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Slain teen's friends say he never picked a fight

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2026-05-05 09:32
MIAMI (AP) -- Wearing a hoodie. Listening to music and talking on his cellphone. Picking up Skittles for his soon-to-be stepbrother. Friends say that's how they would have imagined 17-year-old Trayvon Martin on a Sunday afternoon....
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Cash spills on the highway: What would you do?

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2026-05-05 09:32
HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) -- You're cruising along the highway when you see a bunch of green bills fluttering around like flakes in a snow globe. You get closer and you realize it's cash. Other drivers are pulling over to snatch what they can. What do you do?...
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Cash spills on the highway: What would you do?

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2026-05-05 09:32
HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) -- You're cruising along the highway when you see a bunch of green bills fluttering around like flakes in a snow globe. You get closer and you realize it's cash. Other drivers are pulling over to snatch what they can. What do you do?...
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Cash spills on the highway: What would you do?

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2026-05-05 09:32
HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) -- You're cruising along the highway when you see a bunch of green bills fluttering around like flakes in a snow globe. You get closer and you realize it's cash. Other drivers are pulling over to snatch what they can. What do you do?...
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VIDEO: Obama's surprise World Bank nominee

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 09:32
Barack Obama has revealed his nomination for the new head of the World Bank. He is a Korean-born American academic called Jim Yong Kim, who has a sideline in musical performance, as John McManus reports.
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Pope arrives in Mexico, denouncing violence

AP - World News - Tue, 2026-05-05 09:32
LEON, Mexico (AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI landed in Mexico on Friday to throngs of faithful who gathered at the tarmac and lined more than 20 miles of his route into the city shouting the ultimate welcome: "Benedict, brother, you are now Mexican."...

Indictment unsealed in LA Coliseum contracts probe

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2026-05-05 09:32
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A felony indictment unsealed Friday accused former executives and concert promoters of a scheme to embezzle millions of dollars from the historic Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum as the once venerable site of Olympics, Super Bowls and political events was reduced to hosting rave concerts....
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Scots Tory leader in rivals plea

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 09:32
Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson has called on her opponents to put their differences aside and join forces to campaign for the Union.
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Burmese savour taste of democracy

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 09:32
Burma gets a taste of election campaign fever
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Romney: Obama's health law an 'unfolding disaster'

AP - Politics - Tue, 2026-05-05 09:32
METAIRIE, La. (AP) -- Mitt Romney on Friday looked to pre-empt Supreme Court arguments that will shine a spotlight on a key vulnerability for him in the Republican primary - health care reform....

Romney: Obama's health law an 'unfolding disaster'

AP - Politics - Tue, 2026-05-05 09:32
METAIRIE, La. (AP) -- Mitt Romney on Friday looked to pre-empt Supreme Court arguments that will shine a spotlight on a key vulnerability for him in the Republican primary - health care reform....

Romney: Obama's health law an 'unfolding disaster'

AP - Politics - Tue, 2026-05-05 09:32
METAIRIE, La. (AP) -- Mitt Romney on Friday looked to pre-empt Supreme Court arguments that will shine a spotlight on a key vulnerability for him in the Republican primary - health care reform....

Romney: Obama's health law an 'unfolding disaster'

AP - Politics - Tue, 2026-05-05 09:32
METAIRIE, La. (AP) -- Mitt Romney on Friday looked to pre-empt Supreme Court arguments that will shine a spotlight on a key vulnerability for him in the Republican primary - health care reform....

Romney: Obama's health law an 'unfolding disaster'

AP - Politics - Tue, 2026-05-05 09:32
METAIRIE, La. (AP) -- Mitt Romney on Friday looked to pre-empt Supreme Court arguments that will shine a spotlight on a key vulnerability for him in the Republican primary - health care reform....

Romney: Obama's health law an 'unfolding disaster'

AP - Politics - Tue, 2026-05-05 09:32
METAIRIE, La. (AP) -- Mitt Romney on Friday looked to pre-empt Supreme Court arguments that will shine a spotlight on a key vulnerability for him in the Republican primary - health care reform....

Romney: Obama's health law an 'unfolding disaster'

AP - Politics - Tue, 2026-05-05 09:32
METAIRIE, La. (AP) -- Mitt Romney on Friday looked to pre-empt Supreme Court arguments that will shine a spotlight on a key vulnerability for him in the Republican primary - health care reform....

NM police involved in shootings got union checks

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2026-05-05 09:32
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- Albuquerque police officers involved in a rash of fatal shootings over the past two years were paid up to $500 under a union program that some have likened to a bounty system in a department with a culture that critics have long contended promotes brutality....
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NM police involved in shootings got union checks

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2026-05-05 09:32
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- Albuquerque police officers involved in a rash of fatal shootings over the past two years were paid up to $500 under a union program that some have likened to a bounty system in a department with a culture that critics have long contended promotes brutality....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

NM police involved in shootings got union checks

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2026-05-05 09:32
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- Albuquerque police officers involved in a rash of fatal shootings over the past two years were paid up to $500 under a union program that some have likened to a bounty system in a department with a culture that critics have long contended promotes brutality....
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After Pope criticizes Marxism, Cuba diplomatic

AP - World News - Tue, 2026-05-05 09:32
HAVANA (AP) -- Cuba will listen with respect to Pope Benedict XVI during his visit next week even if he differs with island leaders, the country's foreign minister said Friday after the pontiff described Marxism as out of step with the times....
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