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Defense rests in Edwards trial

CNN - Politics - Thu, 2025-05-01 10:45
The defense team for John Edwards rested its case Wednesday without calling the former Democratic presidential candidate's ex-mistress to testify at his corruption trial.
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THE RACE: Endorsements slow as Romney closes in

AP - Politics - Thu, 2025-05-01 10:45
As Mitt Romney closes in on nailing down the Republican presidential nomination, endorsements from prominent Republicans are slowing to a trickle. And some endorsements come with noticeable reservations....

THE RACE: Obama, Romney grapple with euro crisis

AP - Politics - Thu, 2025-05-01 10:45
President Barack Obama is out of the country for a few days but hardly off the campaign trail....

Wisconsin governor releases better 2011 jobs data

AP - Politics - Thu, 2025-05-01 10:45
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Republican Gov. Scott Walker released updated employment figures Wednesday that show Wisconsin actually added a small number of jobs during his first year in office, hoping to undermine a central argument of those trying to recall him who argue he has hurt the state economy....

2012 bellwether emerges in central Virginia

CNN - Politics - Thu, 2025-05-01 10:45
Strategists for Barack Obama and Mitt Romney don't see eye to eye on much, but they do agree on this: It's tough to envision a path to the White House that doesn't include Virginia.
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Protect immigrant women from abuse

CNN - Politics - Thu, 2025-05-01 10:45
Leith Anderson and Lynne Hybels says a new House version of the Violence Against Women Act erodes protections from abuse for immigrant women.
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Obama, congressional leaders talk debt

CNN - Politics - Thu, 2025-05-01 10:45
President Obama and congressional leaders met Wednesday, one day after House Speaker John Boehner drew a line in the sand over what could be another bitter showdown between the White House and Congress later this year.
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House passes GOP version of anti-violence act renewal

CNN - Politics - Thu, 2025-05-01 10:45
"The War on Women" is one of the harshest election-year attack lines congressional Democrats have launched at Republicans, accusing them of waging this war on issues ranging from contraception to preventive health care coverage.
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Memorial service honors Charles Colson

WASHINGTON (AP) — A memorial service is honoring the life of Watergate figure-turned-evangelist Charles Colson.

Colson died April 21 at the age of 80. He was President Richard Nixon's special counsel and served a prison sentence for a Watergate-related conviction. But he spent the last half of his life as ...

Defense rests without calling Edwards, mistress to testify

GREENSBORO, N.C. — John Edwards' team wrapped up their defense Wednesday without calling the ex-presidential candidate, his mistress or daughter to testify, a move experts say was intended to shift focus from a political sex scandal to the nitty-gritty of campaign finance law.

"The defense wasn't sexy, but the defense ...

Obama calls on Congress to help small businesses

AP - Politics - Thu, 2025-05-01 10:45
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says Congress could help sustain the economy's "momentum" by passing legislation that would give businesses a 10 percent income tax credit if they create new jobs or increase wages this year....

FTC: Skechers deceived consumers with shoe ads

WASHINGTON — The government wants you to know that simply sporting a pair of Skechers' fitness shoes is not going to get you Kim Kardashian's curves or Brooke Burke's toned tush.

Skechers USA Inc. will pay $40 million to settle charges by the Federal Trade Commission that the footwear company ...

Killer of 3 in Conn. says he considers requesting death

SOMERS, Conn. (AP) — A man on Connecticut's death row for the murder of a suburban mother and her two daughters says he believes the only way he will be put to death is if he volunteers for the lethal injection.

Joshua Komisarjevsky, who was condemned to die for a ...

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