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Barbers, beauticians get snippy over striped poles

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 21:02
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Friendly arguments aren't hard to find in a barbershop, but try cutting in on a hallowed symbol - that red, white and blue pole - and it may be time to hide the scissors....
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Saudi oil chief pledges to offset shortfalls

AP - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 21:02
KUWAIT CITY (AP) -- Saudi Arabia's oil minister said Wednesday that his country and other oil exporters are ready to offset any shortfalls in supply because of market volatility - an apparent reference to showdowns with Iran over its nuclear program....

Panetta lands in Afghanistan to meet with leaders

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 21:02
CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan (AP) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta arrived in Afghanistan on Wednesday to meet with troops, commanders and Afghan government officials just days after a U.S. soldier allegedly went on a deadly shooting spree....
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GOP, Dems urge US 'stick to plan' in Afghanistan

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 21:02
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans and Democrats alike insist the United States should stay the course in Afghanistan, sticking to President Barack Obama's timetable for withdrawing American troops despite the massacre of Afghan civilians and the burning of Qurans - two offenses blamed on the U.S. military that have stoked anti-American anger....
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GOP, Dems urge US 'stick to plan' in Afghanistan

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 21:02
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans and Democrats alike insist the United States should stay the course in Afghanistan, sticking to President Barack Obama's timetable for withdrawing American troops despite the massacre of Afghan civilians and the burning of Qurans - two offenses blamed on the U.S. military that have stoked anti-American anger....
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GOP, Dems urge US 'stick to plan' in Afghanistan

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 21:02
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans and Democrats alike insist the United States should stay the course in Afghanistan, sticking to President Barack Obama's timetable for withdrawing American troops despite the massacre of Afghan civilians and the burning of Qurans - two offenses blamed on the U.S. military that have stoked anti-American anger....
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A look at key moments in Tuesday's primaries

AP - Politics - Fri, 2024-11-29 21:02
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Some takeaways from Tuesday's primaries in Mississippi and Alabama:...

A look at key moments in Tuesday's primaries

AP - Politics - Fri, 2024-11-29 21:02
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Some takeaways from Tuesday's primaries in Mississippi and Alabama:...

A look at key moments in Tuesday's primaries

AP - Politics - Fri, 2024-11-29 21:02
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Some takeaways from Tuesday's primaries in Mississippi and Alabama:...

A look at key moments in Tuesday's primaries

AP - Politics - Fri, 2024-11-29 21:02
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Some takeaways from Tuesday's primaries in Mississippi and Alabama:...

A look at key moments in Tuesday's primaries

AP - Politics - Fri, 2024-11-29 21:02
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Some takeaways from Tuesday's primaries in Mississippi and Alabama:...

A look at key moments in Tuesday's primaries

AP - Politics - Fri, 2024-11-29 21:02
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Some takeaways from Tuesday's primaries in Mississippi and Alabama:...

Colombia sends suspect in singer slay to Guatemala

AP - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 21:02
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- A Costa Rican man who authorities say may have links to Mexico's powerful Sinaloa drug cartel was expelled to Guatemala in connection with last year's fatal shooting of Argentine folk singer Facundo Cabral....

Mexican drug gangs using more children as 'mules'

AP - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 21:02
TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) -- Luis Alberto is only 14 but has the wizened gaze of a grown-up hardened by life. He never met his father, worked as a child, was hired by a gang to sell drugs and then got addicted to them....

Mexican drug gangs using more children as 'mules'

AP - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 21:02
TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) -- Luis Alberto is only 14 but has the wizened gaze of a grown-up hardened by life. He never met his father, worked as a child, was hired by a gang to sell drugs and then got addicted to them....

Arab-Muslim comedy finding voice after 9/11

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 21:02
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- The comedian who made his name on the "Axis of Evil Comedy Tour" made one thing clear when he opened a recent set at Michigan State University: "Tonight, it's not Islam 101."...
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Fiji ruler ends chiefs council, 130-year tradition

AP - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 21:02
SUVA, Fiji (AP) -- Fiji's military commander on Wednesday disbanded the Great Council of Chiefs, a leadership tradition on the Pacific island nation that dates back more than 130 years....

Last entry for Encyclopaedia Britannica book form

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 21:02
CHICAGO (AP) -- Hours after Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc. announced it will stop publishing print editions of its flagship encyclopedia for the first time in more than 200 years, someone among the editing minions of free online rival Wikipedia made an irony-free note of that fact....
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Unusually warm March temps might stick around

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 21:02
CHICAGO (AP) -- Boaters cruised along the river in downtown Chicago. Golfers smacked balls in Minnesota....
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Delegates split 3 ways in AL, MS and Am. Samoa

AP - Politics - Fri, 2024-11-29 21:02
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum picked up at least 29 delegates Tuesday after winning the Alabama and Mississippi Republican presidential primaries. But former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney offset Santorum's double primary triumph by picking up the support of all nine delegates from American Samoa....
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