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EU seeks fresh start with Turkey

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 15:33
The EU's enlargement commissioner visits Turkey in an attempt to kick-start Ankara's stalled bid to join the bloc.
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Mental illness as defense in Mich. stabbings trial

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 15:33
FLINT, Mich. (AP) -- Elias Abuelazam dutifully tended the cash register at a party store for $10 an hour. But after punching out, according to police, he was a different, dangerous guy, repeatedly faking car trouble in the wee hours then stabbing strangers who responded to his appeal for help....
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RFK Jr.'s troubled estranged wife found dead in NY

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 15:33
BEDFORD, N.Y. (AP) -- Mary Richardson Kennedy's life had both highlights and troubled moments, and they played out publicly because of the famous political family she married into in 1994....
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Dems shift tactics, pound Wis. governor on probe

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 15:33
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Lost in the hoopla over the effort to recall Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker after he took on union rights is an ongoing secret investigation that has already ensnared a handful of the Republican governor's former aides....
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Lobbying 'to be reformed by 2015'

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 15:33
The government is "determined" to introduce a register of lobbyists before 2015, constitutional reform minister Mark Harper tells a Commons committee.
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Pinterest to get $100m investment

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 15:33
Social networking service Pinterest is to receive $100m in funding, prompting analysts to value the two-year-old firm at up to $1.5bn.
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Case against Hain not proceeding

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 15:33
Controversial comments in Labour MP Peter Hain's autobiography were never intended to undermine the administration of justice in Northern Ireland, the High Court in Belfast hears.
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Q&A: The debate over statins

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 15:33
Could the proposal to protect all over-50s from heart attacks work?
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VIDEO: House of Commons

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 15:33
MPs have put questions to Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Davey and his ministerial team.
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Privacy watchdog to meet Google

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 15:33
The French privacy watchdog, acting on behalf of the EU, is to meet with Google to scrutinise its controversial privacy policy changes.
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US golf fans 'less knowledgeable'

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 15:33
Colin Montgomerie says golf fans in the United States are "not as knowledgeable" as their British counterparts.
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Blunkett: Axe guide dog food VAT

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 15:33
David Blunkett is calling for guide dog food to be exempt from VAT - saying it is a "far more serious issue than hot pasties".
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Census: Minorities now surpass whites in U.S. births

WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time, racial and ethnic minorities make up more than half the children born in the U.S., capping decades of heady immigration growth that is now slowing.

New 2011 census estimates highlight sweeping changes in the nation's racial makeup and the prolonged impact of a ...

Broadway run for Priscilla ends

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 15:33
Priscilla Queen of the Desert is coming to an end on Broadway after months of weak ticket sales.
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'Suicidal' man in £25,000 payout

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 15:33
A man with mental health issues pursued for council tax arrears will receive an apology and £25,000 from Torbay Council.
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Royal events: Britain and the box

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 15:33
Watching the big events - from the Coronation to the Jubilee
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Languages teaching 'must change'

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 15:33
A new report calls for children in Scotland to start learning a second language as soon as they start school.
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