Archives for: May 2011, 14
Huckabee says he won't run for president
By News on May 14, 2011
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said Saturday he won't seek the Republican presidential nomination, choosing to stick with a lucrative career as a television and radio personality over a race that would be both costly and caustic....Mob attacks Christian protest in Egypt
By News on May 14, 2011
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CAIRO (AP) -- An angry mob attacked a group of mainly Christian protesters who were demanding drastic measures to heal religious tension amid a spike in violence, leaving 65 people injured, officials said Sunday....NY police question IMF head in hotel sex assault
By News on May 14, 2011
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NEW YORK (AP) -- The leader of the International Monetary Fund and a possible candidate for president of France was pulled from an airplane moments before he was to fly to Paris and was being questioned Saturday by police in connection with the sexual assault of a hotel maid, police said....Sen. Kohl's departure keeps spotlight on Wisconsin
By News on May 14, 2011
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- U.S. Sen. Herb Kohl's surprise decision to retire will keep the political spotlight shining brightly on Wisconsin as Republicans eye a golden opportunity to pick up a Senate seat that has been under Democratic control for more than two decades....Obama announces steps to speed US oil production
By News on May 14, 2011
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Facing continued public unhappiness over gas prices, President Barack Obama is directing his administration to ramp up U.S. oil production by extending existing leases in the Gulf of Mexico and off Alaska's coast and holding more frequent lease sales in a federal petroleum reserve in Alaska....