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In pictures: The Ford Transit

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 07:04
Celebration of the Ford Transit, from 1965 to now
Categories: BBC, News

Trayvon Martin police chief saved

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 07:04
The police chief who chose not to arrest George Zimmerman after he shot and killed Trayvon Martin in Florida sees his offer to resign blocked.
Categories: BBC, News

5 things: Sarkozy forced into runoff

CNN - Top Stories - Mon, 2026-05-11 07:04
It has been 17 years since France had a president from the left, but that might be about to change.
Categories: CNN, News

Oil boom brings work - and a crime increase

GLASGOW, Mont. | Booming oil production across a wide expanse of the Northern Plains is forcing law enforcement from the U.S. and Canada to gird for a spike in crimes ranging from drug trafficking and gun offenses to prostitution.

Officials say up to 30,000 workers could descend on the Bakken ...

Partisan, and Proud of it

Opinion Journal - Mon, 2026-05-11 07:04
"Do Not Ask What Good We Do" captures the drama of one of Congress's most combative and maddeningly frustrating years in memory. Jonathan Karl reviews.


American Scene: Detective says man hid phone in prosthetic leg

UNIONTOWN — A county detective says a man serving six months in a southwestern Pennsylvania county jail illegally hid a cellphone and charger in his prosthetic leg.

Christopher Greer, 27, faces a preliminary hearing May 22 on a contraband charge filed last week by a Fayette County detective.

Greer was ...

Schools to get star turn for arts education

Carrie Bradshaw might not be a role model at the elementary school, but the Obama administration hopes Sarah Jessica Parker can be.

As part of its Turnaround Arts initiative announced Monday, the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities will dispatch Miss Parker and such other stars as Forest ...

Hudson recalls last time with family

CHICAGO — Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson broke down in tears Monday while testifying at the trial of the man accused of killing her mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew in a jealous rage four years ago.

Miss Hudson was the first witness called after prosecutors and attorneys for William Balfour finished their ...

Romney backers tied to mysterious $400K donation

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-11 07:04
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A mysterious firm that gave $400,000 to help elect Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has direct ties to a married couple who already are among Romney's top Florida fundraisers, The Associated Press has learned....

Romney backers tied to mysterious $400K donation

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-11 07:04
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A mysterious firm that gave $400,000 to help elect Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has direct ties to a married couple who already are among Romney's top Florida fundraisers, The Associated Press has learned....

Romney super PAC gift among mysterious donations

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-11 07:04
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A once-mysterious $400,000 check written to a "super" political action committee supporting Mitt Romney's presidential campaign rekindled a nagging question this election season: Just how much disclosure is enough to satisfy transparency?...

VIDEO: Pair rescued from sinking trawler

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 07:04
A skipper and his crewman were rescued from a fishing trawler just seconds before it sank off the Hampshire coast.
Categories: BBC, News

Romney backers tied to mysterious $400K donation

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-11 07:04
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A mysterious firm that gave $400,000 to help elect Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has direct ties to a married couple who already are among Romney's top Florida fundraisers, The Associated Press has learned....

Rangers get 12-month transfer ban

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 07:04
Rangers owner Craig Whyte is banned for life by the SFA, which also hands the club a 12-month transfer embargo.
Categories: BBC, News

Syria overruns rebellious village, violence spikes

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-11 07:04
BEIRUT (AP) -- Syrian forces overran a mountain enclave near the Mediterranean coast Wednesday, seizing the territory back from rebels as a serious escalation in violence signaled both sides are using more powerful weapons....

Opinion: Romney offers no Afghan plan

CNN - Top Stories - Mon, 2026-05-11 07:04
Blake Hounshell says Romney may criticize Obama's Afghanistan approach, but his is much the same for a conflict that is intractable and a pull-out that is inevitable
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Egypt denies 8 US nonprofits license to operate

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-11 07:04
CAIRO (AP) -- Egyptian authorities have denied permission to eight American nonprofit groups to operate locally, including a center headed by former President Jimmy Carter that monitors elections, a ministry official said Monday....

Social Security heading for insolvency even faster

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-11 07:04
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Social Security is rushing even faster toward insolvency, driven by retiring baby boomers, a weak economy and politicians' reluctance to take painful action to fix the huge retirement and disability program....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Heavy shelling in Hama, Syria

CNN - Top Stories - Mon, 2026-05-11 07:04
Intense explosions rocked the devastated city of Homs early Monday, opposition activists said, just days after the U.N. Security Council voted to send as many as 300 observers to monitor a tenuous cease-fire in Syria.
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