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Dragon capsule ready for space station departure

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2026-04-30 11:45
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- The world's first commercial supply ship is closed up and ready for a Thursday flight back to Earth from the International Space Station....
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Will Adelson bet big on Romney?

CNN - Top Stories - Thu, 2026-04-30 11:45
As Mitt Romney leaves Las Vegas, he hopes he hit the jackpot.
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Obama signs bill reauthorizing Export-Import Bank

AP - Politics - Thu, 2026-04-30 11:45
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama has signed legislation that renews the charter of the Export-Import Bank for three years and increases the bank's lending cap to $140 billion from the current $100 billion. The bank is the government's vehicle for promoting U.S. export sales....

Obama: Election is chance to break stalemate

AP - Politics - Thu, 2026-04-30 11:45
CLEVELAND (AP) -- President Barack Obama said November's election will give voters the chance to break a stalemate about America's direction, declaring Thursday in a campaign speech in battleground Ohio that he and Republican Mitt Romney offer "two fundamentally different views" about how to grow the economy and create jobs....

Judge won't delay Jerry Sandusky's sex-abuse trial

BELLEFONTE, Pa. — Jerry Sandusky's child sexual abuse trail remained on track to begin next week following a ruling by the presiding judge on Wednesday.

Judge John Cleland rejected the argument for a delay by the defense for the former Penn State assistant football coach, who was charged in November ...

Eddy Shah faces child sex charges

BBC - News - Thu, 2026-04-30 11:45
The former newspaper proprietor, Eddy Shah, is charged with child sex offences by the Metropolitan Police.
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Iran: 'Flame' virus fight began with oil attack

AP - World News - Thu, 2026-04-30 11:45
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Computer technicians battling to contain a complex virus last month resorted to the ultimate firewall measures - cutting off Internet links to Iran's Oil Ministry, rigs and the hub for nearly all the country's crude exports....

Iran: 'Flame' virus fight began with oil attack

AP - World News - Thu, 2026-04-30 11:45
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Computer technicians battling to contain a complex virus last month resorted to the ultimate firewall measures - cutting off Internet links to Iran's Oil Ministry, rigs and the hub for nearly all the country's crude exports....

Lagos anger over university name

BBC - News - Thu, 2026-04-30 11:45
Students in Nigeria take part in angry protests over the president's sudden decision to change the name of the prestigious University of Lagos.
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Debut novelist wins Orange Prize

BBC - News - Thu, 2026-04-30 11:45
US author Madeline Miller has won the 2012 Orange Prize for Fiction with her debut novel The Song of Achilles.
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Care home fire death 'dreadful'

BBC - News - Thu, 2026-04-30 11:45
A 96-year-old woman was unlawfully killed in a care home when her bed was deliberately set alight, a coroner rules.
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Obama congratulates rival Romney

BBC - News - Thu, 2026-04-30 11:45
President Obama calls Mitt Romney, his challenger in November's election, to congratulate him on winning the Republican White House nomination.
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