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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ann Romney says the election of her husband, a Mormon, would signal "that prejudices are left behind" just as the election of President Barack Obama sent that signal. The wife of Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney tells "Tonight Show" host Jay Leno that she loves the fact that the nation elected […]
The replacement NFL referees involved in Monday night’s frenzy are not new to league criticism or reprimand. Officials from the Lingerie Football League revealed that the refs involved in Monday’s Seattle Seahawks game were fired from their league. "Due to several on-field occurrences of incompetent officiating, we chose to part ways with a crew which […]
The housing market is starting to pick up speed again. New reports released on Tuesday show home prices rose for the sixth month straight. In July, the prices rose while home resales and groundbreakings on new properties increased in August. Economists believe that the housing market is showing promise after experiencing a major collapse six […]
One of America’s favorite breakfast meats may be unavailable in 2013. The National Pig Association issued a public statement saying “a world shortage of pork and bacon next year is now unavoidable." The British trade group reported that the drought conditions have limited the corn and soybean crop causing a decline in pig herds across […]
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — President Barack Obama is condemning an anti-Muslim film and the violence in the Middle East that has followed its release, saying there is "no speech that justifies mindless violence." Obama says in a speech Tuesday before the U.N. General Assembly that "there are no words that excuse the killing of innocent" […]
Activists in Selma, Alabama are set to march a historic route through the city today (Tuesday) and present more than 325,000 signatures to the Selma City Council opposing the placement of a monument to controversial Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest. The original Selma monument to the man recognized as the first Grand Wizard of the […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday that a new world order needs to emerge, away from years of American "bullying" and domination. Ahmadinejad spoke to The Associated Press in a wide-ranging interview on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly — his last as president of Iran. He also discussed solutions […]
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Embattled GOP Congressman Todd Akin has made good on his promise to stay in Missouri's U.S. Senate race despite calls by top Republicans to quit following his comments about rape. The final deadline for candidates to remove their names from the Missouri ballot passed Tuesday as Akin began a statewide […]
PHOENIX (AP) — A federal appeals court has denied an Arizona sheriff's request to reverse a lower-court decision barring his deputies from detaining people solely on the suspicion that they're illegal immigrants. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a 23-page ruling Tuesday. The San Francisco court considered the narrow question of a preliminary injunction […]
SPRINGTOWN, Texas (AP) — Like many schools in Texas, "spare the rod and spoil the child" might be considered the motto at Springtown High School. But when two teenage girls there reportedly suffered bruises after being paddled by male assistant principals, some parents complained. They weren't upset about the punishment itself, but instead that the […]
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — President Barack Obama's health care overhaul has never been popular in Arkansas, a state where even most Democrats regard the law as politically toxic. But with a quarter of the state's working-age population uninsured, a governor who once said he would have voted against the law now wants to use […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The embarrassing NFL referee saga and the disputed call that gave Seattle a victory over Green Bay Monday night has reached the campaign for the White House with President Barack Obama deeming it "terrible" and saying it was time to get the regulars back on the job. "I've been saying for months […]
