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Fence-mending time for Romney as he woos the right

AP - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-10 23:33
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Now is the time for Mitt Romney to mend his Republican fences and bring around those dubious voters who kept spurning him for Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich and others to the right. After a nasty primary battle, his challenge is to somehow excite the party's staunchest conservatives without alienating the independent voters he'll need to defeat President Barack Obama in the fall....

Fence-mending time for Romney as he woos the right

AP - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-10 23:33
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Now is the time for Mitt Romney to mend his Republican fences and bring around those dubious voters who kept spurning him for Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich and others to the right. After a nasty primary battle, his challenge is to somehow excite the party's staunchest conservatives without alienating the independent voters he'll need to defeat President Barack Obama in the fall....

Fence-mending time for Romney as he woos the right

AP - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-10 23:33
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Now is the time for Mitt Romney to mend his Republican fences and bring around those dubious voters who kept spurning him for Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich and others to the right. After a nasty primary battle, his challenge is to somehow excite the party's staunchest conservatives without alienating the independent voters he'll need to defeat President Barack Obama in the fall....

Fence-mending time for Romney as he woos the right

AP - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-10 23:33
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Now is the time for Mitt Romney to mend his Republican fences and bring around those dubious voters who kept spurning him for Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich and others to the right. After a nasty primary battle, his challenge is to somehow excite the party's staunchest conservatives without alienating the independent voters he'll need to defeat President Barack Obama in the fall....

Fence-mending time for Romney as he woos the right

AP - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-10 23:33
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Now is the time for Mitt Romney to mend his Republican fences and bring around those dubious voters who kept spurning him for Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich and others to the right. After a nasty primary battle, his challenge is to somehow excite the party's staunchest conservatives without alienating the independent voters he'll need to defeat President Barack Obama in the fall....

US soldiers dead in Morocco crash

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 23:33
Two American soldiers have died and another two are injured after their helicopter crashed in southern Morocco, according to US officials.
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Egypt court rules Islamist's mother not US citizen

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-10 23:33
CAIRO (AP) -- An Egyptian court ruled Wednesday that that the mother of a popular ultraconservative Islamist viewed as one of the strongest contenders for president is not a U.S. citizen, likely clearing the way for him to run in May elections....

THE RACE: Massachusetts is campaign target again

AP - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-10 23:33
Once again, Massachusetts is in the cross hairs of a presidential race....

THE RACE: Romney has some hard choices to make

AP - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-10 23:33
Not only must Mitt Romney pick a running mate, he also needs to decide which former rivals he'll invite to speak at the Republican National Convention in Tampa in August - if any. It won't be an easy decision....

THE RACE: Obama, Romney busy redefining each other

AP - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-10 23:33
President Barack Obama and GOP challenger Mitt Romney are working hard at this stage of the campaign to paint each other in as stark and unattractive colors as possible....

THE RACE: Obama, Romney working to stay on message

AP - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-10 23:33
President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney are being buffeted by crosswinds as Obama fights to keep his job and Romney works to wrest it from him. Both know where they want to go, but getting there is something else....

Zimmerman in custody, to be charged with 2nd-degree murder

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman is being charged with second-degree murder in the shooting of Trayvon Martin, the unarmed black teenager whose death ignited nationwide protests.

Special prosecutor Angela Corey says that the 28-year-old Zimmerman is in custody. She wouldn't disclose Zimmerman's whereabouts for his safety, but ...

GOP lawmaker says 75-plus Dems are communists

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2026-05-10 23:33
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican Rep. Allen West said he believes 75-plus House Democrats are members of the Communist Party, a claim that echoed Joe McCarthy's unsubstantiated 1950s charges that communists had infiltrated the top ranks of the U.S. government....
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GOP lawmaker says 75-plus Dems are communists

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2026-05-10 23:33
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican Rep. Allen West said he believes 75-plus House Democrats are members of the Communist Party, a claim that echoed Joe McCarthy's unsubstantiated 1950s charges that communists had infiltrated the top ranks of the U.S. government....
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Philippines, China commit to diplomacy in standoff

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-10 23:33
MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- The Philippines and China agreed to resolve an ongoing naval standoff diplomatically, but neither side was ready to back down Wednesday in the most dangerous confrontation in the disputed South China Sea in years....

Syria's fragile ceasefire holding

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 23:33
A fragile ceasefire appears to be holding in Syria, despite violations reported by both sides, as the UN considers deploying monitors.
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Shift workers 'risking' diabetes

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 23:33
Shift workers getting too little sleep at the wrong time of day may be increasing their risk of diabetes or obesity, according to researchers.
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Police: DNA links Ind. inmate to Ark. teen's death

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2026-05-10 23:33
FORREST CITY, Ark. (AP) -- DNA links an Indiana inmate to the rape and killing of a 19-year-old mother who was strangled in eastern Arkansas more than a decade ago, police said Wednesday....
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AP Top News At 3:08 a.m. EDT

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2026-05-10 23:33
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