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Santorum spending primary day at home with family

AP - Politics - Fri, 2024-11-29 14:36
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- Rick Santorum is spending early Tuesday with his family at their home near Washington as voters in Mississippi and Alabama weigh in on the Republican presidential field....

Turkey: 4 journalists released in coup plot trial

AP - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 14:36
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- Four Turkish journalists were freed from jail Monday, a year after they were detained in a case that has raised fears for press freedom in the country. Two pledged to immediately tackle sensitive subjects again, including the killing of an ethnic Armenian journalist....

Justice Dept opposes a 2nd voter ID law, in Texas

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 14:36
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A photo ID requirement for voters in Texas could disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of registered Hispanics, the Justice Department declared Monday in its latest move against Republican-led voting changes in many states that have drawn protests from minorities, poor people and students....
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Obama: Killings show need to turn over security

AP - Politics - Fri, 2024-11-29 14:36
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Obama: Afghan killings underscore need to turn over security and bring US forces home on time...

Obama: Killings show need to turn over security

AP - Politics - Fri, 2024-11-29 14:36
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Obama: Afghan killings underscore need to turn over security and bring US forces home on time...

Obama: Killings show need to turn over security

AP - Politics - Fri, 2024-11-29 14:36
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Obama: Afghan killings underscore need to turn over security and bring US forces home on time...

Obama: Killings show need to turn over security

AP - Politics - Fri, 2024-11-29 14:36
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Obama: Afghan killings underscore need to turn over security and bring US forces home on time...

Obama: Killings show need to turn over security

AP - Politics - Fri, 2024-11-29 14:36
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Obama: Afghan killings underscore need to turn over security and bring US forces home on time...

Israeli plans for Iran go back years

AP - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 14:36
JERUSALEM (AP) -- For more than a decade, Israel has systematically built up its military specifically for a possible strike on Iranian nuclear facilities. It has sent its air force on long-distance training missions, procured American-made "bunker-busting" bombs and bolstered its missile defenses....

Israeli plans for Iran go back years

AP - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 14:36
JERUSALEM (AP) -- For more than a decade, Israel has systematically built up its military specifically for a possible strike on Iranian nuclear facilities. It has sent its air force on long-distance training missions, procured American-made "bunker-busting" bombs and bolstered its missile defenses....

PSU: Paterno's firing over 'failure of leadership'

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 14:36
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) -- Penn State trustees, faced with continued alumni and student criticism for firing football coach Joe Paterno, released a statement Monday intended to underscore their rationale for his ouster: "failure of leadership" for his actions following a reported sex assault involving former assistant Jerry Sandusky....
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US and Russia clash over Syria at UN

AP - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 14:36
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The United States and Russia clashed over Syria at the U.N. on Monday after the U.N.'s Secretary-General urged the divided Security Council to speak with one voice and help the Mideast nation "pull back from the brink of a deeper catastrophe."...

Obama: Afghan shooting is 'heartbreaking'

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 14:36
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is calling the alleged slaying of 16 Afghan civilians by a U.S. soldier "absolutely tragic and heartbreaking" and that he is still "proud generally" of what U.S. troops have achieved in Afghanistan while working under "enormous strain."...
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Obama: Afghan shooting is 'heartbreaking'

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 14:36
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is calling the alleged slaying of 16 Afghan civilians by a U.S. soldier "absolutely tragic and heartbreaking" and that he is still "proud generally" of what U.S. troops have achieved in Afghanistan while working under "enormous strain."...
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PSU: Paterno's firing over 'failure of leadership'

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 14:36
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) -- Penn State trustees, faced with continued alumni and student criticism for firing football coach Joe Paterno, released a statement Monday intended to underscore their rationale for his ouster: "failure of leadership" for his actions following a reported sex assault involving former assistant Jerry Sandusky....
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Israeli plans for Iran go back years

AP - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 14:36
JERUSALEM (AP) -- For more than a decade, Israel has systematically built up its military specifically for a possible strike on Iranian nuclear facilities. It has sent its air force on long-distance training missions, procured American-made "bunker-busting" bombs and bolstered its missile defenses....

Feds release health overhaul blueprint for states

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 14:36
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Fifty million people in America lack health insurance and the law says most of them must soon be provided coverage. But how to deliver?...
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Afghan killings mar special operations outreach

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 14:36
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Army staff sergeant accused in massacring Afghan civilians had been assigned to protect special operations forces that were teaching Afghans how to defend themselves....
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Families: Girlfriend won't testify against mobster

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 14:36
BOSTON (AP) -- Family members of people allegedly killed by James "Whitey" Bulger (BUHL'-jur) say his longtime girlfriend will plead guilty to helping Bulger evade capture and won't testify against him at his trial....
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Argentine-Falklands conflict touches both to core

AP - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 14:36
STANLEY, Falkland Islands (AP) -- Ever since seafaring explorers happened upon these uninhabited islands in the 16th century, people have been fighting over them....
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