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Ethics problems lose edge as re-election issue

AP - Politics - Thu, 2024-11-28 11:01
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican Rep. Vern Buchanan is fighting off a congressional ethics investigation linked to a former business partner and campaign donations. Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters is battling a charge of impropriety about work she might have done to benefit her husband....

Ethics problems lose edge as re-election issue

AP - Politics - Thu, 2024-11-28 11:01
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican Rep. Vern Buchanan is fighting off a congressional ethics investigation linked to a former business partner and campaign donations. Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters is battling a charge of impropriety about work she might have done to benefit her husband....

Ethics problems lose edge as re-election issue

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 11:01
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican Rep. Vern Buchanan is fighting off a congressional ethics investigation linked to a former business partner and campaign donations. Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters is battling a charge of impropriety about work she might have done to benefit her husband....
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Police: Body is likely doctor linked to NY slaying

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 11:01
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -- A body found in thick brush Friday morning is believed to be that of a special forces soldier-turned-trauma surgeon who was the subject of a nationwide manhunt after the killing of his ex-girlfriend at a hospital, police said....
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Police: Body is likely doctor linked to N.Y. slaying

BUFFALO, N.Y. — A body found in thick brush Friday morning is believed to be that of a special forces soldier-turned-trauma surgeon who was the subject of a nationwide manhunt after the killing of his ex-girlfriend at a hospital, police said.

Authorities had been searching for 49-year-old Dr. Timothy Jorden ...

Calif. lawmakers set budget vote as deadline looms

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 11:01
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- California lawmakers huddled behind closed doors Friday as they prepared to vote on their plan to balance a $15.7 billion deficit before they run up against a constitutional deadline and risk losing their pay....
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Egypt's Brotherhood pins hopes on presidency

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 11:01
CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood pinned its hopes Friday on weekend elections to salvage its waning political fortunes, responding to a court order dissolving its power base in parliament by urging voters to support the Islamist group's candidate for president....

Paraguay land clash turns deadly

BBC - News - Thu, 2024-11-28 11:01
At least 16 people die in eastern Paraguay as evictions of landless farmers turn violent, triggering senior resignations.
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Ukraine 0-2 France

BBC - News - Thu, 2024-11-28 11:01
France secure their first group win at Euro 2012 at the expense of co-hosts Ukraine during a rain-interrupted spectacle in Donetsk.
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Fracking-quake debate gets louder

CNN - Top Stories - Thu, 2024-11-28 11:01
The use of hydraulic fracturing to open underground natural gas formations has a low risk of triggering earthquakes, federal experts reported Friday, but some scientists say the debate is far from over.
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Romney kicks off bus tour across critical Ohio

AP - Politics - Thu, 2024-11-28 11:01
BRUNSWICK, Ohio (AP) -- Mitt Romney kicked off his three-stop bus tour of Ohio by telling rain-soaked voters in the battleground state that the country is about to get "a little brighter."...

In many statehouses, GOP confronts dissension

AP - Politics - Thu, 2024-11-28 11:01
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Republicans set out a bold conservative agenda after taking control of state capitols across the Midwest and South in the last general election. They wanted to cut taxes and spending, put new limits on labor unions, crack down on illegal immigrants and give parents more alternatives to traditional public schools....

In many statehouses, GOP confronts dissension

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 11:01
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Republicans set out a bold conservative agenda after taking control of state capitols across the Midwest and South in the last general election. They wanted to cut taxes and spending, put new limits on labor unions, crack down on illegal immigrants and give parents more alternatives to traditional public schools....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

In many statehouses, GOP confronts dissension

AP - Politics - Thu, 2024-11-28 11:01
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Republicans set out a bold conservative agenda after taking control of state capitols across the Midwest and South in the last general election. They wanted to cut taxes and spending, put new limits on labor unions, crack down on illegal immigrants and give parents more alternatives to traditional public schools....

Do you need to 'own' your songs?

CNN - Top Stories - Thu, 2024-11-28 11:01
Five years ago, music consumers had to choose between buying a CD or downloading the album. Today, the choice is whether to download music or just stream it for free.
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Calif. lawmakers set budget vote as deadline looms

AP - Politics - Thu, 2024-11-28 11:01
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- California lawmakers have scheduled a Friday budget vote on their plan to balance a $15.7 billion deficit as they run up against a constitutional deadline or risk losing their pay....

Calif. lawmakers set budget vote as deadline looms

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers have scheduled a Friday budget vote on their plan to balance a $15.7 billion deficit as they run up against a constitutional deadline or risk losing their pay.

With Gov. Jerry Brown refusing to sign off on their plan, Democratic leaders said they would work ...

New Obama policy will spare some from deportation

AP - Politics - Thu, 2024-11-28 11:01
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says his plan to stop deporting younger illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. as children will make the system "more fair, more efficient and more just."...
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