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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- An American drone strike in the frontier tribal areas of Pakistan killed 10 suspected militants Sunday, Pakistani officials said. It was sixth such strike in two weeks as the U.S. pushes ahead with its drone campaign in the face of Pakistani demands to stop....

AMSTERDAM (AP) -- A young Vincent van Gogh was so struck by a dead willow leaning "lonely and melancholy" over a pond near The Hague that he knew at once he had to paint it....

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) -- A suicide bomber detonated a vehicle full of explosives outside a district police headquarters in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing five policemen, a government official said....

The health secretary defends the decision not to publish the risk assessment of the NHS overhaul as Labour's Andy Burnham accuses the government of a "cover-up".

Vidal Sassoon, the genius who turned hairdressing into an art

Two children - a boy aged 10 weeks and a girl aged 14 months - are found dead at a house in south-west London.

The Bank of England continues to hold UK interest rates at 0.5% and is not extending its programme to boost the economy by buying government bonds.

The result of a Glasgow council ward could be in doubt after it emerged that a ballot box was not counted.

To apply a Davis good faith exception to an officer’s interpretation of the statute, it has to be correct and in accord with existing case law that thereafter changed. If the officer is wrong on application of the statute, that’s a mistake of law and any good faith exception would not apply. United States v. Gore, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 64784 (D. S.C. May 9, 2012).*

Officers approached defendant outside a store and got her ID to run a “local check” finding no warrants. They let her go but watched her walk and then decided to encounter her again, having her back against a wall and officers to both sides. A reasonable person would not have felt free to leave, and this was a Terry stop without justification. Defendant had the burden of showing that this was a seizure, and she satisfied it. State v. Young, 2012 Wash. App. LEXIS 1015 (May 1, 2012).*

Education secretary Michael Gove attacks an English culture which says poverty seals poor children's destiny.

MOSCOW (AP) -- Russia's President Vladimir Putin will skip a planned visit to the United States this month for a key global summit and a much-anticipated meeting with President Barack Obama, the Kremlin confirmed Thursday, as he faced pressure from protests and opposition criticism at home....

ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Greek power-sharing talks entered a third and final round Thursday, as parties in the crisis-hit country struggled to hammer out a coalition deal after general elections produced no outright winner....

Gina Trapani says the technology companies that promote a culture of frat house fun will lose out in attracting the smartest people

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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- The Minnesota Vikings' hopes of a new stadium are one affirmative vote away from becoming reality....

The last remaining stretch of Newport's old Town Dock is to be redeveloped in the latest stage of the city's multimillion-pound regeneration.

COA(2253(c)) in a 2254 denied on petitioner’s Fourth Amendment claim. The contention that the free standing Fourth Amendment claim was decided wrongly by state courts is barred under Stone v. Powell and AEDPA. McIntyre v. McKune, 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 9435 (10th Cir. May 9, 2012):

Unlike the situation in Gamble, however, there is no indication that the Kansas courts refused to recognize or apply the correct legal standards in this case. McIntyre's belief that the state courts decided the claim wrongly does not mean that he was denied a full and fair opportunity to litigate. See Matthews v. Workman, 577 F.3d 1175, 1194 (10th Cir. 2009). He was able to brief his arguments, and the trial court held a hearing on whether to hold a Franks hearing. At that hearing, in addition to concluding that a Franks hearing was not warranted, the trial court held that the omissions were not material. McIntyre's counsel declined to raise suppression in his direct criminal appeal, but the Kansas Court of Appeals allowed McIntyre to file a pro se supplemental brief challenging the denial of suppression. After the Kansas Court of Appeals specifically acknowledged the pro se brief and stated that the arguments were meritless, McIntyre again on direct appeal was able to file a pro se petition for review to place the issue before the Kansas Supreme Court. No reasonable jurist would find it debatable whether McIntyre had a full and fair opportunity to litigate his Fourth Amendment claim in the Kansas courts.2 See Miranda v. Cooper, 967 F.2d 392, 401 (10th Cir. 1992) (concluding that defendant had a full and fair opportunity to litigate, even though he did not receive a Franks hearing).

Yaya Toure tells BBC Sport he wants to help Manchester City become the biggest club in the world.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says he'd already decided to come out for gay marriage before Vice President Joe Biden publicly endorsed it....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says he'd already decided to come out for gay marriage before Vice President Joe Biden publicly endorsed it....