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Obama campaign seeks to reassure nervous Democrats

Obama campaign seeks to reassure nervous Democrats
By JULIE PACEAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats aren't just nervous about President Barack Obama's listless debate performance. One month from Election Day, supporters worry his campaign hasn't been aggressive enough in managing the fallout, and they fear losing ground

Obama campaign seeks to reassure nervous Democrats

Obama campaign seeks to reassure nervous Democrats
By JULIE PACEAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats aren't just nervous about President Barack Obama's listless debate performance. One month from Election Day, supporters worry his campaign hasn't been aggressive enough in managing the fallout, and they fear losing ground

2 US scientists win Nobel chemistry prize

2 US scientists win Nobel chemistry prize
By KARL RITTER and LOUISE NORDSTROMAssociated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) - Two American researchers won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for studies of protein receptors that let body cells sense and respond to outside signals like danger or the flavor of food. Such studies are key for

Board vote: San Francisco sheriff to retain job

Board vote: San Francisco sheriff to retain job
By TERRY COLLINSAssociated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Officials voted Tuesday to keep San Francisco's sheriff in office, nearly seven months after he pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor false imprisonment charge stemming from a New Year's Eve dispute with his actress wife. Four of the 11-

Gunman opens fire in NJ car; 2 killed, 3 wounded

Gunman opens fire in NJ car; 2 killed, 3 wounded
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) - A masked man carrying a gun and a machete entered a parked car and opened fire on five young adults inside, killing the driver and a passenger and wounding the others, then pushed aside the driver's body and drove off with four of the victims inside, authorities said, in a

Preserving Egypt's revolutionary graffiti

Preserving Egypt's revolutionary graffiti
By HAMZA HENDAWIAssociated Press CAIRO (AP) - Graffiti has been among the most powerful art forms and tools of Egypt's revolution and the turbulent months since, but it also has proven to be its most vulnerable and ephemeral. For nearly two years, the slogans, portraits and artwork that

Bus from Canada overturns on NJ exit ramp; 23 hurt

Bus from Canada overturns on NJ exit ramp; 23 hurt
WAYNE, N.J. (AP) - A tour bus from Canada carrying about 60 people bound for New York City overturned on a highway exit ramp in northern New Jersey early Saturday, slid down an embankment and landed on its side, injuring 23 people on board, authorities said. The driver, who suffered a gash in his

NY AG sues JPMorgan over Bear Stearns securities

NY AG sues JPMorgan over Bear Stearns securities
NEW YORK (AP) - The New York attorney general's office has hit JPMorgan Chase & Co. with a civil lawsuit, alleging that investment bank Bear Stearns - prior to its collapse and subsequent sale to JPMorgan in 2008 - perpetrated massive fraud in deals involving billions in residential

NY AG sues JPMorgan over Bear Stearns securities

NY AG sues JPMorgan over Bear Stearns securities
NEW YORK (AP) - The New York attorney general's office has hit JPMorgan Chase & Co. with a civil lawsuit, alleging that investment bank Bear Stearns - prior to its collapse and subsequent sale to JPMorgan in 2008 - perpetrated massive fraud in deals involving billions in residential

Skydiver aims to break sound barrier in free fall

Skydiver aims to break sound barrier in free fall
By MARCIA DUNNAP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - His blood could boil. His lungs could overinflate. The vessels in his brain could burst. His eyes could hemorrhage. And, yes, he could break his neck while jumping from a mind-boggling altitude of 23 miles. But the risk of a gruesome