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Iran tightens grip on web in 'soft war' with West

AP - World News - Thu, 2026-04-30 17:49
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran calls it the "soft war" with the West: Battles to control, defend and monitor the Internet and other high-level telecommunications. The latest move came quietly when the powerful Revolutionary Guard recently launched what it claims is a hack-proof communications network for its high-level commanders....

Iran tightens grip on web in 'soft war' with West

AP - World News - Thu, 2026-04-30 17:49
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran calls it the "soft war" with the West: Battles to control, defend and monitor the Internet and other high-level telecommunications. The latest move came quietly when the powerful Revolutionary Guard recently launched what it claims is a hack-proof communications network for its high-level commanders....

THE RACE: Obama, Romney nixing fed campaign funds

AP - Politics - Thu, 2026-04-30 17:49
President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney don't want your three bucks....

THE RACE: Romney steps up campaigning in Rust Belt

AP - Politics - Thu, 2026-04-30 17:49
Mitt Romney is nipping at President Barack Obama's heels in Rust Belt states that Obama won in 2008 but which polls show are becoming more competitive in a slowing economy....

THE RACE: Math adds up to GOP victory for Romney

AP - Politics - Thu, 2026-04-30 17:49
This day is mostly about math for Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney....

THE RACE: Deficit panel report gets new attention

AP - Politics - Thu, 2026-04-30 17:49
The shunned Simpson-Bowles deficit-reduction report is finally getting some love: from both the Obama and Romney camps....

Spaniards livid over king's elephant hunt

AP - World News - Thu, 2026-04-30 17:49
MADRID (AP) -- In one fell swoop, King Juan Carlos of Spain has managed to unite right and left, young and old, those with jobs and those without in universal outrage over his tone-deaf African hunting safari....

Romney taps longtime adviser to head VP search

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2026-04-30 17:49
BOSTON (AP) -- Mitt Romney has tapped a longtime adviser to begin his search for a vice presidential candidate....
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Romney taps longtime adviser to head VP search

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2026-04-30 17:49
BOSTON (AP) -- Mitt Romney has tapped a longtime adviser to begin his search for a vice presidential candidate....
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Romney ready to claim GOP nomination after Texas

AP - Politics - Thu, 2026-04-30 17:49
CRAIG, Colo. (AP) -- Mitt Romney is poised to clinch the Republican presidential nomination after Tuesday's Texas GOP primary, a largely uncontested election that will formalize the former Massachusetts governor's status as President Barack Obama's general election challenger....

Obama's Buffett rule impact on taxes, jobs

AP - Politics - Thu, 2026-04-30 17:49
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's proposal to impose a "Buffett rule" tax on the rich is generating enormous political wattage, but the plan itself would directly affect only a tiny fraction of Americans....

Obama's Buffett rule impact on taxes, jobs

AP - Politics - Thu, 2026-04-30 17:49
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's proposal to impose a "Buffett rule" tax on the rich is generating enormous political wattage, but the plan itself would directly affect only a tiny fraction of Americans....

Obama's Buffett rule impact on taxes, jobs

AP - Politics - Thu, 2026-04-30 17:49
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's proposal to impose a "Buffett rule" tax on the rich is generating enormous political wattage, but the plan itself would directly affect only a tiny fraction of Americans....

Obama's Buffett rule impact on taxes, jobs

AP - Politics - Thu, 2026-04-30 17:49
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's proposal to impose a "Buffett rule" tax on the rich is generating enormous political wattage, but the plan itself would directly affect only a tiny fraction of Americans....

Obama's Buffett rule impact on taxes, jobs

AP - Politics - Thu, 2026-04-30 17:49
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's proposal to impose a "Buffett rule" tax on the rich is generating enormous political wattage, but the plan itself would directly affect only a tiny fraction of Americans....

Va. Tech marking 5 years since campus massacre

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2026-04-30 17:49
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) -- Students were headed to class Monday at Virginia Tech, the first year the school hasn't suspended instruction to mark the anniversary of a 2007 rampage that left 32 people and the gunman dead....
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Va. Tech marking 5 years since campus massacre

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2026-04-30 17:49
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) -- Students were headed to class Monday at Virginia Tech, the first year the school hasn't suspended instruction to mark the anniversary of a 2007 rampage that left 32 people and the gunman dead....
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Obama raises $53M for campaign, Democrats in March

AP - Politics - Thu, 2026-04-30 17:49
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama raised a combined $53 million for his campaign, the Democratic Party and other campaign funds in March, his campaign said Monday as it prepared to face Mitt Romney and a rejuvenated GOP in the general election....

Obama raises $53M for campaign, Democrats in March

AP - Politics - Thu, 2026-04-30 17:49
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama raised a combined $53 million for his campaign, the Democratic Party and other campaign funds in March, his campaign said Monday as it prepared to face Mitt Romney and a rejuvenated GOP in the general election....

Obama, Democrats raise $60 million in May

AP - Politics - Thu, 2026-04-30 17:49
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama and the Democratic Party have raised a combined $60 million in May for his re-election effort....
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