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SF sheriff faces sentencing for false imprisonment

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-14 20:55
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Embattled San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi faces sentencing for false imprisonment in a closely watched domestic violence case involving his Venezuelan actress wife, in a dramatic saga that has gripped his city for nearly three months....
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London games organizers unveil Olympic torch route

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 20:55
LONDON (AP) -- Schoolchildren, charity fundraisers, war veterans and a centenarian are among 8,000 people who will carry the Olympic flame in the torch relay for the 2012 London Games, organizers announced Monday....

Ramos Horta concedes defeat in East Timor election

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 20:55
DILI, East Timor (AP) -- President Jose Ramos Horta, who campaigned tirelessly for East Timor's independence for nearly a quarter-century and helped steer the new nation, conceded defeat Monday after a poor showing in weekend elections....

GOP voters' passion uneven for Romney, Santorum

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-14 20:55
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mitt Romney may lead in delegates and Rick Santorum might have momentum, but neither of the two leading Republican presidential candidates is having an easy time exciting even his own voters....
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GOP voters' passion uneven for Romney, Santorum

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-14 20:55
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mitt Romney may lead in delegates and Rick Santorum might have momentum, but neither of the two leading Republican presidential candidates is having an easy time exciting even his own voters....

Obama raises $45 million in February

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-14 20:55
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Picking up the pace, President Barack Obama raised $45 million for his re-election bid in February, bringing his total to about $300 million for this election cycle, his campaign said Monday....

Researchers: Wallenberg Budapest mission no fluke

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 20:55
STOCKHOLM (AP) -- World War II hero Raoul Wallenberg's appointment for a mission to rescue Hungarian Jews from the Nazis may not have been as random as previously thought, researchers said Monday....

Researchers: Wallenberg Budapest mission no fluke

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 20:55
STOCKHOLM (AP) -- World War II hero Raoul Wallenberg's appointment for a mission to rescue Hungarian Jews from the Nazis may not have been as random as previously thought, researchers said Monday....

Iraqis demand better services on war anniversary

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 20:55
BASRA, Iraq (AP) -- Followers of the anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on Monday demanded better living conditions in Iraq on the ninth anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of their country....

Gunman kills 4 outside Jewish school in France

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 20:55
TOULOUSE, France (AP) -- A motorcycle gunman opened fire Monday in front of a Jewish school in the southwest French city of Toulouse, killing a father, his two sons and one other child, the prosecutor's office said....

Khmer Rouge jailer testifies against leaders

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 20:55
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) -- The Khmer Rouge's chief jailer began a week of testimony Monday at Cambodia's U.N.-backed tribunal against three of the regime's surviving leaders who are accused of crimes against humanity....

Chinese hoping ticket out of China is French class

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 20:55
BEIJING (AP) -- Thousands of people in China are trying to write their own ticket out of the country - in French....

Chinese hoping ticket out of China is French class

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 20:55
BEIJING (AP) -- Thousands of people in China are trying to write their own ticket out of the country - in French....

Chinese hoping ticket out of China is French class

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 20:55
BEIJING (AP) -- Thousands of people in China are trying to write their own ticket out of the country - in French....

Obama raises $45 million in February

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-14 20:55
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama raised $45 million for his re-election campaign, the Democratic Party and other campaign funds in February, bringing his total to about $300 million for this election cycle....

US Census covering Great Depression to be released

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-14 20:55
NEW YORK (AP) -- It was a decade when tens of millions of people in the U.S. experienced mass unemployment and social upheaval as the nation clawed its way out of the Great Depression and rumblings of global war were heard from abroad....
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Study of 'meth babies' finds behavior problems

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-14 20:55
CHICAGO (AP) -- The first study to look at methamphetamine's potential lasting effects on children whose mothers used it in pregnancy finds these kids at higher risk for behavior problems than other children....
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Study of 'meth babies' finds behavior problems

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-14 20:55
CHICAGO (AP) -- The first study to look at methamphetamine's potential lasting effects on children whose mothers used it in pregnancy finds these kids at higher risk for behavior problems than other children....
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Report: US makes modest gains in graduation rate

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-14 20:55
HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) -- The last straw for 17-year-old Alton Burke was a note left on his door. The high school dropout picked up the phone and re-enrolled at South Hagerstown High....
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UPS to buy TNT Express for $6.77B

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 20:55
AMSTERDAM (AP) -- United Parcel Service Inc. said Monday it has agreed to buy TNT Express NV for $6.77 billion ((EURO)5.16 billion) in a deal supported by TNT's boards....
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