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Drug kingpin Arellano Felix gets 25-year term

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2026-05-09 22:00
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Former drug kingpin Benjamin Arellano Felix was sentenced Monday to 25 years in prison for leading one of the world's most brutal cartels, a Tijuana-based ring that raised Mexico's drug violence to a new level and tried to hide the bloodshed by dissolving bodies in drums of chemicals or burning them in the desert....
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7 dead in Christian school shooting

OAKLAND, Calif. — A 43-year-old former student of a small Christian university in California opened fire at the school Monday, killing at least seven people and setting off an intense, chaotic manhunt that ended with his capture at a nearby shopping center, authorities said.

Police Chief Howard Jordan said One ...

Scots Tories' local power pledge

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 22:00
The Scottish Conservatives are launching their council election campaign with a pledge to give more power to communities.
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VIDEO: Farc hostages flown to freedom

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 22:00
Colombia's leftist Farc rebels have released their last 10 police and military hostages.
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Lobbying justices, Obama makes his health law case

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2026-05-09 22:00
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama on Monday issued a rare, direct challenge to the Supreme Court to uphold his historic health care overhaul, weighing in with a vigorous political appeal for judicial restraint. He warned that overturning the law would hurt millions of Americans and amount to overreach by the "unelected" court....
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Audio slideshow: Giant cosmic eyes of the Atacama

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 22:00
Telescopes of the Atcama
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Cops: 7 dead, 3 hurt in Christian school shooting

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2026-05-09 22:00
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- A gunman opened fire Monday at a Christian university in California, killing at least seven people, wounding three more and setting off an intense, chaotic manhunt that ended with his capture at a nearby shopping center, authorities said....
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Signs of UK economy 'improving'

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 22:00
The UK economy has shown a few signs of improvement in the first three months of 2012 but is still weak, the British Chambers of Commerce says.
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France expels radical Islamists

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 22:00
France deports two radical Islamists and says it will expel three more in an apparent response to the killings of seven people by an Islamist gunman in Toulouse.
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US obesity 'higher than thought'

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 22:00
The obesity problem in the US may be much worse than previously thought, according to researchers.
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GSA head resigns amid reports of lavish spending

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2026-05-09 22:00
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A senior government official resigned Monday after a report concluded her agency improperly paid for an "over-the-top" training session near Las Vegas that featured a mind reader, bicycle giveaways and lavish after-hour receptions in resort suites for federal workers....
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A political tip sheet for the rest of us

AP - Politics - Sat, 2026-05-09 22:00
A political tip sheet for the rest of us outside the Washington Beltway, Monday, April 2:...

A political tip sheet for the rest of us

AP - Politics - Sat, 2026-05-09 22:00
A political tip sheet for the rest of us outside the Washington Beltway, Monday, April 2:...

A political tip sheet for the rest of us

AP - Politics - Sat, 2026-05-09 22:00
A political tip sheet for the rest of us outside the Washington Beltway, Monday, April 2:...

A political tip sheet for the rest of us

AP - Politics - Sat, 2026-05-09 22:00
A political tip sheet for the rest of us outside the Washington Beltway, Monday, April 2:...

Feared drug cartel leader gets 25 years

Once one of the most feared and dangerous drug traffickers in the world, Benjamin Arellano-Felix, who bribed government officials in Mexico and kidnapped and killed his enemies, was sentenced Monday in federal court in San Diego to 25 years in prison and ordered to forfeit $100 million gained through his ...

Feared drug cartel leader gets 25 years

Once one of the most feared and dangerous drug traffickers in the world, Benjamin Arellano-Felix, who bribed government officials in Mexico and kidnapped and killed his enemies, was sentenced Monday in federal court in San Diego to 25 years in prison and ordered to forfeit $100 million gained through his ...

Romney faces question about Mormon faith

AP - Politics - Sat, 2026-05-09 22:00
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney was questioned about his Mormon faith while campaigning for Tuesday's Wisconsin primary....

S.Sudan: Sudan bombing country to scare investors

AP - World News - Sat, 2026-05-09 22:00
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Sudan is bombing oil-rich regions of South Sudan in order to scare away American and Chinese investors, a South Sudan official said Monday, as U.S. President Barack Obama expressed concern about the growing tensions between the two countries....

Romney urges young people to take economic risks

AP - Politics - Sat, 2026-05-09 22:00
WESTERVILLE, Ohio (AP) -- Mitt Romney on Friday encouraged young Americans facing bleak job prospects to "take risks" - and even borrow money from their parents - to help improve their economic fortunes....
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