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LONDON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is distancing himself from an unnamed adviser quoted in British media as suggesting that President Barack Obama doesn't understand the "Anglo-Saxon" heritage shared by Britain and the U.S. Romney campaign spokesman Ryan Williams said Wednesday that if an adviser did say that, the adviser wasn't reflecting Romney's […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A countdown to the closure of hundreds of medical marijuana shops in Los Angeles is set to begin after a drawn-out legal battle led the city council to vote unanimously to shutter the shops — but it may not be over. After Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa signs the ordinance as expected, pot […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Remember the term "hanging chads?" Few could forget the weekslong hubbub over vote-counting in Florida in 2000 that led to a recount, a Supreme Court ruling and a national debate about the veracity of the system by which voters cast their ballots. But 12 years later, the voting system is still far […]
LONDON (AP) — Mitt Romney — a one-term governor untested on the world's political stage — faces high stakes in his visits to England, Israel and Poland. The trip amounts to an international audition. All the while, the Republican presidential candidate is seeking to persuade voters back home to elect him their leader. The weeklong […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Don't look for podiums, opening statements or surprise topics at the debates if President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney follow the plan organizers released Wednesday. The nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates said debates would be 90 minutes each and feature topics that would be announced ahead of time so voters and candidates […]
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The first legal test for Pennsylvania's tough new voter identification law began Wednesday, with state lawyers calling the measure a completely rational step, while opponents attacked it as an unnecessary, unjustified and partisan scheme that will deprive countless people of their right to vote. The law is the subject of a […]
A Connecticut man is facing assault charges after he cut off his roommate’s finger while he was sleeping. West Haven police said that 57-year old Wayne Moore cut off his roommate’s finger because he was upset over the roommate’s wishes to end their relationship. When police arrived to the scene they found large amounts of […]
A new survey conducted by Trojan revealed that African Americans are ready to spice up their sex lives. Trojan’s ‘Charged Sex Life Survey’ asked over 3,000 Americans how satisfied they were with their sex lives. Fifty percent of the respondents said that their sex lives could use some sprucing up. Among the African American participants, […]
New reports found that after 30 years the number of unplanned births in the United States has remained at 40 percent. Researchers at the National Center for Health Statistics discovered that the unintended birth rate has remained steady since 1982. Many doctors are not surprised at the findings but do feel a bit discouraged […]
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Roman Catholic monsignor who became the first U.S. church official branded a felon for covering up sex abuse claims against priests was sentenced Tuesday to three to six years in prison by a judge who said he "enabled monsters in clerical garb … to destroy the souls of children." Monsignor William […]
DENVER (AP) — The film studio that released the Batman film playing during the Colorado theater shooting is among the donors that have given a total of nearly $2 million to a fund set up for victims. Warner Bros., which released "The Dark Knight Rises," gave an undisclosed amount to the GivingFirst.org fund. The fund […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — More high school students are using condoms, but new government research released Tuesday shows the nation still has a long way to go to protect young people from the AIDS virus. Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tracked how teen sexual behavior has changed over 20 years. They found […]
