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2 more Secret Service agents resign

CNN - Top Stories - Mon, 2026-05-11 04:25
Nine Secret Service employees have now resigned or are being forced out because of a Colombia prostitution scandal.
Categories: CNN, News

Can we count animal extinctions?

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 04:25
Twenty years ago a convention on biodiversity was agreed at the Rio Earth Summit - but do we know how many species are becoming extinct?
Categories: BBC, News

Obama visit to spotlight Iowa's high student debt

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-11 04:25
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) -- President Barack Obama's visit to Iowa to talk about college costs is drawing attention to a surprising fact about a state known for education and frugality: its college students graduate with some of the highest debt in the nation....

Obama visit to spotlight Iowa's high student debt

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-11 04:25
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) -- President Barack Obama's visit to Iowa to talk about college costs is drawing attention to a surprising fact about a state known for education and frugality: its college students graduate with some of the highest debt in the nation....

Obama visit to spotlight Iowa's high student debt

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-11 04:25
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) -- President Barack Obama's visit to Iowa to talk about college costs is drawing attention to a surprising fact about a state known for education and frugality: its college students graduate with some of the highest debt in the nation....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Obama visit to spotlight Iowa's high student debt

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-11 04:25
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) -- President Barack Obama's visit to Iowa to talk about college costs is drawing attention to a surprising fact about a state known for education and frugality: its college students graduate with some of the highest debt in the nation....

Cutty Sark reopened by the Queen

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 04:25
The Cutty Sark is reopened by the Queen in Greenwich to mark the completion of a £50m restoration.
Categories: BBC, News

6 killed in central Nigeria village, bomb attack

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-11 04:25
JOS, Nigeria (AP) -- Six people were killed Tuesday in separate attacks on a central Nigeria village and a bar where patrons gathered to watch a Champions League soccer match, officials said, the latest violence to strike a region on the dividing line of Nigeria's two dominant faiths....

6 killed in central Nigeria village, bomb attack

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-11 04:25
JOS, Nigeria (AP) -- Six people were killed Tuesday in separate attacks on a central Nigeria village and a bar where patrons gathered to watch a Champions League soccer match, officials said, the latest violence to strike a region on the dividing line of Nigeria's two dominant faiths....

Murdoch testimony spotlights UK Olympics minister

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-11 04:25
LONDON (AP) -- News Corp. executive James Murdoch's behind-the-scenes lobbying campaign has spilled into the public domain, casting a harsh light on the British government's Olympics czar....

'Work an extra 11 years' warning

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 04:25
Nearly half of people aged over 50 will have to work and save for 11 years beyond state pension age to keep their standard of living, a report says.
Categories: BBC, News

Hard drives offer undeleted data

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 04:25
Many people are a "soft touch" for fraudsters because they fail to wipe data from old disks, says the UK's privacy watchdog.
Categories: BBC, News

Mobile firms plan privacy tools

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 04:25
Tools to stop too much personal data being shared are being developed by a mobile industry body.
Categories: BBC, News

The terrible price of a Korean defection

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 04:25
South Korean economist Oh Kil-nam regrets having defected to North Korea
Categories: BBC, News

Rodney King reflects on an up-down life since riot

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-11 04:25
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- We saw his face a bloody, pulpy mess. And in 1992, when the four Los Angeles Police officers who beat him after a traffic stop were acquitted, it touched off anger that affected an entire generation. Now, 20 years later, this is the face of Rodney King, and this is what has happened to him in the interim....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Rodney King reflects on an up-down life since riot

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-11 04:25
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- We saw his face a bloody, pulpy mess. And in 1992, when the four Los Angeles Police officers who beat him after a traffic stop were acquitted, it touched off anger that affected an entire generation. Now, 20 years later, this is the face of Rodney King, and this is what has happened to him in the interim....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Notable & Quotable

Opinion Journal - Mon, 2026-05-11 04:25
Paul Wolfowitz on Saudi Arabia's desire to save Iraq's Shiite population after the first Gulf War in 1991.


Glenn Hubbard: Obama's Budget Means a Tax Increase on Everyone

Opinion Journal - Mon, 2026-05-11 04:25
Maintaining the president's higher spending levels will require raising taxes for all Americans, including an 11% increase on those earning less than $200,000.


Terry apologises for sending-off

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 04:25
Chelsea captain John Terry apologises to fans for the red card against Barcelona which rules him out of the Champions League final.
Categories: BBC, News

Andrew Biggs: A Payroll Tax Cut Could Help Social Security

Opinion Journal - Mon, 2026-05-11 04:25
Higher earnings would keep more people from retiring early.


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