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SPIN METER: Lawmakers' talk of cuts is just talk

AP - Politics - Sat, 2026-05-09 19:36
WASHINGTON (AP) -- If there's one thing Republicans and Democrats in Washington say they agree on, it's the need to reduce federal spending. And it's something they almost never do, as recent events have proved again....

SPIN METER: Lawmakers' talk of cuts is just talk

AP - Politics - Sat, 2026-05-09 19:36
WASHINGTON (AP) -- If there's one thing Republicans and Democrats in Washington say they agree on, it's the need to reduce federal spending. And it's something they almost never do, as recent events have proved again....

SPIN METER: Lawmakers' talk of cuts is just talk

AP - Politics - Sat, 2026-05-09 19:36
WASHINGTON (AP) -- If there's one thing Republicans and Democrats in Washington say they agree on, it's the need to reduce federal spending. And it's something they almost never do, as recent events have proved again....

SPIN METER: Lawmakers' talk of cuts is just talk

AP - Politics - Sat, 2026-05-09 19:36
WASHINGTON (AP) -- If there's one thing Republicans and Democrats in Washington say they agree on, it's the need to reduce federal spending. And it's something they almost never do, as recent events have proved again....

SPIN METER: Lawmakers' talk of cuts is just talk

AP - Politics - Sat, 2026-05-09 19:36
WASHINGTON (AP) -- If there's one thing Republicans and Democrats in Washington say they agree on, it's the need to reduce federal spending. And it's something they almost never do, as recent events have proved again....

Sept 11 case returns to Guantanamo tribunal

AP - World News - Sat, 2026-05-09 19:36
ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Maryland (AP) -- Five men accused of orchestrating the Sept. 11 attacks, including the self-proclaimed mastermind, are headed back to a military tribunal at Guantanamo Bay on Saturday, more than three years after President Barack Obama put the case on hold in a failed effort to move the proceedings to a civilian court and close the prison at the U.S. base in Cuba....

Sept 11 case returns to Guantanamo tribunal

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2026-05-09 19:36
ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Maryland (AP) -- Five men accused of orchestrating the Sept. 11 attacks, including the self-proclaimed mastermind, are headed back to a military tribunal at Guantanamo Bay on Saturday, more than three years after President Barack Obama put the case on hold in a failed effort to move the proceedings to a civilian court and close the prison at the U.S. base in Cuba....
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Sept 11 case returns to Guantanamo tribunal

AP - World News - Sat, 2026-05-09 19:36
ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Maryland (AP) -- Five men accused of orchestrating the Sept. 11 attacks, including the self-proclaimed mastermind, are headed back to a military tribunal at Guantanamo Bay on Saturday, more than three years after President Barack Obama put the case on hold in a failed effort to move the proceedings to a civilian court and close the prison at the U.S. base in Cuba....

Sept 11 case returns to Guantanamo tribunal

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2026-05-09 19:36
ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Maryland (AP) -- Five men accused of orchestrating the Sept. 11 attacks, including the self-proclaimed mastermind, are headed back to a military tribunal at Guantanamo Bay on Saturday, more than three years after President Barack Obama put the case on hold in a failed effort to move the proceedings to a civilian court and close the prison at the U.S. base in Cuba....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Two Dagestan explosions kill 12

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 19:36
At least 12 people are reported killed in two explosions on the outskirts of Makhachkala, capital of Russia's restive Dagestan region.
Categories: BBC, News

HMV predicts return to profits

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 19:36
HMV predicts a profit of £10m for the current year, while warning of worse-than-expected losses of £16m for the previous year.
Categories: BBC, News

Economists forecast slow but steady US hiring

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2026-05-09 19:36
WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. hiring likely picked up last month after its March swoon, though the gains are expected to be modest....
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Economists forecast slow but steady US hiring

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2026-05-09 19:36
WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. hiring likely picked up last month after its March swoon, though the gains are expected to be modest....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Condom 'not grounds for divorce'

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 19:36
The High Court in Mumbai, India, rules that a wife's refusal to have sex without a condom is not grounds for divorce.
Categories: BBC, News

Drug war slayings snuffing out news in Mexico

AP - World News - Sat, 2026-05-09 19:36
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Four of the last reporters and photographers willing to cover crime stories have been slain in less than a week in violence-torn Veracruz state, where two Mexican drug cartels are warring over control of smuggling routes and targeting sources of independent information....

Drug war slayings snuffing out news in Mexico

AP - World News - Sat, 2026-05-09 19:36
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Four of the last reporters and photographers willing to cover crime stories have been slain in less than a week in violence-torn Veracruz state, where two Mexican drug cartels are warring over control of smuggling routes and targeting sources of independent information....

Lib Dems lose Cardiff and Swansea

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 19:36
The Welsh Liberal Democrats' leader says voters are sending the UK government a message after her party suffered heavy losses in local elections.
Categories: BBC, News

Chen 'can apply to study abroad'

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 19:36
China says prominent dissident Chen Guangcheng can apply to study abroad, potentially showing a way out of the diplomatic crisis with the US.
Categories: BBC, News

Breakthrough for Chinese activist?

CNN - Top Stories - Sat, 2026-05-09 19:36
The State Department says Chen Guangchen has been offered a fellowship at a university in the U.S. and that China has indicated it will approve his travel documents.
Categories: CNN, News

Rather than lift lobby, liberals plunge penthouse

"Every time a bank fails an angel gets its wings." So goes a graffito in Manhattan's East Village.
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