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With diplomacy dead, US banks on Syrian rebel win
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:41PM August 06, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — With Syrian diplomacy all but dead, the Obama administration is shifting its focus on the civil war away from political transition and toward helping the rebels defeat the Syrian regime on the battlefield.
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Tea party focused on coming GOP Senate primaries
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:40PM August 06, 2012 CommentJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Sarah Palin is mounting an aggressive campaign in Missouri — in television and radio ads, in automated telephone calls, even serving barbecued pork sandwiches at a rural political picnic. She's urging residents to vote for Sarah — Sarah Steelman, one of three Republicans in a prickly U.S. Senate primary.
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Are you happy? Ben Bernanke wants to know
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:33PM August 06, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Ben Bernanke wants to know if you are happy.
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Pa. school reverses course on HIV-positive student
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:11PM August 06, 2012 CommentHARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania school for lower income and socially disadvantaged students said Monday it will now treat HIV-positive applicants the same as all others and has offered admission to a previously rejected Philadelphia-area teenager.
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Federal court denies ex-Illinois governor's appeal
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:38PM August 06, 2012 CommentCHICAGO (AP) — A federal court in Chicago on Monday denied George Ryan's latest appeal seeking his release from prison, dashing what was widely regarded as the former Illinois governor's last credible hope to cut short his 6 1/2-year sentence for corruption.
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Martin's mother seeks money from HOA, state fund
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:50PM August 06, 2012 CommentORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Trayvon Martin's mother is asking for at least $75,000 from the homeowners' association of the gated community where her teenage son was fatally shot by neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman, court documents show.
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Obama backs bill to exempt taxes on Olympians
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:31PM August 06, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Barack Obama supports a measure that would exempt U.S. Olympians from taxes on their prizes.
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Miss. church apologizes for barring black marriage
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:42PM August 06, 2012 CommentJACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A predominantly white Mississippi church has apologized for its refusal to allow a black couple to marry in its sanctuary, though the couple said Monday they knew nothing of the apology until a reporter called.
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Sikh Temple Shooter Said to Be White Supremacist
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:09PM August 06, 2012 CommentOAK CREEK, Wis. (AP) — The gunman who killed six people at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin before being shot to death by police was identified Monday as a 40-year-old Army veteran and former leader of a white supremacist heavy metal band.
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Official identifies man suspected in Sikh shooting
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:00PM August 06, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — An ex-Army man who was reduced in rank before his discharge, Wade Michael Page, carried out the shootings at a Sikh Temple in Wisconsin that claimed six lives, a federal official said Monday.
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Trayvon Martin's parents seek money from Fla. fund
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:21AM August 06, 2012 CommentORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Trayvon Martin's mother has asked for an undisclosed amount of money from a state fund set up to help crime victims with things like funeral expenses and counseling, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press.
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Why Mars Again? A Look at NASA's Latest Venture
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:05AM August 06, 2012 CommentPASADENA, Calif. (AP) — NASA's new robot rover named Curiosity landed safely late Sunday in a huge crater near the equator of Mars and will soon begin its scientific studies. This marks NASA's eighth landing on the red planet and is its 19th Mars mission, including those by orbiters and other spacecraft.
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Romney, RNC raise more than $101M in July
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:57AM August 06, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney and the Republican National Committee say they netted more than $101 million last month.
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Hillary Clinton visits Nelson Mandela at home
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:16AM August 06, 2012 CommentQUNU, South Africa (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton visited with Nelson Mandela at his home on Monday to pay her respects to the aging South African icon.
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APNewsBreak: US auditing post-Katrina sewer cash
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:50AM August 06, 2012 CommentBILOXI, Miss. (AP) — Federal housing authorities are auditing the use of more than $650 million in grants designated for an ambitious plan for sewage and water systems across south Mississippi in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, The Associated Press has learned.
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AP Interview: Duncan on reform and back to school
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:59AM August 06, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — A more well-rounded curriculum with less focus on a single test. Higher academic standards and more difficult classwork. Continued cuts to extracurricular and other activities because of the tough economy.
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Social Security not deal it once was for workers
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:52AM August 06, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — People retiring today are part of the first generation of workers who have paid more in Social Security taxes during their careers than they will receive in benefits after they retire. It's a historic shift that will only get worse for future retirees, according to an analysis by The Associated Press.
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Obama embraces health care law after court ruling
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:43AM August 06, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama, emboldened by the Supreme Court's affirmation of his health care overhaul, is now embracing the law while campaigning for re-election, just as Republican rival Mitt Romney steps back from it.
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Obama praises NASA for Mars landing
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:46AM August 06, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says NASA's successful mission to put a robotic rover on Mars is an "unprecedented feat of technology."
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Gymnast Gabby Douglas' mom filed for bankruptcy
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:15AM August 06, 2012 CommentNORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Court records show that the mother of Olympic gymnast Gabby Douglas filed for bankruptcy earlier this year in Virginia.
