Associated Press

Romney looks to Midwest's working class for gains

AP - Politics - Thu, 2024-05-02 17:06
DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) -- Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney is pushing to win a band of Midwestern states that voted for President Barack Obama four years ago and that generally have a long history of backing Democrats in White House elections....

Romney looks to Midwest's working class for gains

AP - Politics - Thu, 2024-05-02 17:06
DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) -- Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney is pushing to win a band of Midwestern states that voted for President Barack Obama four years ago and that generally have a long history of backing Democrats in White House elections....

Romney looks to Midwest's working class for gains

AP - Politics - Thu, 2024-05-02 17:06
DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) -- Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney is pushing to win a band of Midwestern states that voted for President Barack Obama four years ago and that generally have a long history of backing Democrats in White House elections....

Romney looks to Midwest's working class for gains

AP - Politics - Thu, 2024-05-02 17:06
DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) -- Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney is pushing to win a band of Midwestern states that voted for President Barack Obama four years ago and that generally have a long history of backing Democrats in White House elections....

Romney looks to Midwest's working class for gains

AP - Politics - Thu, 2024-05-02 17:06
DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) -- Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney is pushing to win a band of Midwestern states that voted for President Barack Obama four years ago and that generally have a long history of backing Democrats in White House elections....

Experts cast doubt on Sandusky's disorder defense

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-05-02 17:06
The defense in Jerry Sandusky's child sexual abuse trial is suggesting that a personality disorder explains some of the charges the former Penn State assistant football coach, but one expert says that may be a stretch....
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Suspect in body parts case returning to Canada

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-05-02 17:06
MONTREAL (AP) -- A Canadian porn actor suspected in the dismemberment of a Chinese student was on his way back to Canada on Monday via military transport from Germany, where he was arrested this month....

`Madagascar 3' stays on top of box office

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-05-02 17:06
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Wisecracking zoo animals held off `80s rockers and overgrown adolescents to maintain the top spot at the box office this past weekend....
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`Madagascar 3' stays on top of box office

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-05-02 17:06
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Wisecracking zoo animals held off `80s rockers and overgrown adolescents to maintain the top spot at the box office this past weekend....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Study: State pension shortfall ballooned in 2010

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-05-02 17:06
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- As the recession took its toll many states diverted scarce money away from pension plans to pay for more immediate concerns, and the amount of new costs states will owe the public retirement funds in the decades ahead ballooned to $757 billion, according to a study released Monday....
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Silenced Mich. lawmaker to do 'Vagina Monologues'

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-05-02 17:06
LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- A state lawmaker who says she was barred from speaking in the Michigan House because Republicans objected to her saying "vagina" during debate on anti-abortion legislation is set to perform "The Vagina Monologues" on the Statehouse steps - with a hand from the author....
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Rodney King autopsy concluded; results weeks away

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-05-02 17:06
RIALTO, Calif. (AP) -- An autopsy has been completed on Rodney King, but the results won't be released for several weeks....
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APNewsBreak: Likely insider attack kills US troop

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-05-02 17:06
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In the latest likely case of an insider attack, an American service member was killed and several others injured Monday when individuals dressed in Afghan police uniforms turned their guns on them in southern Afghanistan, U.S. officials said....
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Alleged Zeta horse trainer held despite bail order

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-05-02 17:06
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- A federal judge ruled Monday that a Texas horse trainer charged with conspiring to launder money for Mexico's powerful Zetas drug cartel should be released on bond, rejecting the prosecution's argument that the threat of cartel reprisals against him was so severe it could harm the surrounding community....
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G-20 leaders call for Europe to fix finance woes

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-05-02 17:06
LOS CABOS, Mexico (AP) -- European leaders at the G-20 summit struggled to reassure the world Monday that they were on the path to solving their continent's relentless economic crisis, defending the pace of their response even as market pressures pushed Spain closer to needing a bailout that would strain the world's ability to pay....

Nigeria: Reprisal killings follow church attacks

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-05-02 17:06
KADUNA, Nigeria (AP) -- Aid workers searched for bodies Monday among charred vehicles and destroyed market stalls after a trio of church bombings sparked reprisal killings in northern Nigeria, officials said. The Nigerian Red Cross said the death toll had more than doubled, to 50 people....

Nigeria: Reprisal killings follow church attacks

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-05-02 17:06
KADUNA, Nigeria (AP) -- Aid workers searched for bodies Monday among charred vehicles and destroyed market stalls after a trio of church bombings sparked reprisal killings in northern Nigeria, officials said. The Nigerian Red Cross said the death toll had more than doubled, to 50 people....

Nigeria: Reprisal killings follow church attacks

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-05-02 17:06
KADUNA, Nigeria (AP) -- Aid workers searched for bodies Monday among charred vehicles and destroyed market stalls after a trio of church bombings sparked reprisal killings in northern Nigeria, officials said. The Nigerian Red Cross said the death toll had more than doubled, to 50 people....

Nigeria: Reprisal killings follow church attacks

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-05-02 17:06
KADUNA, Nigeria (AP) -- Aid workers searched for bodies Monday among charred vehicles and destroyed market stalls after a trio of church bombings sparked reprisal killings in northern Nigeria, officials said. The Nigerian Red Cross said the death toll had more than doubled, to 50 people....

Palestinian footballer to end strike, go free

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-05-02 17:06
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) -- A member of the Palestinian national soccer team, imprisoned by Israel for nearly three years, agreed Monday to end a hunger strike of more than three months in exchange for his release July 10, his lawyer said....
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