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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) – In a Republican Party struggling to find its identity, the surprise withdrawal of the chosen GOP candidate for a New York congressional race—forced by a rising conservative upstart—renews a lingering national debate: Are moderates welcome in today’s Grand Old Party? The question became even more relevant Sunday when the ex-candidate, state [...]

ISLAMABAD (AP) – Citing security concerns, the U.N. suspended long-term development work in two key areas along Pakistan’s volatile border with Afghanistan on Monday, a blow to international efforts to counter the country’s rising militancy. Underscoring the militant threat, an explosion near a bank killed four people and wounded more than a dozen in the [...]

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RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) – An explosion outside a bank near Pakistan’s capital killed at least 34 people Monday, the latest in a wave of attacks by militants since the army launched a new offensive against them last month. The growing violence in the country prompted the U.N. on Monday to suspend long-term development in Pakistan’s [...]

Fox News: In a coup of sorts for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the Republican candidate who just dropped out of the race for an upstate New York congressional seat endorsed her former Democratic opponent Sunday. President Obama also stumped for Gov. Jon Corzine at two New Jersey campaign events. President Obama and his Democratic [...]

Washington Times: For decades as white residents fled to the suburbs, Atlanta’s black political establishment, led by a string of strong mayors, revived the moribund economy and so revamped the city’s image that it earned a national reputation as “Hotlanta.” Ironically, that success – including a winning bid to host the 1996 Summer Olympics and [...]

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – Iran’s hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday compared the power of Iran’s enemies to a “mosquito,” saying Iran now deals with the West over its nuclear activities from a position of power. The comment from Ahmadinejad came as Iran is negotiating with the West over a U.N.-backed proposal to ship its [...]

BEIJING (AP) – China will set the future direction of its burgeoning ties with Africa at a multinational forum in Egypt this month, Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi was quoted as saying on Sunday. Premier Wen Jiabao plans to attend the Nov. 8-9 Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in the resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, Yang said in [...]

WASHINGTON (AP) – What’s all the fuss about? After all the noise over Democrats’ push for a government insurance plan to compete with private carriers, coverage numbers are finally in: Two percent. That’s the estimated share of Americans younger than 65 who’d sign up for the public option plan under the health care bill that [...]

“John McCain doesn’t know what he’s up against” – Barack Obama referring to the ACORN voter fraud he was banking on to win election. Remember these words as the New Jersey results come in. WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama is making a last-minute campaign appearance for New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine’s re-election bid. Obama’s [...]

Fox News: Turning the clock back may mean more sleep, but it may mean trouble for your body. Dr. Atul Malhotra, medical director of the sleep disorders research program in the division of sleep medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, says there are ways to keep the time change from disruption your body [...]