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2012 Games flame lit in Greece

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-05-06 01:43
The flame for the London 2012 torch relay and Olympic Games is lit in Olympia, Greece, and briefly goes out.
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Malmo rocks to lunchtime dance craze

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-05-06 01:43
Lunchtime dance craze catches on among Swedish workers
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Farage warns of EU 'revolution'

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-05-06 01:43
UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage warns that some EU countries face "mass civil unrest, possibly even revolution".
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Senate leader: States should decide marriage issue

AP - Politics - Wed, 2026-05-06 01:43
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says he believes marriage should be between a man and a woman but that states should decide whether it's legal for same-sex couples to marry....

Senate leader: States should decide marriage issue

AP - Politics - Wed, 2026-05-06 01:43
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says he believes marriage should be between a man and a woman but that states should decide whether it's legal for same-sex couples to marry....

Senate leader: States should decide marriage issue

AP - Politics - Wed, 2026-05-06 01:43
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says he believes marriage should be between a man and a woman but that states should decide whether it's legal for same-sex couples to marry....

Senate leader: States should decide marriage issue

AP - Politics - Wed, 2026-05-06 01:43
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says he believes marriage should be between a man and a woman but that states should decide whether it's legal for same-sex couples to marry....

Senate leader: States should decide marriage issue

AP - Politics - Wed, 2026-05-06 01:43
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says he believes marriage should be between a man and a woman but that states should decide whether it's legal for same-sex couples to marry....

Viewpoint: Let Germans read Mein Kampf

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-05-06 01:43
There is no law against publishing Mein Kampf in Germany, but the copyright holders have until now refused permission to do so. The time has come to reissue Hitler's book, argues Jewish leader Stephan J Kramer.
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We were down for 24 hours or more

FourthAmendment.com - News - Wed, 2026-05-06 01:43

In the process of renewing this website until 2017 yesterday, some electronic switch was thrown that put us out of commission for about 24 hours. Then, only some people could see it not others. I was one of those who couldn't. I couldn't see it until about 5 pm central.

The Internet may seem to operate seamlessly, but it really is subject to individual failures. Anything subject to human intervention is prone to be screwed up.

VIDEO: X-rays probe world's oldest 'computer'

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-05-06 01:43
Scientists using X-ray imaging find out some of the secrets of the world's oldest 'computer' - the Antikythera Mechanism.
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VIDEO: US highwire walker's stumble

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-05-06 01:43
Nik Wallenda, an acrobat set to walk a tightrope over Niagara Falls this summer, drew gasps after stumbling during walk 100 feet (30m) above Baltimore's Inner Harbour.
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Al-Qaida Suicide Bomber was Double Agent

TruthNews.US - News - Wed, 2026-05-06 01:43
VOA News | A man sent by al-Qaida's branch in Yemen to blow up a U.S.-bound airliner worked for Saudi Arabia's intelligence service and the CIA.

VIDEO: Cannes film festival set to open

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-05-06 01:43
The UK has only one entry competing for the prestigious Palme d'Or prize at the Cannes Film Festival this year with Ken Loach's The Angels' Share.
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Two in Mob family convicted, but not for killing cop in 1997

NEW YORK — A reputed Mafia boss and a co-defendant were convicted Wednesday on racketeering charges, but they were acquitted of the most-shocking crime in their federal case: the unsolved gangland slaying of an off-duty New York Police Department officer in 1997.

In a blow to prosecutors, a jury delivered ...

Orangutans use tablets to 'talk' to trainers at zoo

MIAMI — The 8-year-old twins love their iPad. They draw, play games and expand their vocabulary. Their family's teenagers also like the hand-held computer tablets, too, but the clan's elders show no interest.

The orangutans at Miami's Jungle Island apparently are just like people when it comes to technology. The ...

American Scene: France honors WWII vets at military academy

NEW YORK

WEST POINT — France has bestowed honors on three dozen World War II veterans at the U.S. Military Academy.

The French ambassador to the United States awarded the French Legion of Honor during a ceremony held Tuesday at West Point, on the Hudson River north of New York ...

U.S. casinos rebound from recession

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. | The nation's commercial casinos continued their slow-but-steady comeback from the recession last year, with revenues up 3 percent nationwide and jobs holding nearly steady, according to a report released Wednesday.

The American Gaming Association's annual report noted the nation's 492 non-Indian casinos or other legal gambling ...

Conservatives defend fired writer on race

Conservative commentators and think tanks have rushed in recent days to the defense of embattled journalist Naomi Schaefer Riley, who was fired from her job as a blogger with the widely respected Chronicle of Higher Education for questioning the value of black-studies programs.

Chester E. Finn, president of the conservative ...

Idle home PCs raise charity cash

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-05-06 01:43
Idle home computers are being sought to raise cash for charities and contribute to a series of science projects.
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