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Bed-bound man guilty of murders

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-05-06 02:33
A man who appeared at a murder trial at the Old Bailey in a hospital bed is found guilty of murdering his ex-wife and her mother.
Categories: BBC, News

Schools 'required to fill vacuum'

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-05-06 02:33
Schools are 'too often asked to make up for much wider failings within families and communities', Ofsted chief inspector says.
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Nuclear summit: Goal of global security far off

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2026-05-06 02:33
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Halfway into an ambitious four-year effort to safeguard nuclear materials, President Barack Obama and other world leaders are lagging behind their self-imposed goals and facing renewed nuclear threats from Iran and North Korea....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Drug-resistant TB blamed on Indian treatment flaws

AP - World News - Wed, 2026-05-06 02:33
NEW DELHI (AP) -- India's inadequate government-run tuberculosis treatment programs and a lack of regulation of the sale of drugs that fight it are responsible for the spiraling number of drug-resistant cases that are difficult to treat, health activists said Friday....

Murray eases past Falla in Miami

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-05-06 02:33
Great Britain's Andy Murray beats Colombian Alejandro Falla to book a spot in the third round of the Miami Masters.
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Clinton informs Congress about Egypt aid decision

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2026-05-06 02:33
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has notified Congress of her decision to waive democracy requirements on $1.3 billion in U.S. military aid to Egypt....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Do Gingrich, Santorum know how to lose?

CNN - Politics - Wed, 2026-05-06 02:33
Gloria Borger says prolonging the GOP race doesn't make much sense since it's clear Romney will eventually prevail.
Categories: CNN, Issues, Politics

VIDEO: Live - Sport Relief

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-05-06 02:33
TV and sports stars join in charity drive
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Obama says shooting death of Fla. teen a 'tragedy'

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2026-05-06 02:33
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama spoke in unusually personal terms Friday about the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager in Florida, a case that has roiled civil rights activists and a suburban Orlando community. "If I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon," Obama said, vowing to "get to the bottom of what happened."...
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Taliban's brisk trade of kidnapping in Karachi

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-05-06 02:33
Taliban's Karachi kidnappings on the rise
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Mystery of town's odd noises solved

CNN - Top Stories - Wed, 2026-05-06 02:33
The mystery behind four days of unexplained shaking and odd sounds rattling Clintonville, Wisconsin, has been solved.
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Wolraich: Etch A Sketch will be hard for Romney to shake

CNN - Politics - Wed, 2026-05-06 02:33
Michael Wolraich says Mitt Romney can defend his consistency all he wants, but once an apt one-liner takes hold in the political imagination, history shows it's hard to dislodge it.
Categories: CNN, Issues, Politics

Obama taps Jim Yong Kim for World Bank

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2026-05-06 02:33
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama on Friday nominated Dartmouth College president and global health expert Jim Yong Kim to lead the World Bank, an unconventional pick that could help to quell criticism in the developing world of the U.S. stranglehold on the international organization's top post....
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African Union force to step up hunt for Kony

AP - World News - Wed, 2026-05-06 02:33
ENTEBBE, Uganda (AP) -- The African Union said Friday it will send 5,000 soldiers to join the hunt for notorious rebel leader Joseph Kony, a new mission that comes amid a wildly popular Internet campaign targeting the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army....

African Union force to step up hunt for Kony

AP - World News - Wed, 2026-05-06 02:33
ENTEBBE, Uganda (AP) -- The African Union said Friday it will send 5,000 soldiers to join the hunt for notorious rebel leader Joseph Kony, a new mission that comes amid a wildly popular Internet campaign targeting the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army....

Romney calls Trayvon Martin shooting a 'tragedy'

AP - Politics - Wed, 2026-05-06 02:33
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says there should be a "thorough investigation" into the shooting death of an unarmed, black Florida teenager that has rallied civil rights activists....

Romney calls Trayvon Martin shooting a 'tragedy'

AP - Politics - Wed, 2026-05-06 02:33
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says there should be a "thorough investigation" into the shooting death of an unarmed, black Florida teenager that has rallied civil rights activists....

Romney calls Trayvon Martin shooting a 'tragedy'

AP - Politics - Wed, 2026-05-06 02:33
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says there should be a "thorough investigation" into the shooting death of an unarmed, black Florida teenager that has rallied civil rights activists....

Romney calls Trayvon Martin shooting a 'tragedy'

AP - Politics - Wed, 2026-05-06 02:33
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says there should be a "thorough investigation" into the shooting death of an unarmed, black Florida teenager that has rallied civil rights activists....

Romney calls Trayvon Martin shooting a 'tragedy'

AP - Politics - Wed, 2026-05-06 02:33
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says there should be a "thorough investigation" into the shooting death of an unarmed, black Florida teenager that has rallied civil rights activists....
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