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Al-Qaida calls for more attacks on embassies

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By AYA BATRAWY and LEE KEATHAssociated Press CAIRO (AP) - Al-Qaida's most active branch in the Middle East called for more attacks on U.S. embassies Saturday to "set the fires blazing," seeking to co-opt outrage over an anti-Muslim film even as the wave of protests that swept 20 countries

Thousands of striking teachers rally in Chicago

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By JASON KEYSER and TAMMY WEBBERAssociated Press CHICAGO (AP) - Thousands of striking Chicago public school teachers and their allies packed a city park Saturday in a boisterous show of force as union leaders and the district tried to work out the details of an agreement that could end a week-

Wis. AG aims to enforce union law during appeals

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Wisconsin's attorney general said Saturday he would seek court permission to keep enforcing a state law that effectively ended collective bargaining for public employees while his office appeals a judge's ruling striking it down. A Dane County judge issued a ruling

Senate race gives ND a taste of intense politics

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By DALE WETZELAssociated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - Hustling to finish his wheat harvest, farmer Mark Nesheim was repairing his combine recently when his cellphone rang. The caller wanted to know if Nesheim would support Republican candidates in November, particularly the North Dakota GOP'

Anger for Islam ties players behind prophet film

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By MICHAEL R. BLOODAssociated Press DUARTE, Calif. (AP) - The shared belief that radical Islam threatens the world brought together an ex-convict, an insurance salesman and a Christian charity in production of a crudely crafted film that ridicules Muslims and the Prophet Muhammad and has

Obama, Romney square off on China, jobs

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By JULIE PACEAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Competing for white working-class voters, President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney squared off Saturday on China and accused each other of backing policies that would move American jobs overseas as the U.S. economy struggles to recover. "

US scrambles to rush spies, drones to Libya

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By KIMBERLY DOZIERAP Intelligence Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. is sending more spies, Marines and drones to Libya, trying to speed the search for those who killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans, but the investigation is complicated by a chaotic security picture in the post-

Misunderstanding set off Kansas City bomb scare?

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By ERIN GARTNER and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTHAssociated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A Missouri man who walked into a downtown Kansas City federal building and set off a bomb scare after asking about whether he was on a government terrorist watch list said it was all a misunderstanding and he was

Quotations of the day

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By The Associated Press "I'd say this was the most unprofessional professional film I've worked on. I don't think anyone took it seriously." - Eric Moers, who served as chief electrician for the anti-Islam film "Innocence of Muslims," which has enraged thousands in the Middle East.

Mass. school: Ex-employee used computer for porn

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BOSTON (AP) - The former medical director of an exclusive Massachusetts prep school was reprimanded for using a school computer to access adult pornography, one of the many reasons his appointment was not renewed, the school says. But John Palfrey, the head of Phillips Academy in Andover, stressed