Bush fails to win Saudi help on gas prices
 RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- President Bush failed to win the help he sought from Saudi Arabia to relieve skyrocketing American gas prices Friday, a setback for the former Texas oilman who took office predicting he would jawbone oil-producing nations to help the U.S... |
Obama criticizes McCain for 'naive' foreign policy
 WATERTOWN, S.D. (AP) -- Barack Obama laid into John McCain on Friday for advancing a tough-guy foreign policy that he called "naive and irresponsible," serving notice that he's ready to launch a full-throttle challenge to the Republican presidential contender on int... |
Aftershock rattles China quake zone
 YINGXIU, China (AP) -- A powerful aftershock knocked out roads and communications in some of the most quake-ravaged parts of central China on Friday, as emergency crews rescued more than 30 people who had survived up to 100 improbable hours trapped in the ruins. Wit... |
McCain courts NRA, makes gun shop visit
 LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Courting his sometime critics within the gun lobby, John McCain told the National Rifle Association on Friday that Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton would both undermine the rights of gun owners. "If either Senator Clinton or... |
Intel agencies seek help recruiting new immigrants
 McLEAN, VA (AP) -- The U.S. is its own worst enemy when it comes to the desperately important task of recruiting immigrants as spies, analysts and translators in the war on terror, new Americans are telling intelligence officials. The government's policies raise sus... |
Alabama sheriffs feed inmates on $1.75 a day
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -- Back in the day of chain gangs, Alabama passed a law that gave sheriffs $1.75 a day to feed each prisoner in their jails, and the sheriffs got to pocket anything that was left over. More than 80 years later, most Alabama counties still opera... |
AP IMPACT: Losing racehorses killed in Puerto Rico
 CANOVANAS, Puerto Rico (AP) -- For thoroughbreds in this U.S. Caribbean territory, being fast enough to win, place or show is a matter of life and death - losers often don't even make it off the racetrack grounds alive. More than 400 horses, many in perfect health,... |
Daytime's 'The View' to go backstage for 1 show
 NEW YORK (AP) -- Daytime's "The View" will rerun one of its shows in two weeks from an entirely different view that lets fans know a little about what goes on backstage. Producers will attempt the experiment with the Memorial Day episode, which is being taped a week... |
Calif. wine patriarch Robert Mondavi dies at 94
 BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) -- Robert Mondavi, the pioneering vintner who helped put California wine country on the map, died at his Napa Valley home Friday. He was 94. Mondavi died peacefully at his home in Yountville, Robert Mondavi Winery spokeswoman Mia Malm said. He... |
Soriano homers twice to lead Cubs over Pirates 7-4
 CHICAGO (AP) -- Alfonso Soriano got booed and jeered during a slow start. Now, he's showing again that he can carry a team. Soriano homered in his first two at-bats, Geovany Soto and Mark DeRosa went deep and the surging Chicago Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-4... |
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