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Ahmadinejad wants to attend London Olympics

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-03 23:48
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Thursday that he is eager to attend the Olympic Games in London to support Iranian athletes but that Britain doesn't want to host him....

Plunderbund: "Ohio Republicans AGAIN Try to Pass Unconstitutional Laws. This Time: Welfare Drug Testing"

FourthAmendment.com - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 23:48

More from the political party of small government: Ohio Republicans AGAIN Try to Pass Unconstitutional Laws. This Time: Welfare Drug Testing:

Ohio Senate Republicans have proposed a three-county, two-year program where welfare applicants who are suspected of having a drug problem would have to submit to and pay for drug tests before receiving benefits. The Dispatch notes that Ohio is not unique: the “move appears to be part of a renewed national GOP movement to require drug testing for welfare recipients. ... revised laws have been introduced this session in about 30 states, and lawmakers in Georgia, Utah, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Louisiana have moved legislation in recent weeks.”

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The proposal to drug test welfare recipients is just the latest effort of Republican legislators to import ideological ideas from other states. But at least by bringing in ideas in from other states, we don’t have to guess that the proposals are unconstitutional. We know. We know because judges have already ruled that these efforts in other states are unconstitutional.

Trying to make money for civil rights lawyers when budgets are tight?

Ariz. wildfire to keep growing amid strong winds

CROWN KING, Ariz. (AP) — Strong wind gusts likely will keep spreading a wildfire that has grown to nearly 10 square miles and prompted the evacuation of a historic Arizona mining town.

Fire incident spokeswoman Michelle Fidler said that gusts of up to 40 mph are expected Thursday in the ...

US envoy to Israel: US ready to strike Iran

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-03 23:48
JERUSALEM (AP) -- The U.S. has plans in place to attack Iran if necessary to prevent it from developing nuclear weapons, Washington's envoy to Israel said, days ahead of a crucial round of nuclear talks with Tehran....

Obama camp urges Romney to show 'moral leadership'

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2026-05-03 23:48
NEW YORK (AP) -- President Obama's campaign is calling on Mitt Romney to push back harder against plans by a conservative-leaning independent group to showcase Obama's ties to his controversial pastor....
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Obama camp urges Romney to show 'moral leadership'

AP - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-03 23:48
NEW YORK (AP) -- President Obama's campaign is calling on Mitt Romney to push back harder against plans by a conservative-leaning independent group to showcase Obama's ties to his controversial pastor....

Police: Gunman in Savannah standoff surrenders

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2026-05-03 23:48
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) -- A gunman surrendered after barricading himself inside a landmark restaurant in a standoff that closed parts of the 18th-century city's historic district for more than three hours Thursday....
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In pictures: Royals in North West

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 23:48
Queen's visit to Cheshire and Merseyside
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Man questioned in highway killings

CNN - Top Stories - Sun, 2026-05-03 23:48
Ballistics tests have linked the shooting deaths of two people along roadways in Mississippi, a source who has been briefed on the investigation said Thursday.
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Travolta accuser hires Gloria Allred

CNN - Top Stories - Sun, 2026-05-03 23:48
The remaining plaintiff in the sexual battery lawsuit against John Travolta fired his lawyer, bringing an end to the case, the lawyer told CNN on Thursday.
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Adele wins songwriter of the year

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 23:48
Adele picks up two prizes at the prestigious Ivor Novello songwriting awards - but misses out on two more trophies.
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US unemployment aid applications stay at 370,000

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2026-05-03 23:48
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits was unchanged last week, suggesting modest but steady gains in the job market....
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Expert: Man in Mich. stabbings case mentally ill

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2026-05-03 23:48
FLINT, Mich. (AP) -- A man accused in a deadly series of stabbings in Michigan is a paranoid schizophrenic who had delusions that "evil forces" were directing him to hurt others, a psychiatrist testified Thursday as attorneys launched an insanity defense....
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Egypt: Court acquits police in protesters' deaths

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-03 23:48
CAIRO (AP) -- An Egyptian court on Thursday found 14 policemen not guilty in the killing of protesters during last year's popular uprising, the latest verdict in what activists claim to be a pattern of acquittals for police blamed for the deaths of hundreds of people during the revolt....

Police hold diamond-swallower until evidence moves

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-03 23:48
WINDSOR, Ontario (AP) -- Police in the Canadian province of Ontario say they are holding a man who is accused of swallowing a $20,000 diamond as long as it takes for him to produce the evidence....

New mom hit with flesh-eating bug

CNN - Top Stories - Sun, 2026-05-03 23:48
The family of a Georgia student fighting a devastating flesh-eating bacterial infection was waiting to hear from doctors Thursday about whether her fingers will need to be amputated next.
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Mother killed as children played

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 23:48
A man is found guilty of murdering a mother-of-six at a house in Bedfordshire where eight children were playing.
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Fracking banned in Vermont

CNN - Top Stories - Sun, 2026-05-03 23:48
Vermont's governor has signed a bill making it the first U.S. state to ban fracking, the controversial practice to extract natural gas from the ground.
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