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EU: Eurozone recession to be worse, rebound slower

EU: Eurozone recession to be worse, rebound slower
By SARAH DiLORENZOAP Business Writer BRUSSELS (AP) - Europe's economy is still reeling and unemployment could remain high for years despite the progress made in solving the debt crisis, the European Union warned Wednesday, as it downgraded next year's forecasts for the 27-country bloc.

EU: Eurozone recession to be worse, rebound slower

EU: Eurozone recession to be worse, rebound slower
By SARAH DiLORENZOAP Business Writer BRUSSELS (AP) - Europe's economy is still reeling and unemployment could remain high for years despite the progress made in solving the debt crisis, the European Union warned Wednesday, as it downgraded next year's forecasts for the 27-country bloc.

German experts lower growth forecast, urge savings

German experts lower growth forecast, urge savings
By JUERGEN BAETZAssociated Press BERLIN (AP) - Germany's government must do more to cut spending to get its deficit under control as the economy is weakening faster than earlier expected, the country's panel of independent economic advisers said Wednesday. Germany's economy, the

Turnout shaping up to be lower than 2008

Turnout shaping up to be lower than 2008
By JOSH LEDERMANAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A drop in voter turnout in Tuesday's election didn't keep President Barack Obama from winning a second term. Preliminary figures suggest fewer people voted this year than four years ago, when voters shattered turnout records as they

Presidential, social votes show changing mindsets

Presidential, social votes show changing mindsets
By THOMAS BEAUMONTAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Tuesday's presidential election results showed the American voting public has not only become more permanently diverse in its makeup, but also in its mindset. Obama bet, and won, on the assumption that the electorate would retain much of

Presidential, social votes show changing mindsets

Presidential, social votes show changing mindsets
By THOMAS BEAUMONTAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Tuesday's presidential election results showed the American voting public has not only become more permanently diverse in its makeup, but also in its mindset. Obama bet, and won, on the assumption that the electorate would retain much of

Analysis: Both sides see mandate, hard road ahead

Analysis: Both sides see mandate, hard road ahead
By CHARLES BABINGTONAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama's re-election, coupled with Republicans' continued hold on the House, gives both parties a chance to rethink, and perhaps undo, the bitter partisanship that has gripped Washington for four years and frustrated

Man behind anti-Muslim film sentenced to prison

Man behind anti-Muslim film sentenced to prison
By GREG RISLING and LINDA DEUTSCHAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) - The California man behind an anti-Muslim film that led to violence in many parts of the Middle East was sentenced Wednesday to a year in federal prison for probation violations in an unrelated matter, then issued a provocative

Gay marriage, marijuana backed in historic votes

Gay marriage, marijuana backed in historic votes
By DAVID CRARYAP National Writer Altering the course of U.S social policy, Maine and Maryland became the first states to approve same-sex marriage by popular vote, while Washington state and Colorado set up a showdown with federal authorities by legalizing recreational use of marijuana. The

Expert: Fridge may have caused day care fire

Expert: Fridge may have caused day care fire
By JUAN A. LOZANOAssociated Press HOUSTON (AP) - A refrigerator, not a stove, might be to blame for causing a fire at a Texas home day care that killed four children and injured three others, an engineering expert told jurors Wednesday during the owner's murder trial. Prosecutors allege