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Hundreds evacuated as Colo., NM fires grow

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2026-05-03 15:35
LOVELAND, Colo. (AP) -- Firefighters on Sunday were fighting wildfires that have spread quickly in parched forests in Colorado and New Mexico, forcing hundreds of people from their homes and the evacuation of wolves from a sanctuary....
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Third Mexican general detained

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 15:35
The Mexican army detains General Ricardo Escorcia Vargas, after putting two other officers under house arrest for alleged links with a drug cartel.
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Merkel: Greek must stick to bailout terms

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-03 15:35
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel is insisting that Greece must implement the reforms it agreed to in exchange for rescue loans from international creditors....

US Mint strikes 9/11 medals as memorial fundraiser

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2026-05-03 15:35
WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) -- The U.S. Mint worker dons surgical gloves as she sprays down the large silver pieces like flowers in a garden. They clank and jingle in the tray as liquid beads up on their mirror-like surfaces and they are sent on their way, to be transformed into medals in memory of the Sept. 11 attacks....
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Once an Obama coup, Indiana less a battleground

AP - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-03 15:35
GARY, Ind. (AP) -- Barack Obama was the first Democrat in 44 years to win Indiana in the 2008 presidential race, but the state is hardly a lock for him again....

Diplomats: Nuclear agency chief to visit Tehran

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-03 15:35
VIENNA (AP) -- The U.N. nuclear agency chief will fly to Tehran over the weekend to sign a deal meant to allow his organization to resume a long- stalled search for evidence that Iran worked on developing nuclear arms, the agency and diplomats said Friday....

Diplomats: Nuclear agency chief to visit Tehran

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-03 15:35
VIENNA (AP) -- The U.N. nuclear agency chief will fly to Tehran over the weekend to sign a deal meant to allow his organization to resume a long- stalled search for evidence that Iran worked on developing nuclear arms, the agency and diplomats said Friday....

Strauss ton gives England control

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 15:35
Captain Andrew Strauss scores his first century in 18 months as England dominate West Indies on the second day of the first Test.
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CDC to baby boomers: Get tested for hepatitis C

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2026-05-03 15:35
ATLANTA (AP) -- For the first time, health officials are proposing that all baby boomers get tested for hepatitis C....
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A Point of View: The European dream has become a nightmare

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 15:35
It may be time to give up on the European project in its current form, laments Will Self.
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Protesters angered by Gulf union

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 15:35
Thousands of Bahrainis protest outside the capital against a plan to create a union of Gulf Arab countries, with similar demonstrations in Tehran.
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Murder accused 'Good Samaritans'

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 15:35
One of the two men accused of killing a Chinese take-away driver told police they were "Good Samaritans" trying to help him, a jury hears.
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Seven dissident suspects charged

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 15:35
Six men and one woman in Northern Ireland are charged with a series of terrorist offences, including conspiracy to murder and cause explosions.
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DPP challenges child sex sentence

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 15:35
The Director of Public Prosecutions begins legal action to have a tougher sentence on a man in his 20s who made a 15-year-old girl pregnant.
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VIDEO: France confirms early Afghan exit

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 15:35
France has confirmed it plans to withdraw its combat forces from Afghanistan by the end of 2012, two years ahead of the agreed Nato schedule.
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Italian fraudster's assets seized

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 15:35
Italian police seize assets estimated to be worth about 330m euros (£253m) from convicted businessman Gioacchino Campolo.
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