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President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney are sharpening their economic talking points. Romney wants to keep needling Obama over his comments on the private sector doing "fine" and Obama is likely seeking another opportunity for explaining himself. Romney focused on the economy in a speech Tuesday in Orlando in which he saluted "entrepreneurs […]
BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — A former Penn State assistant coach whose account led to Joe Paterno's downfall testified Tuesday that he heard a "skin-on-skin smacking sound" in a campus locker room one night in 2001 and saw something that was "more than my brain could handle." There was Jerry Sandusky standing naked in the showers […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's campaign is launching a new ad against Republican challenger Mitt Romney, building on Obama's attack against his rival's economic record as Massachusetts governor. The ad picks up where a campaign commercial left off last week. It accuses Romney of leaving the state's debt and employment in worse condition than […]
LONGWOOD, Fla. (AP) — In the wake of the controversial shooting of Florida teen Trayvon Martin, Gov. Rick Scott's task force on Citizen Safety and Protection will hold its first public meeting just miles from where the 17-year-old was killed to examine the state's "stand your ground" law. The group will meet Tuesday at a […]
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say the wife of Trayvon Martin's shooter is being accused of lying to a judge about their finances during a bond hearing and faces one count of perjury. An order issued Tuesday by assistant state attorney John Guy charged Shellie Zimmerman for knowingly making false statements during the April hearing. […]
LONGWOOD, Fla. (AP) — Trayvon Martin's parents say Florida residents who initiate confrontations should not be allowed to invoke the state's "stand your ground law," which allows individuals to use deadly force if they feel they are at risk of being killed or seriously injured. Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton are appearing Tuesday before a […]
SAN GABRIEL, Calif. (AP) — Medical records could determine whether U.S. Commerce Secretary John Bryson will be charged in two weekend fender-benders that led to his hospitalization after police found him slumped behind the wheel of his vehicle in the Los Angeles suburbs. He suffered a seizure Saturday afternoon, Commerce Department officials said Monday, but […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal challenging President Barack Obama's U.S. citizenship and his eligibility to serve as commander in chief. Without comment, the high court on Monday refused to hear an appeal from Alan Keyes, Wiley Drake and Markham Robinson. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled […]
BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — The first witness in Jerry Sandusky's trial said the former Penn State assistant football coach sexually abused him as a young teenager on campus and in hotel saunas and later sent him "creepy love letters." The witness, dubbed Victim No. 4 by prosecutors, said what began as "soap battles" in the […]
BOSTON (AP) — Keeping his secrets, Mitt Romney tends to lift the veil on his finances and campaign only if the law says he must. The Republican presidential candidate refuses to identify his biggest donors who "bundle" money for his campaign. He often declines to say who's meeting with him or what he's doing for […]
A new report from The National Retail Federation says that 96-percent of retailers claim that they have fallen victim to shoplifting in the past year. This is a 94.5 percent increase than the previous year. “Criminals have become more desperate and brazen in their efforts, stopping at nothing to get their hands on large quantities […]
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Police say a 50-year-old Oregon woman is in trouble because of her relationship baggage — but it's not the emotional kind. Kola J. McGrath was arrested Monday for trespassing after workers at her boyfriend's downtown Portland apartment complex discovered the man was sneaking her into the building by hiding her in […]
