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TSA defends pat-down of 4-year-old at Kan. airport

Fri, 2025-04-25 14:36
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) -- The grandmother of a 4-year-old girl who became hysterical during a security screening at a Kansas airport said Wednesday that the child was forced to undergo a pat-down after hugging her, with security agents yelling and calling the crying girl an uncooperative suspect....
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Ex-aide: Edwards denied knowing of payoffs

Fri, 2025-04-25 14:36
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) -- John Edwards drove erratically in a borrowed black SUV down rural North Carolina roads, as his once-trusted aide tried to keep up. The former presidential contender pulled into a secluded dead-end road and beckoned for the aide, Andrew Young, to get in....
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Burger King makes cage-free eggs, pork promise

Fri, 2025-04-25 14:36
In a boost to animal welfare activists looking to get livestock out of cramped cages, Burger King will be the first major U.S. fast-food chain to give all of its chickens and pigs some room to roam....
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Burger King makes cage-free eggs, pork promise

Fri, 2025-04-25 14:36
In a boost to animal welfare activists looking to get livestock out of cramped cages, Burger King will be the first major U.S. fast-food chain to give all of its chickens and pigs some room to roam....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

TSA defends pat-down of 4-year-old at Kan. airport

Fri, 2025-04-25 14:36
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) -- The grandmother of a 4-year-old girl who became hysterical during a security screening at a Kansas airport said Wednesday that the child was forced to undergo a pat-down after hugging her, with security agents yelling and calling the crying girl an uncooperative suspect....
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Obama asks Congress to act on 'to-do' list

Fri, 2025-04-25 14:36
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Obama is asking Democrats and Republicans to act on his "to-do list" for Congress, a five-point plan he says would create jobs and help restore middle-class security....
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Family of suspected NYC subway plotter testify

Fri, 2025-04-25 14:36
NEW YORK (AP) -- The sister of a man accused in a suspected plot in 2009 to attack New York's subways with suicide bombs tearfully testified Wednesday of an FBI raid on their home in the dead of night during Ramadan....
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Family of suspected NYC subway plotter testify

Fri, 2025-04-25 14:36
NEW YORK (AP) -- The sister of a man accused in a suspected plot in 2009 to attack New York's subways with suicide bombs tearfully testified Wednesday of an FBI raid on their home in the dead of night during Ramadan....
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Family of suspected NYC subway plotter testify

Fri, 2025-04-25 14:36
NEW YORK (AP) -- The sister of a man accused in a suspected plot in 2009 to attack New York's subways with suicide bombs tearfully testified Wednesday of an FBI raid on their home in the dead of night during Ramadan....
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The '92 riot: Revisiting a dark day in LA history

Fri, 2025-04-25 14:36
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Henry Keith Watson remembers April 29, 1992, as if it happened just last week. History won't allow him to forget it....
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Speaker: House to vote Friday on student loans

Fri, 2025-04-25 14:36
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In an escalating election-year clash, the House will vote Friday on a $5.9 billion Republican bill preventing interest rates on federal student loans from doubling this summer, paid for by cutting money from President Barack Obama's health care overhaul law....
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Speaker: House to vote Friday on student loans

Fri, 2025-04-25 14:36
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In an escalating election-year clash, the House will vote Friday on a $5.9 billion Republican bill preventing interest rates on federal student loans from doubling this summer, paid for by cutting money from President Barack Obama's health care overhaul law....
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Donor's friend said she felt used by Edwards

Fri, 2025-04-25 14:36
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) -- One of John Edwards' most prolific donors felt like she was being used for her money after a request for tens of millions of dollars to endow a poverty foundation once his presidential hopes were dashed, a friend of the wealthy heiress testified Friday....
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Burger King makes cage-free eggs, pork promise

Fri, 2025-04-25 14:36
In a boost to animal welfare activists looking to get livestock out of cramped cages, Burger King will be the first major U.S. fast-food chain to give all of its chickens and pigs some room to roam....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Ex-VA hospital official faults mental health care

Fri, 2025-04-25 14:36
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Veterans are waiting too long for mental health care and are unaware that hospitals sometimes manipulate records in an attempt to make it appear that standards are being met, a former Veterans Affairs hospital official told senators Wednesday....
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Ex-VA hospital official faults mental health care

Fri, 2025-04-25 14:36
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Veterans are waiting too long for mental health care and are unaware that hospitals sometimes manipulate records in an attempt to make it appear that standards are being met, a former Veterans Affairs hospital official told senators Wednesday....
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Parents wire kids to prove teachers' verbal abuse

Fri, 2025-04-25 14:36
CHERRY HILL, N.J. (AP) -- Teachers hurled insults like "bastard," "tard," "damn dumb" and "a hippo in a ballerina suit." A bus driver threatened to slap one child, while a bus monitor told another, "Shut up, you little dog."...
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Of food supply risks, mad cow's not high on list

Fri, 2025-04-25 14:36
WASHINGTON (AP) -- If the mad cow found in California has you wondering about food safety, well, there are plenty of problems that pose serious risks to the food supply. But mad cow disease shouldn't be high on the worry list....
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Judge nixes Brazilian pol's suit over NYC charges

Fri, 2025-04-25 14:36
NEW YORK (AP) -- A Brazilian congressman has lost a bid for a court order instructing New York prosecutors to drop a conspiracy case against him and his son....
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Add kidneys to list of things that can be recycled

Fri, 2025-04-25 14:36
CHICAGO (AP) -- It turns out you can recycle just about anything these days - even kidneys and other organs donated for transplants....
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