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Ex-student in Rutgers webcam case explains lack of apology

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — The former Rutgers student sentenced this week to 30 days in jail for using a webcam to view his roommate kissing another man says he did not apologize largely because it would have been seen as insincere.

Dharun Ravi told the Star-Ledger in an ...

Joplin commemorates first anniversary of deadly tornado

JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) — Malachi Murdock doesn't remember the massive tornado that struck Joplin a year ago Tuesday, killing 161 people and nearly killing him.

The 17-year-old was onstage after a performance at the Stained Glass Theater when the twister shredded the building. Three of those inside were killed. Mr. ...

Rewritable DNA memory shown off

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 08:16
Researchers demonstrate a means to use sections of DNA as individually addressable, rewritable "bits" to store data in living cells.
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Ten jailed for Russian train bomb

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 08:16
A Russian court jails 10 people, four for life, for the November 2009 bombing of a high-speed train in which 27 people died.
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Opinion: Hidden danger of cancer test

CNN - Top Stories - Sun, 2026-05-03 08:16
Otis Brawley says a new report shows that years of routine, mass prostate cancer screening has brought more risk than benefit--but not for the medical industry that has grown up around it
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Six Somalis in Paris piracy trial

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 08:16
Six Somalis go on trial in Paris charged with taking the crew of the sailing ship Le Ponant hostage in 2008.
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Microsoft opens up So.cl network

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 08:16
The search result sharing service allows members of the public to sign up and view each other's "collages of content".
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Ex-Tory Treasurer biggest donor

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 08:16
Electoral Commission figures show the former Conservative Co-Treasurer Peter Cruddas gave the party £215,244 between January and March.
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Bahrain activist attends retrial

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 08:16
Leading Bahraini political and human rights activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja appears in court in the capital, Manama, for his retrial.
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Jail for Egyptian protest police

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 08:16
Five Egyptian policeman are sentenced in absentia to 10 years in prison for their roles in the deaths of protesters during the 2011 uprising.
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IMF calls on UK to do more to boost economy

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-03 08:16
LONDON (AP) -- The International Monetary Fund has issued a tough assessment of U.K. economic policy, urging the coalition government and Bank of England to do more to boost demand in the economy....

Chicago police get high marks for NATO protests

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2026-05-03 08:16
CHICAGO (AP) -- The sight of Chicago police raising billy clubs against demonstrators Sunday was the kind of image that has dogged the city's police force longer than most of those who clashed with protesters have been alive....
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Chicago police get high marks for NATO protests

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2026-05-03 08:16
CHICAGO (AP) -- The sight of Chicago police raising billy clubs against demonstrators Sunday was the kind of image that has dogged the city's police force longer than most of those who clashed with protesters have been alive....
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Olympic tickets on general sale

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 08:16
The remaining 500,000 tickets for the London 2012 Olympic Games go on general sale, with anyone eligible to buy a ticket for a range of events.
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Burma's plea over power protests

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 08:16
Burma's reformist, military-backed government appeals for public understanding after rare protests by hundreds of people against chronic power shortages.
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Hammer killer 'could kill again'

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 08:16
A man who bludgeoned a man with a hammer after having sex with him is jailed for life for murder.
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