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Facebook riot teenager faces jail

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 05:14
A teenager is facing a "lengthy" prison sentence after he admitted starting a Facebook page encouraging people to riot in Dundee.
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Savage dance complaints dismissed

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 05:14
Robbie Savage's hip-thrusting performance on Strictly Come Dancing did not breach guidelines, the BBC Trust rules.
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O'Sullivan beats Ebdon at Worlds

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 05:14
Three-time winner Ronnie O'Sullivan completes a crushing 10-4 victory over 2002 champion Peter Ebdon in their World Championship first-round match.
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Pope stakes out church's course entering 8th year

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-11 05:14
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI began his eighth year as pope on Tuesday after spending the waning days of his seventh driving home his view of the Catholic Church, with a divisive crackdown on dissenters and an equally divisive opening to a fringe group of traditionalists....

What if justices let states make immigration policy

CNN - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-11 05:14
Tamar Jacoby says SB 1070 should fall, but if the Supreme Court lets it stand, it should also free states to experiment with policies that combine enforcement with practial approaches
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In VP hunt, women still not taken seriously

CNN - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-11 05:14
Jennifer Lawless and Kathleen Dolan say women are treated like also-rans on lists of potential vice-presidential candidates, and woefully underrepresented in electoral politics.
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The danger of Twitter, Facebook politics

CNN - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-11 05:14
Wesley Donehue applauds the transparency of social media, except when it gets in the way of politicians working together to solve problems on behalf of the public
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Murray eases through in Barcelona

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 05:14
Second seed Andy Murray shows his ruthless side to overcome Sergiy Stakhovsky 6-3 6-2 in the second round of the Barcelona Open.
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'Snowball fight' in Saturn ring

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 05:14
The Cassini probe in orbit around Saturn captures evidence of km-sized balls of ice plunging through one of the planet's main rings - its F-ring
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Ledbetter: Romney's insult to all women

CNN - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-11 05:14
The bill that bears her name ensures that women who are paid less than a man for doing the same worrk can have their say in court. But Lilly Ledbetter says it's unsettling that Mitt Romney needs to think about whether he supports the principle.
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Obamacare collapse would put employers in charge

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-11 05:14
WASHINGTON (AP) -- If the Supreme Court strikes down President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, don't look to government for what comes next....
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Obamacare collapse would put employers in charge

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-11 05:14
WASHINGTON (AP) -- If the Supreme Court strikes down President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, don't look to government for what comes next....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Obamacare collapse would put employers in charge

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-11 05:14
WASHINGTON (AP) -- If the Supreme Court strikes down President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, don't look to government for what comes next....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Obamacare collapse would put employers in charge

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-11 05:14
WASHINGTON (AP) -- If the Supreme Court strikes down President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, don't look to government for what comes next....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Swiss scientists demonstrate mind-controlled robot

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-11 05:14
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) -- Swiss scientists have demonstrated how a partially paralyzed person can control a robot by thought alone, a step they hope will one day allow immobile people to interact with their surroundings through so-called avatars....

Murdoch quizzed on private lobbying of UK leaders

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-11 05:14
LONDON (AP) -- James Murdoch's behind-the-scenes lobbying campaign spilled out into the public domain Tuesday as documents detailing his close ties to the British establishment were examined by a judge-led inquiry into media ethics....

Obama takes on college costs, eyes young voters

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-11 05:14
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Wooing young voters, President Barack Obama is on a blitz to keep the cost of college loans from soaring for millions of students, taking his message to three states strategically important to his re-election bid. By taking on student debt, Obama is speaking to middle-class America and targeting an enormous burden that threatens the economic recovery....
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Figures to show recession status

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 05:14
Figures out on Wednesday will show whether the UK economy grew in the first three months of the year or has returned to recession.
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UK police 'aim to find Madeleine'

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 05:14
The British detective leading the UK review into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann tells BBC Panorama the "ultimate objective" is finding the girl.
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VIDEO: House of Commons

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 05:14
Chancellor George Osborne has insisted that the government is on track to hit its deficit reduction targets.
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