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Feared drug cartel leader gets 25 years

Once one of the most feared and dangerous drug traffickers in the world, Benjamin Arellano-Felix, who bribed government officials in Mexico and kidnapped and killed his enemies, was sentenced Monday in federal court in San Diego to 25 years in prison and ordered to forfeit $100 million gained through his ...

Romney faces question about Mormon faith

AP - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-10 12:04
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney was questioned about his Mormon faith while campaigning for Tuesday's Wisconsin primary....

S.Sudan: Sudan bombing country to scare investors

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-10 12:04
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Sudan is bombing oil-rich regions of South Sudan in order to scare away American and Chinese investors, a South Sudan official said Monday, as U.S. President Barack Obama expressed concern about the growing tensions between the two countries....

Romney urges young people to take economic risks

AP - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-10 12:04
WESTERVILLE, Ohio (AP) -- Mitt Romney on Friday encouraged young Americans facing bleak job prospects to "take risks" - and even borrow money from their parents - to help improve their economic fortunes....

S.Sudan: Sudan bombing country to scare investors

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-10 12:04
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Sudan is bombing oil-rich regions of South Sudan in order to scare away American and Chinese investors, a South Sudan official said Monday, as U.S. President Barack Obama expressed concern about the growing tensions between the two countries....

S.Sudan: Sudan bombing country to scare investors

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-10 12:04
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Sudan is bombing oil-rich regions of South Sudan in order to scare away American and Chinese investors, a South Sudan official said Monday, as U.S. President Barack Obama expressed concern about the growing tensions between the two countries....

S.Sudan: Sudan bombing country to scare investors

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-10 12:04
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Sudan is bombing oil-rich regions of South Sudan in order to scare away American and Chinese investors, a South Sudan official said Monday, as U.S. President Barack Obama expressed concern about the growing tensions between the two countries....

Loophole in law let teen drive big rig in crash

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2026-05-10 12:04
JORDAN, Minn. (AP) -- 17-year-old boy was behind the wheel of a semi pulling a box trailer converted into a recreational vehicle when the 57,000-pound rig crashed through a guardrail and into a Kansas ravine, killing five of the 18 people on board....
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It takes more time to deliver a baby than in the 1960s, study finds

While everything else in the modern world is go-go-go, the miracle of birth is actually taking a little longer these days.

An analysis of nearly 138,000 deliveries has found that women in the 2000s averaged 2.6 hours longer to deliver their first child than women in the 1960s, according to ...

It takes more time to deliver a baby than in the 1960s, study finds

While everything else in the modern world is go-go-go, the miracle of birth is actually taking a little longer these days.

An analysis of nearly 138,000 deliveries has found that women in the 2000s averaged 2.6 hours longer to deliver their first child than women in the 1960s, according to ...

Barth and Passell: It's Better to Rent Than to Foreclose

Opinion Journal - Sun, 2026-05-10 12:04
Banks would rather avoid evictions, and so would families if the law made rentals a safer bet.


That Voice Sounds Familiar

Opinion Journal - Sun, 2026-05-10 12:04
"When God Talks Back" chronicles, as the book's subtitle has it, "the American evangelical relationship with God." Barton Swaim reviews.


The St. Paul Stall

Opinion Journal - Sun, 2026-05-10 12:04
The city clams up about its Supreme Court switcheroo.


Obama campaign targets Romney ties to oil

AP - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-10 12:04
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's campaign accused Republican Mitt Romney of siding with "Big Oil" in a new television ad released Monday, signaling an escalation of a general election campaign and a vigorous debate over gas prices....

Obama campaign targets Romney ties to oil

AP - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-10 12:04
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's campaign accused Republican Mitt Romney of siding with "Big Oil" in a new television ad released Monday, signaling an escalation of a general election campaign and a vigorous debate over gas prices....

Obama campaign targets Romney ties to oil

AP - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-10 12:04
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's campaign accused Republican Mitt Romney of siding with "Big Oil" in a new television ad released Monday, signaling an escalation of a general election campaign and a vigorous debate over gas prices....

Obama campaign targets Romney ties to oil

AP - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-10 12:04
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's campaign accused Republican Mitt Romney of siding with "Big Oil" in a new television ad released Monday, signaling an escalation of a general election campaign and a vigorous debate over gas prices....

Obama campaign targets Romney ties to oil

AP - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-10 12:04
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's campaign accused Republican Mitt Romney of siding with "Big Oil" in a new television ad released Monday, signaling an escalation of a general election campaign and a vigorous debate over gas prices....

Obama campaign targets Romney ties to oil

AP - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-10 12:04
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's campaign accused Republican Mitt Romney of siding with "Big Oil" in a new television ad released Monday, signaling an escalation of a general election campaign and a vigorous debate over gas prices....

Obama campaign targets Romney ties to oil

AP - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-10 12:04
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's campaign accused Republican Mitt Romney of siding with "Big Oil" in a new television ad released Monday, signaling an escalation of a general election campaign and a vigorous debate over gas prices....
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