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Air Force cites progress on F-22 oxygen mystery

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-04-22 12:01
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Air Force believes it is getting much closer to pinpointing the reason why pilots of its prized F-22 stealth fighters sometimes suffer an oxygen deficit during flight, a senior general said Thursday....
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Brotherhood anger at Egypt ruling

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-04-22 12:01
The Muslim Brotherhood warns that Egypt faces "dangerous days" ahead, after the supreme court calls for parliament's lower house to be dissolved.
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Usher reflects on 18 years at the top

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-04-22 12:01
Why R&B star is still seeking contentment
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Greece Votes Again

Opinion Journal - Tue, 2025-04-22 12:01
Polls suggest that millions of voters still want a free lunch.


Obama turns to NYC celebrities for campaign cash

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-04-22 12:01
NEW YORK (AP) -- President Barack Obama soaked in the support - and the campaign cash - of Manhattan's elite entertainers Thursday as his re-election team sought to fill its fundraising coffers....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Quiz of the week's news

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-04-22 12:01
The Magazine's weekly quiz of the news, 7 days 7 questions.
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World Cup Willie's mascot legacy

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-04-22 12:01
Whatever happened to the boy behind World Cup Willie?
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Opera recalls Olympic hero Zatopek

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-04-22 12:01
Legendary athlete Emil Zatopek recalled on stage
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EPA sets tighter standards for soot pollution

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-04-22 12:01
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Responding to a lawsuit from 11 states, the Environmental Protection Agency is proposing new air quality standards to lower the amount of soot that can be released into the air....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

In search for cash, Obama keeps an A-list cast

AP - Politics - Tue, 2025-04-22 12:01
NEW YORK (AP) -- President Barack Obama is soaking in the support - and the campaign cash - of elite New York entertainers....

US Olympic uniforms could shave time off sprints

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-04-22 12:01
NEW YORK (AP) -- U.S. Olympic track and field athletes will wear uniforms at the London Summer Olympics that Nike says could shave up to 0.023 seconds off 100-meter sprint times - a difference that could have elevated Walter Dix from bronze to the silver medal at the Beijing Olympics....
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Noonan: Who Benefits From the 'Avalanche of Leaks'?

Opinion Journal - Tue, 2025-04-22 12:01
Martin KozlowskiMartin KozlowskiMartin KozlowskiMartin KozlowskiWho Benefits From the 'Avalanche of Leaks'?

They seem designed to glorify President Obama and help his re-election campaign, Peggy Noonan writes.

Who Benefits From the 'Avalanche of Leaks'?

DECLARATIONS: They seem designed to glorify President Obama and help his re-election campaign.

Who Benefits From the 'Avalanche of Leaks'?

DECLARATIONS By Peggy Noonan They seem designed to glorify President Obama and help his re-election campaign.

Noonan: Who Benefits From the 'Avalanche of Leaks'?

They seem designed to glorify President Obama and help his re-election campaign.


Siri, Skyvi duel over Casey Anthony

CNN - Top Stories - Tue, 2025-04-22 12:01
HLN's Clark Howard puts Apple's Siri and Android's Skyvi voice command to the test with a familiar name.
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African visas 'unfairly rejected'

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-04-22 12:01
UK Border Agency staff processing visa applications from Africa are "acting unfairly" and wrongly refusing entry to the UK, an independent report claims.
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Forest chief says wildfires show urgency for restoration

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — As firefighters battle blazes in New Mexico and Colorado that have forced evacuations and destroyed hundreds of structures, the U.S. Forest Service chief is renewing his call to restore forests to a more natural state, where fire was a part of the landscape.

Experts say a combination ...

Grassley to Holder: Prove claim about Bush-era gun probe

The ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee challenged Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. on Thursday to "produce any evidence" proving his claim that a prior attorney general knew about a gunrunning investigation during the Bush administration or apologize "if no such evidence is available."

Sen. Chuck Grassley of ...

APNewsBreak: Rubio book says he almost quit race

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-04-22 12:01
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- Sen. Marco Rubio was on the verge of dropping out of the 2010 race for Senate, convinced that then-Gov. Charlie Crist's popularity, power and money would be too much to overcome in a Republican primary. He was also afraid any future political ambitions would be crushed by Crist's supporters, Rubio wrote in his autobiography to be released next week....
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APNewsBreak: Rubio book says he almost quit race

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-04-22 12:01
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- Sen. Marco Rubio was on the verge of dropping out of the 2010 race for Senate, convinced that then-Gov. Charlie Crist's popularity, power and money would be too much to overcome in a Republican primary. He was also afraid any future political ambitions would be crushed by Crist's supporters, Rubio wrote in his autobiography to be released next week....
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APNewsBreak: Rubio book says he almost quit race

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-04-22 12:01
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- Sen. Marco Rubio was on the verge of dropping out of the 2010 race for Senate, convinced that then-Gov. Charlie Crist's popularity, power and money would be too much to overcome in a Republican primary. He was also afraid any future political ambitions would be crushed by Crist's supporters, Rubio wrote in his autobiography to be released next week....
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Red dot becomes 'oldest cave art'

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-04-22 12:01
New tests on Spanish cave motifs show them to be thousands of years older than previously thought.
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