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Study links NFL players, wounded vets

CNN - Top Stories - Mon, 2026-05-04 21:24
The same dementia-like disease found in the brain tissue of several National Football League players has shown up in the brains of four U.S. veterans exposed to improvised explosive devices and other head trauma, according to new research.
Categories: CNN, News

Strauss not thinking of quitting

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 21:24
Andrew Strauss says he has not thought of giving up the England captaincy, ahead of the first Test against West Indies at Lord's.
Categories: BBC, News

VIDEO: Assad: 'People support my reforms'

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 21:24
In an address to Russian TV today, President Bashar Assad insisted the Syrian people supported his reforms and called his opponents "terrorists".
Categories: BBC, News

Newlywed hero's 1970 sacrifice honored

CNN - Top Stories - Mon, 2026-05-04 21:24
Rose Mary Sabo Brown spent just 30 days with her new husband, Army Spec. Leslie Sabo Jr., before he shipped out to fight in Vietnam. But from that month together in 1969 grew a lifetime of love.
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Palestinian PM reshuffles Cabinet in West Bank

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-04 21:24
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) -- Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad replaced almost half of his West Bank-based Cabinet on Wednesday, a clear sign that efforts to end the Palestinian political split are stuck....

Syria is 'losing information war'

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 21:24
Syria is losing the information war against the West, President Bashar al-Assad has said, amid continuing violence across the country.
Categories: BBC, News

Dog sounds alarm for hurt owner

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 21:24
A dog saves the day as it sounds the panic alarm as its disabled owner collapses when getting out of the shower.
Categories: BBC, News

Military hopes for 'great leader' from Egypt vote

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-04 21:24
CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt's military ruler said Wednesday he hopes that a "great leader" will emerge from the country's upcoming presidential election, and said it will be a free and fair vote that will reflect the will of the people....

Runaway Tube train charge brought

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 21:24
London Underground and two companies are to be prosecuted by the rail regulator over a runaway train on the Northern Line.
Categories: BBC, News

Bangladeshi arrests spark anger

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 21:24
Demonstrators and police clash in the Bangladesh capital Dhaka after 33 senior opposition figures are arrested in connection with anti-government protests last month.
Categories: BBC, News

Cardiff Airport boss leaves job

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 21:24
The managing director of under-fire Cardiff Airport leaves his post, it emerges, while a new operations director is appointed by the Spanish owners.
Categories: BBC, News

New Palestinian cabinet sworn in

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 21:24
Palestinian Authority President and Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas swears in a new cabinet in the West Bank, a move Hamas describes as a "big error".
Categories: BBC, News

VIDEO: Thoughts used to control robotic arm

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 21:24
Two patients in the United States who are paralysed from the neck down have been able to control a robotic arm using their thoughts.
Categories: BBC, News

'Fear' over body parts retention

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 21:24
Victims' campaigner Alan McBride said there is fear among families of victims following the revelation that the PSNI kept body parts and tissue samples in 64 cases of suspicious and unexplained deaths.
Categories: BBC, News

Crossroads announcing $25 million ad push

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-04 21:24
WASHINGTON (AP) -- An independent group favoring Republican Mitt Romney is launching a $25 million, monthlong advertising campaign against President Barack Obama in 10 states, further escalating an expensive TV ad war in presidential battleground states less than six months before Election Day....

McNamee: Clemens, Canseco had steroids talk

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 21:24
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Brian McNamee conceded that the first time Roger Clemens asked for help with a "booty shot," the pitcher did not specifically use the word "steroids."...
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Romney giving up on home state of Massachusetts

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-04 21:24
BELMONT, Mass. (AP) -- Don't bet on Mitt Romney winning his home state. Or even trying....

Mexico generals face drugs probe

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 21:24
Two Mexican generals are detained and questioned on suspicion of having links to a Mexican drug cartel.
Categories: BBC, News
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