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Rift over political spending divides huge union

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-05-18 10:48
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A heated battle is taking place inside a giant U.S. public employees' union following its crushing failure this week to oust Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker - organized labor's biggest political loss in decades....
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Rift over political spending divides huge union

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-18 10:48
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A heated battle is taking place inside a giant U.S. public employees' union following its crushing failure this week to oust Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker - organized labor's biggest political loss in decades....

Rift over political spending divides huge union

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-05-18 10:48
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A heated battle is taking place inside a giant U.S. public employees' union following its crushing failure this week to oust Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker - organized labor's biggest political loss in decades....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Rift over political spending divides huge union

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-18 10:48
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A heated battle is taking place inside a giant U.S. public employees' union following its crushing failure this week to oust Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker - organized labor's biggest political loss in decades....

US wants 9/11 health program to include 50 cancers

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-05-18 10:48
NEW YORK (AP) -- People who were stricken with cancer after being exposed to the toxic ash that exploded over Manhattan when the World Trade Center collapsed would qualify for free treatment of the disease and potentially hefty compensation payments under a rule proposed Friday by federal health officials....
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Men ordered to trial in SF Giants fan attack in LA

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-05-18 10:48
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A man ordered Friday to stand trial for the beating of a San Francisco Giants fan at Dodger Stadium acknowledged the attack in a jailhouse conversation, according to a transcript of the recorded discussion....
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Dementia patient got £18,000 loan

BBC - News - Sun, 2025-05-18 10:48
Lloyds Banking Group has agreed to pay compensation and refund interest payments on a £18,000 loan it gave to an elderly dementia payment
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Peer-to-peer lending hits £250m

BBC - News - Sun, 2025-05-18 10:48
Peer-to-peer lending via three websites that link savers with borrowers - bypassing the banking system - has topped £250m.
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US, Philippine leaders hail growing alliance

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-05-18 10:48
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. and Philippines said Friday they are expanding intelligence sharing and cooperation on maritime security, as President Barack Obama reiterated Washington's desire to be viewed as a Pacific power....
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US, Philippine leaders hail growing alliance

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-05-18 10:48
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. and Philippines said Friday they are expanding intelligence sharing and cooperation on maritime security, as President Barack Obama reiterated Washington's desire to be viewed as a Pacific power....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

US, Philippine leaders hail growing alliance

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-05-18 10:48
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. and Philippines said Friday they are expanding intelligence sharing and cooperation on maritime security, as President Barack Obama reiterated Washington's desire to be viewed as a Pacific power....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

US, Philippine leaders hail growing alliance

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-05-18 10:48
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. and Philippines said Friday they are expanding intelligence sharing and cooperation on maritime security, as President Barack Obama reiterated Washington's desire to be viewed as a Pacific power....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

US, Philippine leaders hail growing alliance

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-05-18 10:48
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. and Philippines said Friday they are expanding intelligence sharing and cooperation on maritime security, as President Barack Obama reiterated Washington's desire to be viewed as a Pacific power....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Advocaat is impressed by Arshavin

BBC - News - Sun, 2025-05-18 10:48
Russia coach Dick Advocaat praises Andrey Arshavin after he inspired his country to a 4-1 win over the Czech Republic.
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Gladwell: Gates' name will outlive Jobs'

CNN - Top Stories - Sun, 2025-05-18 10:48
Best-selling author Malcolm Gladwell, no stranger to provocative opinions, is at it again.
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Powerful storms damage homes in Colo., Wyo.

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-05-18 10:48
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) -- A rare, quarter-mile-wide tornado cut a swath across mainly open country in southeastern Wyoming, ripping off roofs and shingles, destroying outbuildings and derailing empty train cars....
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Powerful storms damage homes in Colo., Wyo.

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-05-18 10:48
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) -- A rare, quarter-mile-wide tornado cut a swath across mainly open country in southeastern Wyoming, ripping off roofs and shingles, destroying outbuildings and derailing empty train cars....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Pentagon crackdown on free guns riles some police

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-05-18 10:48
The Defense Department recently fired off a round of letters warning state law enforcement officials to track down every gun, helicopter and Humvee that the military had given them under a $2.6 billion surplus program, or have their access to the handouts cut off....
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Pentagon crackdown on free guns riles some police

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-05-18 10:48
The Defense Department recently fired off a round of letters warning state law enforcement officials to track down every gun, helicopter and Humvee that the military had given them under a $2.6 billion surplus program, or have their access to the handouts cut off....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Obama prods Europe to fix economies _ for US' sake

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-18 10:48
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Europe's economic crisis could send shock waves roaring across the Atlantic that would drag down the fragile U.S. economy and threaten President Barack Obama's hopes for a second term. The president demonstrated Friday just how deeply he's worried about that - and how little he can do to prevent it....
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