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Women, working class get campaigns' hard sell

Written by Julie Pace and Philip Elliott - ASSOCIATED PRESS Wednesday, 08 August 2012 15:35

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Republican candidate Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama are making the hard sell to working-class and women voters while raising the volume of their criticism to cast the other guy as an extremist. Romney's team thrust welfare into the campaign with an ad claiming that Obama planned to dole out taxpayer dollars to anyone, even those not trying to find work. For his part, Obama was to appear Wednesday with Sandra Fluke, the Georgetown University student who became a flashpoint for women's health and, by proxy, abortion rights. Obama's message: Romney would take away women's…

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Egypt's president fires intelligence chief

Written by Hamza Hendawi and Sarah El Deeb - ASSOCIATED PRESS Wednesday, 08 August 2012 15:26

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's president fired his intelligence chief on Wednesday for failing to act on an Israeli warning of an imminent attack days before militants stormed a border post in the Sinai Peninsula and killed 16 soldiers. The dismissal, which followed Egyptian airstrikes against Sinai militants, also marked a bold attempt by the Islamist leader to deflect popular anger over the attack. It pointed to a surprising level of cooperation with the powerful military leaders who stripped the presidency of significant powers just before Morsi took office June 30. In a major shake-up, President Mohammed Morsi also asked Defense…

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Curiosity sends back flood of new views from Mars

Written by Alicia Chang - AP SCIENCE WRITER Wednesday, 08 August 2012 15:23

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — NASA's latest adventure to Mars has given the world more than just glimpses of a new alien landscape. It opened a window into the trip itself, from video footage of the landing to a photo of the rover hanging by a parachute to a shot of discarded spacecraft hardware strewn across the surface. And the best views — of Mars and the journey there — are yet to come. "Spectacular," mission deputy project scientist Joy Crisp said of the footage. "We've not had that before." Since parking itself inside an ancient crater Sunday night, the Curiosity…

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Man charged with murder in wife's hospital death

Written by Thomas J. Sheeran - ASSOCIATED PRESS Wednesday, 08 August 2012 15:17

AKRON, Ohio (AP) — A man accused of shooting his wife of 45 years in a hospital intensive care unit in what may have been a mercy killing was charged Wednesday with aggravated murder, and his attorney said the man always acted out of love. John Wise appeared before a municipal court judge in Akron via video from jail Wednesday morning. No plea was entered. He must return to court Aug. 22. Wise, who lived with his wife in Massillon, is accused of shooting her at her bedside in the ICU unit of Akron General Medical Center Saturday. She died…

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