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Analysis: GOP race awaits winner, energy, fervor

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-04 07:12
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mitt Romney's methodical accumulation of Republican delegates is no thing of beauty, and the public is reacting in kind. The 2012 presidential race thus far is drawing rather tepid interest despite high stakes that include pivotal decisions about the weak economy and the fate of President Barack Obama's massive health care overhaul....

Lebanese suspect in Thailand denies terror link

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-04 07:12
BANGKOK (AP) -- A man who Thai police say led them to tons of bombmaking components told reporters he is not a terrorist, then pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges of illegally possessing explosive materials....

Regional pay 'absolute disaster'

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 07:12
Regional pay in the public sector would deprive the Welsh economy of more than £1bn by leaving workers worse off, a union claims ahead of the Budget.
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NH House to weigh gay marriage repeal vote

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 07:12
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- New Hampshire lawmakers are considering whether to take the first step toward making their state legislature the first one to repeal a gay marriage law, even as the governor threatens a veto....
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NH House to weigh gay marriage repeal vote

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 07:12
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- New Hampshire lawmakers are considering whether to take the first step toward making their state legislature the first one to repeal a gay marriage law, even as the governor threatens a veto....
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NH House to weigh gay marriage repeal vote

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 07:12
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- New Hampshire lawmakers are considering whether to take the first step toward making their state legislature the first one to repeal a gay marriage law, even as the governor threatens a veto....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Israel threatens to deport South Sudanese

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-04 07:12
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Four years ago, the wives of the leaders of Israel and Egypt used their clout to help an African family reunite with a child who vanished in a hail of gunfire as they stole across the Egyptian border into Israel....

VIDEO: French shooting suspect under siege

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 07:12
French police searching for a gunman who shot dead three children and a rabbi have surrounded a house in Toulouse.
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Slow ambulance times failed men

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 07:12
The Welsh Ambulance Service is criticised for slow responses to two men in separate cases even though paramedics were available.
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Consequences for security as NYPD-FBI rift widens

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 07:12
NEW YORK (AP) -- In the fall of 2010, the FBI and New York Police Department were working together on a terrorism investigation on Long Island. The cyber case had been open for more than a year at the U.S. attorney's office in Brooklyn. So, the Justice Department was surprised when, without notice, the NYPD went to federal prosecutors in Manhattan and asked them to approve a search warrant in the case....
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VIDEO: Millions await Budget details

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 07:12
George Osborne is set to announce a significant further increase in personal tax allowances in Wednesday's Budget, the BBC understands.
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FACT CHECK: More US drilling didn't drop gas price

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 07:12
WASHINGTON (AP) -- It's the political cure-all for high gas prices: Drill here, drill now. But more U.S. drilling has not changed how deeply the gas pump drills into your wallet, math and history show....
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FACT CHECK: More US drilling didn't drop gas price

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-04 07:12
WASHINGTON (AP) -- It's the political cure-all for high gas prices: Drill here, drill now. But more U.S. drilling has not changed how deeply the gas pump drills into your wallet, math and history show....

GOP Medicare plan borrows from and repeals Obama's

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 07:12
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A new Republican budget would repeal President Barack Obama's health care overhaul but put future retirees in a version of Medicare that strangely resembles one of the key cogs in that same plan....
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GOP Medicare plan borrows from and repeals Obama's

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 07:12
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A new Republican budget would repeal President Barack Obama's health care overhaul but put future retirees in a version of Medicare that strangely resembles one of the key cogs in that same plan....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

GOP Medicare plan borrows from and repeals Obama's

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 07:12
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A new Republican budget would repeal President Barack Obama's health care overhaul but put future retirees in a version of Medicare that strangely resembles one of the key cogs in that same plan....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

GOP Medicare plan borrows from and repeals Obama's

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 07:12
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A new Republican budget would repeal President Barack Obama's health care overhaul but put future retirees in a version of Medicare that strangely resembles one of the key cogs in that same plan....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Study: Illegal logging 'epidemic'

CNN - Top Stories - Mon, 2026-05-04 07:12
A new World Bank study on illegal logging reports that a football field of forest is clear-cut every two seconds around the globe and the problem is now a "global epidemic."
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GOP targets new cost-cut board in Obama health law

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 07:12
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans are revamping their strategy against President Barack Obama's health care law: If they can't repeal the whole thing, they'll try to pick off pieces. Starting with a new and unfamiliar bureaucracy....
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GOP targets new cost-cut board in Obama health law

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 07:12
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans are revamping their strategy against President Barack Obama's health care law: If they can't repeal the whole thing, they'll try to pick off pieces. Starting with a new and unfamiliar bureaucracy....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US
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