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Media take on police-like role in Martin case

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2026-05-09 21:11
MIAMI (AP) -- The news media are taking on an increasingly police-like role in the Trayvon Martin slaying by using modern forensic techniques to analyze evidence, an approach some legal experts say can lead to a distorted view of the case because a lot of the key evidence is still under wraps....
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Obama to justices: Mandate is needed

CNN - Top Stories - Sat, 2026-05-09 21:11
President Barack Obama weighed in Monday on last week's Supreme Court arguments about health care reform, saying he expected the justices to rule the act is constitutional.
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VIDEO: Seven dead in university shooting

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 21:11
Seven people die as a gunman opens fire at Oikos University, a Christian college in Oakland, California, police say.
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Blues criticised over Henson exit

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 21:11
Cardiff Blues are criticised for "inexcusable" decision to sack Gavin Henson over an in-flight incident, but other commentators say move was inevitable.
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Romney focus on Obama brings new challenges

AP - Politics - Sat, 2026-05-09 21:11
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) -- Mitt Romney is looking for a sweep in Tuesday's three Republican primaries, expecting to tighten his grasp on the party's nomination....

ICE arrests 3,100 convicted criminal aliens in sweep

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) agents, as part of what the agency says is its commitment to prioritizing the removal of criminal aliens and egregious immigration law violators, has arrested more than 3,100 convicted criminal aliens, immigration fugitives and immigration violators in a six-day national "Cross Check" enforcement operation.

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ICE arrests 3,100 convicted criminal aliens in sweep

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) agents, as part of what the agency says is its commitment to prioritizing the removal of criminal aliens and egregious immigration law violators, has arrested more than 3,100 convicted criminal aliens, immigration fugitives and immigration violators in a six-day national "Cross Check" enforcement operation.

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Do I still need a mammogram?

CNN - Top Stories - Sat, 2026-05-09 21:11
Q: The journal Annals of Internal Medicine has an article in it this week that talks about the "overdiagnosis" of breast cancer. What is that?
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Officials: 6 dead in Christian school shooting

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2026-05-09 21:11
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- Officials say six people are dead and three are wounded after a shooting attack at a California Christian university....
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Gove 'wants new set of A-levels'

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 21:11
Education Secretary Michael Gove sends a letter to examinations regulator Ofqual in which he says universities should create a new set of A-levels.
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GSA head resigns amid reports of lavish spending

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2026-05-09 21:11
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The head of the federal agency that oversees supplies, transportation and office space for the federal government has resigned following reports of lavish spending at a Nevada training conference in 2010....
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Argentina still wants Falklands 30 years after war

AP - World News - Sat, 2026-05-09 21:11
USHUAIA, Argentina (AP) -- Argentina's president said Monday that she's asked the International Red Cross to persuade Britain to let its DNA experts identify unknown soldiers buried in the Falkland Islands....

1 World Trade Center reaches 100 floors

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2026-05-09 21:11
NEW YORK (AP) -- The new World Trade Center has reached a milestone: The skyscraper being built to replace the terror-wrecked twin towers is now 100 stories high - on its way to becoming New York's tallest building....
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Court upholds California affirmative action ban

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2026-05-09 21:11
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Affirmative action proponents took a hit Monday as a federal appeals court panel upheld California's ban on using race, ethnicity and gender in admitting students to public colleges and universities....
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Romney faces question about Mormon faith

AP - Politics - Sat, 2026-05-09 21:11
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney faced a tough question about his Mormon faith while campaigning for Tuesday's Wisconsin primary....

Falklands anniversary: In pictures

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 21:11
30 year anniversary
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Falklands anniversary: In pictures

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 21:11
30 year anniversary
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Concerns over prostitute arrests

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 21:11
A charity says it is concerned about the rise in the arrests of prostitutes in east London ahead of the 2012 Olympics which is making sex workers "vulnerable to crime".
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Study: 'Best year ever' for U.S. airlines

CNN - Top Stories - Sat, 2026-05-09 21:11
Despite widespread perceptions that airline service is deteriorating, 2011 was the "best year ever" for airline performance, according to independent experts who have been studying data for the past 21 years.
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Police name US shooting suspect

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 21:11
A 43-year-old former student is arrested after seven people are shot dead at a private college in Oakland, California, police say.
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