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Town halls become hallmark of NJ gov's tenure

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-28 21:14
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- Like a performer waiting to take the stage, Chris Christie stands quietly alone behind the curtains and takes a moment to himself, and a few deep breaths....
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Issa: Secret Service incident likely not the first

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-28 21:14
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A senior House Republican says he doubts that a Secret Service scandal involving prostitutes in Colombia was a one-time incident....
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1 dead, 4 missing in yacht race accident

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-28 21:14
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- One sailor died and four others were missing at sea after powerful waves swept them from their yacht during a 60-mile roundtrip race off San Francisco's coast, the Coast Guard said Sunday. Three other crew members were rescued....
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Prayers and silence mark Titanic centenary

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-28 21:14
ABOARD MS BALMORAL (AP) -- With prayers, a hymn and a moment of silence broken by a ship's deep whistle, passengers and crew on a memorial trip marked 100 years to the moment since the Titanic sent more than 1,500 people to a watery grave....

Israeli leader says nuclear talks gave Iran 'gift'

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-28 21:14
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel's prime minister says Iran got a "gift" from the world's big powers at nuclear talks this weekend....

More storms possible Sunday in battered Midwest

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-28 21:14
WOODWARD, Okla. (AP) -- Bleary-eyed residents were scouring through damaged homes across the Midwest on Sunday after a violent storm system unleashed dozens of overnight tornadoes, killing at least five people in Oklahoma, leveling homes in Iowa and Kansas, and cutting power to hundreds of thousands....
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2 Iraqi election officials released on bail

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-28 21:14
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Two Iraqi election officials facing corruption charges said Sunday they have been released on bail after a three-day detention that they said was designed to pressure the independent electoral body....

Split over Cuba could sink hemispheric summits

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-28 21:14
CARTAGENA, Colombia (AP) -- Could this weekend's gathering of about 30 Western Hemisphere leaders be the last Summit of the Americas?...

Russian hunger-striker says may travel to Moscow

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-28 21:14
MOSCOW (AP) -- A Russian politician on hunger-strike to protest alleged fraud in a recent mayoral race says he may take up an offer to travel to Moscow to review evidence of vote-rigging, but only if doctors rule him fit enough....

Belarus opposition activist freed

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-28 21:14
MINSK, Belarus (AP) -- A prominent Belarusian opposition activist was released Sunday in a move that followed crippling sanctions introduced by the West in response to a crackdown on dissent by the country's authoritarian president...

Spanish king criticized for elephant hunting trip

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-28 21:14
MADRID (AP) -- Spain's 74-year-old king came under scathing criticism Sunday for going on an expensive elephant hunting trip in Botswana amid the nation's deep financial woes....

Advisers in presidential campaign talk taxes

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-28 21:14
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Campaign advisers to President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney say the general election will offer competing visions of how to help the middle class....

Advisers in presidential campaign talk taxes

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-28 21:14
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Campaign advisers to President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney say the general election will offer competing visions of how to help the middle class....

Dueling speeches: Obama, Romney go at it in Ohio

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-28 21:14
CLEVELAND (AP) -- President Barack Obama cast his re-election race against Republican Mitt Romney as the economic choice of a lifetime on Thursday, seeking to stir undecided voters and asking the nation to buy into his vision for four more years or face a return to the recession-era "mistakes of the past."...

Advisers in presidential campaign talk taxes

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-28 21:14
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Campaign advisers to President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney say the general election will offer competing visions of how to help the middle class....

New North Korean leader makes first public speech

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-28 21:14
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- North Korea's new leader addressed his nation and the world for the first time Sunday, vowing to place top priority on his impoverished nation's military, which promptly unveiled a new long-range missile....

Long political fights ahead over dueling tax plans

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-28 21:14
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....
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Long political fights ahead over dueling tax plans

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-28 21:14
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....
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Don't wait for Social Security check in the mail

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-28 21:14
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Starting next year, the check will no longer be in the mail for millions of people who receive Social Security and other government benefits....
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Don't wait for Social Security check in the mail

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-28 21:14
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Starting next year, the check will no longer be in the mail for millions of people who receive Social Security and other government benefits....
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