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GOP willing to bend on issues after election

By THOMAS BEAUMONT and JOSH LEDERMANAssociated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - For years, Republicans have adhered fiercely to their bedrock conservative principles, resisting Democratic calls for tax hikes, comprehensive immigration reform and gun control. Now, seven weeks after an electoral

GOP willing to bend on issues after election

By THOMAS BEAUMONT and JOSH LEDERMANAssociated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - For years, Republicans have adhered fiercely to their bedrock conservative principles, resisting Democratic calls for tax hikes, comprehensive immigration reform and gun control. Now, seven weeks after an electoral

Kazakhstan military plane crashes, killing 27

MOSCOW (AP) - Kazakhstan's acting border service chief was among 27 people killed in a military plane crash Tuesday near a southern city, another blow to the agency after he was appointed in June to deal with the aftermath of a mass killing involving a conscript. The Russian-made An-72 crashed

West Coast girds for more tsunami debris in winter

By ALICIA CHANGAP Science Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) - Volunteers who patrol California beaches for plastic, cigarette butts and other litter will be on the lookout this winter for flotsam from last year's monstrous tsunami off Japan's coast. Armed with index-size cards, beachcombers will log