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House committee could cite Holder for contempt

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-06-08 01:56
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A House Committee is preparing a contempt citation against Attorney General Eric Holder in a dispute over access to documents from a flawed gun-tracking operation....
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Minn. air passenger: Water filtration pipes in bag

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-06-08 01:56
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- A checked bag containing PVC pipes and several wires prompted authorities to briefly clear out a Minneapolis airport terminal Friday, and its owner told police it was the second time in three years his device had forced an airport evacuation, an official said....
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Dutch judge upholds ban on foreigners buying pot

AP - World News - Sun, 2025-06-08 01:56
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) -- Long famous for "coffee shops" where joints and cappuchinos share the menu, the Netherlands' famed tolerance for drugs could be going up in smoke....

Spotlight on leader of Islamist group in Mali

AP - World News - Sun, 2025-06-08 01:56
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) -- He's a former diplomat whose armed Islamist group now controls much of northern Mali. He has links to an al-Qaida franchise and was expelled from Saudi Arabia for ties to yet another fundamentalist movement. U.S. officials call him a master manipulator....

Tymoshenko's health failing in Ukraine prison

AP - World News - Sun, 2025-06-08 01:56
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -- Yulia Tymoshenko, the braided darling of Ukraine's Orange Revolution who went on to be prime minister, is wasting away in prison - weakened from a hunger strike, bruised from prison beatings and afraid she will be force-fed by her political foes, her family said Friday....

Judge wants to know more about Zimmerman finances

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-06-08 01:56
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) -- Calling it an "oversight," George Zimmerman's attorney said Friday the neighborhood watch volunteer did not disclose that a website had raised more than $200,000 for his defense, even though his family told the judge they would have trouble coming up with his bond....
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Space shuttle Enterprise arrives at NYC airport

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-06-08 01:56
NEW YORK (AP) -- Look! Up in the sky! It's a ... space shuttle?...
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Relative: Bin Laden Yemeni widow to stay in Saudi

AP - World News - Sun, 2025-06-08 01:56
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- Osama bin Laden's Yemeni widow has received assurances from Saudi officials that she and her children can remain in the kingdom, a relative said Friday after Pakistan deported more than a dozen members of the late al-Qaida leader's family....

Relative: Bin Laden Yemeni widow to stay in Saudi

AP - World News - Sun, 2025-06-08 01:56
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- Osama bin Laden's Yemeni widow has received assurances from Saudi officials that she and her children can remain in the kingdom, a relative said Friday after Pakistan deported more than a dozen members of the late al-Qaida leader's family....

Relative: Bin Laden Yemeni widow to stay in Saudi

AP - World News - Sun, 2025-06-08 01:56
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- Osama bin Laden's Yemeni widow has received assurances from Saudi officials that she and her children can remain in the kingdom, a relative said Friday after Pakistan deported more than a dozen members of the late al-Qaida leader's family....

Relative: Bin Laden Yemeni widow to stay in Saudi

AP - World News - Sun, 2025-06-08 01:56
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- Osama bin Laden's Yemeni widow has received assurances from Saudi officials that she and her children can remain in the kingdom, a relative said Friday after Pakistan deported more than a dozen members of the late al-Qaida leader's family....

Relative: Bin Laden Yemeni widow to stay in Saudi

AP - World News - Sun, 2025-06-08 01:56
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- Osama bin Laden's Yemeni widow has received assurances from Saudi officials that she and her children can remain in the kingdom, a relative said Friday after Pakistan deported more than a dozen members of the late al-Qaida leader's family....

Space shuttle Enterprise en route to NYC on jet

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-06-08 01:56
NEW YORK (AP) -- An unusual flying object is on its way to New York City's airspace. The space shuttle Enterprise is riding on top of a modified jumbo jet....
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Soyuz craft carrying three-man crew lands safely

AP - World News - Sun, 2025-06-08 01:56
ALMATY, Kazakhstan (AP) -- A Soyuz space capsule carrying two Russians and an American touched down safely Friday on the sweeping steppes of central Kazakhstan, ending the men's 163-day stay on the International Space Station....

Judge refuses to issue gag order in Zimmerman case

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-06-08 01:56
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- A judge has refused the prosecution's request and will not issue a gag order on those involved in the George Zimmerman murder trial....
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Denmark: 3 men arrested on terror suspicion

AP - World News - Sun, 2025-06-08 01:56
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) -- Three men have been arrested in Copenhagen on suspicion of plotting a terror attack after police found them with automatic weapons and ammunition, Denmark's intelligence service said Friday....

Judge rules against Hunter on NC sex tape evidence

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-06-08 01:56
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) -- The federal judge overseeing the John Edwards criminal case is rejecting what she calls an "extremely broad" effort by his mistress to keep evidence out of the public eye....

Romanian govt falls in no-confidence vote

AP - World News - Sun, 2025-06-08 01:56
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) -- Romania's government fell Friday in a no-confidence vote, as opposition parties seized on widespread public anger over biting austerity measures, cronyism and corruption....

Obama targets diploma mills that market to vets

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-06-08 01:56
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration wants to trademark the term "GI Bill" in an effort to shield veterans and military families being swindled or misled by schools that target their federal education benefits....
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Obama campaign, Democrats raise $60M in May

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-06-08 01:56
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- President Barack Obama and his party together raised $60 million last month, his campaign reported Thursday....
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