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Russia says it foiled terrorist plot against Sochi

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-22 12:51
MOSCOW (AP) -- Russia claimed it has foiled a plot to attack the host city of Sochi both before and during the 2014 Winter Olympics, saying its agents discovered caches of weapons that included grenade launchers and surface-to-air missiles....

Russia says it foiled terrorist plot against Sochi

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-22 12:51
MOSCOW (AP) -- Russia claimed it has foiled a plot to attack the host city of Sochi both before and during the 2014 Winter Olympics, saying its agents discovered caches of weapons that included grenade launchers and surface-to-air missiles....

Russia says it foiled terrorist plot against Sochi

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-22 12:51
MOSCOW (AP) -- Russia claimed it has foiled a plot to attack the host city of Sochi both before and during the 2014 Winter Olympics, saying its agents discovered caches of weapons that included grenade launchers and surface-to-air missiles....

Obama vows to protect benefits for veterans

AP - Politics - Thu, 2025-05-22 12:51
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama honored the nation's military heroes in a pair of Memorial Day ceremonies, vowing to protect the benefits earned by veterans and their families in an election year marked by the nation's transition from war....

Ancient Mayan workshop for astronomers discovered

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-22 12:51
NEW YORK (AP) -- Archaeologists have found a small room in Mayan ruins where royal scribes apparently used walls like a blackboard to keep track of astronomical records and the society's intricate calendar some 1,200 years ago....
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Bomb plot raises questions over European security

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-22 12:51
LONDON (AP) -- A shimmy toward the body scanner, a step into the booth and a wave of the arms - routine procedure now at U.S. airports, but not necessarily in Europe....

Bomb plot raises questions over European security

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-22 12:51
LONDON (AP) -- A shimmy toward the body scanner, a step into the booth and a wave of the arms - routine procedure now at U.S. airports, but not necessarily in Europe....

Bomb plot raises questions over European security

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-22 12:51
LONDON (AP) -- A shimmy toward the body scanner, a step into the booth and a wave of the arms - routine procedure now at U.S. airports, but not necessarily in Europe....

Bomb plot raises questions over European security

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-22 12:51
LONDON (AP) -- A shimmy toward the body scanner, a step into the booth and a wave of the arms - routine procedure now at U.S. airports, but not necessarily in Europe....

Change to top of WTC raises questions over height

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-22 12:51
NEW YORK (AP) -- A change to the design of a needle that will sit atop One World Trade Center is raising questions over whether the building will still be America's tallest when completed....
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Obama to require regular reviews of federal rules

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-22 12:51
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration is changing or eliminating a handful of regulations - from uniform street sign requirements to outdated hospital reporting rules - that it says could have cost the economy $6 billion over five years, part of a regulatory overhaul that will require agencies to periodically scrub their rule books in search of unnecessary mandates....
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Postal Service loses $3.2B in 2nd quarter

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-22 12:51
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Drowning in red ink, the U.S. Postal Service on Thursday reported a quarterly loss of $3.2 billion and blamed Congress for blocking the agency's cost-cutting efforts to offset declining mail volume and mounting costs for future retiree health benefits....
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Romney counters notion he bullied gay classmates

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-22 12:51
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mitt Romney apologized Thursday to classmates he may have offended by "hijinks and pranks during high school" and insisted he didn't know that some were gay....
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Romney counters notion he bullied gay classmates

AP - Politics - Thu, 2025-05-22 12:51
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mitt Romney apologized Thursday to classmates he may have offended by "hijinks and pranks during high school" and insisted he didn't know that some were gay....

Study: Outside media changing N. Korean worldview

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-22 12:51
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The growing availability of news media and cellphones in reclusive North Korea likely forced it to admit within hours that its long-range rocket launch last month was a failure, the U.S. human rights envoy to the country said Thursday....
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Putin's reason for skipping US summit puzzles

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-22 12:51
MOSCOW (AP) -- The Kremlin on Thursday explained President Vladimir Putin's surprising decision to skip a planned high-profile visit to the United States next week by saying he needs to finish setting up his new government. Although this may sound like a lame excuse, it could actually be true. Or not....

Putin's reason for skipping US summit puzzles

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-22 12:51
MOSCOW (AP) -- The Kremlin on Thursday explained President Vladimir Putin's surprising decision to skip a planned high-profile visit to the United States next week by saying he needs to finish setting up his new government. Although this may sound like a lame excuse, it could actually be true. Or not....

Obama and Romney on gay rights

AP - Politics - Thu, 2025-05-22 12:51
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney on gay rights:...

Obama and Romney on gay rights

AP - Politics - Thu, 2025-05-22 12:51
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney on gay rights:...

Obama and Romney on gay rights

AP - Politics - Thu, 2025-05-22 12:51
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney on gay rights:...
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