned just for them....
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Witness in Kenya blast blames bearded man

AP - World News - Tue, 2025-05-20 01:07
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- An explosion ripped through a building full of small shops in downtown Nairobi on Monday, injuring at least 33 people, including a woman who blamed the blast on a "bearded man" who left behind a bag shortly before the detonation....

Iran's tough nuclear stance masks struggles at top

AP - World News - Tue, 2025-05-20 01:07
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- The negotiating stance from Iranian officials never varies: The Islamic Republic will not give up its capabilities to make nuclear fuel. But embedded in the messages are meanings that reach beyond Tehran's talks with world powers....

Iran's tough nuclear stance masks struggles at top

AP - World News - Tue, 2025-05-20 01:07
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- The negotiating stance from Iranian officials never varies: The Islamic Republic will not give up its capabilities to make nuclear fuel. But embedded in the messages are meanings that reach beyond Tehran's talks with world powers....

Iran's tough nuclear stance masks struggles at top

AP - World News - Tue, 2025-05-20 01:07
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- The negotiating stance from Iranian officials never varies: The Islamic Republic will not give up its capabilities to make nuclear fuel. But embedded in the messages are meanings that reach beyond Tehran's talks with world powers....
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