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Over-65s' tax-free income freeze

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 11:35
The amount of income that is not taxed will be frozen for those aged over 65, affecting the financial plans of those approaching retirement.
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VIDEO: Lydiate's moments of magic

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 11:35
A selection of Dan Lydiate's best moments during Wales's Grand Slam-winning Six Nations season.
Categories: BBC, News

Consequences for security as NYPD-FBI rift widens

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2026-05-05 11:35
NEW YORK (AP) -- In the fall of 2010, the FBI and New York Police Department were working together on a terrorism investigation on Long Island. The cyber case had been open for more than a year at the U.S. attorney's office in Brooklyn. So, the Justice Department was surprised when, without notice, the NYPD went to federal prosecutors in Manhattan and asked them to approve a search warrant in the case....
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'Etch A Sketch' shakes up Romney's day

CNN - Top Stories - Tue, 2026-05-05 11:35
Mitt Romney prepared for another Southern showdown in Saturday's Louisiana primary after a convincing victory in Illinois padded his delegate lead and he received the highly prized endorsement Wednesday of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush.
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Pope's Mexico trip clouded by Legion victim's book

AP - World News - Tue, 2026-05-05 11:35
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI arrives in Mexico this week to a very public reminder of one of the Catholic Church's most egregious sex abuse scandals: A new book says internal Vatican documents show the Holy See knew decades ago of allegations that the Mexican founder of the disgraced Legion of Christ religious order was a drug addict and pedophile....

Morning after Illinois win, Jeb Bush backs Romney

AP - Politics - Tue, 2026-05-05 11:35
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is endorsing Mitt Romney for the GOP presidential nomination....

Morning after Illinois win, Jeb Bush backs Romney

AP - Politics - Tue, 2026-05-05 11:35
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is endorsing Mitt Romney for the GOP presidential nomination....

Morning after Illinois win, Jeb Bush backs Romney

AP - Politics - Tue, 2026-05-05 11:35
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is endorsing Mitt Romney for the GOP presidential nomination....

Kidnapped British woman freed in Somalia

AP - World News - Tue, 2026-05-05 11:35
MOGADIAHU, Somalia (AP) -- Somali pirates holding a British woman hostage for six months gave her medicine but did not tell Judith Tebbutt they had killed her husband during an attack on their Kenyan beach resort....

Driver sentenced in hate-crime case

CNN - Top Stories - Tue, 2026-05-05 11:35
A white Mississippi man was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty in the murder of an African-American man, with the judge calling it a "despicable crime."
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Colombia: Dozens of guerrillas killed

CNN - Top Stories - Tue, 2026-05-05 11:35
Colombian authorities have killed dozens of members of leftist guerrillas in the past day, the nation's defense minister said Wednesday.
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£100m university research pledge

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 11:35
UK Chancellor George Osborne announces a £100m fund to boost university research through private sector involvement.
Categories: BBC, News

Mauritania to hand over ex-spy chief to Libya

AP - World News - Tue, 2026-05-05 11:35
NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania (AP) -- Mauritania will hand over former Libyan intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senoussi - one of Moammar Gadhafi's closest associates who also is wanted by the International Criminal Court - for trial in his home country, a Libyan official said Wednesday....

AP Enterprise: Philippines using US smart bombs

AP - World News - Tue, 2026-05-05 11:35
MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- Concealed by the night sky, the two aging Philippine air force planes unleashed a surprise high-tech weapon: U.S. satellite-guided bombs that whizzed down with deadly precision toward a long-elusive terrorist suspect and two other top radicals dozing with their men in Jolo Island's jungle....

AP Enterprise: Philippines using US smart bombs

AP - World News - Tue, 2026-05-05 11:35
MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- Concealed by the night sky, the two aging Philippine air force planes unleashed a surprise high-tech weapon: U.S. satellite-guided bombs that whizzed down with deadly precision toward a long-elusive terrorist suspect and two other top radicals dozing with their men in Jolo Island's jungle....

Muamba was 'dead' for 78 minutes

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 11:35
Fabrice Muamba was effectively "dead" for 78 minutes, according to a doctor who treated the player following his cardiac arrest.
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Tax breaks for UK games industry

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 11:35
The chancellor has announced tax breaks for the games industry, a move welcomed by the industry.
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VIDEO: Muamba 'dead' for 78 mins - Bolton doctor

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 11:35
Bolton Wanderers club doctor Jonathan Tobin says Fabrice Muamba was "in effect dead" for 78 minutes when the player's heart stopped beating at White Hart Lane on Saturday.
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Budget 2012: Tax breaks for TV

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 11:35
Chancellor George Osborne announces a tax credit scheme for animators and TV production firms in the UK during the Budget for 2012.
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Vidic set for pre-season return

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 11:35
Manchester United captain Nemanja Vidic reveals that he is on course to end his injury lay-off in time for pre-season training.
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