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Olympics powerless over web video

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 19:43
Olympic bosses admit their ban on spectators posting videos and images on social networking sites will be unenforceable.
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Discovery of mad cow in U.S. was stroke of luck

HANFORD, California (AP) — A nondescript building in the heart of California's dairy country has become the focus of intense scrutiny after mad cow disease was discovered in a dead dairy cow.

The finding, announced Tuesday, is the first new case of the disease in the U.S. since 2006 — ...

'Madeleine at nine' image created

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 19:43
British police reviewing the evidence around Madeleine McCann's disappearance in Portugal five years ago issue an image of what she might look like now.
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Chancellor celebrates Bafta nod

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 19:43
Actress on her Bafta nomination and new West End play
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Insurance costs dip for drivers

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 19:43
Motor insurance costs fell during the first three months of the year after a period of rising premiums, the AA says.
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Jordan 'suppressing free speech'

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 19:43
The Jordanian authorities are violating people's right to free speech and undermining the credibility of reform efforts, Human Rights Watch says.
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Could teenagers be stopped from looking at porn?

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 19:43
MPs have warned it's too easy for children to watch online pornography. But could the internet be regulated to protect children? And should it?
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Scaffolding collapse crushes cars

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 19:43
Scaffolding around a hotel in Southsea collapses in high winds, crushing six cars parked beneath.
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Report: NATO misleads with 'Afghan-led' label

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-10 19:43
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- A new report Wednesday by a Kabul-based think tank accuses international forces of misleading the public by calling military operations "Afghan-led" even in cases where NATO or U.S. forces are the only troops on the ground....

Green targets will be met - Davey

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 19:43
Ed Davey says the UK is on course to meet key renewable energy targets by the end of the decade as he hosts a major international summit in London
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Double attack in central Nigeria

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 19:43
Five people are killed, and 10 injured, in two attacks in central Nigeria, one targeting a venue showing the Chelsea-Barcelona match, officials say.
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MHL to hand over Rangers papers

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 19:43
Sir David Murray's company is ordered to hand over copies of correspondence with Craig Whyte's lawyers over the sale of Rangers.
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Marathon donations cross £600,000

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 19:43
More than £600,000 is donated to a charity championed by a 30-year-old woman who died on the last leg of the London Marathon.
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Colombia anger at sex tourism taint

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 19:43
Anger grows in Colombia at US sex scandal fallout
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Young heart patient taken from hospital found safe

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2026-05-10 19:43
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- A 5-year-old heart patient who was on a transplant waiting list when he was taken from a St. Louis hospital by his father has been found safe just outside Chicago, authorities said....
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Twitter hashtag's political power

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 19:43
How Twitter's hashtag is shaping political debate
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The Assault on Food

For every study that says X is bad for you, another study disagrees. How is a layman to decide?

Democratic super PAC, environmental group air ad

AP - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-10 19:43
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Democratic super PAC backing President Barack Obama's re-election and an environmental group are airing $1 million in advertising in Colorado and Nevada seeking to tie Mitt Romney to oil companies....

VIDEO: Record jumpers on leap into unknown

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 19:43
Felix Baumgartner, the adventurer planning to skydive from an altitude of 120,000 feet (36.7 km) this summer, has spoken about the prospect of reaching the speed of sound while falling.
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Jackson presents Hobbit footage

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 19:43
Director Peter Jackson unveils 10 minutes of footage of The Hobbit to a mixed reaction at the CinemaCon convention in the US.
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