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Mystery over delay in top-rate tax cut

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 20:51
Top-rate tax cut sparks a Budget Day mystery
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Mitt Romney wins Illinois primary

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 20:51
Mitt Romney wins a clear victory in the US Republican presidential primary in Illinois, with the economy a key issue in his battle with Rick Santorum.
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Could a US Demjanjuk grave become neo-Nazi shrine?

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2026-05-03 20:51
CLEVELAND (AP) -- If relatives of convicted Nazi war criminal John Demjanjuk get what they want, their patriarch will be buried in suburban Cleveland - a prospect not sitting well with Jewish advocates who argue the retired autoworker could, in death, become a magnet for neo-Nazis....
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Diana's Kensington Palace home reopens to public

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-03 20:51
LONDON (AP) -- It's the past home of Queen Victoria and Princess Diana, the future residence of Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge - and, it's hoped, a stop on tourists' London itineraries....

Court questions life without parole for juveniles

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2026-05-03 20:51
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court is debating whether young teenagers convicted of killing someone may be locked up for life with no chance of parole, the latest in a line of cases seeking a second chance for young people....
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Opinion: 'Gender rating' is wrong

CNN - Top Stories - Sun, 2026-05-03 20:51
Women face shocking disparities when buying health insurance on the individual market: In the vast majority of states, nearly all the best-selling plans charge women more than men for the same coverage, a discriminatory practice known as "gender rating."
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Pawlenty shaves presidential campaign debt

AP - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-03 20:51
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Former GOP presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty has whittled his campaign debt down to $17,500....

Pawlenty shaves presidential campaign debt

AP - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-03 20:51
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Former GOP presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty has whittled his campaign debt down to $17,500....

Smithwick 'awaits intelligence'

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 20:51
A Dublin tribunal investigating allegations of Irish police collusion in the 1989 murders of two senior RUC officers is adjourned pending the receipt of important intelligence.
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Mitchell and Coren plan to marry

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 20:51
David Mitchell and TV presenter Victoria Coren announced their engagement in The Times.
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Lawyer says Afghan killings suspect recalls little

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2026-05-03 20:51
FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) -- Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales remembers little about the night he is accused of slaughtering 16 Afghan civilians in a nighttime shooting rampage, his lawyer says....
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Disney takes $200M hit on 'John Carter'

CNN - Top Stories - Sun, 2026-05-03 20:51
Walt Disney will incur a $200m writedown on John Carter, the action film based on the Edgar Rice Burroughs novel which has failed at the box office despite a $300m production budget and an extensive global marketing campaign.
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Opinion: China's rise doesn't hurt U.S.

CNN - Top Stories - Sun, 2026-05-03 20:51
Vijay Vaitheeswaran says that as cheap China is fading fast, and innovative China is emerging, the U.S. needs to spur innovation.
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Vatican praises steps taken by Irish church

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-03 20:51
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- The Vatican on Tuesday told Irish bishops they had made excellent progress in enacting norms to protect children following decades of pedophile priest scandals, the first time the Holy See has ever endorsed the church's efforts to fight priestly sex abuse....

Vibrating tattoo alerts proposal

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 20:51
Nokia files a patent application for magnetic tattoos or other markings that vibrate to let users know if they are being called or texted.
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Rowntree hails Lancaster effect

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 20:51
England forwards coach Graham Rowntree says interim coach Stuart Lancaster has dragged his country "out of the gutter".
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Nazi guard family seeks US burial

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 20:51
The family of convicted Nazi war criminal John Demjanjuk ask that his body be sent back to the US for burial after he died in Germany.
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Controversial badger cull dropped

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 20:51
Plans to cull badgers as part of an attempt to wipe out bovine TB in cattle are dropped by the Welsh government.
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Broad still facing fitness battle

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 20:51
England's Stuart Broad remains a doubt for the first Test on 26 March despite taking 3-55 against a Sri Lankan Development XI.
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Audio sheds light on Bo's demise

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 20:51
A police investigation into the family of top Chinese politician Bo Xilai led to his downfall, leaked audio suggests.
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