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Seeking the limelight, with the help of star power

AP - Politics - Tue, 2025-05-13 19:58
ATLANTA (AP) -- No presidential candidate worth his chauffeured SUV has reached his personal zenith without this: celebrities to vouch for them. They are the glam and glitter of political campaigns, sure to turn even jaded political operatives into fawning celeb watchers....

Weird weather: heat, twisters, 250K tons of snow

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-05-13 19:58
WASHINGTON (AP) -- America's weather is stuck on extreme....
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Psychiatric patient stabs 3 in Danish hospital

AP - World News - Tue, 2025-05-13 19:58
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) -- A psychiatric patient stabbed a doctor and two nurses at a Danish hospital on Friday, then surrendered after a 10-hour standoff with police....

Obama birth control policy options

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-05-13 19:58
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration is laying out options for carrying out the president's compromise on free birth control for women working at church-affiliated institutions like hospitals and colleges....
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CBO: Obama budget produces 2013 deficit of $977B

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-05-13 19:58
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A new analysis of President Barack Obama's budget for next year says the deficit scenario for next year isn't as rosy as the White House figured last month....
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Gingrich: Everyone on earth deserves gun rights

AP - Politics - Tue, 2025-05-13 19:58
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich says the United Nations should adopt a treaty giving everyone on the planet the right to bear firearms....

Romney says Obama has failed on energy policy

AP - Politics - Tue, 2025-05-13 19:58
FORT LUPTON, Colo. (AP) -- Republican Mitt Romney says President Barack Obama claiming credit for increased American energy production is akin to Romney saying he was responsible for the Red Sox winning the World Series when he was Massachusetts governor....

US: NKorea planned rocket launch a 'deal-breaker'

AP - World News - Tue, 2025-05-13 19:58
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- North Korea plans to blast a satellite into space next month to mark the centenary of the birth of its founder, Kim Il Sung, which the U.S. quickly called a "deal-breaker" for a new agreement where the U.S. would exchange food aid for nuclear concessions....

US: NKorea planned rocket launch a 'deal-breaker'

AP - World News - Tue, 2025-05-13 19:58
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- North Korea plans to blast a satellite into space next month to mark the centenary of the birth of its founder, Kim Il Sung, which the U.S. quickly called a "deal-breaker" for a new agreement where the U.S. would exchange food aid for nuclear concessions....

US: NKorea planned rocket launch a 'deal-breaker'

AP - World News - Tue, 2025-05-13 19:58
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- North Korea plans to blast a satellite into space next month to mark the centenary of the birth of its founder, Kim Il Sung, which the U.S. quickly called a "deal-breaker" for a new agreement where the U.S. would exchange food aid for nuclear concessions....

In Afghan killings case, questions over alcohol

AP - World News - Tue, 2025-05-13 19:58
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- The U.S. military bans alcohol for its troops in Afghanistan, but that doesn't stop some soldiers from having a bottle or two stowed away in their gear - a fact highlighted by investigators' probe into whether alcohol played a role when a U.S. sergeant allegedly carried out a killing spree that left 16 Afghans dead....

In Afghan killings case, questions over alcohol

AP - World News - Tue, 2025-05-13 19:58
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- The U.S. military bans alcohol for its troops in Afghanistan, but that doesn't stop some soldiers from having a bottle or two stowed away in their gear - a fact highlighted by investigators' probe into whether alcohol played a role when a U.S. sergeant allegedly carried out a killing spree that left 16 Afghans dead....

In Afghan killings case, questions over alcohol

AP - World News - Tue, 2025-05-13 19:58
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- The U.S. military bans alcohol for its troops in Afghanistan, but that doesn't stop some soldiers from having a bottle or two stowed away in their gear - a fact highlighted by investigators' probe into whether alcohol played a role when a U.S. sergeant allegedly carried out a killing spree that left 16 Afghans dead....

US wants Iraq to stop arms reaching Syrian gov't

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-05-13 19:58
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration expressed concern Friday that Iranian planes may be ferrying weapons over Iraq to Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime, and asked Baghdad to cut off its airspace to any such flights....
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Egyptians decry acquittal over 'virginity tests'

AP - World News - Tue, 2025-05-13 19:58
CAIRO (AP) -- Hundreds of Egyptian activists rallied in Cairo on Friday, lambasting a recent military tribunal ruling that cleared a military doctor of charges he forced a "virginity test" on female activists....

Ex-Rutgers student guilty in webcam suicide case

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-05-13 19:58
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) -- A former Rutgers University student convicted Friday in the webcam spying episode that ended in his gay roommate's suicide could be headed off to prison in a case experts say stands as a tragic lesson for young people about casual cruelties and unintended consequences in the Internet age....
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Court says no TV cameras at health care arguments

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-05-13 19:58
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court rejected requests from news organizations Friday for live, televised coverage of this month's historic arguments on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, but agreed to release audio recordings of the proceedings on the same day....
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Obama wants new banking rules put in place soon

AP - Politics - Tue, 2025-05-13 19:58
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says the big trading loss at JPMorgan Chase shows the need to finally put in place banking rules he signed into law two years ago. He also is calling on Congress to stop trying to weaken the regulations....

Fla man owned plane that crashed in NC, killing 5

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-05-13 19:58
FRANKLIN, N.C. (AP) -- A private jet owned by a Florida businessman that crashed in western North Carolina struck the ground, flipped and burst into flames, killing the five on board, officials said Friday....
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US: NKorea rocket launch would break food aid deal

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-05-13 19:58
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The United States warned Friday it would not send food aid to North Korea if it goes ahead with a rocket launch next month....
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