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See Dan read: Baboons can learn to spot real words

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2026-05-10 22:28
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Dan the baboon sits in front of a computer screen. The letters BRRU pop up. With a quick and almost dismissive tap, the monkey signals it's not a word. Correct. Next comes, ITCS. Again, not a word. Finally KITE comes up....
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Texas hopes to learn lessons from searing drought

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2026-05-10 22:28
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- When Susan Combs was growing up on her family's West Texas ranch, conserving water was part of everyday life: If the windmill wasn't turning and the storage tank at least half full, the household plumbing was turned off - even the toilets....
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Egypt MPs bar regime candidates

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 22:28
Egypt's Islamist-controlled parliament passes a law barring former regime officials standing for president, a move rejected by the ruling military council.
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VIDEO: Jackie Stewart supports Bahrain F1 race

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 22:28
Sir Jackie Stewart has said that Formula One should not pull out of the race in Bahrain.
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Pakistan 'to reopen' Nato routes

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 22:28
Pakistani MPs vote to reopen Nato's supply routes to Afghanistan, closed after an air raid on a Pakistani border post last year
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THE RACE: Clarity on issues in presidential race

AP - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-10 22:28
Rarely have the differences between presidential candidates been so stark....

Five survivors of Doolittle Tokyo Raiders recall daring sortie

Edward Saylor still vividly remembers the Chinese boy who helped save his life. In the days after his plane crashed into the waters just off China's coast, Mr. Saylor, now 92, and four other Doolittle Tokyo Raiders were desperate and hungry — but they had survived a daring mission that ...

Victims' families boost Conn. death penalty repeal

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2026-05-10 22:28
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- The vote to repeal Connecticut's death penalty brought a moment of triumph for Elizabeth Brancato, a lifelong opponent of capital punishment despite the murder of her mother in 1979....
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Loud bang was Typhoon sonic boom

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 22:28
A loud bang which sparked a deluge of calls to emergency services across a large part of England was a sonic boom from a Typhoon aircraft, the Ministry of Defence says.
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Afghan leader raises prospect of early elections

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-10 22:28
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Afghanistan's president raised the prospect Thursday of holding presidential elections a year early to avoid a potentially deadly concurrence of a transition of power and a major drawdown of international forces in 2014....

Democratic strategist apologizes to Ann Romney

AP - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-10 22:28
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Democratic strategist is apologizing to Ann Romney for saying the stay-at-home wife of wealthy Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has never worked a day in her life....

Democratic strategist apologizes to Ann Romney

AP - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-10 22:28
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Democratic strategist is apologizing to Ann Romney for saying the stay-at-home wife of wealthy Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has never worked a day in her life....

Democratic strategist apologizes to Ann Romney

AP - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-10 22:28
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Democratic strategist is apologizing to Ann Romney for saying the stay-at-home wife of wealthy Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has never worked a day in her life....

Democratic strategist apologizes to Ann Romney

AP - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-10 22:28
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Democratic strategist is apologizing to Ann Romney for saying the stay-at-home wife of wealthy Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has never worked a day in her life....

Democratic strategist apologizes to Ann Romney

AP - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-10 22:28
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Democratic strategist is apologizing to Ann Romney for saying the stay-at-home wife of wealthy Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has never worked a day in her life....

Democratic strategist apologizes to Ann Romney

AP - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-10 22:28
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Democratic strategist is apologizing to Ann Romney for saying the stay-at-home wife of wealthy Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has never worked a day in her life....

Democratic strategist apologizes to Ann Romney

AP - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-10 22:28
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Democratic strategist is apologizing to Ann Romney for saying the stay-at-home wife of wealthy Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has never worked a day in her life....

Democratic strategist apologizes to Ann Romney

AP - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-10 22:28
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Democratic strategist is apologizing to Ann Romney for saying the stay-at-home wife of wealthy Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has never worked a day in her life....

Worker: GSA spent 'millions' on move

CNN - Top Stories - Sun, 2026-05-10 22:28
House Republicans released new documentation Thursday designed to undercut administration claims that the cost of past General Services Administration conferences increased at a far greater rate under President George W. Bush than under President Barack Obama.
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Override systems proposed for stuck gas pedals

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2026-05-10 22:28
WASHINGTON (AP) -- New cars and light trucks would have to have override systems to prevent unintended acceleration in instances where the driver steps on the gas pedal and brake at the same time or accelerator control systems disconnect, under new federal regulations proposed Thursday....
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