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Missing balloon pilot saved others before crashing

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 01:13
FITZGERALD, Ga. (AP) -- Authorities searched Sunday for a hot air balloon pilot from North Carolina who went missing in the South Georgia woods when his balloon crashed during a weekend thunderstorm....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

East Timor president concedes defeat in election

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-04 01:13
DILI, East Timor (AP) -- President Jose Ramos Horta, who campaigned tirelessly for East Timor's independence for nearly a quarter-century and helped steer the new, young nation, conceded defeat Monday after a poor showing in weekend elections....

East Timor president concedes defeat in election

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-04 01:13
DILI, East Timor (AP) -- President Jose Ramos Horta, who campaigned tirelessly for East Timor's independence for nearly a quarter-century and helped steer the new, young nation, conceded defeat Monday after a poor showing in weekend elections....

East Timor president concedes defeat in election

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-04 01:13
DILI, East Timor (AP) -- President Jose Ramos Horta, who campaigned tirelessly for East Timor's independence for nearly a quarter-century and helped steer the new, young nation, conceded defeat Monday after a poor showing in weekend elections....

Burial for soldier killed in rescue try

CNN - Top Stories - Mon, 2026-05-04 01:13
A decorated U.S. soldier who died while unsuccessfully trying to rescue his daughters from their burning North Carolina home will be buried alongside the girls at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday.
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Tonga's King Tupou V dies; introduced democracy

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-04 01:13
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- Tonga's King George Tupou V, who gave up most of his powers to bring a more democratic government to his Pacific island nation, died Sunday at a Hong Kong hospital. He was 63....

Report: Tablets helping improve news consumption

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 01:13
NEW YORK (AP) -- Mobile technology appears to be increasing the public appetite for news but it's far from clear whether the news industry will profit from that, a study issued Monday concluded....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Report: Tablets helping improve news consumption

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 01:13
NEW YORK (AP) -- Mobile technology appears to be increasing the public appetite for news but it's far from clear whether the news industry will profit from that, a study issued Monday concluded....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Report: Tablets helping improve news consumption

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 01:13
NEW YORK (AP) -- Mobile technology appears to be increasing the public appetite for news but it's far from clear whether the news industry will profit from that, a study issued Monday concluded....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Nurses confess to killing 16 patients

CNN - Top Stories - Mon, 2026-05-04 01:13
Two male nurses face murder charges in Uruguay after admitting to killing a total of at least 16 patients in two hospitals in the country's capital, Montevideo, a judge told CNN affiliate Teledoce.
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Report: US makes modest gains in graduation rate

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 01:13
HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) -- The last straw for 17-year-old Alton Burke was a note left on his door. The high school dropout picked up the phone and re-enrolled at South Hagerstown High....
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Report: US makes modest gains in graduation rate

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 01:13
HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) -- The last straw for 17-year-old Alton Burke was a note left on his door. The high school dropout picked up the phone and re-enrolled at South Hagerstown High....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Mexican cartel says no violence during papal visit

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-04 01:13
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Banners purportedly signed by one of Mexico's drug cartels and hung in Guanajuato promise there will be no violence during next weekend's visit to the state by Pope Benedict XVI, an official said Sunday....

Mexican cartel says no violence during papal visit

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-04 01:13
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Banners purportedly signed by one of Mexico's drug cartels and hung in Guanajuato promise there will be no violence during next weekend's visit to the state by Pope Benedict XVI, an official said Sunday....

Colo. fire forces town's 300 residents to evacuate

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 01:13
WRAY, Colo. (AP) -- A large, wind-fueled grass fire on the plains of northeastern Colorado destroyed at least two homes, threatened multiple others and forced all 300 residents of a rural town to evacuate Sunday....
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Study of 'meth babies' finds behavior problems

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 01:13
CHICAGO (AP) -- The first study to look at methamphetamine's potential lasting effects on children whose mothers used it in pregnancy finds these kids at higher risk for behavior problems than other children....
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Study of 'meth babies' finds behavior problems

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 01:13
CHICAGO (AP) -- The first study to look at methamphetamine's potential lasting effects on children whose mothers used it in pregnancy finds these kids at higher risk for behavior problems than other children....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Has the 'greenest government ever' gassed itself?

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 01:13
Is it the end of the "greenest government ever"?
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Report: Syria arms imports surge thanks to Russia

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-04 01:13
STOCKHOLM (AP) -- Syria imported nearly six times more weapons in 2007-2011 than in the previous five-year period, with Russia accounting for 72 percent of the arms supplies to President Bashar Assad's regime, an international research institute said Monday....

Report: Syria arms imports surge thanks to Russia

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-04 01:13
STOCKHOLM (AP) -- Syria imported nearly six times more weapons in 2007-2011 than in the previous five-year period, with Russia accounting for 72 percent of the arms supplies to President Bashar Assad's regime, an international research institute said Monday....
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