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Airlines' treatment of passengers slowly improves

Posted 5:34 AM 4/2/2012 by AP

WASHINGTON (AP) - Flying is getting better. Honest. For airline passengers grappling with fare increases, canceled routes and a seemingly endless parade of new fees, "better" may not be the first word that comes to mind. But based on more traditional yardsticks - lost bags, delayed (More)

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Museum plays April Fools' joke on prolific forger

Posted 8:19 AM 3/30/2012 by AP

CINCINNATI (AP) - Fool me once, the saying goes. But 50 times? That's what a convincing art forger did for nearly three decades when he donated his copies of Picassos and other works of art to unsuspecting museums in 20 states. Mark A. Landis has dressed as a Jesuit priest or posed as (More)

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Bernanke optimistic on long-term economic growth

Posted 8:17 AM 3/30/2012 by AP

WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Thursday that he thinks the U.S. economy will return to its long-term growth of around 3 percent a year despite the weaknesses it still faces. Bernanke made his observation in his fourth and final lecture to George (More)

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Bar to take up complaint against Hood

Posted 9:06 AM 3/29/2012 by AP

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The Mississippi Bar is expected Thursday to take up a complaint filed against Attorney General Jim Hood over a political ad tied to the killing of a Louisiana priest that ran during his re-election campaign last year. Brian Alexander of Bay St. Louis filed the (More)

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Amazon CEO plans to raise sunken Apollo 11 engines

Posted 8:52 AM 3/29/2012 by AP

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Long before Jeff Bezos became an Internet mogul, he was enthralled by the mysteries of space. As a 5-year-old, Bezos, along with half a billion people around the world, watched in awe as American astronaut Neil Armstrong took the first step on the moon in 1969. (More)

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Hundreds of donkeys abandoned in lingering drought

Posted 8:48 AM 3/29/2012 by AP

With pastures withered from a lingering drought, farmers in Texas and northwest Louisiana have abandoned donkeys by the hundreds. The nation's biggest donkey rescue group says that since March 2011, it has taken in nearly 800 donkeys abandoned in Texas, where ranchers used the animals (More)

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RI foreclosures take heavy toll on rental market

Posted 7:13 AM 3/29/2012 by AP

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A new report says foreclosures in Rhode Island have taken a heavy toll on renters in a state with a large stock of multi-family homes, shrinking the inventory of available apartments and driving up prices. The nonprofit HousingWorks RI coalition found that (More)

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Romney makes effort to show more personal side

Posted 5:43 AM 3/28/2012 by AP

BURBANK, Calif. (AP) - Mitt Romney rarely wears suits anymore and sometimes his perfectly combed hair isn't so perfect. He shows up at NASCAR events and tweets pictures of himself eating Subway sandwiches. His wife, Ann, is a staple on the campaign trail and she gushes in a new online video about (More)

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Gingrich scales back his presidential campaign

Posted 5:42 AM 3/28/2012 by AP

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Newt Gingrich is dramatically curtailing his campaign schedule, laying off about a third of his staff and dismissing his campaign manager as he focuses on a last-ditch effort to win the Republican presidential nomination at the party's convention. Gingrich's (More)

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'Survivor' Star Nominated for Ind. Governor's Race

Posted 10:33 AM 3/25/2012 by Chris Welty

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Former reality TV star Rupert Boneham said he thinks he has a real shot at becoming Indiana's next governor after being nominated as a third-party choice Saturday. The fan favorite from 2004's "Survivor: All-Stars" was unopposed for the Libertarian Party's (More)

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GM Recalling Vans, SUVs to Fix Steering Problem

Posted 10:16 AM 3/25/2012 by Chris Welty

DETROIT (AP) - General Motors is recalling more than 6,000 big vans and SUVs because their steering can fail. The recall affects certain 2012 Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana vans, and Chevrolet Suburban and GMC Yukon XL SUVs. The National Highway Traffic Safety (More)

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Man Climbs NY Times Tower, Says He Wanted a Paper

Posted 10:09 AM 3/25/2012 by Chris Welty

NEW YORK (AP) - A man described by police as emotionally disturbed is being evaluated after he tried to climb The New York Times' 52-story headquarters in Times Square, then said he wanted a copy of the newspaper. The unidentified man began scaling the building at around 7 a.m. (More)

World News

Iraq Oil Exports, Revenues Decline in February

Posted 10:07 AM 3/25/2012 by Chris Welty

BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraq's oil ministry says oil exports in January have declined by nearly 4.5 percent compared to the previous month. Sunday's statement says last month's oil exports averaged 2.0137 million barrels per day, down from an average of 2.107 million barrels per day in (More)

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Police: 5 People Found Dead in San Francisco House

Posted 9:40 AM 3/25/2012 by Chris Welty

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Police investigating the deaths of five people in a San Francisco home are trying to determine if it was a case of murder-suicide or if a suspect is on the loose. The bodies of three women and two men were found Friday at the residence in the Ingleside District (More)

Election

LA GOP Chief Not Worried About Drawn Out Race

Posted 9:32 AM 3/25/2012 by Chris Welty

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Louisiana's Republican Party chairman says he's not afraid that a drawn-out presidential race will hurt the eventual nominee. Rick Santorum won Saturday's primary - outpacing former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Texas Rep. (More)

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Texas company recalling some sausage products

Posted 8:25 AM 3/23/2012 by AP

ELGIN, Texas (AP) - A Central Texas company has recalled more than a ton of ready-to-eat sausage products due to possible listeria contamination. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says no reports have been received of anyone getting sick from eating items recalled by Southside Market (More)

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FACT CHECK: Say what? Odd campaign pronouncements

Posted 5:07 AM 3/23/2012 by AP

WASHINGTON (AP) - Silly-season pollen seems to have infected the campaign trail. On the Democratic side, the excitable Vice President Joe Biden made the jaw-dropping claim that the raid that killed Osama bin Laden was unsurpassed in its audacity by anything that has happened since the (More)

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Senators hail Mikulski's milestone in Congress

Posted 5:31 AM 3/22/2012 by AP

WASHINGTON (AP) - One by one, Republicans and Democrats recognized a singular achievement by a singular woman - Sen. Barbara Mikulski, now the longest-serving female member of Congress. The Maryland Democrat reached that milestone this past Saturday. So on her 12,892 day in Congress (More)

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Rehberg claims START treaty guts Malmstrom nukes

Posted 5:13 AM 3/22/2012 by AP

HELENA, Mont. (AP) - U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg is claiming in mail to constituents that the Obama administration's New START treaty intends to strip Malmstrom Air Force Base of its entire contingent of nuclear missiles. Rehberg is locked in a big U.S. Senate battle with incumbent (More)

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Newt Gingrich Makes Stops In Lafayette

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Posted 12:57 AM 3/22/2012 by Jim Hummel

With just days before voters head to the polls in the Louisiana primary, Newt Gingrich and his family made several stops in Lafayette.

The former House speaker stopped by Lafayette's First Baptist Church for a meet and greet, while his wife Callista toured the Miles Perret Cancer (More) • Video (1)

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