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School sanction plan is dropped

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-02 18:49
A council withdraws an application to replace the governing body of a school where it said standards were unacceptably low.
Categories: BBC, News

Free banking 'a dangerous myth'

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-02 18:49
Free banking is a "dangerous myth", according to Andrew Bailey, who is due to become the chief regulator of the financial services industry.
Categories: BBC, News

Murder charge in burning car case

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-02 18:49
A 25-year-old man arrested in Italy is charged with murdering a crane driver found in a burning car near Southampton.
Categories: BBC, News

Egyptians vote in presidential election's 2nd day

AP - World News - Sat, 2026-05-02 18:49
CAIRO (AP) -- Choosing their president freely for the first time, Egyptians are voting on the second day of an election that will produce a successor to longtime ruler Hosni Mubarak....

Hurricane Bud threatens Mexico coast

CNN - Top Stories - Sat, 2026-05-02 18:49
Hurricane Bud formed off the southwestern coast of Mexico late Wednesday, the National Hurricane Center in Miami reported.
Categories: CNN, News

Stone age burial site discovered

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-02 18:49
Archaeologists are to exhume and analyse human bones found under a prehistoric monument in Pembrokeshire recently identified as the cap on a burial site.
Categories: BBC, News

Rwandan orphans find hope in village

AP - World News - Sat, 2026-05-02 18:49
NEW YORK (AP) -- From a teenager who was a month old when her parents were killed in Rwanda's genocide to a young man inspired to become a doctor, hundreds of orphans have found hope for the future in a special village outside the Rwandan capital....

£32m targeted at deprived pupils

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-02 18:49
Schools are to receive a share of £32.4m in funding to help the least well-off pupils, based on the number eligible for free meals.
Categories: BBC, News

Adder bite danger spots revealed

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-02 18:49
More than one in 10 of all adder bites on mainland Britain in recent years were in Wales, with the south west a particular hotspot, figures show.
Categories: BBC, News

Obama, Dems redoubling money efforts to keep edge

AP - Politics - Sat, 2026-05-02 18:49
ATHERTON, Calif. (AP) -- His cash advantage threatened, President Barack Obama and his party are redoubling their fundraising efforts after robust hauls by Republican rival Mitt Romney and a slew of GOP-leaning super PACs that are raking in cash from the party faithful highly motivated to topple the Democrat....

Obama, Democrats raise $60 million in May

AP - Politics - Sat, 2026-05-02 18:49
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama and the Democratic Party have raised a combined $60 million in May for his re-election effort....

Obama, Dems redoubling money efforts to keep edge

AP - Politics - Sat, 2026-05-02 18:49
ATHERTON, Calif. (AP) -- His cash advantage threatened, President Barack Obama and his party are redoubling their fundraising efforts after robust hauls by Republican rival Mitt Romney and a slew of GOP-leaning super PACs that are raking in cash from the party faithful highly motivated to topple the Democrat....

VIDEO: Toddler scooters across busy junction

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-02 18:49
A three-year-old is captured on CCTV driving his toy scooter though a busy intersection in China.
Categories: BBC, News

Literary scholar Paul Fussell dead at 88

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2026-05-02 18:49
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Paul Fussell, an acclaimed literary scholar who won a National Book Award in 1976 for "The Great War and Modern Memory," died Wednesday morning at age 88....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Obama team wrongly says Romney moves goal posts

AP - Politics - Sat, 2026-05-02 18:49
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's campaign says Republican rival Mitt Romney is trying to "move the goal posts" and reverse his position on unemployment. Actually, that's a fumble of the facts....

Obama team wrongly says Romney moves goal posts

AP - Politics - Sat, 2026-05-02 18:49
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's campaign says Republican rival Mitt Romney is trying to "move the goal posts" and reverse his position on unemployment. Actually, that's a fumble of the facts....

Obama team wrongly says Romney moves goal posts

AP - Politics - Sat, 2026-05-02 18:49
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's campaign says Republican rival Mitt Romney is trying to "move the goal posts" and reverse his position on unemployment. Actually, that's a fumble of the facts....

Obama team wrongly says Romney moves goal posts

AP - Politics - Sat, 2026-05-02 18:49
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's campaign says Republican rival Mitt Romney is trying to "move the goal posts" and reverse his position on unemployment. Actually, that's a fumble of the facts....

Obama team wrongly says Romney moves goal posts

AP - Politics - Sat, 2026-05-02 18:49
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's campaign says Republican rival Mitt Romney is trying to "move the goal posts" and reverse his position on unemployment. Actually, that's a fumble of the facts....

Obama team wrongly says Romney moves goal posts

AP - Politics - Sat, 2026-05-02 18:49
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's campaign says Republican rival Mitt Romney is trying to "move the goal posts" and reverse his position on unemployment. Actually, that's a fumble of the facts....
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