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France gets new leader, Europe new direction
By News on May 6, 2012
PARIS (AP) -- France handed the presidency Sunday to leftist Francois Hollande, a champion of government stimulus programs who says the state should protect the downtrodden - a victory that could deal a death blow to the drive for austerity that has been the hallmark of Europe in recent years....
Feelings run deep in Wis. recall; few undecided
By News on May 6, 2012
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RACINE, Wis. (AP) -- Al Trossen feels like a wanted man. The former Teamster voted for embattled Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker in 2010 but isn't sure who to support in the state's historic recall election next month....Biden OK with equal rights for married gay couples
By News on May 6, 2012
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Vice President Joe Biden says he's "absolutely comfortable" with gay couples who marry getting the same civil rights and liberties as heterosexual couples, a stand that gay rights advocates interpreted as an endorsement of same-sex marriage....Sarkozy joins fallen leaders amid Europe crisis
By News on May 6, 2012
Nicolas Sarkozy, defeated Sunday in France's presidential runoff by Socialist challenger Francois Hollande, joins a series of European leaders booted from office because of public anger over austerity measures and economic crisis. Almost every crisis-hit European country that has held an election since disaster struck in 2009 has thrown out its leader....
Socialist Francois Hollande wins French presidency
By News on May 6, 2012
PARIS (AP) -- Socialist Francois Hollande defeated conservative incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy on Sunday to become France's next president, heralding a change in how Europe tackles its debt crisis and how France flexes its military and diplomatic muscle around the world....
