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Thailand bans 'Macbeth' adaptation as too divisive

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-21 13:33
BANGKOK (AP) -- Thailand's film censors have banned an adaptation of Shakespeare's "Macbeth," saying it could inflame political passions in the country where it is taboo to criticize the monarchy....

Trump wishes transgender luck in Canada pageant

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-21 13:33
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A boy who became a girl got her wish to compete for title of hottest woman on the planet after Donald Trump said she could compete for Canada's spot in the Miss Universe pageant....
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Elderly Greek kills himself in main Athens square

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-21 13:33
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- A Greek retiree shot himself dead in the busiest public square in Athens during morning rush hour Wednesday, leaving a note police said linked his suicide with the country's acute financial woes....

Syrian activists warn of dire conditions in Homs

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-21 13:33
BEIRUT (AP) -- Syrian troops intensified shelling of rebel-held neighborhoods in Homs Sunday according to activists who said humanitarian conditions in the city are growing dire and pressed for evacuation of 1,000 endangered families and dozens of wounded who cannot get adequate medical care....

Dueling speeches, big day: Obama, Romney in Ohio

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-21 13:33
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Dueling from down the road, President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney on Thursday will offer deeply contrasting visions for how to fix the sluggish economy, framing in their most direct terms the fierce, fundamental choice that will decide the November election....
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Dueling speeches, big day: Obama, Romney in Ohio

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-21 13:33
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sharpening the choice for the nation, President Barack Obama and Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney are offering dueling visions of how to fix the economy, framing in their most direct terms the fierce debate that will decide the November election. In a flash of campaign drama, the two are giving major speeches at nearly the same time Thursday from the same state, battleground Ohio....

Romney turns from primaries, toward Obama

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-21 13:33
MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Mitt Romney is turning away from his primary opponents and toward Democratic President Barack Obama after sweeping three more Republican contests....
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Romney to urge grads to honor family commitments

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-21 13:33
LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) -- Mitt Romney is steering clear of the fight over gay marriage and talking about his commitments to his own family in a commencement address at a conservative Christian university....

GOP's McCain to Santorum: Time for 'graceful exit'

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-21 13:33
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. John McCain says Rick Santorum should recognize "it's time for a graceful exit" from the Republican presidential campaign in the wake of Mitt Romney's sweep of primaries in Wisconsin, Maryland and the District of Columbia....

GOP's McCain to Santorum: Time for 'graceful exit'

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-21 13:33
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. John McCain says Rick Santorum should recognize "it's time for a graceful exit" from the Republican presidential campaign in the wake of Mitt Romney's sweep of primaries in Wisconsin, Maryland and the District of Columbia....

GOP's McCain to Santorum: Time for 'graceful exit'

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-21 13:33
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. John McCain says Rick Santorum should recognize "it's time for a graceful exit" from the Republican presidential campaign in the wake of Mitt Romney's sweep of primaries in Wisconsin, Maryland and the District of Columbia....

GOP's McCain to Santorum: Time for 'graceful exit'

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-21 13:33
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. John McCain says Rick Santorum should recognize "it's time for a graceful exit" from the Republican presidential campaign in the wake of Mitt Romney's sweep of primaries in Wisconsin, Maryland and the District of Columbia....

GOP's McCain to Santorum: Time for 'graceful exit'

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-21 13:33
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. John McCain says Rick Santorum should recognize "it's time for a graceful exit" from the Republican presidential campaign in the wake of Mitt Romney's sweep of primaries in Wisconsin, Maryland and the District of Columbia....

GOP's McCain to Santorum: Time for 'graceful exit'

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-21 13:33
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. John McCain says Rick Santorum should recognize "it's time for a graceful exit" from the Republican presidential campaign in the wake of Mitt Romney's sweep of primaries in Wisconsin, Maryland and the District of Columbia....

FACT CHECK: Obama's incomplete history lesson

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-21 13:33
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Few would quarrel with President Barack Obama's point that the Republican Party has drifted to the right in recent years, disavowing ideas it once embraced - even created. But making that case in a major campaign speech, Obama ignored realities in his own Democratic ranks....

FACT CHECK: Obama's incomplete history lesson

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-21 13:33
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Few would quarrel with President Barack Obama's point that the Republican Party has drifted to the right in recent years, disavowing ideas it once embraced - even created. But making that case in a major campaign speech, Obama ignored realities in his own Democratic ranks....

Vietnam craves rhino horn; costs more than cocaine

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-21 13:33
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) -- Nguyen Huong Giang loves to party but loathes hangovers, so she ends her whiskey benders by tossing back shots of rhino horn ground with water on a special ceramic plate....

Romney turns from primaries, toward Obama

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-21 13:33
MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Mitt Romney is turning away from his primary opponents and toward Democratic President Barack Obama after sweeping three more Republican contests....
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Romney, Obama ramp up attacks on economic records

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-21 13:33
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (AP) -- President Barack Obama's campaign is ramping up criticism of Republican Mitt Romney's record in Massachusetts, while the Republican nominee is contrasting his record in the private sector with the Obama administration's support for green energy companies....

FACT CHECK: Obama's incomplete history lesson

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-21 13:33
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Few would quarrel with President Barack Obama's point that the Republican Party has drifted to the right in recent years, disavowing ideas it once embraced - even created. But making that case in a major campaign speech, Obama ignored realities in his own Democratic ranks....
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