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Government can't keep up with information requests

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 08:43
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration couldn't keep pace with the increasing number of people asking for copies of government documents, emails, photographs and more under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act, according to a new analysis of the latest federal data by The Associated Press....
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Can't quit the place, senators back for second act

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 08:43
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Call `em the comeback crew....
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Can't quit the place, senators back for second act

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 08:43
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Call `em the comeback crew....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Can't quit the place, senators back for second act

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 08:43
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Call `em the comeback crew....
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Egypt acquits 'virginity test' military doctor

AP - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 08:43
CAIRO (AP) -- An Egyptian military tribunal on Sunday acquitted an army doctor of a charge of public obscenity filed by a protester who claimed she was forced to undergo a virginity test while in detention....

Egypt acquits 'virginity test' military doctor

AP - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 08:43
CAIRO (AP) -- An Egyptian military tribunal on Sunday acquitted an army doctor of a charge of public obscenity filed by a protester who claimed she was forced to undergo a virginity test while in detention....

Gingrich sees Romney as a weak front-runner

AP - Politics - Fri, 2024-11-29 08:43
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Newt Gingrich says Mitt Romney is the weakest GOP front-runner since 1920, but his sizeable campaign fund allows him to run well in races where his rivals don't have the resources to campaign....

Double sacrifice: Family loses sons in Afghanistan

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 08:43
PRESCOTT, Ark. (AP) -- When their older brother Jeremy died in Afghanistan, Ben and Beau Wise did what loyal brothers and soldiers do. They stood solemnly in uniform at his memorial, laid red roses in front of his picture, and Ben spoke bravely to a chapel full of loved ones who came to mourn....
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US soldier suspected of Afghan shooting spree

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 08:43
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senior U.S. officials were scrambling Sunday to determine what caused an American Army soldier to leave his base in southern Afghanistan and allegedly gun down as many as 16 Afghans in the early morning weekend hours....
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Swiss voters reject 6 weeks paid vacation

AP - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 08:43
BERN, Switzerland (AP) -- Swiss citizens appear to be leading the way on European austerity, rejecting a minimum six weeks paid vacation a year....

Obama's health care law: A trek, not a sprint

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 08:43
WASHINGTON (AP) -- It took only a year to set up Medicare. But if President Barack Obama's health care law survives Supreme Court scrutiny, it will be nearly a decade before all its major pieces are in place....
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Egypt acquits 'virginity test' military doctor

AP - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 08:43
CAIRO (AP) -- An Egyptian military tribunal on Sunday acquitted an army doctor of a charge of public obscenity filed by a protester who claimed she was forced to undergo a virginity test while in detention....

Sarkozy threatens French pullout of visa-free zone

AP - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 08:43
PARIS (AP) -- President Nicolas Sarkozy threatened Sunday to pull France out of the European Union's coveted visa-free Schengen zone unless the bloc makes progress on protecting EU borders from illegal immigration....

Sarkozy threatens French pullout of visa-free zone

AP - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 08:43
PARIS (AP) -- President Nicolas Sarkozy threatened Sunday to pull France out of the European Union's coveted visa-free Schengen zone unless the bloc makes progress on protecting EU borders from illegal immigration....

Brazil's new consumer class flocks to US to buy

AP - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 08:43
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- The overstuffed bags filling Fernando Mello's luggage cart wobbled precariously as the gym owner made his way home one morning through Rio's international airport. Navigating the terminal, Mello was part of a horde of other Brazilian travelers returning with loot found in the strip malls and discount outlets of southern Florida....

Brazil's new consumer class flocks to US to buy

AP - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 08:43
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- The overstuffed bags filling Fernando Mello's luggage cart wobbled precariously as the gym owner made his way home one morning through Rio's international airport. Navigating the terminal, Mello was part of a horde of other Brazilian travelers returning with loot found in the strip malls and discount outlets of southern Florida....

Egypt parliament to consider cutting off US aid

AP - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 08:43
CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt's parliament has called for a vote on stopping U.S. aid....

Government can't keep up with information requests

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 08:43
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration couldn't keep pace with the increasing number of people asking for copies of government documents, emails, photographs and more under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act, according to a new analysis of the latest federal data by The Associated Press....
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Istanbul: A straining metropolis dreams big

AP - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 08:43
ISTANBUL (AP) -- On a moonlit night in the backstreets of Beyoglu, one of Istanbul's oldest districts, the worn facades and sharp-angled shadows recall the mournful character of the city that Nobel-prize winning Turkish author Orhan Pamuk described in a memoir....

Gringrich: Afghanistan may be 'undoable' mission

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 08:43
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich says he thinks U.S. involvement in the region around Afghanistan may be risking the lives of young troops in a mission that "may not be doable."...
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