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Kidney transplant patients seek life without drugs

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-14 23:03
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Lindsay Porter's kidneys were failing rapidly when a friend offered to donate one of his. Then she made an unusual request: Would he donate part of his immune system, too?...
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Russia backs Red Cross demand to Syrian government

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 23:03
MOSCOW (AP) -- Russia said Monday that Syria's government and rebels should halt their fighting once a day to give the Red Cross access to the wounded and that jailed protesters should be allowed to have visitors....

Lawyer describes talk with Afghan killings suspect

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-14 23:03
FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) -- A Seattle lawyer who is defending an Army staff sergeant suspected of killing 16 Afghans, including nine children, met Monday with the soldier for the first time at Fort Leavenworth, a conversation the attorney described as emotional....
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Cuban dissident leader free after brief detention

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 23:03
HAVANA (AP) -- One of Cuba's leading dissidents said Monday that she was released hours after being detained ahead of a weekly protest, but her husband was apparently still being held....

Romney focuses on Obama; Santorum questions rival

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-14 23:03
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- An increasingly confident Mitt Romney called President Barack Obama an "economic lightweight" Monday as the Republican presidential candidate looked beyond Tuesday's Illinois primary to a general election showdown with the incumbent Democrat....
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Students want watch leader who shot teen arrested

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-14 23:03
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- College students around Florida rallied Monday to demand the arrest of a white neighborhood watch captain who shot an unarmed black teen last month, though authorities may be hamstrung by a state law that allows people to defend themselves with deadly force....
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Obama raises $45 million in February

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-14 23:03
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama collected $45 million for his re-election bid in February, accelerating his fundraising pace as his campaign frets over an oncoming spending blitz by Republican-leaning outside groups....

How health care law affects lives of 7 Americans

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-14 23:03
CHICAGO (AP) -- A father lost his job at a medical device company that is facing a new tax. A young woman got back on her parents' insurance and was able to get surgery for an injury that could have hobbled her. A part-time sales woman stopped putting off a colonoscopy and cancer screenings and saved nearly $3,000 because health plans now must pay for preventive care without co-pays. A business owner received a tax rebate for providing health coverage to her employees....
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Station made famous by Harry Potter gets makeover

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 23:03
LONDON (AP) -- Harry Potter fans should now find it a bit easier to find platform 9 3/4....

Original Einstein manuscripts to be posted online

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 23:03
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Albert Einstein's complete archives - from personal correspondence with half a dozen lovers to notebooks scribbled with his groundbreaking scientific research - are going online for the first time....

'Looking to kill:' 4 slain at French Jewish school

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 23:03
TOULOUSE, France (AP) -- A motorbike assailant opened fire with two handguns Monday in front of a Jewish school in the French city of Toulouse, killing a rabbi, his two young sons and a schoolgirl. One witness described him as a man chasing small children and "looking to kill."...

German-Afghan man being tried on al-Qaida charges

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 23:03
KOBLENZ, Germany (AP) -- A German-Afghan man whose information prompted terrorism warnings across Europe in 2010 went on trial Monday in Germany on charges he was a member of al-Qaida and another terrorist group....

Storm-weakened tree kills sleeping child in Calif

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-14 23:03
SACRAMENTO, Calif (AP) -- A storm-weakened tree crashed down on a house, killing a sleeping 8-year-old girl, as an unusually fierce winter storm blew through California over the weekend, leaving thousands without power Monday after dumping much-needed rain on the parched state....
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Victims of French shooting to be buried in Israel

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 23:03
JERUSALEM (AP) -- The four victims of a shooting attack at a Jewish school in France will be brought to Israel for burial, the Foreign Ministry said Monday....

Avalanche kills 5 foreign tourists in Norway

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 23:03
OSLO, Norway (AP) -- Police say four Swiss and one French citizen have been confirmed killed by a massive avalanche in northern Norway....

Official calls to extradite ex-Libya intel chief

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 23:03
NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania (AP) -- Libya's deputy prime minister traveled to the Mauritanian capital on Monday to press for the extradition of one of Moammar Gadhafi's closest associates, the former Libyan intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senoussi....

Court hears Southern Union appeal of $18M fine

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-14 23:03
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court indicated Monday that it could throw out an $18 million penalty against a natural gas company convicted of an environmental violation in Rhode Island....
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Obama, Romney sweep health care laws under a rug

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-14 23:03
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Now here's a tag team for the ages: Richard Nixon, Mitt Romney, Barack Obama....

Obama, Romney sweep health care laws under a rug

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-14 23:03
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Now here's a tag team for the ages: Richard Nixon, Mitt Romney, Barack Obama....

Obama, Romney talk little about health care laws

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-14 23:03
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Now here's a tag team for the ages: Richard Nixon, Mitt Romney, Barack Obama....
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