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Romney to run first general election TV ad

AP - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-03 22:24
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney says he'll run his first TV ad of the general campaign in a couple of days....

Romney to run first general election TV ad

AP - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-03 22:24
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney says he'll run his first TV ad of the general campaign in a couple of days....

Romney to run first general election TV ad

AP - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-03 22:24
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney says he'll run his first TV ad of the general campaign in a couple of days....

French government takes pay cut

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 22:24
France's new government holds its first cabinet meeting, announcing a 30% pay cut for President Hollande and his ministers.
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'Wrong Paul' denies wrongdoing

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 22:24
A man paid £20,000 by mistake because he has the same name as a council leader denies he was wrong to leave the UK.
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Obama's home-turf summits will test his leverage

AP - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-03 22:24
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama will find his diplomatic clout tested at twin summits on his own turf beginning Friday. The big global problems are the economic mess in Europe and finding scarce money to boost a postwar Afghanistan - and in both cases the solutions lie mostly overseas....

Obama to Congress: Act now on bills to aid economy

AP - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-03 22:24
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama wants Congress to act on bills he says will accelerate the economy. He says the country has responsibilities that are "bigger than an election."...

Obama calls on lawmakers to end gridlock

AP - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-03 22:24
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is calling on Congress to end partisan gridlock and pass proposals he says would put Americans back to work....

Egypt: Owner of belly dancing TV station arrested

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-03 22:24
CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt's vice police on Thursday arrested the owner of a belly dancing TV station on suspicion of operating without a license, inciting licentiousness and facilitating prostitution, a security official said....

Egypt: Owner of belly dancing TV station arrested

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-03 22:24
CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt's vice police on Thursday arrested the owner of a belly dancing TV station on suspicion of operating without a license, inciting licentiousness and facilitating prostitution, a security official said....

Iran threatens to sue Google

CNN - Top Stories - Sun, 2026-05-03 22:24
Iran is taking on one of the world's biggest Internet giants, threatening to sue over something that is not on its maps.
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Life's a beach for civil servants at London Games

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-03 22:24
LONDON (AP) -- Tanned and toned Olympic athletes in skimpy outfits will be serving and spiking outside the prime minister's Downing Street home - but it's lower-ranked civil servants who will have the best view of beach volleyball at the London Games....

Judge delays Mladic trial due to evidence errors

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-03 22:24
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) -- An apparent clerical error prompted judges to postpone the long-awaited war crimes trial of former Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladic on Thursday, possibly for months....

Judge delays Mladic trial due to evidence errors

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-03 22:24
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) -- An apparent clerical error prompted judges to postpone the long-awaited war crimes trial of former Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladic on Thursday, possibly for months....

Markets drop on eurozone worries

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 22:24
Concern over the eurozone debt crisis has continued to weigh on financial markets, with the euro dropping more than a cent against the US dollar.
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Biden: Running company not same as leading country

AP - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-03 22:24
MARTINS FERRY, Ohio (AP) -- Vice President Joe Biden says the business background that Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney touts on the campaign trail doesn't necessarily make him fit to run a country....

Biden: Running company not same as leading country

AP - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-03 22:24
MARTINS FERRY, Ohio (AP) -- Vice President Joe Biden says the business background that Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney touts on the campaign trail doesn't necessarily make him fit to run a country....

Biden: Running company not same as leading country

AP - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-03 22:24
MARTINS FERRY, Ohio (AP) -- Vice President Joe Biden says the business background that Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney touts on the campaign trail doesn't necessarily make him fit to run a country....

Biden to Va. high school grads: Banish cynicism

AP - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-03 22:24
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) -- Vice President Joe Biden has told Virginia high school graduates to believe that the U.S. has a bright future....

Greece hands Olympic flame over to Britain

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-03 22:24
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- The Olympic torch has passed to London....
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