KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Insurgents killed six policemen and two civilians in southern Afghanistan in a pair of attacks, including an ambush on a checkpoint after militants allegedly poisoned the officers manning the outpost, authorities said today. The Helmand province governor’s office said in a statement that “ insurgents poisoned” the food at a checkpoint […]
2012
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Obama to rail against House GOP budget
WASHINGTON ( AP) — Making a pitch to middleclass voters, President Barack Obama intends to strike back today at a budget plan promoted by House Republicans, which the White House says will hurt the pocketbooks of working families. Obama, in a speech to newspaper executives, was expected to sharply criticize a $3.5 trillion budget proposal […]
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Experimental plane crashes into market
DELAND, Fla. ( AP) — A small experimental plane sputtered and crashed in flames into a supermarket at a Florida shopping center Monday evening, injuring five people and sending frightened shoppers running from the complex, authorities said. Several people in the Northgate Shopping Center in DeLand dialed 911 around 7:20 p.m. to report the the […]
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CALENDAR
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Dear Abby
DEAR ABBY: I have been separated from my husband, “Fred,” for several months because of his infidelity. He is pushing to move back in together and has been very insecure and overly clingy. He constantly accuses me of not paying enough attention to him, no matter what I do or how much time I spend […]
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Shouting across the great divide
The contrast between the philosophies espoused by two Americans in newspaper articles last week could not have been more vivid. The first was on the front page of the Wall Street Journal, an in-depth interview with Harold Clark Simmons, an 80-year-old Texan who heads Contran Corp., a chemicals and metals conglomerate. Simmons has donated more […]