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Romney sweeps 5 GOP presidential primaries

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-21 07:31
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mitt Romney has won the California Republican presidential primary, completing a sweep of contests in five states....

German magazine cleared of defaming Greece

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-21 07:31
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- A Greek court dismissed defamation charges Tuesday against a German magazine that had illustrated an article on Greece's economic crisis with a doctored photo of the Venus de Milo statue making a lewd gesture....

Survey: petty corruption costing Greeks millions

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-21 07:31
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- An international watchdog says petty corruption in the public sector is still costing Greeks millions of euros (dollars) a year, even though the country's financial crisis has led to a reduction in the size of bribes....

Recovery threatened by runaway student loan debt

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-21 07:31
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The federal student loan program seemed like a great idea back in 1965: Borrow to go to college now, pay it back later when you have a job....
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Recovery threatened by runaway student loan debt

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-21 07:31
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The federal student loan program seemed like a great idea back in 1965: Borrow to go to college now, pay it back later when you have a job....
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CA attack suspect upset about expulsion, teasing

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-21 07:31
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- One Goh's life was on the skids even before he became the suspect in the nation's biggest mass school shooting since Virginia Tech....
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BkyB confirms James Murdoch steps down as chairman

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-21 07:31
LONDON (AP) -- British Sky Broadcasting PLC says James Murdoch has stepped down as chairman, but will remain a member of the broadcaster's board....

Pit bulls in Philippine dog fights to be put down

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-21 07:31
MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- Veterinarians and animal welfare workers Tuesday euthanized at least nine pit bulls rescued from a dogfighting ring in the Philippines because there are no facilities to rehabilitate them and prevent them from again being used in underground arenas....

Syrian troops bomb rebel-held neighborhood in Homs

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-21 07:31
BEIRUT (AP) -- Syrian troops on Friday heavily shelled a rebel-held neighborhood in the flashpoint central city of Homs as the military appeared to be readying to storm the area, activists said....

Twice-exiled former Ottoman princess dies

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-21 07:31
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- Neslisah Osmanoglu, an Ottoman princess who married an Egyptian prince and was twice forced into exile when both royal households were abolished, has died. She was 91....

In group lottery wins splitting the spoils tough

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-21 07:31
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Every once in a while a lottery jackpot becomes so huge that people can't help but band together in the hope of increasing their odds, pooling their money for a wad of tickets and promising to evenly split the spoils. Seems like a good idea until lightning strikes and the group wins....
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In group lottery wins splitting the spoils tough

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-21 07:31
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Every once in a while a lottery jackpot becomes so huge that people can't help but band together in the hope of increasing their odds, pooling their money for a wad of tickets and promising to evenly split the spoils. Seems like a good idea until lightning strikes and the group wins....
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Sanctions go into effect in post-coup Mali

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-21 07:31
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) -- Malians lined up outside gas stations holding jerrycans, water bottles and plastic jugs, as the landlocked West African nation braced itself Tuesday for sanctions imposed overnight as a consequence of a coup last month....

Titanic museum launched in Southampton, England

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-21 07:31
SOUTHAMPTON, England (AP) -- Most people associate the drama of the Titanic with icebergs, lifeboats, and flares fired into the night. Few think of the heartbreak that took place as news of the tragedy filtered home....

French Socialist's big idea: tax the rich

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-21 07:31
PARIS (AP) -- French presidential candidate Francois Hollande, leading in polls but lacking in ideas that stick in voters' minds, finally dropped a bombshell: As president, he would levy a 75 percent tax on anyone who makes more than (EURO)1 million ($1.33 million) a year....

French Socialist's big idea: tax the rich

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-21 07:31
PARIS (AP) -- French presidential candidate Francois Hollande, leading in polls but lacking in ideas that stick in voters' minds, finally dropped a bombshell: As president, he would levy a 75 percent tax on anyone who makes more than (EURO)1 million ($1.33 million) a year....

French Socialist's big idea: tax the rich

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-21 07:31
PARIS (AP) -- French presidential candidate Francois Hollande, leading in polls but lacking in ideas that stick in voters' minds, finally dropped a bombshell: As president, he would levy a 75 percent tax on anyone who makes more than (EURO)1 million ($1.33 million) a year....

French official: Islamists planned to kidnap judge

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-21 07:31
PARIS (AP) -- Preliminary charges are being filed against 13 Islamist radicals in France, a prosecutor announced Tuesday, saying some had been calling for Muslim Shariah law in the country, doing weapons training and even planning to kidnap a judge....

CA attack suspect upset about expulsion, teasing

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-21 07:31
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- A nursing student expelled from a small Christian university and upset about being teased over his poor English skills opened fire at the school, going from room to room in a rampage that left six students and a secretary dead, police said Tuesday....
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Obama: Congress, Europe must stem economic crisis

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-21 07:31
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The economy at risk, President Barack Obama accused Republicans on Friday of pursuing policies that would weaken the U.S. recovery. He simultaneously urged Europe's leaders to prevent an overseas debt crisis from dragging down the rest of the world....
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