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N Korea launch site in 'upgrade'

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-02 18:49
A "major upgrade" is under way at North Korea's rocket launch site, a report says, as Pyongyang hits out at US warnings on a nuclear test.
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NKorea vows to push ahead with nuclear program

AP - World News - Sat, 2026-05-02 18:49
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea on Tuesday vowed to push ahead with its nuclear program because of what it called U.S. hostility, as an outside analysis of satellite images suggested it has ramped up work at its nuclear test site over the past month....

Joplin 'on the mend'

CNN - Top Stories - Sat, 2026-05-02 18:49
On the blank canvas left behind by last year's tornado, new homes are slowly popping up in Joplin, Missouri. Every few blocks the buzz of power saws and the pop-pop-pop of nail guns from construction crews signal another step toward making the city whole again.
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VIDEO: Is it wrong to sell an Olympic torch?

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-02 18:49
Professor Michael Sandel - who has taught political philosophy since 1980 - claims there has been a shift from having a market economy to being a market society, where people are mainly motivated by money.
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Russian lawmakers slap big sanctions on protesters

AP - World News - Sat, 2026-05-02 18:49
MOSCOW (AP) -- President Vladimir Putin targeted those who dare oppose him Tuesday, introducing draconian new fines for protesters and handing out Kremlin jobs to widely detested lieutenants despite the public anger they have generated....

Russian lawmakers slap big sanctions on protesters

AP - World News - Sat, 2026-05-02 18:49
MOSCOW (AP) -- President Vladimir Putin targeted those who dare oppose him Tuesday, introducing draconian new fines for protesters and handing out Kremlin jobs to widely detested lieutenants despite the public anger they have generated....

Russian lawmakers slap big sanctions on protesters

AP - World News - Sat, 2026-05-02 18:49
MOSCOW (AP) -- President Vladimir Putin targeted those who dare oppose him Tuesday, introducing draconian new fines for protesters and handing out Kremlin jobs to widely detested lieutenants despite the public anger they have generated....

VIDEO: Katherine Jenkins dances into final

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-02 18:49
Singer Katherine Jenkins reaches the final of the hit US show Dancing with the Stars.
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Man in stable condition after Niagara Falls plunge

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2026-05-02 18:49
NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) -- A man who survived a plunge of at least 180 feet over Niagara Falls - only the third person known to have done so without a safety device - was in stable condition Tuesday, a day after his apparent suicide attempt that led to a dramatic and painstaking rescue....
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'Sex games' killing woman guilty

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-02 18:49
A woman who killed her housemate by stabbing him after playing "sexual games" is convicted of culpable homicide.
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Worker was paid '£80 in 15 years'

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-02 18:49
A court hears how a man was paid just £80 for the 15 years he worked for a traveller family in Bedfordshire.
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Mourinho signs Real Madrid deal

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-02 18:49
Jose Mourinho signs a new four-year contract to remain as manager of La Liga champions Real Madrid until 2016.
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Chicago police get high marks for handling NATO protests

CHICAGO (AP) — The sight of Chicago police raising billy clubs against demonstrators Sunday was the kind of image that has dogged the city's police force longer than most of those who clashed with protesters have been alive.

But Monday, a day after the clash during the NATO summit played out ...

Powell not ready to endorse Obama for re-election

AP - Politics - Sat, 2026-05-02 18:49
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former Secretary of State Colin Powell declined Tuesday to renew the presidential endorsement he gave Barack Obama four years ago, saying he wasn't ready "to throw my weight behind someone" at this time....

Born to run barefoot? Some end up getting injured

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2026-05-02 18:49
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Swept by the barefoot running craze, ultramarathoner Ryan Carter ditched his sneakers for footwear that mimics the experience of striding unshod....
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