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Day in pictures: 15 May 2012

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 15:51
24 hours of news photos: 15 May 2012
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Third party group gives up seeking a candidate

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-04 15:51
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A private organization established to run a third-party candidate in this year's presidential elections has thrown in the towel, saying no one mustered sufficient support for such an effort....

Third party group gives up seeking a candidate

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 15:51
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A private organization established to run a third-party candidate in this year's presidential elections has thrown in the towel, saying no one mustered sufficient support for such an effort....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Third party group gives up seeking a candidate

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-04 15:51
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A private organization established to run a third-party candidate in this year's presidential elections has thrown in the towel, saying no one mustered sufficient support for such an effort....

'A&E fast-track' for Olympic VIPs

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 15:51
Senior trauma surgeons have raised concerns over a deal to give Olympic VIPs fast-track emergency care during the 2012 games.
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Third party group gives up seeking a candidate

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-04 15:51
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A private organization established to run a third-party candidate in this year's presidential elections has thrown in the towel, saying no one mustered sufficient support for such an effort....

Special needs budgets: Your views

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 15:51
Parents on new support for children with special needs
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Man claimed dead wife's benefits

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 15:51
A town councillor fraudulently claimed more than £20,000 of benefits in his wife's name for nearly two years after she died, a court hears.
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How will JPMorgan's $2B loss affect banking rules?

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 15:51
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The $2 billion trading loss at JPMorgan Chase has renewed calls for stricter oversight of Wall Street banks. Two years after Congress passed an overhaul of financial rules, many of those changes have yet to be finalized....
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VIDEO: Creative brains imagine a smarter tomorrow

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 15:51
The creative brains studying at the Interactive Telecommunications Program in New York are showcasing their ideas for a smarter tomorrow.
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Channel 4 loses £42.3m in 2011

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 15:51
TV station Channel 4 loses £42.3m in 2011 although the 4Channels group, of which it is part, increases its profits.
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John Edwards' eldest daughter to take the stand

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 15:51
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) -- The eldest daughter of John Edwards is set to take the stand in her father's defense....
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John Edwards' eldest daughter to take the stand

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 15:51
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) -- The eldest daughter of John Edwards is set to take the stand in her father's defense....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Utoeya survivor tells of screams

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 15:51
A teenager describes "the worst screaming" during Anders Breivik's island gun attack, shortly before a man sets himself on fire outside the Oslo trial.
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Opinion: N.C. vote spells end of Obama

CNN - Top Stories - Mon, 2026-05-04 15:51
North Carolina is so important to the re-election chances of Barack Obama that he picked Charlotte as the host city for the Democratic nominating convention.
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Ex-tabloid editor faces phone hacking charges

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-04 15:51
LONDON (AP) -- Ex-News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks, her husband and four others were charged Tuesday over alleged attempts to conceal evidence of Britain's tabloid phone hacking scandal, prosecutors said....

Queen joins Jubilee street party

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 15:51
The Queen sits down to tea with couples celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary on the latest leg of her Diamond Jubilee tour.
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How will JPMorgan's $2B loss affect banking rules?

WASHINGTON (AP) — The $2 billion trading loss at JPMorgan Chase has renewed calls for stricter oversight of Wall Street banks. Two years after Congress passed an overhaul of financial rules, many of those changes have yet to be finalized.

JPMorgan's misstep gives advocates of stronger regulation an opening to ...

Jail for takeaway brothel boss

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 15:51
A Carlisle takeaway boss is jailed for 15 years for attempting to recruit four girls aged between 12 and 16 into prostitution.
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Nigeria divorcees in mass wedding

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 15:51
A hundred couples marry in an officially sanctioned mass ceremony in Nigeria - in an effort to provide stable homes for Muslim divorcees and widows.
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