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Obama campaign: De Niro's joke 'inappropriate'

AP - Politics - Thu, 2025-05-15 03:30
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Actor Robert De Niro opened a fundraiser starring Michelle Obama by listing her Republican rivals and jokingly suggesting that America isn't "ready for a white first lady." Newt Gingrich was not amused, and the Obama campaign says the quip was inappropriate....

Employers ask job seekers for Facebook passwords

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-15 03:30
SEATTLE (AP) -- When Justin Bassett interviewed for a new job, he expected the usual questions about experience and references. So he was astonished when the interviewer asked for something else: his Facebook username and password....
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Texas suspends burro-killing policy in state park

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-15 03:30
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) -- The Texas wildlife agency said Tuesday it is suspending a policy that allows the killing of burros in a state park along the Mexican border after the Humane Society of the United States offered to devise a nonlethal plan to remove the destructive animals....
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Texas suspends burro-killing policy in state park

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-15 03:30
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) -- The Texas wildlife agency said Tuesday it is suspending a policy that allows the killing of burros in a state park along the Mexican border after the Humane Society of the United States offered to devise a nonlethal plan to remove the destructive animals....
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Iran leader: Any attacks bring 'same level' reply

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-15 03:30
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Tehran will retaliate against any attack by Israeli or American forces "on the same level," Iran's top leader said Tuesday in a defiant address just moments after U.S. President Barack Obama appealed directly to the Iranian people with a message of solidarity....

Iran leader: Any attacks bring 'same level' reply

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-15 03:30
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Tehran will retaliate against any attack by Israeli or American forces "on the same level," Iran's top leader said Tuesday in a defiant address just moments after U.S. President Barack Obama appealed directly to the Iranian people with a message of solidarity....

Ahmadinejad rivals cement hold on Iran parliament

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-15 03:30
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Final results for many Iranian parliamentary constituencies announced Saturday show supporters of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad relegated to a small fraction of the legislature, hugely outnumbered by the conservatives who once backed him but then turned against him after he was perceived to challenge the authority of top clerics....

Russian FM: Syria conflict becomes 'more alarming'

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-15 03:30
MOSCOW (AP) -- Russia has growing concerns about the conflict in Syria, but it will continue to oppose the outside use of force, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Saturday....

GOP targets new cost-cut board in Obama health law

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-15 03:30
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans are revamping their strategy against President Barack Obama's health care law: If they can't repeal the whole thing, they'll try to pick off pieces. Starting with a new and unfamiliar bureaucracy....
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US gives exemption on Iran sanctions to 11 nations

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-15 03:30
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The United States is granting an exemption to 10 European Union countries and Japan from enforcing economic sanctions because the countries have significantly reduced their purchases of petroleum from Iran....
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House panel approves contentious GOP budget plan

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-15 03:30
WASHINGTON (AP) -- It's on to the House floor for a deficit-slashing GOP budget plan....
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House GOP unveils budget blueprint

AP - Politics - Thu, 2025-05-15 03:30
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Conservative House Republicans on Tuesday set up what appears to be a potential re-run of last year's turbulent domestic policy fight with President Barack Obama, putting forward an election-year budget manifesto that would blend steep social program cuts with reduced tax rates....

Obama welcomes Irish PM to White House

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-15 03:30
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama celebrated an extended St. Patrick's Day at the White House Tuesday with a visit from Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny, who assured Obama that his debt-ridden nation would make an economic comeback....
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Top commander in Afghanistan says mission on track

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-15 03:30
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Facing a skeptical Congress, the top commander in Afghanistan insisted on Tuesday that the United States is winding down the decade-plus war and has no intention to remain in the country indefinitely....
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High court has options on health care law

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-15 03:30
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court has several options in ruling on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, from upholding the law to striking it down in its entirety. The court also could avoid deciding the law's constitutionality at all, if it finds the lawsuits challenging the law are premature....
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Slain American teacher honored in Yemeni city

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-15 03:30
SANAA, Yemen (AP) -- Hundreds of youth activists and other protesters marched Tuesday through a central Yemeni city demanding justice for an American teacher who was gunned down by unknown assailants this week....

Romney takes Wyoming delegate from Santorum

AP - Politics - Thu, 2025-05-15 03:30
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mitt Romney's supporters in Wyoming have successfully challenged a delegate to the party's national convention that had been awarded to rival Rick Santorum - showing the lengths the campaigns are willing to go to fight over a single delegate....

Romney takes Wyoming delegate from Santorum

AP - Politics - Thu, 2025-05-15 03:30
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mitt Romney's supporters in Wyoming have successfully challenged a delegate to the party's national convention that had been awarded to rival Rick Santorum - showing the lengths the campaigns are willing to go to fight over a single delegate....

French hunt school killer, suspect neo-Nazi ties

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-15 03:30
TOULOUSE, France (AP) -- Police spread out across southern France by the hundreds Tuesday, hunting for an expert gunman suspected in three deadly attacks who may have neo-Nazi ties or grudges against minorities....

Jailed Tymoshenko accused of treason in Ukraine

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-15 03:30
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -- Ukrainian authorities stepped up their legal assault on jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Tuesday when parliament accused her of committing high treason during natural gas import negotiations with Russia in 2009....
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