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Recovery threatened by runaway student loan debt

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2026-05-10 12:27
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The federal student loan program seemed like a great idea back in 1965: Borrow to go to college now, pay it back later when you have a job....
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Musician plays using 'jaw clicks'

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 12:27
New technology allows a disabled musician to play an electronic instrument by clicking his jaw.
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Romney and Obama battle ahead of 3 GOP primaries

AP - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-10 12:27
MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Republican front-runner Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama are trading jabs even before Republicans vote in their latest presidential primaries, a sign that both sides believe the race to decide who will oppose the Democrat this fall is coming to a close....

Romney and Obama battle ahead of 3 GOP primaries

AP - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-10 12:27
MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Republican front-runner Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama are trading jabs even before Republicans vote in their latest presidential primaries, a sign that both sides believe the race to decide who will oppose the Democrat this fall is coming to a close....

Uganda's nodding disease: 'I've lost hope'

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 12:27
Ugandan families tell of struggles with incurable nodding disease
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Deadly blaze hits Moscow market

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 12:27
Twelve people have been killed when a fire swept through a market warehouse in southern Moscow, shortly after another fire at a skyscraper in the city.
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VIDEO: Mystery disease striking Uganda

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 12:27
Scientists are baffled by a mysterious disease which has swept across parts of northern Uganda.
Categories: BBC, News

Samsung in $7bn China plant move

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 12:27
Samsung Electronics, the world's biggest memory chip maker, unveils plans to invest $7bn (£4.4bn) to build its first chip factory in China.
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Ark. man accused of abducting daughter surrenders

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2026-05-10 12:27
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- An Arkansas man suspected of abducting his 18-month-old daughter after allegedly beating and stabbing her mother walked into an attorney's office with his daughter and surrendered late Monday, authorities said....
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BA Olympics dove plane unveiled

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 12:27
How do you paint an aeroplane?
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Eel market sizzles as prices hit $2k/lb in Maine

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2026-05-10 12:27
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- Tiny translucent elvers - alien-looking baby eels the size of toothpicks, with big black eyes and spines - are mysterious creatures, floating thousands of miles from their birthplace in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean before ending up each spring in Maine's rivers and streams....
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Obama to criticize Ryan budget plan

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2026-05-10 12:27
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Making a pitch to middle-class voters, President Barack Obama intends to strike back Tuesday at a budget plan promoted by House Republicans, which the White House says will hurt the pocketbooks of working families....
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Obama asks Congress to act on 'to-do' list

AP - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-10 12:27
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Obama is asking Democrats and Republicans to act on his "to-do list" for Congress, a five-point plan he says would create jobs and help restore middle-class security....

US faces limited options on North Korea

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2026-05-10 12:27
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Despite tough talk from President Barack Obama, the United States and its allies have limited options if North Korea goes ahead with its planned long-range rocket launch this month....
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US faces limited options on North Korea

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2026-05-10 12:27
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Despite tough talk from President Barack Obama, the United States and its allies have limited options if North Korea goes ahead with its planned long-range rocket launch this month....
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US faces limited options on North Korea

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2026-05-10 12:27
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Despite tough talk from President Barack Obama, the United States and its allies have limited options if North Korea goes ahead with its planned long-range rocket launch this month....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

China resumes micro-blog comments

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 12:27
Services on two of China's biggest micro-blogging sites are back after being partially suspended three days ago to "clean up" coup rumours.
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Pret a Manger to create 550 jobs

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 12:27
The Pret a Manger sandwich chain is creating 550 jobs in the UK this year as the company continues its rapid expansion.
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US bounty for Pakistan hardliner

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 12:27
The US offers a $10m bounty for Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, the founder of Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba - blamed for the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
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AUDIO: Aquatic dinosaur theory debated

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 12:27
Science correspondent Tom Feilden reports on a new theory that dinosaurs actually lived in shallow water
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