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What $40,000 gets you in presidential fundraising

AP - Politics - Tue, 2025-05-20 17:38
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- If you have $40,000 to spend, President Barack Obama's campaign has a deal for you....

White House: McCain leak claim 'irresponsible'

AP - Politics - Tue, 2025-05-20 17:38
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) -- The White House is denying claims by Republican Sen. John McCain that it orchestrated news leaks of classified information to boost President Barack Obama's re-election chances....

Cameron hails energy jobs boost

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-05-20 17:38
David Cameron says more than 1,500 energy jobs could be created through co-operation between the UK and Norway, as he begins a visit to the country.
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Brazil signs World Cup beer law

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-05-20 17:38
Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff signs into law a measure allowing beer sales at the 2014 World Cup but they could still be banned at a lower level.
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Nation's unions lost big in the Wisconsin showdown

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-05-20 17:38
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Gov. Scott Walker's definitive victory in Wisconsin's recall election is already reverberating in other state capitals. It exposed the shrunken political muscle of the unions that tried to oust him, underscoring their vulnerability to attacks from the right and inability to retaliate....
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Nation's unions lost big in the Wisconsin showdown

AP - Politics - Tue, 2025-05-20 17:38
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Gov. Scott Walker's definitive victory in Wisconsin's recall election is already reverberating in other state capitals. It exposed the shrunken political muscle of the unions that tried to oust him, underscoring their vulnerability to attacks from the right and inability to retaliate....

For some, French retirement age goes down, not up

AP - World News - Tue, 2025-05-20 17:38
PARIS (AP) -- France's new Socialist government moved Wednesday to lower the retirement age from 62 to 60 years old for certain workers, bucking a global trend in a gesture to unions that critics say is a costly mistake....

For some, French retirement age goes down, not up

AP - World News - Tue, 2025-05-20 17:38
PARIS (AP) -- France's new Socialist government moved Wednesday to lower the retirement age from 62 to 60 years old for certain workers, bucking a global trend in a gesture to unions that critics say is a costly mistake....

For some, French retirement age goes down, not up

AP - World News - Tue, 2025-05-20 17:38
PARIS (AP) -- France's new Socialist government moved Wednesday to lower the retirement age from 62 to 60 years old for certain workers, bucking a global trend in a gesture to unions that critics say is a costly mistake....

For some, French retirement age goes down, not up

AP - World News - Tue, 2025-05-20 17:38
PARIS (AP) -- France's new Socialist government moved Wednesday to lower the retirement age from 62 to 60 years old for certain workers, bucking a global trend in a gesture to unions that critics say is a costly mistake....

For some, French retirement age goes down, not up

AP - World News - Tue, 2025-05-20 17:38
PARIS (AP) -- France's new Socialist government moved Wednesday to lower the retirement age from 62 to 60 years old for certain workers, bucking a global trend in a gesture to unions that critics say is a costly mistake....

'Band of Brothers' honored on D-Day anniversary

AP - World News - Tue, 2025-05-20 17:38
SAINTE-MARIE-DU-MONT, France (AP) -- With World War II-era military planes darting overhead and Normandy's Utah Beach visible in the distance, a bronze statue emerged from beneath a camouflage parachute, in tribute to a man whose quiet leadership was chronicled in the book and television series "Band of Brothers."...

Book: military feared use of taped comments

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-05-20 17:38
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A new book says Justice Department prosecutors were stunned to learn three years ago that the U.S. military had secretly tape recorded incriminating comments that alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed made to fellow detainees during daily prison yard conversations but was not planning to use them at military tribunals....
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Book: military feared use of taped comments

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-05-20 17:38
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A new book says Justice Department prosecutors were stunned to learn three years ago that the U.S. military had secretly tape recorded incriminating comments that alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed made to fellow detainees during daily prison yard conversations but was not planning to use them at military tribunals....
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Body parts at school linked to suspect

CNN - Top Stories - Tue, 2025-05-20 17:38
A human hand and foot sent to two Vancouver schools are linked to Jun Lin's dismemberment in Montreal, police said. The body parts are being sent for DNA testing.
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Airport runs out of aviation fuel

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-05-20 17:38
Aviation fuel is sent to Manchester Airport after it ran out of supplies, a spokesman says.
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Deadly faceoff in Syria's 'sniper alley'

CNN - Top Stories - Tue, 2025-05-20 17:38
Gunfire and explosions echo in the background as the 26 year-old fighter calmly adjusts his weapons.
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FA chief praises Hodgson's impact

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-05-20 17:38
As England arrive in Poland for Euro 2012, FA chairman David Bernstein praises the impact of Roy Hodgson.
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Canada body parts 'from Montreal'

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-05-20 17:38
Human remains sent to two Vancouver schools came from Montreal, police say, linking them to the gruesome murder of a Chinese student in Montreal.
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