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A short video that has gone viral in Mexico asks a tough question of the country's presidential candidates: "Are you striving only for the (presidential) chair, or will you change the future of our country?"

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is acknowledging the obvious: The presidential contest is now a two-man race....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is acknowledging the obvious: The presidential contest is now a two-man race....

GENEVA (AP) -- Swiss prosecutors say a painting seized in Serbia has been confirmed as a stolen masterpiece by French impressionist Paul Cezanne....

Afghan President Hamid Karzai says he is considering either bringing forward the 2014 date for presidential elections or speeding up the security handover.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- After years of failed attempts to repeal the death penalty, Connecticut lawmakers in both the House and the Senate have passed legislation that abolishes the punishment for all future cases....

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) -- The wife of an ex-aide to John Edwards said Monday she insisted the former presidential candidate tell her it was legal to take money from a wealthy donor to hide Edwards' mistress....

DOVER, Del. (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich says he probably wouldn't accept a job in Mitt Romney's Cabinet, if Romney is elected in November and such an offer is extended....

DOVER, Del. (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich says he probably wouldn't accept a job in Mitt Romney's Cabinet, if Romney is elected in November and such an offer is extended....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal regulators are proposing cars be required to have throttle override systems to prevent runaway acceleration in instances where the driver steps on the gas pedal and brake at the same time....

An affidavit of probable cause in Florida's case against George Zimmerman for the shooting death of an unarmed 17-year-old says that the neighborhood watch volunteer "profiled" the victim, Trayvon Martin, and disregarded a police dispatcher's request that he await the arrival of police.

One person has died in a microlight crash in Clackmannanshire, police say.

Part of a novel lost when a blind woman's pen ran out without her knowing is salvaged with the help of a forensic police team in Dorset.

Perhaps you’ve heard about this sort of thing. The government, for your own good, is going to require you to buy certain things. No, I’m not talking about the Health Care Mandate. In Wisconsin they have a NAIS Mandate. Mandatory premiss registration, animal ID, etc. But, they are so generous. They’ll allow you to write off 25% of the forced costs from your tax burden.

Gee… So it still is going to cost you 75%. Since it is a government mandate it will be over priced because the vendors have a lock on the market. You know how these things go. Using some rough numbers, what should have cost $10 per animal is going to cost $20 but you’ll be able to deduct $5 making it so you’re only paying 50% more than you would have not spent had you been willing to spend it if it wasn’t a mandate. Confused?

But it is a mandate and you wouldn’t be paying it at all except that it is a mandate. So now you’re out $15 per animals. Oh, and did you know, surely you did as a farmer, that you’re only making or losing $5 a head? So now, with the government mandate, for your own good, you stand to lose $20 per animal instead of losing $5 per head.

Oh, one last detail, if you don’t get any profit then you don’t get to deduct that 25% of the cost of the mandated program which means you’re losing another $5 per animal for a total of $25 each. Oh, well, I guess you’ll just have to make it up in volume.

Remember: government is here to help you.

Among the bills [Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker] will be signing is SB396, which authorizes the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture to hire an independent agent to administer the livestock premises registration program and create an income and franchise tax credit for producers to cover their costs of radio frequency identification tags.

Under the bill, an income and franchise tax credit for 25 percent of the amount that a taxpayer paid in the taxable year for radio frequency identification tags for the taxpayer’s livestock located in this state and 25 percent of the amount that a taxpayer paid in the taxable year for equipment used in this state to read radio frequency identification tags on livestock. If the amount of the credit exceeds a taxpayer’s tax liability, the taxpayer does not receive a refund, but, instead, may carry forward the amount of any unused credit to subsequent taxable years.
-Wisconsin Ag Connection

NEW DELHI (AP) -- An Italian tour guide freed by Maoist rebels in eastern India on Thursday joked to reassure people he was well but said he lost 10 kilograms (22 pounds) during his tough, monthlong captivity....

George Zimmerman, the Florida neighbourhood watch volunteer accused over the death of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, appears in court.

Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard says beating Everton in this Saturday's FA Cup semi-final could turn around a difficult season.

More than 150,000 people are expected to flock to Liverpool over the three-day Grand National meeting.

Another minister who served under Ukrainian ex-PM Yulia Tymoshenko is jailed for abuse of office.

LONDON (AP) -- It may lack wizards and witches, but J.K. Rowling and her publisher are hoping her first novel for adults, "The Casual Vacancy," will have the magic touch....