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  PHOENIX (AP) — Judge denies request by Arizona Green Party to kick GOP-recruited candidates off ballot. more »

  Associated Press44 minutes ago

• Today in History

  In 1957, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed into law the first civil rights bill to pass Congress since Reconstruction. In 1960, in the first regular-season American Football League game, the Denver Broncos defeated the Boston Patriots,... more »

  The Associated Press, Associated Press23 hours ago

  entertainment (general) | music | American football | NFL

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  CAPITAL CULTURE: All the presidents' best-sellers

  WASHINGTON (AP) — Already in distinctive company as an American president, George W. Bush seeks to join an even more select group: president and top-selling author. Since The New York Times began its weekly lists of best-sellers in 1942, only... more »

  DOUGLASS K. DANIEL, Associated Press Writer Associated Press2 days ago

  award and prize | accomplishment | homicide | crime | literature

• Obama getting fewer judges confirmed than Nixon

  The delaying tactics have proved so successful, despite the Democrats' substantial Senate majority, that fewer than half of Obama's nominees have been confirmed and 102 out of 854 judgeships are vacant. The Obama administration got a slow start... more »

  MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press Writer Associated Press3 days ago

  parties and movements | judiciary (system of justice) | election

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  Pulitzer-winning cartoonist Paul Conrad dies at 86

  Conrad, who died Saturday at age 86, won the coveted prize three times for his efforts but he also made Richard Nixon's enemies list. The Times said in a Saturday story that its longtime publisher came to expect that his breakfast would be... more »

  ANDREW DALTON, Associated Press Writer Associated Press5 days ago

  award and prize | elementary schools | school | armed conflict

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  AP Interview: Author leaving home next to Palins

  Palin's neighbor of three months on Wasilla's Lake Lucille, author Joe McGinniss, is packing his bags and notebooks and leaving Sunday for his home in Massachusetts to write the book he has been researching on the former governor and GOP vice... more »

  DAN JOLING, Associated Press Writer Associated Press5 days ago

  children | homicide | crime | firearms | gardening | literature

• Analysis: A cool optimism for Mideast peace

  WASHINGTON (AP) — Israel's prime minister and the Palestinian president have set off on a yearlong peace journey, taking to a well-trod road that has led only to failure for nearly two decades. [...] the Shiite Muslim theocracy in Iran has... more »

  STEVEN R. HURST, Associated Press Writer Associated Press6 days ago

  diplomacy | peace negotiations | ministers (government) | parties and movements

• Fighting words: UFC chief to speak at Oxford club

  LAS VEGAS (AP) — The distinguished Oxford University debate club has featured such speakers as Albert Einstein, Winston Churchill and Malcolm X. The late Benazir Bhutto was once club president when she was a student, long before she became... more »

  OSKAR GARCIA, Associated Press Writer Associated Press1 week ago

• UFC president to address Oxford debate club

  LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Oxford University debate club has invited Ultimate Fighting Championship President Dana White to speak to its members. Ultimate Fighting Championship officials told The Associated Press that the 187-year-old Oxford Union... more »

  OSKAR GARCIA, Associated Press Writer Associated Press1 week ago

• UFC president White to address Oxford debate club

  LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Oxford University debate club with past speakers including Sir Winston Churchill, Robert Kennedy and Yasser Arafat has invited Ultimate Fighting Championship President Dana White to speak to its members. Ultimate Fighting... more »

  OSKAR GARCIA, Associated Press Writer Associated Press1 week ago