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Patchett back on Orange shortlist

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 13:20
Novelist Ann Patchett, best known for Bel Canto, is shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction for the third time.
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VIDEO: British Library buys £9m gospel

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 13:20
A 7th Century gospel, discovered in the coffin of a Christian saint more than 900 years ago, has been bought by the British library for £9m.
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Key witness to testify in terror plot trial

CNN - Top Stories - Mon, 2026-05-11 13:20
A key witness is expected to testify Tuesday as the trial of a Bosnian immigrant accused of plotting to bomb New York's subway system continues.
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Pulitzer board drop fiction prize

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 13:20
Pulitzer Prize board are unable to choose a fiction winner for the first time in 35 years.
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Breivik: 'Spectacular political attack'

CNN - Top Stories - Mon, 2026-05-11 13:20
Anders Behring Breivik, on trial for killing 77 people in Norway last summer, declares he carried out "the most spectacular political attack in Europe since World War II."
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Italy leads drop in EU car sales

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 13:20
Car sales in Italy were down 26.7% in March compared with a year earlier, leading the falls in European car sales.
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Ecclestone casts doubt on US race

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 13:20
Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone casts doubt on whether the new Grand Prix of America in New Jersey will take place in 2013.
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Zimmerman team wants judge removed

CNN - Top Stories - Mon, 2026-05-11 13:20
The attorney for George Zimmerman, says he is confident his motion to have a Florida judge removed from his client's case will be granted.
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World's athletes training in UK

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 13:20
What entices world’s athletes to train in UK?
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Iran nuclear talks yield no options

Six world powers -- the U.S., U.K., France, China, Russia and Germany -- and Iran met Saturday in Istanbul, Turkey to confirm whether Iran is ready to seriously talk about its disputed nuclear program.

Mixing and matching

Apparently the soaring national debt and the threat of a nuclear Iran are not enough to occupy the government's time, because the Obama administration is pushing to create more low-income housing, in order to mix and match classes and races to fit the government's preconceptions.

Alec Stewart column

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 13:20
"With the Championship shaping up to be a fascinating battle, the biggest frustration will be the lack of continuity in the fixture list."
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Utah system puts a unique spin on Senate race

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-11 13:20
KAYSVILLE, Utah (AP) -- Every handshake counts in Utah's unique nominating system, even for a senator seeking his seventh term....

Utah system puts a unique spin on Senate race

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-11 13:20
KAYSVILLE, Utah (AP) -- Every handshake counts in Utah's unique nominating system, even for a senator seeking his seventh term....

Utah system puts a unique spin on Senate race

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-11 13:20
KAYSVILLE, Utah (AP) -- Every handshake counts in Utah's unique nominating system, even for a senator seeking his seventh term....

Utah system puts a unique spin on Senate race

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-11 13:20
KAYSVILLE, Utah (AP) -- Every handshake counts in Utah's unique nominating system, even for a senator seeking his seventh term....

Bibi's dilemma -- and Barack's

"My initial reaction is that Iran has gotten a freebie. It has got five weeks to continue enrichment without any limitation."

Fresh appeal over double shooting

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 13:20
Detectives make a fresh appeal for information about the shooting of a man and his teenage daughter in north Belfast two weeks ago.
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Australia tobacco case in court

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 13:20
The world's biggest tobacco companies challenge the Australian government in court over a law making plain packaging mandatory for cigarettes.
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'The stroke had turned me gay'

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 13:20
Why I believe my stroke turned me gay
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