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Prosecution rests in John Edwards trial

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-22 12:01
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) -- Prosecutors rested their campaign fraud case against John Edwards on Thursday after 14 days of dramatic and often unflattering testimony that focused on the once-promising politician's infidelity and the secret money they say he used to cover up the affair he feared would derail his presidential ambitions....
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Romanian baby born with stunted intestines dies

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-22 12:01
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) -- A Romanian baby born with virtually no intestines who confounded doctors by tenaciously clinging to life and captured international attention and offers of medical help, died on Thursday. He was nine months old....

CDC: Young adults ignoring skin-cancer warnings

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-22 12:01
ATLANTA (AP) -- The warnings about skin cancer from too much sun don't seem to be getting through....
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THE RACE: Polls show presidential race tightening

AP - Politics - Thu, 2025-05-22 12:01
With about five months to go, the presidential race is tightening, polls show, with voters nearly evenly divided between President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, his likely Republican challenger....

THE RACE: Presidential slogan wars are heating up

AP - Politics - Thu, 2025-05-22 12:01
Mitt Romney is on an "Every Town Counts" bus tour rolling across six states won in 2008 by Barack Obama and now being courted by Republicans....

THE RACE: Romney not first politico dogged by past

AP - Politics - Thu, 2025-05-22 12:01
Once again, a politician is being haunted by allegations of youthful misbehavior....

Obama making cultural waves, or just a ripple?

AP - Politics - Thu, 2025-05-22 12:01
WASHINGTON (AP) -- He gave no speech, issued no call to action. He spoke of changing alongside the nation's people, not of leading them into uncharted territory. He made sure to say what so many so passionately believe - that states should decide such issues on their own....

Obama making cultural waves, or just a ripple?

AP - Politics - Thu, 2025-05-22 12:01
WASHINGTON (AP) -- He gave no speech, issued no call to action. He spoke of changing alongside the nation's people, not of leading them into uncharted territory. He made sure to say what so many so passionately believe - that states should decide such issues on their own....

Obama making cultural waves, or just a ripple?

AP - Politics - Thu, 2025-05-22 12:01
WASHINGTON (AP) -- He gave no speech, issued no call to action. He spoke of changing alongside the nation's people, not of leading them into uncharted territory. He made sure to say what so many so passionately believe - that states should decide such issues on their own....

A slo-mo evolution for Obama on gay marriage

AP - Politics - Thu, 2025-05-22 12:01
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's evolution on gay marriage unfolded at a Darwinian pace, like that of the giant tortoise. For more than a year - eons in politics - he danced up to the edge of endorsing it, always stopping short, still "evolving."...

A slo-mo evolution for Obama on gay marriage

AP - Politics - Thu, 2025-05-22 12:01
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's evolution on gay marriage unfolded at a Darwinian pace, like that of the giant tortoise. For more than a year - eons in politics - he danced up to the edge of endorsing it, always stopping short, still "evolving."...

A slo-mo evolution for Obama on gay marriage

AP - Politics - Thu, 2025-05-22 12:01
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's evolution on gay marriage unfolded at a Darwinian pace, like that of the giant tortoise. For more than a year - eons in politics - he danced up to the edge of endorsing it, always stopping short, still "evolving."...

A slo-mo evolution for Obama on gay marriage

AP - Politics - Thu, 2025-05-22 12:01
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's evolution on gay marriage unfolded at a Darwinian pace, like that of the giant tortoise. For more than a year - eons in politics - he danced up to the edge of endorsing it, always stopping short, still "evolving."...

Clemens team wants to bring back colorful witness

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-22 12:01
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Roger Clemens defense team liked government witness Kirk Radomski so much they want to bring him back as their own witness....
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Obama dings Romney's claim of credit for autos

AP - Politics - Thu, 2025-05-22 12:01
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says Mitt Romney is having an "Etch A Sketch moment" when he claims credit for the U.S. auto industry's revival....

Obama dings Romney's claim of credit for autos

AP - Politics - Thu, 2025-05-22 12:01
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says Mitt Romney is having an "Etch A Sketch moment" when he claims credit for the U.S. auto industry's revival....

Russian jet crash puts Indonesian sales in limbo

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-22 12:01
MOUNT SALAK, Indonesia (AP) -- The crash of a new, Russian-made jetliner into a jagged, Indonesian volcano during a flight to impress potential buyers threw doubt on dozens of plane sales Thursday just as Moscow seeks a comeback in foreign markets. All 45 people aboard were feared dead....

Russian jet crash puts Indonesian sales in limbo

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-22 12:01
MOUNT SALAK, Indonesia (AP) -- The crash of a new, Russian-made jetliner into a jagged, Indonesian volcano during a flight to impress potential buyers threw doubt on dozens of plane sales Thursday just as Moscow seeks a comeback in foreign markets. All 45 people aboard were feared dead....

Russia says it foiled terrorist attacks in Sochi

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-22 12:01
MOSCOW (AP) -- Russian agents have foiled terror attack plans on the Black Sea resort of Sochi, host of the 2014 Winter Olympics, authorities said Thursday, blaming Chechen separatists and neighboring Georgia of jointly masterminding the plans....

US applications for unemployment aid dip to 367K

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-22 12:01
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The number of people applying for U.S. unemployment benefits ticked down last week after dropping sharply the previous week, evidence hiring could pick up this month....
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