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Whooping cough baby deaths' link

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 09:23
Three babies have died from complications linked to whooping cough so far in England and Wales this year, health experts say.
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Strassel: Romney's Primary Lessons

Opinion Journal - Mon, 2026-05-11 09:23
Each one of his rivals offers a clue to victory in November.


Tweaking memories 'helps addicts'

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 09:23
Manipulating memories of drug use may help reformed addicts avoid a return to a life of drug abuse, according to scientists in China.
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New warning over council pensions

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 09:23
Local authority pension schemes are still a "ticking time bomb", the Taxpayers' Alliance warns, despite their financial health improving over the past year.
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Zimmerman back to jail; judge says he lied

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-11 09:23
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) -- Trayvon Martin's shooter must return to jail, a judge ordered Friday in a strongly worded ruling that said George Zimmerman and his wife lied to the court about their finances to obtain bond in a case that hinges on jurors believing his account of what happened the night the teen was killed....
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Miliband admits Bradford mistakes

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 09:23
Ed Miliband says Labour's defeat in last month's Bradford West by-election cannot be "dismissed as a one-off", as he visits the constituency to learn lessons.
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Toy grenade prompts NYC office building evacuation

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-11 09:23
NEW YORK (AP) -- A gag grenade mounted on a plaque that said "Complaint department: Take a number" led to the evacuation Thursday of an office building near ground zero, and the employee responsible for it was put on administrative leave....
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Can Ann Romney Change the Game?

About.com - US Conservatives - Mon, 2026-05-11 09:23

Ann Romney's career decision to be a stay-at-home mom was thrust into the spotlight when a Democratic strategist stated that Ann had "never worked a day in her life." The comment created a bit of a controversy as the claim seemed to dismiss the value of motherhood, and especially the value of a mother who forgoes a "career" to raise five children.

According to 2007 figures from the Census Bureau there are approximately 5.6 million stay-at-home-mothers in the United States. That number would actually reflect one of the largest voting blocs in the country. Read More - Ann Romney: 2012 Game Changer

Can Ann Romney Change the Game? originally appeared on About.com Conservative Politics: U.S. on Friday, April 13th, 2012 at 00:17:14.

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Hasn't worked? Obama stands up for Romney's wife

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-11 09:23
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House - and President Barack Obama himself - rushed into a damage control campaign Thursday to blunt the impact of a Democratic consultant's suggestion that Ann Romney isn't qualified to discuss the economy because she "hasn't worked a day in her life."...

Hasn't worked? Obama stands up for Romney's wife

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-11 09:23
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House - and President Barack Obama himself - rushed into a damage control campaign Thursday to blunt the impact of a Democratic consultant's suggestion that Ann Romney isn't qualified to discuss the economy because she "hasn't worked a day in her life."...

Hasn't worked? Obama stands up for Romney's wife

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-11 09:23
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House - and President Barack Obama himself - rushed into a damage control campaign Thursday to blunt the impact of a Democratic consultant's suggestion that Ann Romney isn't qualified to discuss the economy because she "hasn't worked a day in her life."...

Opponents of death penalty see momentum

Death penalty opponents said Thursday that this week's votes putting Connecticut on track to become the 17th state to abandon capital punishment shows that the long campaign against the death penalty is gaining serious momentum.

"The National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty has been at it for 35 years, ...

Noonan: It's Over. What Have We Learned?

Opinion Journal - Mon, 2026-05-11 09:23
The GOP still practices primogeniture, but much else has changed in politics.


Todd Zywicki: SpongeBob SquarePants' Last Stand

Opinion Journal - Mon, 2026-05-11 09:23
Restricting TV ads for food aimed at kids won't help cure the child obesity problem.


VIDEO: The contact lens that sees double

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 09:23
LJ Rich explains how the dual image contact lens works
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North Korea rocket launch fails

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 09:23
North Korea confirms its controversial rocket launch failed, as observers report it broke up and crashed into the sea shortly after blast-off.
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Andy Kessler: Patent Trolls vs. Progress

Opinion Journal - Mon, 2026-05-11 09:23
Before you can sue to protect your discovery, you should first have to make a product or partner with someone who does.


Military seizes Guinea-Bissau capital, may be coup

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-11 09:23
BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) -- Mortars blasted through the capital of the small, coup-prone nation of Guinea-Bissau on Thursday as the military sealed off the city's downtown area and lobbed grenades at the prime minister's home, according to a diplomat and witnesses....

Chris Berg: The Real Reason for the Tragedy of the Titanic

Opinion Journal - Mon, 2026-05-11 09:23
The disaster is often seen as a tale of hubris, social stratification and capitalist excess. The truth is considerably more sobering.


Zimmerman appears in Fla. court

Suspect George Zimmerman made his first appearance in a Florida courtroom Thursday, the day after he was charged with second-degree murder in the racially charged shooting death of black teenager Trayvon Martin.

Mr. Zimmerman, flanked by a police officer and attorney Mark O'Mara, appeared calm and alert during the brief ...

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