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Presidential contest shifts focus to raising money
PHILADELPHIA — For a day, the presidential contest was almost all about money — money to wage the presidential contest, that is. Mitt Romney promised to help Americans earn more, but he and Preside...
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Texas congresswoman blocks aid for Egypt
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration’s plan to transfer $450 million in cash to Egypt hit a roadblock Friday as a top House committee chairwoman blocked the move, saying it warrants further review...
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Romney decries cuts to defense spending: Obama talks jobs
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — President Barack Obama pledged to create many more jobs and “make the middle class secure again” in a campaign-closing appeal on Thursday — more than five weeks before Electio...
Sep 28, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Associated Press An artist's rendering shows a proposed 625-foot Ferris wheel, billed as the world's largest, is planned as part of a retail and hotel complex along the Staten Island waterfront in New York.
NYC to round out skyline with tallest Ferris wheel
NEW YORK — The Big Apple is getting another “biggest”: the world’s tallest Ferris wheel, part of an ambitious plan to draw New Yorkers and tourists alike to the city’s so-called “forgotten borough....
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Republicans assail Obama on 9/11 attack in Libya
WASHINGTON — Republicans lashed out at President Barack Obama and senior administration officials over their evolving description of the deadly Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya, a lat...
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New tests show less benzene in water wells
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — New groundwater testing in Wyoming shows lower levels of the carcinogen benzene than what the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reported when it linked contaminants in two water...
Sep 27, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Associated Press Andy Williams arrives at the MusiCares Person of the Year tribute in Los Angeles in 2009. Williams, who had a string of gold albums and hosted several variety shows and specials, died Tuesday at his home in Branson, Mo.
’60s, ’70s hits defined Williams
BRANSON, Mo. — For the older — OK, squarer — side of the generation gap, Andy Williams was part of the soundtrack of the 1960s and ’70s, with easy-listening hits like “Moon River,” the “Love Story”...
Sep 27, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Election ‘mania’ missing on college campuses
ELMHURST, Ill. — What a difference four years can make. In 2008, college campuses were filled with campaign posters and political rallies — and frenzy. Remember “Obamamania?” This year, it’s dif...
Sep 27, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Associated Press President Barack Obama walks across the tarmac Wednesday to board Air Force One before his departure from Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Obama traveled to Ohio for a day of campaign events.
Candidates crisscross Ohio battleground
WESTERVILLE, Ohio — Slipping in states that could sink his presidential bid, Republican Mitt Romney declared Wednesday that “I care about the people of America” and can do more than President Barac...
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What’s missing from pro-gay marriage TV ads? Gays
MINNEAPOLIS — In one TV ad, a husband and wife talk fondly of a lesbian couple who moved into their neighborhood. In another, a married couple speaks of wanting fair treatment for their lesbian dau...
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