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Will Donald Trump's Same-Sex Stance Alienate Gay Travelers?

Apr 22, 2011 - 2:45 PM |AOL News

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LAS VEGAS -- Donald Trump's bluster may be raising the would-be GOP presidential candidate's poll numbers and ginning up ratings for his reality-TV show, but his remarks about same-sex marriage are...

Naked Ambition: How PETA's Strategy of Nearly Nude Protesting Pays Off

Apr 22, 2011 - 8:36 AM |AOL News

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The letters P-E-T-A stand for "People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals," but you're forgiven if you thought they stood for "Publicity Events involving T and A." After all, it seems every time...

Obama's Deficit Plans Run Into Economic Reality

Apr 22, 2011 - 7:12 AM |AP

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LOS ANGELES -- President Barack Obama headed west to sell his big picture deficit-reduction plan. But many people are waiting for a quick fix to their own economic problems caused chiefly by...

Nevada Sen. John Ensign Announces Resignation

Apr 21, 2011 - 9:38 PM |AP

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LAS VEGAS --Nevada Sen. John Ensign announced Thursday he will resign amid an ethics investigation, insisting he's done nothing wrong but saying he could no longer subject his family and constituents...

King Trumps 5 as Card Flip Settles an Election Tie in North Las Vegas

Apr 21, 2011 - 7:36 PM |AOL News

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LAS VEGAS -- The cards were unsealed, jokers removed. The deck was spread out on a green felt table for inspection. The man overseeing the proceedings even made an amateur flub, telling the women to...

Obama: 'Change Turned Out to Be a Lot Tougher Than Expected'

Apr 21, 2011 - 3:48 PM |AP

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SAN FRANCISCO -- President Barack Obama told supporters on Thursday he is pressing ahead with his agenda in a difficult political environment in Washington and that "change turned out to be a lot...

Calif. GOP Leader Says Offensive Obama Email Sender Should Resign

Apr 21, 2011 - 12:14 PM |AP

FULLERTON, Calif. -- The head of Orange County's Republican Party is vowing to keep up the pressure on a local GOP official to resign for sending an offensive email about President Barack...

States Seek to Make It Safer to Find Love Online

Apr 21, 2011 - 4:25 AM |AP

HARTFORD, Conn. - Something just didn't seem right when Ilana Angel met her Internet date at a bar. He furtively looked around the room and immediately suggested they go someplace else in his car,...

J. Edgar Hoover's FBI Took UFOs Seriously, Documents Suggest

Apr 20, 2011 - 8:23 AM |AOL News

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Several UFO stories appeared in the news this week, many miles and years apart. Yet they share a possible similar explanation: Earth-based remote-controlled devices. Earlier this month, the FBI...

Comprehensive Immigration Reform Unlikely to Pass GOP

Apr 20, 2011 - 5:04 AM |AP

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama revisited a key campaign promise when he hosted a White House meeting of elected officials and experts on immigration. But if a major overhaul of the nation's...

Prison Guards Getting Payoff for Supporting Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown?

Apr 19, 2011 - 5:35 PM |AOL News

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A taxpayer rights group has blasted California Gov. Jerry Brown, a Democrat, for giving the prison guards who funded his re-election a new contract that will eventually cost millions to a state that...

Obama's Pulpit Is Bully, but GOP Keeps Charging

Apr 19, 2011 - 5:02 PM |AP

Pablo Martinez Monsivais, AP

WASHINGTON -- Running for re-election, President Barack Obama is employing powers not available to his Republican challengers. Just this week he's holding town halls in three states, arriving in...

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