WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has been talking about bipartisan cooperation, ahead of a lunch today with 16 top-ranking lawmakers from both parties. Before meeting with his Cabinet this morning, Obama told reporters that good ideas don’t necessarily come from one party. And he said cooperation is possible, as long as a Republican-run Congress…
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BANGKOK (AP) — Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah has been re-elected unopposed as head of the world’s national Olympic committees. The Kuwaiti, who also heads Asia’s top Olympic body, was the only candidate for president of the Association of National Olympic Committees. Sheikh Ahmad was elected to a two-year interim term in 2012 after longtime ANOC…
MARK GILLISPIE Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — Attorneys for the estate of a disabled toddler who died of malnutrition and dehydration and his six siblings are suing county agencies and health care providers in northern Ohio, claiming they ignored warning signs of neglect. Isaac Brothers-Bartholomew was 18 months old when his 11-year-old brother found him…
BEIJING (AP) — Despite earlier estimates that new exemptions to China’s one-child policy would add up to 2 million extra births per year, only 700,000 newly qualified couples applied to have a second child this year, a Chinese official said. Zhao Yanpei, a senior official at the National Health and Family Planning Commission, told reporters…
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SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Notre Dame safety Eilar Hardy has been cleared by the NCAA to play after being held out of games since August while the university investigated five players for possible academic dishonesty. The school announced Friday that Hardy was the only player allowed to return to the team this season after…
CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Two of the nation’s best offenses will match up when Baylor and Oklahoma face off on Saturday. The 10th-ranked Bears (7-1, 4-1 Big 12) lead the nation with just over 50 points and 590 yards per game. The 16th-ranked Sooners (6-2, 3-2) are eighth nationally in…
CHICAGO (AP) — The average price of an NBA ticket increased 3.4 percent this season to $53.98. According to Team Marketing Report on Friday, the New York Knicks have the highest average at $129.38, followed by the Los Angeles Lakers at $102.25, the Chicago Bulls at $82.33 and the Miami Heat at $78.30. Among those…
NEW YORK (AP) — Major U.S. stock indexes are drifting in midday trading after the government’s monthly jobs report fell just short of Wall Street’s expectations. The Labor Department said U.S. employers added 214,000 jobs to their payrolls in October. That was a solid number but still was less than what economists were looking for….
