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Spain crisis deepens with jobless rise, downgrade

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-10 14:49
MADRID (AP) -- The hole in Spain's economy is getting deeper....

GOP ignores veto threat, passes student loan bill

AP - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-10 14:49
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans ignored a veto threat and overcame a rebellion by party conservatives to push a bill through the House Friday keeping interest rates on millions of federal student loans from doubling this summer....

Activists: Blind Chinese lawyer flees house arrest

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-10 14:49
BEIJING (AP) -- A blind legal activist and inspirational figure in China's rights movement fled the house arrest he has lived under and made it to a secret location in Beijing on Friday, setting off a frantic police search for him and those who helped him, activists said....

APNewsBreak: Report predicted cartels at UT fight

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2026-05-10 14:49
EL PASO, Texas (AP) -- A federal risk assessment of a now-canceled West Texas boxing match predicted it would draw leaders from two rival drug cartels, but noted the cartels had declared the event a "neutral zone," a law enforcement official told The Associated Press on Friday....
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Experts: UK spy found dead in bag likely had help

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-10 14:49
LONDON (AP) -- Experts said Friday it was almost impossible for a British spy whose naked body was found locked inside a sports bag to have climbed inside and pulled the zipper closed himself - increasingly the likelihood someone else was involved in his mysterious death....

Experts: UK spy found dead in bag likely had help

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-10 14:49
LONDON (AP) -- Experts said Friday it was almost impossible for a British spy whose naked body was found locked inside a sports bag to have climbed inside and pulled the zipper closed himself - increasingly the likelihood someone else was involved in his mysterious death....

Obama targets diploma mills that market to vets

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2026-05-10 14:49
FORT STEWART, Ga. (AP) -- President Barack Obama reached out to a generation of young soldiers Friday as he added new protections for veterans and military families misled or bilked by career colleges and technical programs that target their federal education benefits. "They don't care about you," he said, "they care about your cash."...
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Rare Armstrong recording released

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 14:49
One of the last live recordings by jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong, performing shortly before his death against the advice of his doctors, is made public.
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Italian fugitive arrested outside Scotland Yard

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-10 14:49
LONDON (AP) -- When British police finally snared an Italian fugitive wanted for the last 30 years, the task couldn't have been easier: he was arrested across the street from Scotland Yard's London headquarters, officials said Friday....

PROMISES, PROMISES: Romney pledges raise questions

AP - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-10 14:49
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is making campaign promises that could produce an economic miracle - or a more predictable list of broken vows....

PROMISES, PROMISES: Romney pledges raise questions

AP - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-10 14:49
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is making campaign promises that could produce an economic miracle - or a more predictable list of broken vows....

PROMISES, PROMISES: Romney pledges raise questions

AP - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-10 14:49
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is making campaign promises that could produce an economic miracle - or a more predictable list of broken vows....

PROMISES, PROMISES: Romney pledges raise questions

AP - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-10 14:49
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is making campaign promises that could produce an economic miracle - or a more predictable list of broken vows....

PROMISES, PROMISES: Romney pledges raise questions

AP - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-10 14:49
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is making campaign promises that could produce an economic miracle - or a more predictable list of broken vows....

House committee could cite Holder for contempt

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2026-05-10 14:49
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A House Committee is preparing a contempt citation against Attorney General Eric Holder in a dispute over access to documents from a flawed gun-tracking operation....
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Soldier shot dead in Afghanistan

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 14:49
A soldier from 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards serving in Afghanistan dies from a gunshot wound, the Ministry of Defence says.
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Minn. air passenger: Water filtration pipes in bag

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2026-05-10 14:49
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- A checked bag containing PVC pipes and several wires prompted authorities to briefly clear out a Minneapolis airport terminal Friday, and its owner told police it was the second time in three years his device had forced an airport evacuation, an official said....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Bear wanders onto Colo. campus, moved to mountains

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — A 200-pound black bear that wandered onto the University of Colorado campus has been relocated to the nearby Rocky Mountains.

State wildlife official Jennifer Churchill said Friday that the male bear was tagged and taken to a remote area of ponderosa pines, oak brush and chokeberry ...

Saleh nephew 'quits Yemen army'

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 14:49
The nephew of former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh is reported to have agreed to stand down as head of the Presidential Guard.
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Universities facing new shake-up

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 14:49
A body representing UK universities has warned it is vital that government plans do not end up reducing overall student numbers in the sector.
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