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FBI: Bodies of missing Tenn. mom, daughter found

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2026-05-09 05:42
GUNTOWN, Miss. (AP) -- The bodies of a Tennessee mother and her oldest daughter were found behind an alleged kidnapper's house in north Mississippi, the FBI said Monday, and authorities believe the woman's two other daughters are still with the man accused in their abduction....
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China expels foreign journalist

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 05:42
Al-Jazeera says it has been forced to close its English-language bureau in Beijing after China carries out a rare expulsion of a foreign journalist.
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Netanyahu agrees coalition deal

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 05:42
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu strikes a surprise deal with the opposition Kadima party to form a new coalition, avoiding an early general election.
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Cameron and Clegg: No letting up

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 05:42
David Cameron says there will be no "let-up" in tough decisions on the economy while Nick Clegg says the recovery will not happen "overnight" on a joint appearance.
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Billionaire Soros giving $2M to Democratic groups

AP - Politics - Sat, 2026-05-09 05:42
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Billionaire financier George Soros is pledging $2 million to political groups supporting progressive causes and President Barack Obama's re-election, part of an effort by liberal donors to counterbalance large sums of money flowing to Republican candidates....

Billionaire Soros giving $2M to Democratic groups

AP - Politics - Sat, 2026-05-09 05:42
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Billionaire financier George Soros is pledging $2 million to political groups supporting progressive causes and President Barack Obama's re-election, part of an effort by liberal donors to counterbalance large sums of money flowing to Republican candidates....

Billionaire Soros giving $2M to Democratic groups

AP - Politics - Sat, 2026-05-09 05:42
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Billionaire financier George Soros is pledging $2 million to political groups supporting progressive causes and President Barack Obama's re-election, part of an effort by liberal donors to counterbalance large sums of money flowing to Republican candidates....

Billionaire Soros giving $2M to Democratic groups

AP - Politics - Sat, 2026-05-09 05:42
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Billionaire financier George Soros is pledging $2 million to political groups supporting progressive causes and President Barack Obama's re-election, part of an effort by liberal donors to counterbalance large sums of money flowing to Republican candidates....

Billionaire Soros giving $2M to Democratic groups

AP - Politics - Sat, 2026-05-09 05:42
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Billionaire financier George Soros is pledging $2 million to political groups supporting progressive causes and President Barack Obama's re-election, part of an effort by liberal donors to counterbalance large sums of money flowing to Republican candidates....

AG changes Sandusky shower allegation date to '01

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2026-05-09 05:42
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Pennsylvania prosecutors said Monday they now believe the alleged locker-room shower assault of a boy by Jerry Sandusky that ultimately led to football coach Joe Paterno's firing took place a year earlier than they first claimed, prompting attorneys for two Penn State administrators call for dismissal of one of the charges....
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Greek threat to scrap EU bailout

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 05:42
The leader of Greece's left-wing Syriza bloc says he will try to form a coalition based on tearing up the terms of the EU/IMF bailout deal.
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VIDEO: Prince Harry receives humanitarian award

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 05:42
Prince Harry has received the Atlantic Council's 2012 award for distinguished humanitarian leadership for his charitable work with wounded service members.
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Tony Sale computer award launched

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 05:42
The life of a pioneering computer conservationist is being commemorated with an award for the best computer restoration project.
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Obama targets middle-class voters through airwaves

AP - Politics - Sat, 2026-05-09 05:42
EUCLID, Ohio (AP) -- Targeting middle-class voters, President Barack Obama on Monday unveiled a sweeping $25 million, nine-state ad campaign whose centerpiece is a commercial portraying him as the steward of an economic comeback and confronting Republican criticism that recovery has sputtered on his watch....

Obama's vague gay marriage stance under scrutiny

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2026-05-09 05:42
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's election-year vagueness on gay marriage is coming under fresh scrutiny....
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US sends airport security guide to other countries

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2026-05-09 05:42
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In the wake of a terrorist bomb plot disrupted by the CIA, the U.S. advised some international airports and air carriers Tuesday about security measures for passengers traveling to the U.S....
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CIA thwarts 'undetectable' al-Qaida bomb plot

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2026-05-09 05:42
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The CIA thwarted an ambitious plot by al-Qaida's affiliate in Yemen to destroy a U.S.-bound airliner using a bomb with a sophisticated new design around the one-year anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden, U.S. officials said Monday....
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AUDIO: Damon Albarn previews new Blur song

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 05:42
Albarn sings a preview of This is Under The Westway to Front Row's John Wilson and says it is not necessarily the last Blur song.
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Prince Harry salutes wounded vets

CNN - Top Stories - Sat, 2026-05-09 05:42
A Washington think tank celebrated Prince Harry on Monday night for his humanitarian efforts, with the British royal set to deflect the praise by offering his own salute to wounded war veterans.
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BPI closing 3 plants, blaming 'pink slime' uproar

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2026-05-09 05:42
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- Beef Products Inc. will close processing plants in three states this month because of the controversy surrounding its meat product that critics have dubbed "pink slime," a company official said Monday....
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