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GOP ties Obama to NH student debt, ignores origins

AP - Politics - Fri, 2026-05-01 00:29
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- New Hampshire isn't just first in the nation when it comes to hosting presidential primaries. It also ranks first in student-loan debt, and now the winner of the state's Republican presidential primary is seizing on that fact to argue that President Barack Obama has let down students....

GOP ties Obama to NH student debt, ignores origins

AP - Politics - Fri, 2026-05-01 00:29
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- New Hampshire isn't just first in the nation when it comes to hosting presidential primaries. It also ranks first in student-loan debt, and now the winner of the state's Republican presidential primary is seizing on that fact to argue that President Barack Obama has let down students....

GOP ties Obama to NH student debt, ignores origins

AP - Politics - Fri, 2026-05-01 00:29
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- New Hampshire isn't just first in the nation when it comes to hosting presidential primaries. It also ranks first in student-loan debt, and now the winner of the state's Republican presidential primary is seizing on that fact to argue that President Barack Obama has let down students....

Obama advances the Culture of Life

No one would have predicted it, but President Obama has created a more pro-life America...

Rare pink diamond goes to auction

BBC - News - Fri, 2026-05-01 00:29
A rare pink diamond named the "Martian Pink" is expected to fetch at least $8m (£5m) when it goes under the hammer in Hong Kong.
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U-turn on pasty tax 'a shambles'

BBC - News - Fri, 2026-05-01 00:29
Labour condemns the way the government has dealt with planned VAT rises to Cornish pasties and static caravans as a "shambles", after it reverses the plans.
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Guitar legend Doc Watson dies

CNN - Top Stories - Fri, 2026-05-01 00:29
The Grammy winner was influential among folk musicians for his brand of bluegrass, blues, country and gospel. He was 89.
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OH8: Talking to defendant already stopped was by consent

FourthAmendment.com - News - Fri, 2026-05-01 00:29

Police had a tip about defendant and drugs, and they saw him parked in an abandoned gas station working on his vehicle. They approached to talk to him, and it was all consensual. State v. Banks, 2012 Ohio 2304, 2012 Ohio App. LEXIS 2024 (8th Dist. May 24, 2012).*

Officers had reasonable suspicion defendant had cocaine on him when they approached him, and defendant’s tossing an Altoids can as police approached was not the product of an illegal stop. State v. Golden, 2012 La. App. LEXIS 715 (La. App. 4 Cir. May 23, 2012).*

The owner of the vehicle defendant was a passenger in consented to the search of the vehicle. United States v. McNeil, 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 10708 (4th Cir. May 25, 2012).*

Annan set for crucial Assad talks

BBC - News - Fri, 2026-05-01 00:29
UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan is due to hold talks with Syria's President Bashar al-Assad amid widespread condemnation of the Houla massacre.
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Suspect in Wash. teen's death arrested in Oklahoma

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2026-05-01 00:29
SEATTLE (AP) -- A Washington state man wanted in connection with the death of his 17-year-old ex-girlfriend who was found in a burning home was arrested in Oklahoma City on Monday, authorities said....
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Suspect in Wash. teen's death arrested in Oklahoma

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2026-05-01 00:29
SEATTLE (AP) -- A Washington state man wanted in connection with the death of his 17-year-old ex-girlfriend who was found in a burning home was arrested in Oklahoma City on Monday, authorities said....
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New Zealand triplets, age 2, among Qatar mall dead

AP - World News - Fri, 2026-05-01 00:29
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- Prime Minister John Key and others offered condolences Tuesday to the New Zealand parents whose 2-year-old triplets were among the 13 children killed in a fire in a shopping mall in Qatar....

New Zealand triplets, age 2, among Qatar mall dead

AP - World News - Fri, 2026-05-01 00:29
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- Prime Minister John Key and others offered condolences Tuesday to the New Zealand parents whose 2-year-old triplets were among the 13 children killed in a fire in a shopping mall in Qatar....

Despite downgrade, Beryl still soaks Memorial Day

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2026-05-01 00:29
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) -- Joyce Connolly and her daughters left their home in Hurricane, W.Va., to head south for a Memorial Day beach vacation - and ended up in the center of Tropical Storm Beryl....
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Despite downgrade, Beryl still soaks Memorial Day

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2026-05-01 00:29
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) -- Joyce Connolly and her daughters left their home in Hurricane, W.Va., to head south for a Memorial Day beach vacation - and ended up in the center of Tropical Storm Beryl....
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Is Indonesia becoming less tolerant?

BBC - News - Fri, 2026-05-01 00:29
Does concert row show Indonesia is becoming less tolerant?
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APNewsBreak: FEMA trailer litigation nears end

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2026-05-01 00:29
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A class-action settlement agreement has been reached to resolve nearly all the remaining court claims over allegations that government-issued trailers exposed Gulf Coast residents to hazardous fumes after Hurricane Katrina, a lead plaintiffs' attorney said Monday....
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Peru anti-mine protest crackdown

BBC - News - Fri, 2026-05-01 00:29
Peru's government declares a state of emergency in an area of the province of Cusco after seven days of anti-mining protests.
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US tuna show Fukushima pollution

BBC - News - Fri, 2026-05-01 00:29
Pacific Bluefin tuna caught off the coast of California are found to have radioactive contamination from last year's Fukushima nuclear accident.
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Nepal fails to adopt blueprint, braces for turmoil

AP - World News - Fri, 2026-05-01 00:29
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) -- Nepal sank into political turmoil after lawmakers failed to agree on a new constitution, leaving the country with no legal government. The premier called new elections, but critics said he lacked the power to do so....
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