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FBI: More officers killed in 2011

CNN - Top Stories - Mon, 2026-05-04 21:56
Seventy-two law enforcement officers in the U.S. were slain in the line of duty in 2011, an increase of 16 over the previous year, according to an FBI report released Monday. The report does not include reasons for the rise.
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Best Buy loses second top boss

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 21:56
The founder of US electronics retailer Best Buy is leaving after it was found he knew the chief executive was having an affair but did not disclose it.
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Obama and Romney trade ad barbs

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 21:56
Barack Obama and Mitt Romney do battle over Mr Romney's record as a private equity executive, as the US election ad wars heat up.
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VIDEO: Table tennis scores high in Afghanistan

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 21:56
Afghan women are more and more taking part in sports in public since the fall of the Taliban 10 years ago.
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Sophia, Jacob most popular baby names of 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sophia is the new most popular baby name for girls, while Jacob is the top name for boys for the 13th straight year in a new list of popular baby names heavily influenced by religion and reality TV.

Isabella, which was the top girl's name for two years, dropped ...

Brothel boss targeted girl, 12

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 21:56
A Carlisle takeaway boss is convicted of attempting to recruit girls aged between 12 and 16 into prostitution and running a brothel from his business.
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Man murdered partner's son, five

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 21:56
A Peterborough man who kicked and bit his partner's five-year-old son is found guilty of the boy's murder.
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'No deal with Murdoch' - Campbell

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 21:56
There was no "express deal" between Labour leader Tony Blair and Rupert Murdoch before the 1997 election, Alastair Campbell tells the Leveson Inquiry.
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Parents read lips of woman with flesh-eating bug

AUGUSTA, Ga. — The parents of a young Georgia woman battling a flesh-eating bacterial infection said Monday they've learned to read lips and are communicating with their daughter despite a breathing tube in her throat.

Speaking on NBC's "Today" show Monday, Andy Copeland said his daughter Aimee told them she ...

Olympic ticket sales: Your stories

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 21:56
Your experience of the latest Olympic ticket sales
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Crash shuts A9 south of Aviemore

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 21:56
The emergency services are dealing with a serious collision involving a car and a lorry on the A9.
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Libyans want answers over deadly NATO airstrikes

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-04 21:56
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) -- Mohammed al-Gherari lost five family members, including a young niece and nephew, when NATO accidentally struck their compound in the Libyan capital as they slept....

Mobster's body exhumed in Rome

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 21:56
The body of Italian gangster Enrico De Pedis is exhumed in Rome, 22 years after his death, as police look for clues about a missing teenager.
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Rare bronze medieval jug stolen

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 21:56
A "nationally significant" bronze medieval jug, which last sold for £750,000 is stolen from a Bedfordshire museum.
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