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Obama raises $53M for campaign, Democrats in March

AP - Politics - Fri, 2025-05-30 04:03
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama raised a combined $53 million for his campaign, the Democratic Party and other campaign funds in March, his campaign said Monday as it prepared to face Mitt Romney and a rejuvenated GOP in the general election....

Obama raises $53M for campaign, Democrats in March

AP - Politics - Fri, 2025-05-30 04:03
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama raised a combined $53 million for his campaign, the Democratic Party and other campaign funds in March, his campaign said Monday as it prepared to face Mitt Romney and a rejuvenated GOP in the general election....

As ice cap melts, militaries vie for Arctic edge

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-30 04:03
YOKOSUKA, Japan (AP) -- To the world's military leaders, the debate over climate change is long over. They are preparing for a new kind of Cold War in the Arctic, anticipating that rising temperatures there will open up a treasure trove of resources, long-dreamed-of sea lanes and a slew of potential conflicts....

South Sudan-Sudan clashes spreading, officials say

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-30 04:03
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) -- Clashes have spread along the border of Sudan and South Sudan, officials said Monday, with Sudanese officials claiming to have seized an area sympathetic to South Sudan....

Breivik hears witnesses recall turmoil after blast

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-30 04:03
OSLO, Norway (AP) -- After testifying for five days, Anders Behring Breivik listened silently Tuesday as others described the mayhem caused by his bombing of Oslo's government district, a scene one witness described as a "war zone."...

5 killed in Syria's increasingly restive Aleppo

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-30 04:03
BEIRUT (AP) -- A bomb struck a car wash Saturday in Aleppo, killing at least five people, a day after government troops opened fire to break up large protests against a violent university raid in Syria's largest city....

Va. Tech marking 5 years since campus massacre

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2025-05-30 04:03
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) -- Each anniversary since the April 2007, massacre on the Virginia Tech campus, classes have been suspended for the day in memory of the 32 students and faculty killed in the rampage by a lone gunman who then killed himself....
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Spain's bond yields jump as bailout fears grow

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-30 04:03
MADRID (AP) -- Spain's cost of borrowing on the international debt markets rose sharply again Monday, increasing concern that the country may become the latest member of the eurozone to seek a financial bailout....

Regional mediators to intervene in Guinea-Bissau

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-30 04:03
BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) -- West African regional mediators headed to Guinea-Bissau for talks Monday after the military coup leaders who seized power last week said they were forming a transitional government without the country's ruling party....

East Timor holds run-off vote for new president

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-30 04:03
DILI, East Timor (AP) -- Two former guerrilla leaders vied for East Timor's presidency Monday, each hoping to steer the young, often-troubled nation after U.N. peacekeeping troops begin their planned withdrawal later this year....

Iraq: Gunmen kill 4 Shiite farmers near Baghdad

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-30 04:03
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraqi officials say gunmen have shot dead four Shiite farmers working in an orchard just north of Baghdad....

US diplomat: NKorea rocket threatens security

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-30 04:03
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- The top U.S. diplomat for East Asia called a failed North Korean rocket launch a security threat Monday. He declined to talk about possible punishing sanctions but said the world would unite to stop more provocations....

Warnings credited in Midwest tornado outbreak

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2025-05-30 04:03
WOODWARD, Okla. (AP) -- When a tornado shrouded in darkness and wrapped in rain dropped quickly from the sky above this northwest Oklahoma town, many residents relied on television weathermen to warn them of impending devastation. Others learned of the monster twister from neighbors or calls from frantic relatives....
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Ex-NASA worker says fired over intelligent design

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2025-05-30 04:03
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- David Coppedge, a former computer specialist with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, spent much of his free time advocating for the idea that a higher intelligence must have had a hand in creation. Now, a judge will decide if his commitment to that belief has also cost him his job....
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As ice cap melts, militaries vie for Arctic edge

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-30 04:03
YOKOSUKA, Japan (AP) -- To the world's military leaders, the debate over climate change is long over. They are preparing for a new kind of Cold War in the Arctic, anticipating that rising temperatures there will open up a treasure trove of resources, long-dreamed-of sea lanes and a slew of potential conflicts....

Obama's Buffett rule impact on taxes, jobs

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2025-05-30 04:03
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's proposal to impose a "Buffett rule" tax on the rich is generating enormous political wattage, but the plan itself would directly affect only a tiny fraction of Americans....
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Obama's Buffett rule impact on taxes, jobs

AP - Politics - Fri, 2025-05-30 04:03
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's proposal to impose a "Buffett rule" tax on the rich is generating enormous political wattage, but the plan itself would directly affect only a tiny fraction of Americans....

Obama defends typically GOP states in race to 270

AP - Politics - Fri, 2025-05-30 04:03
President Barack Obama begins his re-election campaign defending traditionally Republican territory that he carried when he won the White House four years ago. Republican Mitt Romney is looking to reclaim any combination of these GOP strongholds now in flux....

Long political fights ahead over dueling tax plans

AP - Politics - Fri, 2025-05-30 04:03
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democrats and Republicans are forcing votes in Congress this coming week on competing tax plans that affect millionaires and smaller businesses, and they know the proposals are doomed from the start....

Maine voters seek female senator. Enter Angus King

AP - Politics - Fri, 2025-05-30 04:03
BRUNSWICK, Maine (AP) -- Independent Senate candidate Angus King of Maine has a woman problem. He's not one....
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