Politics

Ex-Penn State coach asks for postponement of sex-abuse trial

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Jerry Sandusky's lawyer on Wednesday asked for a delay in the former Penn State assistant football coach's child sex-abuse trial, saying he needed more time to prepare and still was waiting for disclosure of prosecution material.

Defense attorney Joe Amendola argued in a 13-page motion that ...

Postal Service to keep rural post offices open

WASHINGTON — The financially struggling U.S. Postal Service sought Wednesday to tamp down concern over wide-scale cuts, revealing it will seek to keep thousands of rural post offices open with shorter hours.

At a news briefing, Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe said the mail agency was backing off its plan to ...

Wis. recall is rematch of 2010 governor's race

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-04 21:22
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- The candidates may be the same, but Wisconsin isn't....

Wis. recall is rematch of 2010 governor's race

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-04 21:22
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- The candidates may be the same, but Wisconsin isn't....

Ad links Obama to criticism of Ann Romney

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-04 21:22
NEW YORK (AP) -- An independent group backing Mitt Romney has launched a TV ad tying President Barack Obama to negative comments about Romney's wife by two Obama supporters....

Ad links Obama to criticism of Ann Romney

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-04 21:22
NEW YORK (AP) -- An independent group backing Mitt Romney has launched a TV ad tying President Barack Obama to negative comments about Romney's wife by two Obama supporters....

Colo. lawmakers reach impasse on civil unions

DENVER (AP) — Chants of "Shame on you" from gay rights supporters thundered through the Colorado House on Tuesday night after Republican House Speaker Frank McNulty said legislation to allow civil unions would not get a vote.

Mr. McNulty told reporters that lawmakers had reached an impasse and civil unions ...

Wis. recall election is rematch of 2010 governor's race

MADISON, Wis. — The candidates may be the same, but Wisconsin isn't.

In the tumultuous 18 months since Republican Scott Walker defeated Democrat Tom Barrett in the 2010 governor's race, Wisconsin has been rocked with massive protests over workers' rights, recall elections over a contentious union rights law, and a ...

McCain: I like Barkley but he's wrong about Romney

CNN - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-04 21:22
Sen. John McCain explains why he took aim at hoops great Charles Barkley for criticizing Mitt Romney on TV.
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N.C. votes to ban same-sex marriage

CNN - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-04 21:22
Advocates begin their battles Wednesday to overturn a North Carolina amendment that defines marriage as solely between a man and a woman, one of about 30 states with such a ban in its constitution
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Perkins: You can't tinker with marriage

CNN - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-04 21:22
CNN's Piers Morgan talks to Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, about gay marriage.
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Lugar concedes with stinging words

CNN - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-04 21:22
As soon as 36-year Senate veteran Richard Lugar finished his concession speech Tuesday, he walked off the stage, out the back door and into his car. But he left behind something unusual and -- in the annals of politics -- somewhat extraordinary.
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King upset over double agent leak in bomb plot

CNN - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-04 21:22
The chairman of the U.S. House Homeland Security Committee expressed dismay that someone leaked information about a double agent who infiltrated al Qaeda and helped foil a plot to blow up a U.S.-bound plane.
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