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Scott Gottlieb: The DEA's War on Pharmacies---and Pain Patients

Opinion Journal - Tue, 2026-05-05 22:02
Doctors and patients would suffer less if medical regulators were put in charge of monitoring opiate consumption and abuse.


Man Utd take no nonsense - Robson

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 22:02
The Carlos Tevez and Mario Balotelli sagas would never have happened under the Manchester United manager, says Bryan Robson.
Categories: BBC, News

Burton Malkiel: What Does the Prudent Investor Do Now?

Opinion Journal - Tue, 2026-05-05 22:02
At a yield of 2.25%, the 10-year U.S. Treasury is a sure loser. Stocks


Argentina to stock markets: Falklands oil illegal

AP - World News - Tue, 2026-05-05 22:02
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....

Notable & Quotable

Opinion Journal - Tue, 2026-05-05 22:02
Walter Williams on the failure of liberal politics to help impoverished, urban black Americans.


Judges: Ex-Irish leader Ahern took secret payments

AP - World News - Tue, 2026-05-05 22:02
DUBLIN (AP) -- Former Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern received at least (EURO)209,779 ($276,000) in secret payments while in office and repeatedly lied about this under oath, a mammoth fact-finding judicial investigation ruled Thursday in a long-awaited verdict....

Judges: Ex-Irish leader Ahern took secret payments

AP - World News - Tue, 2026-05-05 22:02
DUBLIN (AP) -- Former Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern received at least (EURO)209,779 ($276,000) in secret payments while in office and repeatedly lied about this under oath, a mammoth fact-finding judicial investigation ruled Thursday in a long-awaited verdict....

Strassel: Romney's Health-Care Duck

Opinion Journal - Tue, 2026-05-05 22:02
He can reassure voters if he mans up to the failures of the health law he signed as governor of Massachusetts.


American Scene: Whitney Houston died from drowning, coroner says

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Whitney Houston died from drowning, coroner says

LOS ANGELES | Whitney Houston died from drowning in a hotel bathtub, but coroner's officials said Thursday that heart disease and chronic cocaine use were contributing factors to the singer's death.

The release of autopsy findings ends weeks of speculation about what ...

Houston drowned after cocaine use

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 22:02
Whitney Houston's death was caused by accidental drowning, but her chronic use of cocaine was also a factor, a coroner rules.
Categories: BBC, News

Naomi Schaefer Riley: Defining the 'All-American Muslim'

Opinion Journal - Tue, 2026-05-05 22:02
The story of Islam in America today is a story of rapid assimilation and even secularization.


VIDEO: US army helicopter spins out of control

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 22:02
Video footage has been released of a US Apache helicopter which went out of control and crashed into a mountain in Afghanistan in February.
Categories: BBC, News

Emilio Azcarraga: Carlos Slim Needs More Competition

Opinion Journal - Tue, 2026-05-05 22:02
A Mexican trade: More open television and telecommunications.


Colombian police say rebel captured in Venezuela

AP - World News - Tue, 2026-05-05 22:02
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- A member of Colombia's largest rebel group has been captured in neighboring Venezuela and is wanted for his role in the kidnapping and killing of three Americans in 1999, Colombian police said Thursday....

Colombian police say rebel captured in Venezuela

AP - World News - Tue, 2026-05-05 22:02
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- A member of Colombia's largest rebel group has been captured in neighboring Venezuela and is wanted for his role in the kidnapping and killing of three Americans in 1999, Colombian police said Thursday....

Party moves to expel Bertie Ahern

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 22:02
Irish political party Fianna Fail says it will seek to expel former leader and prime minister Bertie Ahern in the wake of the Mahon Tribunal.
Categories: BBC, News

A political tip sheet for the rest of us

AP - Politics - Tue, 2026-05-05 22:02
A political tip sheet for the rest of us outside the Washington Beltway, for Thursday, March 22, 2012:...

A political tip sheet for the rest of us

AP - Politics - Tue, 2026-05-05 22:02
A political tip sheet for the rest of us outside the Washington Beltway, for Thursday, March 22, 2012:...

Education Secretary Duncan defends big increase in school funding

Education Secretary Arne Duncan used Thursday's appearance before a key House subcommittee to not only defend the Obama administration's request for a $1.7 billion increase in school funding for fiscal 2013, but also to rip the GOP budget proposal laid out by Rep. Paul Ryan earlier this week.

"However well-intentioned, ...

Bales faces 17 counts of murder in Afghan killings

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military intends to tell Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales Friday he faces 17 counts of murder and six counts of attempted murder, along with other charges, in connection with a shooting rampage in two southern Afghanistan villages that shocked Americans back home and further roiled ...

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