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Analysis: Obama as war candidate

AP - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-10 17:36
WASHINGTON (AP) -- As slogans go, President Barack Obama's promise of the "light of a new day" in Afghanistan isn't nearly as catchy as the "Mission Accomplished" banner on the USS Abraham Lincoln the day President George W. Bush announced the end of major combat operations in Iraq in 2003....

Analysis: Obama as war candidate

AP - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-10 17:36
WASHINGTON (AP) -- As slogans go, President Barack Obama's promise of the "light of a new day" in Afghanistan isn't nearly as catchy as the "Mission Accomplished" banner on the USS Abraham Lincoln the day President George W. Bush announced the end of major combat operations in Iraq in 2003....

Analysis: Obama as war candidate

AP - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-10 17:36
WASHINGTON (AP) -- As slogans go, President Barack Obama's promise of the "light of a new day" in Afghanistan isn't nearly as catchy as the "Mission Accomplished" banner on the USS Abraham Lincoln the day President George W. Bush announced the end of major combat operations in Iraq in 2003....

Analysis: Obama as war candidate

AP - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-10 17:36
WASHINGTON (AP) -- As slogans go, President Barack Obama's promise of the "light of a new day" in Afghanistan isn't nearly as catchy as the "Mission Accomplished" banner on the USS Abraham Lincoln the day President George W. Bush announced the end of major combat operations in Iraq in 2003....

Analysis: Obama as war candidate

AP - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-10 17:36
WASHINGTON (AP) -- As slogans go, President Barack Obama's promise of the "light of a new day" in Afghanistan isn't nearly as catchy as the "Mission Accomplished" banner on the USS Abraham Lincoln the day President George W. Bush announced the end of major combat operations in Iraq in 2003....

Detroit unions ponder illegal strike

DETROIT — Unions angry that Detroit is trying to put its financially battered books back in order by laying off hundreds of workers and imposing steep contract concessions on those who remain are considering an illegal strike.

Several Detroit municipal union leaders said striking has been one of several options ...

Pardew relishes Cisse wonder goal

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 17:36
Newcastle manager Alan Pardew hails striker Papiss Cisse's "astonishing" second in the 2-0 win over Chelsea.
Categories: BBC, News

Obama calls on lawmakers to end gridlock

AP - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-10 17:36
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is calling on Congress to end partisan gridlock and pass proposals he says would put Americans back to work....

W.Va. Gov. Tomblin keeping Obama at arms' length

AP - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-10 17:36
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin joined U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin on Wednesday in the list of top West Virginia Democratic officeholders keeping their distance from President Barack Obama, saying that neither the Democratic incumbent nor the presumed Republican presidential nominee, Mitt Romney, has earned his vote....

W.Va. Gov. Tomblin keeping Obama at arms' length

AP - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-10 17:36
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin joined U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin on Wednesday in the list of top West Virginia Democratic officeholders keeping their distance from President Barack Obama, saying that neither the Democratic incumbent nor the presumed Republican presidential nominee, Mitt Romney, has earned his vote....

W.Va. Gov. Tomblin keeping Obama at arms' length

AP - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-10 17:36
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin joined U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin on Wednesday in the list of top West Virginia Democratic officeholders keeping their distance from President Barack Obama, saying that neither the Democratic incumbent nor the presumed Republican presidential nominee, Mitt Romney, has earned his vote....

UK's Cameron to face media ethics inquiry

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-10 17:36
LONDON (AP) -- British media ethics inquiry said Friday that Prime Minister David Cameron will give evidence next week, amid questions over his ties to a number of suspects in the country's tabloid phone hacking scandal....

Forgotten US inmate 'drank urine'

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 17:36
A man who was locked in a tiny cell for five days without water and food tells of drinking his own urine to survive, as drug agents apologise.
Categories: BBC, News

RSPCA urges end of Becher's Brook

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 17:36
The RSPCA calls for a range of safety measures at Aintree racecourse - including the removal of the Becher's Brook fence.
Categories: BBC, News

VIDEO: Clean lines of Bauhaus on show

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 17:36
The clean lines and modernist aesthetic first created by the Bauhaus school in Germany has influenced everyone from Steve Jobs of Apple to brands like Ikea and Muji.
Categories: BBC, News

French presidential candidates face off in debate

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-10 17:36
PARIS (AP) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy repeatedly accused his leftist challenger Francois Hollande of lying as they faced off in a highly anticipated debate Wednesday ahead of the presidential election....

Theme of Wis. recall turns from unions to jobs

AP - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-10 17:36
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- When Wisconsin Democrats launched their recall drive against Republican Gov. Scott Walker last year, it was all about unions. They wanted Walker to pay with his job for pushing legislation that stripped almost all public workers of nearly all their collective bargaining rights....

Bolton 1-4 Tottenham

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 17:36
Tottenham move to within a point of third-placed Arsenal with a victory at Bolton that keeps the Trotters in the relegation zone.
Categories: BBC, News

Obama attends 2 high-dollar fundraisers

AP - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-10 17:36
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is mingling with donors at two high-dollar fundraising events, aiming to raise about $2 million toward his re-election effort....

Obama attends 2 high-dollar fundraisers

AP - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-10 17:36
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is mingling with donors at two high-dollar fundraising events, aiming to raise about $2 million toward his re-election effort....
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