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Interest rates 'hitting pensions'

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 08:59
The government should explore ways to help pensioners whose retirement income has been undermined by low interest rates, MPs say.
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London 2012 Games motto revealed

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 08:59
The official London Olympic motto is unveiled as events are held to mark 100 days to the 2012 Games opening ceremony.
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Citigroup pay increase voted down

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 08:59
Citigroup shareholders vote against giving top executives a bigger pay deal in a rare show of investor discontent.
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Nato to discuss Afghan funding

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 08:59
Nato ministers are meeting in Brussels for two days of talks set to be dominated by plans for troop withdrawal from Afghanistan.
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AP PHOTOS: Flower show celebrates N. Korea founder

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-11 08:59
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- North Korea's failed rocket has reappeared in a new form - at an annual flower show that combines floral extravaganza with high praise for the country's founding father Kim Il Sung....

AP PHOTOS: Flower show celebrates N. Korea founder

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-11 08:59
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- North Korea's failed rocket has reappeared in a new form - at an annual flower show that combines floral extravaganza with high praise for the country's founding father Kim Il Sung....

Pyongyang 'not bound by US deal'

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 08:59
North Korea says it is no longer bound by a moratorium on missile and nuclear tests agreed with the US in February in return for food aid.
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$1M lottery winner kept food stamps

LINCOLN PARK, Mich. — A Michigan lottery winner was charged with fraud Tuesday for collecting food stamps and public health insurance despite pocketing a $735,000 jackpot.

Amanda Clayton, 25, was silent during a brief court hearing after spending a night in jail. A not-guilty plea was entered, and her attorney ...

American Scene: Judge backs state in discrimination case

DES MOINES — A judge has ruled that Iowa's state government hiring policies have not discriminated against blacks.

District Judge Robert Blink ruled Tuesday against a class of up to 6,000 black employees and applicants passed over for jobs and promotions with Iowa's executive branch dating back to 2003. He ...

Police handcuff girl over tantrum

ATLANTA — Police in Georgia handcuffed a kindergartner with her arms behind her back after the girl threw a tantrum and the police chief defended the action as a safety measure.

The girl's family demanded Tuesday that their central Georgia city change the policy so that other children aren't treated ...

Drive to build Vikings a stadium short of goal

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton conceded Tuesday that the deal to build the Minnesota Vikings a new stadium may not happen until next year, but he said he's confident it will get done despite a critical setback in the Legislature, largely due to his own party's legislators.

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Body found, woman held in Calif. Marine wife case

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-11 08:59
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Authorities arrested a woman Tuesday for investigation of murder after finding a body in their search for the missing wife of a U.S. Marine....
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The real GSA scandal: Job-killing big labor payoffs

Stop the presses: Big-spending Democrats are finally up in arms over a federal boondoggle.

VIDEO: Olympics people in numbers

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 08:59
The cast of thousands behind London Olympics
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Force behind 'stand your ground’ bows to pressure from liberal groups

The American Legislative Exchange Council, the low-profile but high-impact force behind a wave of conservative-oriented legislative initiatives across the country, said Tuesday it was dropping the task force that helped produce some of its most contentious bills.

ALEC's work was in the national spotlight in recent days because it helped ...

Sister's tearful plea for missing soldier

CNN - Top Stories - Mon, 2026-05-11 08:59
Police were searching Tuesday for a missing Fort Bragg, North Carolina, soldier they say may be in danger. She was last seen leaving a bar.
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Drinking water 'improves grades'

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 08:59
Students who bring water into the exam hall may improve their grades, a study suggests.
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Obama wants to target oil market manipulation

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-11 08:59
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama pushed Congress Tuesday to give oil market regulators more muscle to deter price manipulation by speculators, the latest White House response to determined Republican attacks on administration energy policies amid high gas prices at the pump....

Obama wants to target oil market manipulation

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-11 08:59
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama pushed Congress Tuesday to give oil market regulators more muscle to deter price manipulation by speculators, the latest White House response to determined Republican attacks on administration energy policies amid high gas prices at the pump....

Obama wants to target oil market manipulation

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-11 08:59
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama pushed Congress Tuesday to give oil market regulators more muscle to deter price manipulation by speculators, the latest White House response to determined Republican attacks on administration energy policies amid high gas prices at the pump....
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