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Romney: Rubio is being thoroughly vetted

CNN - Politics - Wed, 2024-04-24 02:17
Presidential candidate Mitt Romney addresses the misinformation surrounding his VP vetting process.
Categories: CNN, Issues, Politics

Southern Baptists elect 1st black president

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2024-04-24 02:17
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- The Southern Baptist Convention voted Tuesday to elect its first African-American president in one of its biggest steps yet to reconcile the 167-year-old denomination's troubled racial past and appeal to a more diverse group of believers....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Southern Baptists elect 1st black president

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2024-04-24 02:17
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- The Southern Baptist Convention voted Tuesday to elect its first African-American president in one of its biggest steps yet to reconcile the 167-year-old denomination's troubled racial past and appeal to a more diverse group of believers....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Biden to public workers union: 'We owe you'

CNN - Politics - Wed, 2024-04-24 02:17
Vice President Joe Biden slams the Romney camp, saying the GOP candidate has public workers "under full blown assault."
Categories: CNN, Issues, Politics

Greek coalition government possible Wednesday

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-04-24 02:17
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- A coalition government could be formed by mid-Wednesday in Greece, the head of the country's socialist party said Tuesday, easing the nation from political limbo as it struggles to deal with a financial crisis that has affected Europe's economy and markets around the world....

GOP senators won't say if Obama plan is amnesty

AP - Politics - Wed, 2024-04-24 02:17
WASHINGTON (AP) -- When it comes to President Barack Obama's new immigration policy, Senate Republicans are quite sure they don't like it. They just don't want to say if it amounts to amnesty, at least not yet, while they await guidance on the politically charged issue from presidential candidate Mitt Romney....

GOP senators won't say if Obama plan is amnesty

AP - Politics - Wed, 2024-04-24 02:17
WASHINGTON (AP) -- When it comes to President Barack Obama's new immigration policy, Senate Republicans are quite sure they don't like it. They just don't want to say if it amounts to amnesty, at least not yet, while they await guidance on the politically charged issue from presidential candidate Mitt Romney....

'Green River Killer' victim identified

CNN - Top Stories - Wed, 2024-04-24 02:17
A victim of Washington state's notorious "Green River Killer" has been identified 29 years after her disappearance, when a relative saw a TV movie about the serial murderer in April and family members gave DNA samples to investigators, authorities said Tuesday.
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Guy Mowbray's England player ratings

BBC - News - Wed, 2024-04-24 02:17
BBC commentator Guy Mowbray rates the England players' performances against Ukraine in Group D at Euro 2012
Categories: BBC, News

Admin. discipline recommended in Quran burning

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2024-04-24 02:17
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A U.S. military investigation is recommending that as many as seven U.S. troops face administrative punishments, but not criminal charges, in the burning of Qurans at a U.S. base in Afghanistan in February, The Associated Press has learned....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Admin. discipline recommended in Quran burning

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2024-04-24 02:17
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A U.S. military investigation is recommending that as many as seven U.S. troops face administrative punishments, but not criminal charges, in the burning of Qurans at a U.S. base in Afghanistan in February, The Associated Press has learned....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

American Scene: Teen guilty in flame attack on middle-school classmate

FORT LAUDERDALE — A Florida teenager was convicted Tuesday of aggravated battery in a horrific 2009 attack on a middle-school classmate who was drenched in rubbing alcohol and set on fire.

Matthew "Zeke" Bent was accused of orchestrating the attack on Michael Brewer and charged with attempted second-degree murder. The ...

Southern Baptists make history, elect first black leader

NEW ORLEANS — The Southern Baptist Convention voted Tuesday to elect its first black president in one of its biggest steps yet to reconcile the 167-year-old denomination's troubled racial past and appeal to a more diverse group of Christians.

The Rev. Fred Luter Jr. was unopposed in being elected by ...

Texan who saved daughter won't face murder rap

SHINER, Texas — A young Texas father who beat to death with his fists a man molesting his 5-year-old daughter will not be charged, authorities said Tuesday as they released a dramatic 911 tape of the dad frantically pleading for help before the hired ranch helper died.

A Lavaca County ...

Fla. teen guilty of battery in flame attack

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2024-04-24 02:17
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) -- A teenager accused of orchestrating an attack that left his classmate in flames was convicted Tuesday of aggravated battery after jurors decided against more serious charges....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

MIT + Harvard = edX

BBC - News - Wed, 2024-04-24 02:17
Is this the formula for a university revolution?
Categories: BBC, News

Cable forces binding pay votes

BBC - News - Wed, 2024-04-24 02:17
The business secretary announces plans to force companies to have binding votes on executive pay every three years, but resists pressure for annual votes.
Categories: BBC, News

World leaders weigh stimulus vs. austerity at G-20

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-04-24 02:17
LOS CABOS, Mexico (AP) -- With major European economies on the brink of collapse, world leaders concluding an annual Group of 20 meeting were left Tuesday with two different paths to ease the financial crisis: Spend more to try to stimulate growth or slash budgets in a bid to restore investor confidence....

Bus overturns in Haiti river; death toll disputed

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-04-24 02:17
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- Haiti's government said Tuesday that at least 40 people died in the country's south when a bus overturned in a rain-swollen river, but a local official reported a lower toll....
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