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Study: More female driver mistakenly hit gas pedal

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-11 12:20
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Accidents in which drivers mistakenly hit the gas instead of the brake tend to involve older female drivers in parking lots, a new government study has found....
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Brief Syria clash as opposition urges mass marches

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-11 12:20
BEIRUT (AP) -- Syrian troops fought with rebels near the border with Turkey on Friday, but opposition activists said the brief clash appeared to be an isolated violation as a fragile U.N.-brokered truce entered a second day....

Fertility treatment bans in Europe draw criticism

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-11 12:20
LONDON (AP) -- More than three decades after Britain produced the world's first test-tube baby, Europe is a patchwork of restrictions for people who need help having a child....

Romney: Obama will erode the rights of gun owners

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-11 12:20
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- The presidential campaign briefly veered from the emotional Mommy Wars on Friday to the back-burner issue of gun rights, with Mitt Romney telling the National Rifle Association that President Barack Obama is not protecting gun owners - even though the topic has rarely arisen during his time in office....

Romney to woo key conservative group at NRA event

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-11 12:20
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Mitt Romney's speech to the National Rifle Association is a high-profile chance for the Republican presidential candidate to woo conservatives who have viewed him warily for years....
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Romney to woo key conservative group at NRA event

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-11 12:20
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Mitt Romney's speech to the National Rifle Association is a high-profile chance for the Republican presidential candidate to woo conservatives who have viewed him warily for years....

Romney to woo key conservative group at NRA event

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-11 12:20
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Mitt Romney's speech to the National Rifle Association is a high-profile chance for the Republican presidential candidate to woo conservatives who have viewed him warily for years....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Romney: Obama will erode the rights of gun owners

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-11 12:20
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- The presidential campaign briefly veered from the emotional Mommy Wars on Friday to the back-burner issue of gun rights, with Mitt Romney telling the National Rifle Association that President Barack Obama is not protecting gun owners - even though the topic has rarely arisen during his time in office....

Thank You, Ms. Rosen

Rosen didn't misspeak; she spoke deliberately and with passion. And when given a chance to retract or soften her remarks, she doubled down -- at least initially.

Shooting at Ohio Cracker Barrel kills 3

CNN - Top Stories - Mon, 2026-05-11 12:20
Ohio Police shot and killed a gunman at a restaurant near Cleveland Thursday evening, where two people were killed in an apparent domestic dispute, authorities said.
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VIDEO: The stand-up comic who cannot speak

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 12:20
He is a stand-up comic, but he cannot speak. Lee Ridley has Cerebral Palsy and uses a voice synthesizer to communicate. Last year his friends encouraged him to take up comedy and two months ago he did his first show, calling himself Lost Voice Guy. Entertainment correspondent Colin Paterson went to meet him.
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Terror trial of 4 Swedes begins in Denmark

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-11 12:20
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) -- The terror trial of four Swedes accused of plotting a revenge attack on a Danish newspaper that printed caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad started Friday in Denmark....

With time short, US meets Iran for nuclear talks

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-11 12:20
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Giving Iran another chance at diplomacy, deeply skeptical Obama administration officials return to nuclear negotiations this weekend looking for quick progress - or at least enough hope to hold off urgent calls from Israel for military action....

Obama off to Colombia, but has an audience at home

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-11 12:20
WASHINGTON (AP) -- As high-level international conferences go, President Barack Obama's trip to the Summit of the Americas in Colombia is a nod to Woody Allen's maxim that "80 percent of success is just showing up." It's a principle that has value not only in Latin America, but also here at home....

Winter hasn't loosened grip for Alaska moose

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-11 12:20
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- It's been a tough year for moose in the Anchorage area....
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Winter hasn't loosened grip for Alaska moose

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-11 12:20
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- It's been a tough year for moose in the Anchorage area....
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Ken vs. Boris in race to be London's Olympic mayor

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-11 12:20
LONDON (AP) -- One sports an unruly blond mop, spouts Latin aphorisms and loves to ride his bicycle. The other is a neat, newt-loving socialist who prefers to travel by subway. Their contest is an Olympic-size grudge match. Meet Boris and Ken - hometown celebrities known universally by their first names. When the 2012 London Games open on July 27, one of them will stand before billions of television viewers as mayor of the host city....

Obama sticks up for Ann Romney in working mom flap

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-11 12:20
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is sticking up for Ann Romney, the wife of Republican rival Mitt Romney and the target of a Democratic operative who suggested that she's unqualified to speak about the economy's tolls because she's "never worked a day in her life."...

2 dead in shooting at Alaska station; FBI on scene

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-11 12:20
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- FBI agents descended on an island off Alaska after two Coast Guard members were found shot to death at work in what officials said appeared to be a double homicide....
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Detroit sees Whole Foods as proof of progress

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-11 12:20
DETROIT (AP) -- A city infamous for its unemployment, decay, crime and population loss would seem an odd place for an upscale natural and organic grocery chain to plant roots, but yuppie favorite Whole Foods is taking a gamble on the Motor City....
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