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Swiss say no to longer holidays

BBC - News - Fri, 2026-05-01 18:28
Voters in Swiss referendums reject proposals for longer annual leave but agree to install "sex boxes" for prostitution in Zurich.
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Harry 'choked up' by Jubilee tour

BBC - News - Fri, 2026-05-01 18:28
Prince Harry describes his Diamond Jubilee tour of Belize, Jamaica and the Bahamas as "an emotional trip" that has left him exhausted, but "choked up".
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AP source: Afghanistan suspect from Wash. state

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2026-05-01 18:28
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A U.S. official says the American suspected of killing 16 Afghan villagers Sunday is a soldier from Washington who was assigned to a remote special operations site....
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AP source: Afghanistan suspect from Wash. state

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2026-05-01 18:28
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A U.S. official says the American suspected of killing 16 Afghan villagers Sunday is a soldier from Washington who was assigned to a remote special operations site....
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AP source: Afghanistan suspect from Wash. state

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2026-05-01 18:28
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A U.S. official says the American suspected of killing 16 Afghan villagers Sunday is a soldier from Washington who was assigned to a remote special operations site....
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Israel's 'Iron Dome' intercepts rockets

CNN - Top Stories - Fri, 2026-05-01 18:28
There's a new distinction in the strife between Israel and Gaza-based armed groups -- Israel's portable anti-rocket system called the Iron Dome.
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American Scene: Calif. megachurch readies for relocation, name change

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Crystal Cathedral readies for relocation, name change

GARDEN GROVE — The Crystal Cathedral is getting a new name, and the congregation of the financially struggling Orange County megachurch will relocate, its senior pastor announced Sunday.

The ministry will be renamed Hope Center of Christ, Sheila Schuller Coleman said in ...

Candidates battle to rise in the South

CNN - Top Stories - Fri, 2026-05-01 18:28
Coming off another victory in conservative territory, Rick Santorum on Sunday rejected arguments that frontrunner Mitt Romney's lead in the delegate count for the Republican presidential nomination was virtually insurmountable.
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WILLIAMS: End Fed's power; give it to free market

ANALYSIS/OPINION:

Ron Paul wants to abolish the Federal Reserve. He may be right: It is hard to see how the Fed has enhanced our economy.

Since 1971, when President Nixon ended the gold standard, the dollar's value has been more volatile than in any previous period, not only in immediate, ...

Obama condolences over massacre

BBC - News - Fri, 2026-05-01 18:28
US President Barack Obama phones his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai to express condolences over the massacre of 16 villagers, allegedly by a US soldier.
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Crystal Cathedral congregation in Calif relocating

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2026-05-01 18:28
GARDEN GROVE, Calif. (AP) -- The Crystal Cathedral is getting a new name and the congregation of the financially struggling Orange County megachurch will relocate, its senior pastor announced Sunday....
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Crystal Cathedral congregation in Calif relocating

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2026-05-01 18:28
GARDEN GROVE, Calif. (AP) -- The Crystal Cathedral is getting a new name and the congregation of the financially struggling Orange County megachurch will relocate, its senior pastor announced Sunday....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Your A to Z guide to March Madness

CNN - Top Stories - Fri, 2026-05-01 18:28
This is the time of the year when everyone can channel their inner Dick Vitale. Just make sure not to startle your co-workers if you start yelling, "Awesome, baby!"
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US seeks to contain damage from Afghan shooting

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2026-05-01 18:28
WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. officials were scrambling Sunday to contain the damage caused when an American soldier in Afghanistan wandered off base and allegedly gunned down more than a dozen villagers....
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US seeks to contain damage from Afghan shooting

AP - Politics - Fri, 2026-05-01 18:28
WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. officials were scrambling Sunday to contain the damage caused when an American soldier in Afghanistan wandered off base and allegedly gunned down more than a dozen villagers....

Woods pulls out injured in Miami

BBC - News - Fri, 2026-05-01 18:28
Tiger Woods withdraws during the final round of the WGC-Cadillac Championship in Florida with a leg injury
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Black churches as tourist entertainment

NEW YORK — The stern warning issued from the pulpit was directed at the tourists - most of whom had arrived late - a sea of white faces with guidebooks in hand. They outnumbered the congregation itself: a handful of elderly black men and women wearing suits and dresses ...

Search suspended for 4 missing off Wash. coast

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2026-05-01 18:28
SEATTLE (AP) -- The Coast Guard suspended its search Sunday for four men missing from a fishing trawler off the Washington coast, saying it's unlikely the men are still alive....
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Analysis: Obama's Afghanistan problem gets worse

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2026-05-01 18:28
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama has a PR problem when it comes to Afghanistan, to say the least....
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Yemen airstrikes, raids kill 17 al-Qaida militants

AP - World News - Fri, 2026-05-01 18:28
SANAA, Yemen (AP) -- Two airstrikes Thursday in south Yemen killed seven al-Qaida militants, including two top operatives, officials said. Yemeni soldiers, meanwhile, shelled a gathering of al-Qaida fighters elsewhere in the south, killing 10 militants....
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