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Hunger Games eyes box office prize

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 22:54
Will teen flick take a big bite out of the box office?
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Higher rate tax 'for 5m by 2014'

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 22:54
More and more people on "relatively modest salaries" are being dragged into becoming higher-rate taxpayers, Budget analysis suggests.
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Opinion: Flaws in NRA-backed law

CNN - Top Stories - Mon, 2026-05-04 22:54
Zachary Weaver says that the N.R.A. supported Florida's "stand your ground" law, while law enforcement officers opposed it. The Martin tragedy exposes its problems
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VIDEO: Gunfire signalled end to siege

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 22:54
Sustained gunfire was heard coming from the apartment building in Toulouse, France, where Mohammed Merah, the man suspected of killing seven people in three separate attacks, was hiding.
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Photo awards hit by controversy

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 22:54
The British Institute of Professional Photography (BIPP) may ban judges from entering its annual competition after four jurors won prizes.
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US intel: water a cause for war in coming decades

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 22:54
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Drought, floods and a lack of fresh water may cause significant global instability and conflict in the coming decades, as developing countries scramble to meet demand from exploding populations while dealing with the effects of climate change, U.S. intelligence agencies said in a report released Thursday....
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Bagel guru Murray Lender dies at age 81 in Fla.

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 22:54
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Murray Lender, who helped turn his father's small Connecticut bakery into a national company that introduced bagels to many Americans for the first time, has died in Florida. He was 81....
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Day in pictures: 22 March 2012

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 22:54
24 hours of news photos: 22 March 2012
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Bagel guru Murray Lender dies at age 81 in Fla.

HARTFORD, Conn. — Murray Lender, who helped turn his father's small Connecticut bakery into a national company credited for introducing bagels to many Americans, has died in Florida. He was 81.

Lender, perhaps best known from promoting Lender's Bagels in TV commercials, died Wednesday at a hospital in Miami from complications ...

Ireland falls back into recession

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 22:54
The Republic of Ireland fell back into recession in the last three months of 2011, official figures show.
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Soap star jailed over gang murder

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 22:54
Ex-Brookside actor Brian Regan has been jailed for lying about his part in a gangland killing, it can be reported following the end of another trial.
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Osborne 'not a top rate taxpayer'

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 22:54
Chancellor George Osborne tells the BBC he is not a top rate taxpayer and is personally "not a big winner from this Budget".
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Gregory Doran named as RSC chief

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 22:54
Gregory Doran, who directed David Tennant as Hamlet, is to take over as artistic director later this year
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Plan for quicker adoption system

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 22:54
Would-be parents should not have to wait so long to be approved as adopters, the Welsh government has said.
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Hacktivists 'stealing most data'

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 22:54
In 2011, hacktivists stole more data from large corporations than cyber criminals, reveals a study of security incidents.
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Sunni lawmakers accuse Iraq government of torture

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-04 22:54
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraqi lawmakers from the Sunni-dominated bloc are accusing the country's Shiite government of torturing to death a jailed bodyguard who worked for the fugitive Sunni vice president....

Obama: Just drilling isn't enough

CNN - Top Stories - Mon, 2026-05-04 22:54
President Obama, speaking at a proposed new oil pipeline site, says that increased production in the U.S. "isn't enough to bring gas prices down overnight."
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Police: Islamic gunman dead after French standoff

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-04 22:54
PARIS (AP) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy says an investigation is under way to see if the suspect in a series of radical Islam-inspired killings had any accomplices....

School head jailed for £53k theft

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 22:54
A headteacher is jailed after he admitted stealing more than £53,000 from his school to fund a gambling addiction.
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