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Egyptian lawmaker out by a nose

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 19:32
CAIRO (AP) -- A lawmaker from Egypt's most conservative Islamist party resigned from parliament after he was caught lying to cover up a nose job, claiming the injuries to his heavily bandaged face were from a carjacking and beating....

US officials: Not quite so many Gitmo re-offenders

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2024-11-27 19:32
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Director of National Intelligence said Monday that far fewer detainees released from Guantanamo Bay rejoined terrorist activities than previously reported....
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GOP prez candidates facing unexpected headwinds

AP - Politics - Wed, 2024-11-27 19:32
WASHINGTON (AP) -- It's not a happy time for Republicans seeking the White House....

Judge: NY Mets owe up to $83M to Madoff trustee

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2024-11-27 19:32
NEW YORK (AP) -- The New York Mets' owners must pay up to $83 million to the trustee recovering money for Bernard Madoff investors, a judge said Monday, though he expressed doubt that the trustee will succeed in proving at a trial this month that he's entitled to as much as $300 million more....
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Iceland's ex-PM tells court he is innocent

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 19:32
REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) -- A former prime minister of Iceland on Monday rejected charges he failed to adequately protect his country's economy from financial shocks, as he took the stand in the first criminal trial of a world leader to result from the 2008 financial crisis....

Yemen air force ends mutiny on vow to oust chief

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 19:32
SANAA, Yemen (AP) -- Thousands of Yemeni airmen succeeded Monday in pressuring the country's new president to dismiss the commander of the air force, according to a statement by the group....

Al-Qaida claims responsibility for Yemen attack

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 19:32
SANAA, Yemen (AP) -- Al-Qaida has claimed responsibility for a weekend assault on a military base in southern Yemen which officials say left nearly 200 soldiers dead....

Shooting injures 1 at Venezuela candidate's event

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 19:32
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Gunshots were fired during an event where the leading opponent of President Hugo Chavez was visiting a traditionally pro-government neighborhood, wounding at least one person and prompting both political camps on Monday to trade blame for the violence....

Advice urges wider sharing of heart care decisions

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2024-11-27 19:32
A heart device might save your life but leave you miserable. That awful possibility is the reason for new advice urging doctors to talk more honestly with people who have very weak hearts and are considering pumps, pacemakers, new valves or procedures to open clogged arteries....
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Town by town, Vermont tackles corporate personhood

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2024-11-27 19:32
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) -- A senator with socialist leanings was among the first. Then there was Jerry of Ben & Jerry's ice cream fame. Stephen Colbert has tweeted in favor. And now people in at least 52 Vermont communities will use the bully pulpit of that New England institution, Town Meeting Day, to push for an amendment to the U.S. Constitution declaring that corporations are not people....
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House incumbents squaring off in 11 primaries

AP - Politics - Wed, 2024-11-27 19:32
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Veteran Democratic Reps. Dennis Kucinich and Marcy Kaptur have been friends for years, but their bruising Ohio primary fight has been anything but friendly....

House incumbents squaring off in 11 primaries

AP - Politics - Wed, 2024-11-27 19:32
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Veteran Democratic Reps. Dennis Kucinich and Marcy Kaptur have been friends for years, but their bruising Ohio primary fight has been anything but friendly....

House incumbents squaring off in 11 primaries

AP - Politics - Wed, 2024-11-27 19:32
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Veteran Democratic Reps. Dennis Kucinich and Marcy Kaptur have been friends for years, but their bruising Ohio primary fight has been anything but friendly....

House incumbents squaring off in 11 primaries

AP - Politics - Wed, 2024-11-27 19:32
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Veteran Democratic Reps. Dennis Kucinich and Marcy Kaptur have been friends for years, but their bruising Ohio primary fight has been anything but friendly....

Mass. GOP pinning hopes on a Romney primary win

AP - Politics - Wed, 2024-11-27 19:32
BOSTON (AP) -- Massachusetts Republicans are hoping a big win for former Gov. Mitt Romney on Super Tuesday could put the state into play in November....

Tornado damage may spell the end of tiny towns

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2024-11-27 19:32
MARYSVILLE, Ind. (AP) -- This tiny Indiana farm town has no mayor, no school and no shopping center. And after last week's deadly tornadoes, it has virtually nowhere left to live....
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Limbaugh says his apology to student was sincere

AP - Politics - Wed, 2024-11-27 19:32
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Radio host Rush Limbaugh said his apology to the Georgetown law student he called a "slut" was sincere but also joked that he, too, got a busy signal Monday when he called the show to join the growing roster of advertisers abandoning it....

States finding tough climate for gas tax proposals

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2024-11-27 19:32
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) -- As if gas prices weren't high enough, several states across the U.S. are looking to raise fuel taxes they say are needed to pay for roads and bridges that are outdated, congested and in some cases, dangerous....
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Syrian opposition head offers to resign

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 19:32
BEIRUT (AP) -- Syria's main opposition council is crumbling under the weight of infighting and divisions over issues that cut to the heart of the revolution, including accusations that the movement is becoming as autocratic as the regime it wants to drive out....

Libya buries 170 bodies found in mass grave

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 19:32
BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) -- Thousands of mourners gathered Monday in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi to bury 155 bodies unearthed from a mass grave of people were killed during last year's civil war....
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