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Farmers markets getting money to take food stamps

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2025-05-23 02:34
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- The federal government is spending $4 million to help hook up farmers and low-income customers....
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9 jailed in racially sensitive UK sex ring case

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-23 02:34
LONDON (AP) -- Nine men in northwest England were sentenced to jail Wednesday for luring girls as young as 13 into sex using alcohol and drugs - a case that has stirred racial tensions and sparked claims that U.K. authorities are failing to protect children in state care....

9 jailed in racially sensitive UK sex ring case

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-23 02:34
LONDON (AP) -- Nine men in northwest England were sentenced to jail Wednesday for luring girls as young as 13 into sex using alcohol and drugs - a case that has stirred racial tensions and sparked claims that U.K. authorities are failing to protect children in state care....

Mueller: Plot shows need for surveillance power

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2025-05-23 02:34
WASHINGTON (AP) -- FBI Director Robert Mueller urged Congress on Wednesday to renew wide-ranging surveillance authority to thwart terrorism plots like the latest one in which an al-Qaida-engineered explosive device was to have been detonated on a U.S.-bound airline flight....
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Orangutans at Miami zoo use iPads to communicate

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2025-05-23 02:34
MIAMI (AP) -- The 8-year-old twins love their iPad. They draw, play games and expand their vocabulary. Their family's teenagers also like the hand-held computer tablets, too, but the clan's elders show no interest....
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AP-GfK Poll: Support for Afghan war at new low

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2025-05-23 02:34
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Support for the war in Afghanistan has reached a new low, with only 27 percent of Americans saying they back the effort and about half of those who oppose the war saying the continued presence of American troops in Afghanistan is doing more harm than good, according to an AP-GfK poll....
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AP-GfK Poll: Support for Afghan war at new low

AP - Politics - Fri, 2025-05-23 02:34
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Support for the war in Afghanistan has reached a new low, with only 27 percent of Americans saying they back the effort and about half of those who oppose the war saying the continued presence of American troops in Afghanistan is doing more harm than good, according to an AP-GfK poll....

AP-GfK Poll: Support for Afghan war at new low

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2025-05-23 02:34
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Support for the war in Afghanistan has reached a new low, with only 27 percent of Americans saying they back the effort and about half of those who oppose the war saying the continued presence of American troops in Afghanistan is doing more harm than good, according to an AP-GfK poll....
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AP-GfK Poll: Support for Afghan war at new low

AP - Politics - Fri, 2025-05-23 02:34
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Support for the war in Afghanistan has reached a new low, with only 27 percent of Americans saying they back the effort and about half of those who oppose the war saying the continued presence of American troops in Afghanistan is doing more harm than good, according to an AP-GfK poll....

Against Obama, even a jailbird gets some votes

AP - Politics - Fri, 2025-05-23 02:34
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- Just how unpopular is President Barack Obama in some parts of the country? Enough that a man in prison in Texas got 4 out of 10 votes in West Virginia's Democratic presidential primary....

Women accuse Egyptian military of sexual assault

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-23 02:34
CAIRO (AP) -- Women detainees and rights groups have accused Egyptian troops and prison authorities of sexual assault in the latest crackdown on demonstrations....

Wis. recall is rematch of 2010 governor's race

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2025-05-23 02:34
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- The candidates may be the same, but Wisconsin isn't....
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Wis. recall is rematch of 2010 governor's race

AP - Politics - Fri, 2025-05-23 02:34
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- The candidates may be the same, but Wisconsin isn't....

Wis. recall is rematch of 2010 governor's race

AP - Politics - Fri, 2025-05-23 02:34
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- The candidates may be the same, but Wisconsin isn't....

Congolese flee violence into neighboring Rwanda

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-23 02:34
GISENYI, Rwanda (AP) -- When gunfire broke out in her home area in eastern Congo, Annie Kabeja joined a wave of thousands fleeing the area and walked for two days with her two children toward neighboring Rwanda....

Penn St. ex-coach wants sex-abuse trial postponed

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2025-05-23 02:34
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Jerry Sandusky's lawyer on Wednesday asked for a delay in the former Penn State assistant football coach's child sex-abuse trial, saying he needed more time to prepare and that he was still waiting for disclosure of prosecution material....
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UK govt to focus on economy, reform House of Lords

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-23 02:34
LONDON (AP) -- Wearing a crown studded with glittering jewels, Queen Elizabeth II set out Britain's new legislative agenda in opulent style Wednesday - but announced a frugal program aimed at boosting economic growth and overhauling the unelected House of Lords after decades of delays....

Ad links Obama to criticism of Ann Romney

AP - Politics - Fri, 2025-05-23 02:34
NEW YORK (AP) -- An independent group backing Mitt Romney has launched a TV ad tying President Barack Obama to negative comments about Romney's wife by two Obama supporters....

Ad links Obama to criticism of Ann Romney

AP - Politics - Fri, 2025-05-23 02:34
NEW YORK (AP) -- An independent group backing Mitt Romney has launched a TV ad tying President Barack Obama to negative comments about Romney's wife by two Obama supporters....

Sandusky asks judge to postpone his June 5 trial

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2025-05-23 02:34
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Jerry Sandusky's lawyer on Wednesday sought to delay the former Penn State assistant football coach's child sex-abuse trial, saying he needed more time to prepare and that he was still waiting for disclosure of prosecution material....
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