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American Samoa GOP ready to caucus _ at bar

AP - Politics - Fri, 2024-11-29 18:45
PAGO PAGO, American Samoa (AP) -- What do you get when 50 or so Republicans gather in a restaurant-bar? In American Samoa, you get a presidential caucus....

American Samoa GOP ready to caucus _ at bar

AP - Politics - Fri, 2024-11-29 18:45
PAGO PAGO, American Samoa (AP) -- What do you get when 50 or so Republicans gather in a restaurant-bar? In American Samoa, you get a presidential caucus....

Romney: Obama links GOP race to high gas prices

AP - Politics - Fri, 2024-11-29 18:45
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Mitt Romney says President Barack Obama is wrongly blaming high gasoline prices on GOP candidates' tough Iran policies....

Romney: Obama links GOP race to high gas prices

AP - Politics - Fri, 2024-11-29 18:45
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Mitt Romney says President Barack Obama is wrongly blaming high gasoline prices on GOP candidates' tough Iran policies....

Ark. police say autistic girl, 9, shot brother, 7

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 18:45
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- A 9-year-old autistic girl fatally shot her 7-year-old brother at the family's Arkansas apartment while their parents were signing paperwork at a leasing office, police said Tuesday....
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Students seek to stop loan interest rate hike

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 18:45
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Millions of college students could be in for a shock this summer. The interest rate on a popular federally subsidized student loan doubles in July unless Congress acts....
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Taliban fire on Afghan officials at attack site

AP - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 18:45
BALANDI, Afghanistan (AP) -- Taliban insurgents opened fire on two brothers of Afghan President Hamid Karzai as they left a memorial service Tuesday for 16 villagers allegedly killed by a U.S. soldier....

Clooney makes quiet visit to volatile Sudan region

AP - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 18:45
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Actor and human rights activist George Clooney made a quiet visit to a volatile border region between Sudan and South Sudan last week ahead of testimony he's giving before a U.S. Senate committee on Wednesday....

DA doesn't show video of girl in Wis. abuse case

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 18:45
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Prosecutors decided Tuesday not to play the video of an emaciated 15-year-old girl who told police that her father and stepmother kept her in a basement for years and starved her, after the judge said during a preliminary hearing for the parents that she had already watched the two-hour video....
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Senate ready to pass highway programs overhaul

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 18:45
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate is ready to pass long-delayed legislation overhauling America's highway and transit systems, with lawmakers steering past partisan fights that have kept it sidelined....
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Ohio officer used stun gun on 9-year-old boy

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 18:45
MOUNT STERLING, Ohio (AP) -- An Ohio officer whose use of a stun gun on a child resulted in the shutdown of a village police force said he shocked the boy twice as the 9-year-old lay on the floor with his hands underneath his body....
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Obama warns China against 'skirting the rules'

AP - Politics - Fri, 2024-11-29 18:45
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama warned China Tuesday that it would not be allowed to gain a competitive advantage in world trade by "skirting the rules."...

First lady will lead US delegation to Olympics

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 18:45
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House says Michelle Obama will lead the official U.S. delegation to the opening ceremonies of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London....
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Official says decision puts US information at risk

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 18:45
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In the middle of Sunshine Week, a period dedicated to government openness, the Obama administration is urging Congress to change the Freedom of Information Act to keep secret new categories of information that it says have been put a risk by a Supreme Court ruling....
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Obama warns China against 'skirting the rules'

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 18:45
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says he's putting China and America's other economic competitors on notice that they won't get away with "skirting the rules" on international trade....
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Obama warns China against 'skirting the rules'

AP - Politics - Fri, 2024-11-29 18:45
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says he's putting China and America's other economic competitors on notice that they won't get away with "skirting the rules" on international trade....

Obama: Afghan shooting inquiry will be thorough

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 18:45
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says he is directing the Pentagon to do a very thorough investigation of the weekend killings of Afghan civilians, allegedly by a U.S. soldier....
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Official: Invest in children for peace in Somalia

AP - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 18:45
DHOBLEY, Somalia (AP) -- Adan Abdi worries that the students in his class show too little interest in education. That might be a common complaint among teachers, but Abdi's concerns go further: His students are interested in playing war....

Official: Invest in children for peace in Somalia

AP - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 18:45
DHOBLEY, Somalia (AP) -- Adan Abdi worries that the students in his class show too little interest in education. That might be a common complaint among teachers, but Abdi's concerns go further: His students are interested in playing war....

Official: Invest in children for peace in Somalia

AP - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 18:45
DHOBLEY, Somalia (AP) -- Adan Abdi worries that the students in his class show too little interest in education. That might be a common complaint among teachers, but Abdi's concerns go further: His students are interested in playing war....
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