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May Day protests show weak immigration movement

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-28 23:38
ATLANTA (AP) -- While a black preacher told about 100 immigration protesters that incarcerated blacks and detained immigrants faced similar challenges, Jesse Morgan stood to one side of the May Day demonstrators, holding a large sign that read "Radical Queers Resist."...
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W.Va. Gov. Tomblin keeping Obama at arms' length

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-28 23:38
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- Count Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin as another West Virginia Democrat who's keeping his distance from President Barack Obama....

German court rules against Microsoft on patents

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-28 23:38
BERLIN (AP) -- A court in Germany ruled Wednesday that Microsoft infringed two patents held by Motorola, in a case that could affect sales of its popular Xbox 360 console and the Windows 7 operating system....

Bronzed NJ mom: 5-year-old's burns not from salon

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-28 23:38
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- A woman whose own skin is deeply bronze-colored from regular visits to a tanning salon has been accused of taking her 5-year-old daughter into a tanning booth in violation of state law, burning the girl's skin....
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Myanmar begins new era as Suu Kyi joins parliament

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-28 23:38
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (AP) -- Aung San Suu Kyi was sworn in as a lawmaker Wednesday, capping a tenacious, decades-long journey from political prisoner to parliamentarian that will enable Myanmar's main opposition party to take its struggle for democratic rule inside the country's army-backed government for the first time....

15 million of world's babies are born prematurely

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-28 23:38
WASHINGTON (AP) -- About 15 million premature babies are born every year - more than 1 in 10 of the world's births and a bigger problem than previously believed, according to the first country-by-country estimates of this obstetric epidemic....
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THE RACE: Romney steps up campaigning in Rust Belt

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-28 23:38
Mitt Romney is nipping at President Barack Obama's heels in Rust Belt states that Obama won in 2008 but which polls show are becoming more competitive in a slowing economy....

THE RACE: Hiring slowdown could vex Obama plans

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-28 23:38
The economy isn't cooperating with President Barack Obama's re-election schedule....

THE RACE: Obama flexes presidential muscle in race

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-28 23:38
We just saw a raw display of the power of the presidency in an election year....

THE RACE: Obama: Economy sound but GOP undermining

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-28 23:38
President Barack Obama acknowledges the outlook has darkened some, but suggests the fundamentals of the American economy are sound and will get better if voters just stand with him....

THE RACE: Romney talks up his private-sector days

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-28 23:38
Presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney likes to portray himself as a better job creator than President Barack Obama, but he may have a hard time backing up those boasts....

THE RACE: Endorsements slow as Romney closes in

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-28 23:38
As Mitt Romney closes in on nailing down the Republican presidential nomination, endorsements from prominent Republicans are slowing to a trickle. And some endorsements come with noticeable reservations....

THE RACE: Obama flexes presidential muscle in race

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-28 23:38
We just saw a raw display of the power of the presidency in an election year....

THE RACE: Obama, Romney both wooing business

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-28 23:38
Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney is showcasing his private-sector experience and trying to persuade voters his business savvy makes him the best suited to lift the economy out of its long funk....

Eurozone unemployment hits record high

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-28 23:38
LONDON (AP) -- Pressure is growing on Europe's leaders to focus less on austerity and more on stimulating growth as the 17 countries that use the euro face record high unemployment and a recession that is spreading across the region....

Ex-aide recalls John Edwards' visit with key donor

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-28 23:38
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) -- An aide who traveled with John Edwards testified Wednesday about the former presidential candidate's first meeting with a key donor whose money was eventually used to hide his mistress, describing how the donor soon became fond of Edwards....
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McCanns believe Portugal inquiry will be reopened

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-28 23:38
LONDON (AP) -- The parents of missing British girl Madeleine McCann say they believe Portuguese authorities will eventually reopen the investigation into their daughter's disappearance....

AP Exclusive: Activist now wants to leave China

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-28 23:38
BEIJING (AP) -- A blind activist said Wednesday that U.S. officials told him that Chinese authorities would have beaten his wife to death had he not left the American Embassy, where he sought sanctuary after fleeing persecution by local officials in his rural town....

Mo. lawmaker says he is gay, denounces school bill

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-28 23:38
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A Republican Missouri House member has publicly announced he's gay and is calling on GOP leaders to end legislation that would limit discussion of sexual orientation in public schools....
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Detroit unions weigh strike option as layoffs loom

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-28 23:38
DETROIT (AP) -- Unions angry that Detroit is trying to mend its financially-battered books by laying off hundreds of workers and imposing steep contract concessions on those who remain are considering an illegal strike....
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