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Judge approves settlement restoring memorial cross in desert

LOS ANGELES — A veterans group can restore a memorial cross in the Mojave Desert under a court settlement that ends a decade-old legal battle, the National Park Service said Tuesday.

A federal judge approved the lawsuit settlement Monday, permitting the Park Service to turn over a remote hilltop area ...

Gingrich to decide next move after Tues. primaries

AP - Politics - Thu, 2025-05-08 15:37
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Newt Gingrich declined to discuss his struggling presidential campaign Tuesday and said he would decide his next steps after the latest primaries, refusing to acknowledge the Republican nominating contest is essentially over....

AP Sources: Romney to open fundraisers to media

AP - Politics - Thu, 2025-05-08 15:37
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is preparing to open some fundraisers to the media....

AP Sources: Romney to open fundraisers to media

AP - Politics - Thu, 2025-05-08 15:37
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is preparing to open some fundraisers to the media....

AP Sources: Romney to open fundraisers to media

AP - Politics - Thu, 2025-05-08 15:37
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is preparing to open some fundraisers to the media....

AP Sources: Romney to open fundraisers to media

AP - Politics - Thu, 2025-05-08 15:37
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is preparing to open some fundraisers to the media....

The truth about Arizona's immigration law

CNN - Politics - Thu, 2025-05-08 15:37
Ruben Navarrette says it's time to acknowledge what's really behind Arizona's immigration law as it goes before the Supreme Court.
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Mexican migration slows, but immigration and border security debate isn't over

CNN - Politics - Thu, 2025-05-08 15:37
Mexican migration to the United States may have stalled, as a new study shows, but the political and social debates over immigrants living in the United States aren't going anywhere, experts say.
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Senators spar over White House link to Colombia scandal

CNN - Politics - Thu, 2025-05-08 15:37
The top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee said Tuesday that he wants an outside investigation to determine whether any White House staff members engaged in inappropriate behavior in Colombia as part of the alleged prostitution scandal involving Secret Service agents and military personnel.
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Justices to hear Arizona's appeal over immigration law

CNN - Politics - Thu, 2025-05-08 15:37
The Supreme Court is poised to decide whether Arizona can enforce its controversial immigration law over the strong objections of the Obama administration. Oral arguments will be held Wednesday.
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Gingrich to decide next move after Tues. primaries

AP - Politics - Thu, 2025-05-08 15:37
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Republican Newt Gingrich is refusing to discuss his struggling presidential campaign but says he will decide his next steps after he sees the results from the five states that vote Tuesday....

Best of the Web Today: 'We Can't Wait'

Opinion Journal - Thu, 2025-05-08 15:37
The Republicans have a new campaign slogan. Wait, make that the Democrats.


Booby traps discovered on Utah trail; two arrested

SALT LAKE CITY — The 20-pound spiked boulder was rigged to swing at head-level with just a trip of a thin wire — a militarylike booby trap set on a popular Utah canyon trail.

Any unsuspecting hiker exploring the makeshift shelter, just a half-mile from a busy trailhead, could have ...

Obama visit to spotlight Iowa's high student debt

AP - Politics - Thu, 2025-05-08 15:37
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) -- President Barack Obama's visit to Iowa to talk about college costs is drawing attention to a surprising fact about a state known for education and frugality: its college students graduate with some of the highest debt in the nation....

Obama pushes low-rate student loans, wooing young

AP - Politics - Thu, 2025-05-08 15:37
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) -- President Barack Obama went after the college vote Tuesday, pitching cheaper student loans as he courted the one age group where he has a decided advantage over Republican rival Mitt Romney. The twist? Romney, too, has endorsed the idea, though it's unclear whether deficit-leery Republicans in Congress will go along....

A Daring Raid, and no Leeway

Opinion Journal - Thu, 2025-05-08 15:37
"Twelve Desperate Miles" tells the story of how a Standard Fruit Co. vessel that hauled bananas from the U.S. to the Caribbean was drafted for an attack on North Africa's coast. Mark Yost reviews.


Obama: 'We had a mountain of debt'

CNN - Politics - Thu, 2025-05-08 15:37
President Obama targets the youth vote in calling for lower college costs.
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Romney eyes 5 more wins, promises 'better America'

AP - Politics - Thu, 2025-05-08 15:37
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The suspense gone, Mitt Romney glided into five primaries on Tuesday as the Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting, piling up national convention delegates while commanding the spotlight to sharpen his appeal for the campaign against President Barack Obama....

Agriculture Dept.: New case of mad cow disease in California

WASHINGTON — A new case of mad cow disease has surfaced in a dairy cow in California, but the animal was not bound for the nation's food supply and posed no danger, the Agriculture Department said Tuesday.

John Clifford, the department's chief veterinary officer, said the cow from central California ...

Justice Department won't reopen Kent State shootings case

CLEVELAND (AP) — The Justice Department, citing "insurmountable legal and evidentiary barriers," won't reopen its investigation into the deadly 1970 shootings by Ohio National Guardsmen during a Vietnam War protest at Kent State University.

Assistant Attorney General Thomas Perez discussed the obstacles in a letter to Alan Canfora, a wounded ...

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