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Misconceptions 'about insanity'

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 22:42
Horrific crimes, such as the Anders Breivik case, illustrate the misconceptions the public has about mental illness, a leading expert says.
Categories: BBC, News

Should job-hogging over-50s all resign?

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 22:42
Should desk-hogging over-50s resign en masse?
Categories: BBC, News

Cyber-security bill past US House

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 22:42
A bill allowing access to private web data on suspicion of a cyber threat passes the US House of Representatives, despite a White House veto threat.
Categories: BBC, News

Strassel: The President Has a List

Opinion Journal - Sun, 2026-05-10 22:42
Barack Obama attempts to intimidate contributors to Mitt Romney's campaign.


William Tucker: Tales for the Superhero Generation

Opinion Journal - Sun, 2026-05-10 22:42
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter' is the start of a new genre.


Raspberry Pi: 'a great experiment'

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 22:42
Putting the Raspberry Pi through its paces
Categories: BBC, News

Elizabeth Scalia: The Vatican's Corrective to Liberal Catholics

Opinion Journal - Sun, 2026-05-10 22:42
A three-year inquiry ends with a sharp but measured assessment of unorthodox religious practice in the U.S.


Michigan board blocks Nov. vote on takeover law

LANSING, Mich. — A state board Thursday deadlocked on a proposal to put Michigan's contentious emergency financial manager law on November's ballot for possible repeal, dealing a major blow to a petition drive sparked in part by the state's deal to fix Detroit's troubled city finances.

The Michigan Board of ...

ACLU sues Border Patrol over its traffic stops

SEATTLE — The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit Thursday against the U.S. Border Patrol seeking to bar agents from making traffic stops, saying people are being pulled over and questioned "without reasonable suspicion."

The lawsuit stems from tensions between immigrants and the expanded presence of Border Patrol agents ...

Govt backs off new limits on child labor on farms

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2026-05-10 22:42
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Under heavy pressure from farm groups, the Obama administration is dropping an effort to prevent children from doing hazardous work on farms owned by anyone other than their parents....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Eric Rosengren: Money-Market Funds Still Need Reform

Opinion Journal - Sun, 2026-05-10 22:42
More than 60 prime funds held securities in Dexia in 2011, the same year the troubled French bank needed government support.


Paul Light: Perp Walks and the Broken Bureaucracy

Opinion Journal - Sun, 2026-05-10 22:42
Between 1961 and 2009, the number of executive layers—or ranks by title—at an average cabinet-level agency jumped from seven to 18.


Notable & Quotable

Opinion Journal - Sun, 2026-05-10 22:42
Joel Kotkin, Mark Schill and Ryan Streeter on the economic revival of the Midwest.


Space shuttle Enterprise to arrive in NY on Friday

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2026-05-10 22:42
NEW YORK (AP) -- Any new arrival to New York City wants to see the sights - and the space shuttle Enterprise is no different....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Troops for Mali and Guinea-Bissau

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 22:42
West African leaders agree to send troops to Mali and Guinea-Bissau to monitor transitions to civilian rule following their coups.
Categories: BBC, News

Navarro: How Romney can win over Latinos

CNN - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-10 22:42
Ana Navarro says the GOP candidate can't reverse his immigration positions but can change his tone, focus on economy
Categories: CNN, Issues, Politics

Lesbian Scout leader ousted in Ohio; parents upset

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2026-05-10 22:42
The first-graders in Ohio Pack 109's Tiger Scouts didn't know or care their den mother was a lesbian - at least not until the Boy Scouts of America threw her out over the organization's ban on gays....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

'Crucify Them'

Opinion Journal - Sun, 2026-05-10 22:42
An EPA bureaucrat lets the mask slip.


Senate renews Violence Against Women Act

CNN - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-10 22:42
The U.S. Senate voted to renew a law designed to combat domestic abuse Thursday after Republicans stepped back from what was becoming a politically risky fight over some of the expansions they oppose to the Violence Against Women Act.
Categories: CNN, Issues, Politics

Magic Johnson

Opinion Journal - Sun, 2026-05-10 22:42
The flap over Fannie Mae's maestro and the Goldman board.


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