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Stanford gets 110 years for fraud

BBC - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 00:49
Disgraced Texas tycoon Allen Stanford, famed for bankrolling cricket in the Caribbean, is jailed for 110 years for running a $7bn Ponzi scheme.
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Nationwide manhunt in progress for NY surgeon

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 00:49
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -- The search for a trauma surgeon and former military weapons expert who disappeared after the shooting death of his ex-girlfriend in a Buffalo hospital escalated into a nationwide manhunt Thursday, with authorities warning law enforcers and the public he could be armed and dangerous....
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Opinion: No longer silent on Sandusky

CNN - Top Stories - Fri, 2024-11-29 00:49
Jon Wertheim says that as details emerge from the Sandusky trial, Mike McQueary cannot simply be cast as a villain
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Romney campaigns with grandchildren

AP - Politics - Fri, 2024-11-29 00:49
TROY, Ohio (AP) -- Mitt Romney is focusing on his grandchildren on Father's Day, bringing three of them to talk to the reporters traveling on his campaign plane....

Photos: Ride along with Lance

CNN - Top Stories - Fri, 2024-11-29 00:49
Photos: Lance Armstrong over the years
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Paul: Don't let drones invade privacy

CNN - Top Stories - Fri, 2024-11-29 00:49
Sen. Rand Paul says it would violate the constitution to use drones for routine surveillance of Americans
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Rebels turn to homemade bombs

CNN - Top Stories - Fri, 2024-11-29 00:49
Syrian rebels outgunned by the military might of Bashar al-Assad's regime are relying instead on Iraqi insurgent-style improvised bombs.
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Pembs 'time out' pupil speaks out

BBC - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 00:49
One of the pupils at the centre of child protection failings in Pembrokeshire tells how he was locked in a padded 'time out' room.
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Guilty verdict in 'stand ground' case

CNN - Top Stories - Fri, 2024-11-29 00:49
A Texas man faces up to life in prison after a jury convicted him of murder for killing an unarmed neighbor.
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Ore. court: Scouts 'perversion files' to be public

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 00:49
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- The Oregon Supreme Court on Thursday approved the release of 20,000 pages of so-called perversion files compiled by the Boy Scouts of America on suspected child molesters within the organization for more than 20 years, giving the public its first chance to review the records....
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US: Russian helicopters are refurbished, not new

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 00:49
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The State Department is acknowledging that the Russian helicopters Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said represented an escalation in the Syrian conflict were actually returning to Syria after being refurbished and are not new tools against Syrian opposition groups....
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Hamas informer in Israel on lecture tour

AP - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 00:49
JERUSALEM (AP) -- The son of a Hamas founder who renounced his father's militant group to spy for Israel has returned to the Jewish state on a pro-Israel lecture tour, an Israeli official said Thursday....

NYC police investigate Brown-Drake brawl report

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 00:49
NEW YORK (AP) -- New York City police investigated a report Thursday of a bar brawl involving hip-hop stars Drake and Chris Brown and their entourages in which bottles flew and five people were injured....
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Kidnaping by Mexican police caught on video

AP - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 00:49
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- It was all caught on video: Five heavily armed policemen barge into a hotel in western Mexico before dawn and march out with three handcuffed men in underwear....

Nokia cuts 10,000 jobs, streamlines to save costs

AP - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 00:49
HELSINKI (AP) -- Nokia says it will slash 10,000 jobs and close plants as the ailing company fights fierce competition, and gave a grim outlook for most of the year, causing its shares to plummet 18 percent to close at (EURO)1.83 ($2.30)....

Nokia cuts 10,000 jobs, streamlines to save costs

AP - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 00:49
HELSINKI (AP) -- Nokia says it will slash 10,000 jobs and close plants as the ailing company fights fierce competition, and gave a grim outlook for most of the year, causing its shares to plummet 18 percent to close at (EURO)1.83 ($2.30)....

Senate panel blocks new rules on foreign workers

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 00:49
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Several Democrats on a key Senate panel have voted with Republicans to temporarily block new labor-friendly Obama administration rules for seasonal foreign workers who often perform backbreaking labor at low wages....
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Code red! App warns you about evil

CNN - Top Stories - Fri, 2024-11-29 00:49
Would it help you manage your stress level to get a warning that the text message you're about to read is your boss or partner chewing you out? The creators of a new mobile app think so.
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