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Dem plan: Throw it all at Romney, see what sticks

AP - Politics - Wed, 2026-05-06 05:28
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's campaign is trying an early "all of the above" strategy against Republican Mitt Romney, criticizing his character, wealth and policy positions in broadsides that may become more focused as the fall election nears....

Dem plan: Throw it all at Romney, see what sticks

AP - Politics - Wed, 2026-05-06 05:28
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's campaign is trying an early "all of the above" strategy against Republican Mitt Romney, criticizing his character, wealth and policy positions in broadsides that may become more focused as the fall election nears....

Primaries reflect conservative enthusiasm for 2012

AP - Politics - Wed, 2026-05-06 05:28
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a show of conservative enthusiasm, a tea-party backed Republican vanquished six-term Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar in a GOP primary and North Carolina voters decided overwhelmingly to strengthen their state's gay marriage ban....

Primaries reflect conservative enthusiasm for 2012

AP - Politics - Wed, 2026-05-06 05:28
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a show of conservative enthusiasm, a tea-party backed Republican vanquished six-term Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar in a GOP primary and North Carolina voters decided overwhelmingly to strengthen their state's gay marriage ban....

Primaries reflect conservative enthusiasm for 2012

AP - Politics - Wed, 2026-05-06 05:28
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a show of conservative enthusiasm, a tea-party backed Republican vanquished six-term Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar in a GOP primary and North Carolina voters decided overwhelmingly to strengthen their state's gay marriage ban....

Primaries reflect conservative enthusiasm for 2012

AP - Politics - Wed, 2026-05-06 05:28
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a show of conservative enthusiasm, a tea-party backed Republican vanquished six-term Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar in a GOP primary and North Carolina voters decided overwhelmingly to strengthen their state's gay marriage ban....

Primaries reflect conservative enthusiasm for 2012

AP - Politics - Wed, 2026-05-06 05:28
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a show of conservative enthusiasm, a tea-party backed Republican vanquished six-term Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar in a GOP primary and North Carolina voters decided overwhelmingly to strengthen their state's gay marriage ban....

Colorado lawmakers reach impasse on civil unions

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2026-05-06 05:28
DENVER (AP) -- Chants of "shame on you" from gay rights supporters thundered through the Colorado House on Tuesday night after Republican House Speaker Frank McNulty said legislation to allow civil unions won't get a vote....
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Carer 'raised concerns last year'

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-05-06 05:28
A care worker tells the BBC she raised concerns about standards at a west Belfast old people's home as far back as July last year.
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VIDEO: Underwear bomber 'was double agent'

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-05-06 05:28
Reports from the US say the would-be suicide attacker in a foiled "underwear bomb" plot was in fact a double agent.
Categories: BBC, News

Interpol issues alert for fugitive Iraqi VP

CNN - Top Stories - Wed, 2026-05-06 05:28
Interpol on Tuesday issued a "red notice" for Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi, who is suspected of guiding and financing terrorist attacks in the country.
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Age-ratings call for music DVDs

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-05-06 05:28
The government is to consult on whether music DVDs should have age ratings, to protect children from over-sexualised images.
Categories: BBC, News

NC approves amendment on gay marriage

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2026-05-06 05:28
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- North Carolina approved a constitutional amendment Tuesday defining marriage solely as a union between a man and a woman, becoming the latest state to effectively slam the door shut on same-sex marriages....
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Air India cancels further flights

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-05-06 05:28
A protest by a section of Air India pilots enters its second day with more international flights cancelled from Delhi and Mumbai, reports say.
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Abuse trial is 'shocking scandal'

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-05-06 05:28
Abuse trial is 'shocking scandal'
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Milwaukee mayor to face Walker in Wis. Recall

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2026-05-06 05:28
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett won the Democratic primary Tuesday in Wisconsin's historic recall election, leaving him with a short four weeks to make the closing argument that Republican Gov. Scott Walker should be booted from office after 16 contentious months on the job....
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Milwaukee mayor to face Walker in Wis. Recall

AP - Politics - Wed, 2026-05-06 05:28
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett won the Democratic primary Tuesday in Wisconsin's historic recall election, leaving him with a short four weeks to make the closing argument that Republican Gov. Scott Walker should be booted from office after 16 contentious months on the job....

Italian clubs face fixing probe

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-05-06 05:28
More than 20 Italian football teams and dozens of players are told they are under investigation as part of an inquiry into match-fixing.
Categories: BBC, News

China expulsion of Al-Jazeera reporter criticized

AP - World News - Wed, 2026-05-06 05:28
BEIJING (AP) -- China's expulsion of an American reporter working for the pan-Arab news network Al-Jazeera has drawn criticism from other journalists and the United States, and in turn a particularly tight-lipped reaction from Beijing....

House spares Pentagon, homeland security from cuts

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2026-05-06 05:28
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans controlling the House are sparing the Pentagon, military veterans and most homeland security programs from the budget knife as action begins on a set of spending bills setting the day-to-day budgets for federal agencies....
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