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'Matilda' mops up 7 prizes at theater's Oliviers

AP - World News - Sat, 2024-11-30 03:46
LONDON (AP) -- Mischievous musical "Matilda" dominated British theater's Olivier Awards on Sunday, winning seven prizes including a joint best-actress trophy for the four children who play the title role....

Co-worker to pay 5 NJ men millions in lottery suit

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2024-11-30 03:46
ELIZABETH, N.J. (AP) -- Five construction workers in New Jersey, vindicated by a jury, must wait before learning exactly how much they'll share of a $38.5 million Mega Millions jackpot that a co-worker who was part of their lottery pool claimed as his own in 2009....
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Pakistan says Swiss couple held by Taliban is free

AP - World News - Sat, 2024-11-30 03:46
ISLAMABAD (AP) -- A Swiss couple held captive for nearly a year by the Taliban in Pakistan turned up at an army post close to the Afghan border on Thursday, claiming to have escaped from their captors, the Pakistani army said. They were swiftly flown to safety by the military....

Study: Young people not so 'green' after all

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2024-11-30 03:46
CHICAGO (AP) -- They have a reputation for being environmentally minded do-gooders. But an academic analysis of surveys spanning more than 40 years has found that today's young Americans are less interested in the environment and in conserving resources - and often less civic-minded overall - than their elders were when they were young....
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Study: Young people not so 'green' after all

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2024-11-30 03:46
CHICAGO (AP) -- They have a reputation for being environmentally minded do-gooders. But an academic analysis of surveys spanning more than 40 years has found that today's young Americans are less interested in the environment and in conserving resources - and often less civic-minded overall - than their elders were when they were young....
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Somalia, Kenya, Nigeria bombings deadlier in 2011

AP - World News - Sat, 2024-11-30 03:46
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Bomb attacks in Nigeria, Kenya and Somalia rose in 2011 as al-Qaida-affiliated terror groups used more sophisticated devices to kill more people with each explosion, the Pentagon's anti-IED unit said....

NYPD anti-terror exposes split between NYC, others

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2024-11-30 03:46
NEW YORK (AP) -- Ten years after 9/11, the New York Police Department's surveillance of Muslims has exposed a bitter divide between New Yorkers and their neighbors across the Hudson River, with city leaders defending the police force and out-of-town politicians angry to learn of New York detectives working their turf....
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CDC launching graphic anti-smoking ad campaign

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2024-11-30 03:46
ATLANTA (AP) -- Tobacco taxes and smoking bans haven't budged the U.S. smoking rate in years. Now the government is trying to shock smokers into quitting with a graphic nationwide advertising campaign....
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Democrats ride Romney's Planned Parenthood remark

AP - Politics - Sat, 2024-11-30 03:46
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A coordinated attack by Democrats on Mitt Romney's plan to "get rid of" Planned Parenthood to help balance the federal budget is part of a larger campaign to ensure that Romney and other Republicans lose credibility with female voters....

Democrats ride Romney's Planned Parenthood remark

AP - Politics - Sat, 2024-11-30 03:46
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A coordinated attack by Democrats on Mitt Romney's plan to "get rid of" Planned Parenthood to help balance the federal budget is part of a larger campaign to ensure that Romney and other Republicans lose credibility with female voters....

Democrats ride Romney's Planned Parenthood remark

AP - Politics - Sat, 2024-11-30 03:46
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A coordinated attack by Democrats on Mitt Romney's plan to "get rid of" Planned Parenthood to help balance the federal budget is part of a larger campaign to ensure that Romney and other Republicans lose credibility with female voters....

Democrats ride Romney's Planned Parenthood remark

AP - Politics - Sat, 2024-11-30 03:46
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A coordinated attack by Democrats on Mitt Romney's plan to "get rid of" Planned Parenthood to help balance the federal budget is part of a larger campaign to ensure that Romney and other Republicans lose credibility with female voters....

Democrats ride Romney's Planned Parenthood remark

AP - Politics - Sat, 2024-11-30 03:46
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A coordinated attack by Democrats on Mitt Romney's plan to "get rid of" Planned Parenthood to help balance the federal budget is part of a larger campaign to ensure that Romney and other Republicans lose credibility with female voters....

Democrats ride Romney's Planned Parenthood remark

AP - Politics - Sat, 2024-11-30 03:46
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A coordinated attack by Democrats on Mitt Romney's plan to "get rid of" Planned Parenthood to help balance the federal budget is part of a larger campaign to ensure that Romney and other Republicans lose credibility with female voters....

Democrats ride Romney's Planned Parenthood remark

AP - Politics - Sat, 2024-11-30 03:46
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A coordinated attack by Democrats on Mitt Romney's plan to "get rid of" Planned Parenthood to help balance the federal budget is part of a larger campaign to ensure that Romney and other Republicans lose credibility with female voters....

Democrats ride Romney's Planned Parenthood remark

AP - Politics - Sat, 2024-11-30 03:46
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A coordinated attack by Democrats on Mitt Romney's plan to "get rid of" Planned Parenthood to help balance the federal budget is part of a larger campaign to ensure that Romney and other Republicans lose credibility with female voters....

Biden making first major foray into 2012 campaign

AP - Politics - Sat, 2024-11-30 03:46
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Vice President Joe Biden is making his first major foray into the 2012 presidential campaign in Ohio, an effort by President Barack Obama's re-election campaign to use the frequently blunt Biden to combat criticism from Republicans and dish it right back at them....

Deportation a risk in Rutgers webcam trial

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2024-11-30 03:46
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) -- Jurors deliberating in the hate-crime trial of a former Rutgers University student accused of webcam spying against his roommate won't be deciding just whether he'll go to prison - they also could indirectly determine whether he's deported to his native India....
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US soldier accused in Wikileaks case due in court

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2024-11-30 03:46
FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) -- A U.S. Army private accused of leaking classified material to the anti-secrecy website Wikileaks could soon learn when his trial will start....
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Study: Young people not so 'green' after all

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2024-11-30 03:46
CHICAGO (AP) -- They have a reputation for being environmentally minded do-gooders. But an academic analysis of surveys spanning more than 40 years has found that today's young Americans are less interested in the environment and in conserving resources - and often less civic-minded overall - than their elders were when they were young....
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