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Butler found guilty in Conn. fake-virus extortion

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2026-05-05 23:17
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) -- A former butler for philanthropist Anne H. Bass was found guilty on Thursday of trying to extort millions of dollars from her during an hours-long ordeal in which she and a companion were held hostage on her estate and were injected with what masked intruders claimed was a deadly virus....
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Legislature OKs bill on homemade beers and wines

MADISON, WIS. — About the only thing Kevin Flynn enjoys more than drinking his home-brewed beer is sharing it with fellow beer-club members at festivals and tasting competitions. So Mr. Flynn and his buddies were shocked to discover that Wisconsin law prohibits sharing homemade suds anywhere outside the brewer's ...

Argentina to stock markets: Falklands oil illegal

AP - World News - Tue, 2026-05-05 23:17
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- Argentina has asked stock markets in New York and London to warn investors of its claim that five oil exploration companies are working illegally off the Falkland Islands, which Argentina contends were stolen by Britain more than a century ago....

Argentina to stock markets: Falklands oil illegal

AP - World News - Tue, 2026-05-05 23:17
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- Argentina has asked stock markets in New York and London to warn investors of its claim that five oil exploration companies are working illegally off the Falkland Islands, which Argentina contends were stolen by Britain more than a century ago....

Komen still roiled by Planned Parenthood flap

DALLAS — At least five high-ranking executives with the Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast cancer charity have resigned in the aftermath of the organization's decision, promptly rescinded, to eliminate its funding for Planned Parenthood.

The departures include three officials from Komen's Dallas headquarters, as well as CEOs ...

Bales to be charged with murder in Afghan killings

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2026-05-05 23:17
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales will be charged with 17 counts of murder as well as assault and a string of other offenses in the massacre of Afghan villagers as they slept, a U.S. official said Thursday....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Audit: India lost $210B on no-bid coalfield sales

AP - World News - Tue, 2026-05-05 23:17
NEW DELHI (AP) -- India's scandal-plagued government lost hundreds of billions of dollars by selling coalfields to companies without competitive bidding, according to a leaked audit report that the auditor itself called misleading....

Govt to keep info on Americans with no terror ties

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2026-05-05 23:17
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. intelligence community will now be able to store information about Americans with no ties to terrorism for up to five years under new Obama administration guidelines....
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Govt to keep info on Americans with no terror ties

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2026-05-05 23:17
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. intelligence community will now be able to store information about Americans with no ties to terrorism for up to five years under new Obama administration guidelines....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Abortion clinics get spot-checks

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 23:17
Inspectors have been ordered into abortion clinics across England to carry out spot-checks on how they work.
Categories: BBC, News

Man pleads guilty in synthetic drug death

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2026-05-05 23:17
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- A Minnesota man who provided a synthetic drug that killed a 19-year-old and sent 10 other partygoers to the hospital last year pleaded guilty Thursday to third-degree unintentional murder....
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Man pleads guilty in synthetic drug death

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2026-05-05 23:17
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- A Minnesota man who provided a synthetic drug that killed a 19-year-old and sent 10 other partygoers to the hospital last year pleaded guilty Thursday to third-degree unintentional murder....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Indians protest in Ecuador against mining projects

AP - World News - Tue, 2026-05-05 23:17
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) -- More than 1,000 indigenous protesters reached Ecuador's capital Thursday after a two-week march from the Amazon to oppose plans for large-scale mining on their lands....

Minimum price for alcohol planned

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 23:17
The government proposes a minimum price of about 40p per unit of alcohol in England and Wales - but is warned it could face a legal challenge.
Categories: BBC, News

BAE's £150m fighter plant opens

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 23:17
Defence company BAE Systems officially opens a new £150m site in Lancashire to build part of the F-35 US fighter jet.
Categories: BBC, News

2 injured in Mexico quake have died, mayor says

AP - World News - Tue, 2026-05-05 23:17
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Two people caught in this week's big earthquake died Thursday, the first deaths reported from the 7.4-magnitude temblor that damaged hundreds of homes in southern Mexico and caused panic far off in the national capital....

Richard Katz: How Japan Blew Its Lead in Electronics

Opinion Journal - Tue, 2026-05-05 23:17
Take a look at how many young Japanese flock to the Apple stores in Tokyo and how few linger in the Sony stores.


The chia craze

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 23:17
Many people in the UK won't have heard of the chia seed, but if regulators give their backing this US superfood craze could be on the way.
Categories: BBC, News

Are thin women the enemy?

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 23:17
From super-skinny celebrities to models with low BMI, people are speaking out about women they perceive to be too thin. But some experts worry this behaviour makes things worse.
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Asia's big three close in on deal

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 23:17
Japan, China and South Korea move closer to inking a trilateral investment agreement that may pave the way for a free-trade deal.
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