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Social media aids angst over Trayvon Martin case

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2026-05-05 05:38
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- It started a couple of weeks ago with just a few cryptic messages on Twitter and other social media websites: Where is the justice? and R.I.P. TrayvonMartin....
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Rugby star quizzed on sex assault

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 05:38
England rugby star Danny Care is questioned over an alleged sexual assault on a woman in Leeds.
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West Ham bid for Olympic Stadium

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 05:38
West Ham United are among four bidders seeking to become tenants at the Olympic Stadium after the London 2012 Games.
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Welcome for minimum drink prices

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 05:38
The Welsh government welcomes minimum pricing plans for alcohol in England and Wales, and says it has consistently called for it to happen.
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Bolton v Blackburn

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 05:38
Preview followed by live coverage of Saturday's game between Bolton and Blackburn in the Premier League.
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Petrol price reaches record high

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 05:38
The average price of unleaded petrol reaches a new high of 140.20p per litre, according to industry analysts Experian Catalist.
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Santorum backtracks on 'Keep Obama'

CNN - Top Stories - Tue, 2026-05-05 05:38
A poll shows Rick Santorum with a comfortable lead over Mitt Romney in Saturday's Louisiana primary, as his GOP rivals jumped on remarks he made about President Obama.
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Queen visits BBC's Salford base

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 05:38
The Queen has visited Salford and officially opened the BBC's new base, as well as opening hospitals in Manchester.
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EU sanctions target al-Assad's London-born wife

CNN - Top Stories - Tue, 2026-05-05 05:38
The European Union imposed fresh sanctions on Bashar al-Assad's inner circle as the familiar sounds of gunfire and shelling rang out across Syria again.
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ObamaCare: The reckoning

Since the 2010 midterm elections, ObamaCare has slipped quietly underground. Now, it's back.

Turbine plant 'to bring 800 jobs'

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 05:38
The port of Leith is chosen by Spanish company Gamesa for the site of a new offshore wind turbine plant, creating hundreds of jobs.
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Day in pictures: 23 March 2012

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 05:38
24 hours of news photos: 23 March
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Drowning killed Houston but drugs took high toll

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2026-05-05 05:38
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Drugs took many things from Whitney Houston - her pristine voice, clean image and her career - and coroner's officials revealed Thursday that cocaine also played a role in the Grammy winner's death in the bathtub of a luxury hotel nearly six weeks ago....
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Shell sued over Nigeria pollution

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 05:38
Lawyers representing a Nigerian fishing community take oil firm Shell to court in London over alleged unpaid compensation for recent oil spills.
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Knife charge over Hide home death

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 05:38
A man is charged with possession of a knife in relation to the death of a man at the Norfolk home of former boxing world champion Herbie Hide.
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Dozens arrested in Vt. nuclear plant protest

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2026-05-05 05:38
BRATTLEBORO, Vt. (AP) -- A 93-year-old anti-nuclear activist was among more than 130 protesters arrested at the corporate headquarters of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant on the first day of the plant's operation after the expiration of its 40-year license....
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Daley takes World Series silver

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 05:38
Tom Daley wins a second World Series silver medal in a week with Peter Waterfield in the 10m platform synchro in Beijing.
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Giant asteroid 'resembles planet'

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 05:38
The giant asteroid Vesta has many features that are usually associated with rocky planets like Earth, according to data from a Nasa probe.
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Spies 'penetrate' US army network

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 05:38
Foreign spies have comprehensively penetrated the computer networks of the US government, American politicians have been told.
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Drink strategy 'cover for Budget'

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 05:38
Labour accuses the government of using an announcement about alcohol pricing as "cover" to distract from criticism of the Budget.
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