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Chicago protesters break away from nurses' rally

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 02:32
CHICAGO (AP) -- Hundreds of protesters broke away from a large rally and began marching through Chicago streets Friday, taunting police and shouting about everything from bank bailouts to nuclear power - a prelude to even bigger demonstrations expected after the start of a NATO summit....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

There Goes the Sun

Opinion Journal - Mon, 2026-05-04 02:32
The feds impose tariffs that raise costs for U.S. solar power.


Christopher Toner: What's at Stake in the Wisconsin Recall Election

Opinion Journal - Mon, 2026-05-04 02:32
What unions really want is legal standing to sue employers and prevent any changes—in wages, hours or other conditions of employment—unwanted by their members.


Jenkins: The Saverin Savonarolas

Opinion Journal - Mon, 2026-05-04 02:32
A Facebook founder and America's 'content-free outrage' machine.


California's Kafka Express

Opinion Journal - Mon, 2026-05-04 02:32
Not even a busted state fisc can stop Jerry Brown's train to nowhere.


Pawnbrokers attracting new custom

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 02:32
Offering shoes and handbags as security for a loan
Categories: BBC, News

Notable & Quotable

Opinion Journal - Mon, 2026-05-04 02:32
Historian Lord Acton on power and moral judgment, 1887—including the coinage that "absolute power corrupts absolutely."


Clemens key accuser: `I misspoke' about evidence

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 02:32
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Roger Clemens' lawyer jabbed his left index finger and hammered away, relentlessly attacking Brian McNamee over his personal life and accusing the government's chief witness of "making up this stuff on the fly." The attorney finally sprung his trap and pointed out what appeared to be a flaw in McNamee's story about the collection of evidence that turned up in a beer can....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Clemens key accuser: `I misspoke' about evidence

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 02:32
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Roger Clemens' lawyer jabbed his left index finger and hammered away, relentlessly attacking Brian McNamee over his personal life and accusing the government's chief witness of "making up this stuff on the fly." The attorney finally sprung his trap and pointed out what appeared to be a flaw in McNamee's story about the collection of evidence that turned up in a beer can....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Clemens key accuser: `I misspoke' about evidence

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 02:32
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Roger Clemens' lawyer jabbed his left index finger and hammered away, relentlessly attacking Brian McNamee over his personal life and accusing the government's chief witness of "making up this stuff on the fly." The attorney finally sprung his trap and pointed out what appeared to be a flaw in McNamee's story about the collection of evidence that turned up in a beer can....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Abigail Thernstrom: The Good News About Race in America

Opinion Journal - Mon, 2026-05-04 02:32
The 1965 Voting Rights Act has been a huge success. So why are black activists keen to press the discrimination button on issues like voter ID?


Fergus Bordewich: How the West Was Really Won

Opinion Journal - Mon, 2026-05-04 02:32
The Homestead Act, which celebrates its 150th anniversary this weekend, offered free land to men and women willing to farm it. The law helped America become an economic superpower.


Anne Jolis: The Swedish Reform Model, Believe It or Not

Opinion Journal - Mon, 2026-05-04 02:32
Why this social democracy has a liberalizing labor market and strong growth. The answer isn't that it's outside the euro zone.


Genghis Democracies

Opinion Journal - Mon, 2026-05-04 02:32
Once-promising Mongolia takes an authoritarian turn.


Argentine gas exports cancelled

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 02:32
Spanish energy giant Repsol cancels a contract to provide gas to Argentina, in a continuing row after Buenos Aries nationalised one of its subsidiaries.
Categories: BBC, News

VIDEO: Epic journey for rugby final

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 02:32
More than 20,000 rugby fans from Belfast and Dublin are descending on Twickenham for the first ever all-Ireland final of Europe's premier club competition, the Heineken Cup.
Categories: BBC, News

Obama stance adds fuel in marriage battlegrounds

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 02:32
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- President Barack Obama's support for gay marriage has emboldened activists and politicians on both sides of the issue, setting off a flurry of political activity in a number of states and serving as a rallying point in others where gay marriage votes are being held this fall....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Obama stance adds fuel in marriage battlegrounds

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 02:32
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- President Barack Obama's support for gay marriage has emboldened activists and politicians on both sides of the issue, setting off a flurry of political activity in a number of states and serving as a rallying point in others where gay marriage votes are being held this fall....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Cameron joins talks over eurozone

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 02:32
UK PM David Cameron joins other world leaders at the G8 summit for talks set to focus on the eurozone crisis, amid signs a deal is unlikely to be reached.
Categories: BBC, News

Amlin Cup despair for Wilkinson

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 02:32
Jonny Wilkinson's Toulon taste Amlin Challenge Cup final defeat for the second time in three years as Dimitri Yachvili kicks Biarritz to victory.
Categories: BBC, News
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