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Romney says Obama favors 'culture of dependency'
By News on Aug 7, 2012
ELK GROVE VILLAGE, Ill. (AP) -- Republican Mitt Romney accused President Barack Obama on Tuesday of ditching a long-standing work requirement for welfare recipients, accusing him of fostering a "culture of dependency" and backing up the charge with a new television commercial....
Syria's Assad returns to public eye with ally Iran
By News on Aug 7, 2012
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BEIRUT (AP) -- Syrian President Bashar Assad made his first appearance on state TV in nearly three weeks Tuesday in a show of solidarity with a senior Iranian envoy even as the U.S. secretary of state urged stepped up international planning for the regime's collapse....Loughner pleads guilty to Ariz. shooting
By News on Aug 7, 2012
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) -- Jared Lee Loughner agreed Tuesday to spend the rest of his life in prison, accepting that he went on a deadly shooting rampage at an Arizona political gathering and sparing the victims a lengthy, possibly traumatic death-penalty trial....
Romney accuses Obama of dismantling welfare reform
By News on Aug 7, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican Mitt Romney is making a new push to cast President Barack Obama as a big government liberal, accusing him of dismantling welfare reform, while Democrats renew efforts to paint Romney as a profit-driven businessman....
More than 1,300 Syrians flee to Turkey
By News on Aug 7, 2012
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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- A Turkish official says more than 1,300 Syrians fled to Turkey overnight to escape spreading violence....