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G-8 ministers focus on Iran, Syria, North Korea

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-05-25 08:01
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The crisis in Syria along with growing concerns about Iran's nuclear program and a potential North Korean missile test dominated discussions Wednesday between foreign ministers from the Group of Eight leading industrialized democracies....
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Police chief in Martin case remains under scrutiny

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-05-25 08:01
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) -- While George Zimmerman is free on bail, the police chief criticized for not charging him after Trayvon Martin's slaying remains under scrutiny, as city commissioners want to wait for the results of a federal investigation to decide if they will accept Chief Bill Lee's resignation....
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Trayvon Martin parents elated by Zimmerman arrest

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-05-25 08:01
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Trayvon Martin's parents expressed relief Wednesday over a special prosecutor's decision to charge the man responsible for the 17-year-old's death. Martin's mother said if she could speak directly to George Zimmerman, she would allow him a chance to say he is sorry for what happened....
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Trayvon Martin parents elated by Zimmerman arrest

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-05-25 08:01
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Trayvon Martin's parents expressed relief Wednesday over a special prosecutor's decision to charge the man responsible for the 17-year-old's death. Martin's mother said if she could speak directly to George Zimmerman, she would allow him a chance to say he is sorry for what happened....
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GSA spent millions in relocation costs

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-05-25 08:01
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The General Services Administration inspector general was told the agency spent as much as $330,000 to move an employee from Denver to Hawaii, an example of millions of dollars wasted in relocation costs....
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Zimmerman arrest follows puzzling disappearance

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-05-25 08:01
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) -- The neighborhood watch volunteer who shot Trayvon Martin to death had been out of touch and, his ex-lawyer says, "a little bit over the edge" before his arrest on a second-degree murder charge....
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AP Enterprise: Docs say drilling law hurts health

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-05-25 08:01
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Public health advocates and doctors on the front lines of Pennsylvania's natural gas-drilling boom are attacking the state's new Marcellus Shale law, likening one of its provisions to a gag order and complaining that vital research money into health effects was stripped at the last minute....
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AP Enterprise: Docs say drilling law hurts health

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-05-25 08:01
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Public health advocates and doctors on the front lines of Pennsylvania's natural gas-drilling boom are attacking the state's new Marcellus Shale law, likening one of its provisions to a gag order and complaining that vital research money into health effects was stripped at the last minute....
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South Sudan troops move into disputed oil town

AP - World News - Sun, 2025-05-25 08:01
JUBA, South Sudan (AP) -- After a day of fierce fighting, troops from South Sudan captured an oil-rich border town that is claimed by Sudan, whose troops withdrew under the onslaught, a Sudanese government minister said Wednesday....

South Sudan troops move into disputed oil town

AP - World News - Sun, 2025-05-25 08:01
JUBA, South Sudan (AP) -- After a day of fierce fighting, troops from South Sudan captured an oil-rich border town that is claimed by Sudan, whose troops withdrew under the onslaught, a Sudanese government minister said Wednesday....

FACT CHECK: Romney's skewed case on women's jobs

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-25 08:01
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mitt Romney has come up with an "amazing statistic" and Republicans inside and outside his presidential campaign are doing their utmost to spread it around: "92.3 percent of all the jobs lost during the Obama years have been lost by women."...

FACT CHECK: Romney's skewed case on women's jobs

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-25 08:01
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mitt Romney has come up with an "amazing statistic" and Republicans inside and outside his presidential campaign are doing their utmost to spread it around: "92.3 percent of all the jobs lost during the Obama years have been lost by women."...

Obama campaign ready for a 'ramping up' on Romney

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-25 08:01
WASHINGTON (AP) -- For all the turmoil of the long primary season, President Barack Obama is right where he expected to be: taking on Mitt Romney and targeting him as a wishy-washy protector of the rich. With the November outcome likely to hinge on the economy, Obama will now engage more directly with the help of an experienced, well-financed campaign organization....

Obama campaign ready for a 'ramping up' on Romney

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-25 08:01
WASHINGTON (AP) -- For all the turmoil of the long primary season, President Barack Obama is right where he expected to be: taking on Mitt Romney and targeting him as a wishy-washy protector of the rich. With the November outcome likely to hinge on the economy, Obama will now engage more directly with the help of an experienced, well-financed campaign organization....

Obama campaign ready for a 'ramping up' on Romney

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-25 08:01
WASHINGTON (AP) -- For all the turmoil of the long primary season, President Barack Obama is right where he expected to be: taking on Mitt Romney and targeting him as a wishy-washy protector of the rich. With the November outcome likely to hinge on the economy, Obama will now engage more directly with the help of an experienced, well-financed campaign organization....

Obama campaign ready for a 'ramping up' on Romney

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-25 08:01
WASHINGTON (AP) -- For all the turmoil of the long primary season, President Barack Obama is right where he expected to be: taking on Mitt Romney and targeting him as a wishy-washy protector of the rich. With the November outcome likely to hinge on the economy, Obama will now engage more directly with the help of an experienced, well-financed campaign organization....

Obama campaign ready for a 'ramping up' on Romney

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-25 08:01
WASHINGTON (AP) -- For all the turmoil of the long primary season, President Barack Obama is right where he expected to be: taking on Mitt Romney and targeting him as a wishy-washy protector of the rich. With the November outcome likely to hinge on the economy, Obama will now engage more directly with the help of an experienced, well-financed campaign organization....

Obama campaign ready for a 'ramping up' on Romney

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-25 08:01
WASHINGTON (AP) -- For all the turmoil of the long primary season, President Barack Obama is right where he expected to be: taking on Mitt Romney and targeting him as a wishy-washy protector of the rich. With the November outcome likely to hinge on the economy, Obama will now engage more directly with the help of an experienced, well-financed campaign organization....

Super PACs largely free to spend remaining cash

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-25 08:01
WASHINGTON (AP) -- When a presidential candidate throws in the towel, what can a "super" PAC that once supported the campaign spend its money on?...

Super PACs largely free to spend remaining cash

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-25 08:01
WASHINGTON (AP) -- When a presidential candidate throws in the towel, what can a "super" PAC that once supported the campaign spend its money on?...
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