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Justices meet Friday to vote on health care case

AP - Politics - Mon, 2025-05-19 14:24
WASHINGTON (AP) -- While the rest of us have to wait until June, the justices of the Supreme Court will know the likely outcome of the historic health care case by the time they go home this weekend....

US missiles kill 2 in northwest Pakistan

AP - World News - Mon, 2025-05-19 14:24
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) -- An American drone fired two missiles at a motorbike in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, killing two suspected militants, officials said, as the U.S. pushed on with its drone campaign despite repeated Pakistani protests....

Lost data cartridges may have exposed 800K in CA

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2025-05-19 14:24
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Four computer storage devices containing personal information for about 800,000 adults and children in California's child support system - including their names and Social Security numbers - were lost by IBM and Iron Mountain Inc., officials announced Thursday....
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AP sources: Ryan expected to endorse Romney

AP - Politics - Mon, 2025-05-19 14:24
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, the chairman of the Republican-led House Budget Committee, is expected to endorse presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, two Republican officials said Thursday....

AP sources: Ryan expected to endorse Romney

AP - Politics - Mon, 2025-05-19 14:24
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, the chairman of the Republican-led House Budget Committee, is expected to endorse presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, two Republican officials said Thursday....

New CEO at IBM revives Augusta membership debate

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2025-05-19 14:24
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- The appointment of a new chief executive at IBM has revived the debate over Augusta National's all-male membership just one week before the Masters....
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New video raises doubts about Fla. gunman's story

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2025-05-19 14:24
MIAMI (AP) -- Newly released police video of a handcuffed George Zimmerman may be important for what it doesn't show: No obvious cuts, scrapes, blood or bandages. No clearly broken nose. No plainly visible evidence of a life-and-death struggle with Trayvon Martin....
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New video raises doubts about Fla. gunman's story

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2025-05-19 14:24
MIAMI (AP) -- Newly released police video of a handcuffed George Zimmerman may be important for what it doesn't show: No obvious cuts, scrapes, blood or bandages. No clearly broken nose. No plainly visible evidence of a life-and-death struggle with Trayvon Martin....
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Company says alert system worked in Colo. wildfire

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2025-05-19 14:24
CONIFER, Colo. (AP) -- Mary Thuente says her neighbors got an automated call warning them to flee their home as a wildfire spread over the mountains southwest of Denver, but she never got one before she left....
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Judge delays Sandusky sex abuse trial by 3 weeks

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2025-05-19 14:24
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- A judge overseeing former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky's child sexual abuse case on Thursday delayed the start of the trial by three weeks to early June, and prosecutors filed a lengthy court document that said the case should not be dismissed....
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Japan orders interception of NKorean rocket

AP - World News - Mon, 2025-05-19 14:24
TOKYO (AP) -- Japan's defense minister on Friday ordered missile units to intercept a rocket expected to be launched by North Korea next month if it flies over Japan....

Santorum: US weak on Iran, Israel during Obama era

AP - Politics - Mon, 2025-05-19 14:24
FAIRFIELD, Calif. (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum strongly criticized President Barack Obama on foreign policy Thursday, saying that the United States has been slow to address Iran's threat to develop nuclear weapons, has ignored its ally Israel and rushes to engage America's enemies....

Santorum: US weak on Iran, Israel during Obama era

AP - Politics - Mon, 2025-05-19 14:24
FAIRFIELD, Calif. (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum strongly criticized President Barack Obama on foreign policy Thursday, saying that the United States has been slow to address Iran's threat to develop nuclear weapons, has ignored its ally Israel and rushes to engage America's enemies....

Brazil protests counter military coup celebration

AP - World News - Mon, 2025-05-19 14:24
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Riot police used pepper spray and tear gas Thursday to chase protesters away from a celebration by retired soldiers marking the 1964 coup that established Brazil's long military dictatorship....

Canada to rid itself of the penny

AP - World News - Mon, 2025-05-19 14:24
TORONTO (AP) -- Canada has announced it is scrapping the penny....

$540M lottery has states anticipating tax jackpot

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2025-05-19 14:24
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- People queuing up for Mega Millions tickets aren't the only ones salivating over the record $540 million jackpot that could be won Friday - some state governments struggling through lean times know a hometown winner would bring a tax bonanza....
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New CEO at IBM revives Augusta membership debate

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2025-05-19 14:24
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- The appointment of a new chief executive at IBM has revived the debate over Augusta National's all-male membership just one week before the Masters....
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Venezuela poll says Hugo Chavez ahead of rival

AP - World News - Mon, 2025-05-19 14:24
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- President Hugo Chavez has a double-digit lead over the opposition's presidential candidate, but a quarter of Venezuelan voters haven't committed to either candidate, a poll said Thursday....

Venezuela poll says Hugo Chavez ahead of rival

AP - World News - Mon, 2025-05-19 14:24
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- President Hugo Chavez has a double-digit lead over the opposition's presidential candidate, but a quarter of Venezuelan voters haven't committed to either candidate, a poll said Thursday....

13 dead in Honduran prison fire amid inmate riot

AP - World News - Mon, 2025-05-19 14:24
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) -- At least 13 people died during an uprising by armed inmates at a Honduran prison Thursday, one of them decapitated and the others killed by a fire started by the rioters, authorities said....
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