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How will JPMorgan's $2B loss affect banking rules?

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2026-05-05 06:35
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The $2 billion trading loss at JPMorgan Chase has renewed calls for stricter oversight of Wall Street banks. Two years after Congress passed an overhaul of financial rules, many of those changes have yet to be finalized....
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VIDEO: Creative brains imagine a smarter tomorrow

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 06:35
The creative brains studying at the Interactive Telecommunications Program in New York are showcasing their ideas for a smarter tomorrow.
Categories: BBC, News

Channel 4 loses £42.3m in 2011

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 06:35
TV station Channel 4 loses £42.3m in 2011 although the 4Channels group, of which it is part, increases its profits.
Categories: BBC, News

John Edwards' eldest daughter to take the stand

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2026-05-05 06:35
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) -- The eldest daughter of John Edwards is set to take the stand in her father's defense....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

John Edwards' eldest daughter to take the stand

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2026-05-05 06:35
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) -- The eldest daughter of John Edwards is set to take the stand in her father's defense....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Utoeya survivor tells of screams

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 06:35
A teenager describes "the worst screaming" during Anders Breivik's island gun attack, shortly before a man sets himself on fire outside the Oslo trial.
Categories: BBC, News

Opinion: N.C. vote spells end of Obama

CNN - Top Stories - Tue, 2026-05-05 06:35
North Carolina is so important to the re-election chances of Barack Obama that he picked Charlotte as the host city for the Democratic nominating convention.
Categories: CNN, News

Ex-tabloid editor faces phone hacking charges

AP - World News - Tue, 2026-05-05 06:35
LONDON (AP) -- Ex-News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks, her husband and four others were charged Tuesday over alleged attempts to conceal evidence of Britain's tabloid phone hacking scandal, prosecutors said....

Queen joins Jubilee street party

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 06:35
The Queen sits down to tea with couples celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary on the latest leg of her Diamond Jubilee tour.
Categories: BBC, News

Say what? Politicians riff on sexism, texting

CNN - Politics - Tue, 2026-05-05 06:35
Sen. Mark Warner urges grads to give mom a call and Secretary Clinton answers one more question about the presidency.
Categories: CNN, Issues, Politics

Pets have long pedigree in political squalls

CNN - Politics - Tue, 2026-05-05 06:35
Ever since George Washington took office with horses and hounds in tow, presidents have welcomed animals into their lives. A lot of animals. And public dust-ups about the First Pets -- especially dogs -- go way back.
Categories: CNN, Issues, Politics

GOP looks to pick up Nelson's Senate seat

CNN - Politics - Tue, 2026-05-05 06:35
With their eyes on winning control of the U.S. Senate in November, Republicans will be looking Tuesday to primaries for Nevada's open seat, where the yet-to-be-decided Republican candidate is already favored over the former senator expected to win the Democratic nod.
Categories: CNN, Issues, Politics

How will JPMorgan's $2B loss affect banking rules?

WASHINGTON (AP) — The $2 billion trading loss at JPMorgan Chase has renewed calls for stricter oversight of Wall Street banks. Two years after Congress passed an overhaul of financial rules, many of those changes have yet to be finalized.

JPMorgan's misstep gives advocates of stronger regulation an opening to ...

Jail for takeaway brothel boss

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 06:35
A Carlisle takeaway boss is jailed for 15 years for attempting to recruit four girls aged between 12 and 16 into prostitution.
Categories: BBC, News

Leahy urges court to 'do right thing,' on health care

CNN - Politics - Tue, 2026-05-05 06:35
In an unusual message to the Supreme Court, a leading Democratic senator urged the court to "do the right thing" and uphold the health care reform law championed by President Obama and congressional Democrats.
Categories: CNN, Issues, Politics

Defense says it may call Edwards, mistress to stand

CNN - Politics - Tue, 2026-05-05 06:35
While John Edwards' lawyers have not yet made a decision whether to put the former presidential candidate on the stand in his corruption trial, Edwards' oldest daughter, Cate, is expected to testify this week, possibly as early as Tuesday.
Categories: CNN, Issues, Politics

Nigeria divorcees in mass wedding

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 06:35
A hundred couples marry in an officially sanctioned mass ceremony in Nigeria - in an effort to provide stable homes for Muslim divorcees and widows.
Categories: BBC, News

Colorado legislature meets on civil unions

CNN - Politics - Tue, 2026-05-05 06:35
The Colorado legislature met Monday in extraordinary session to consider a number of bills that were not brought to the floor last week, chief among them a civil-unions bill that has strong bipartisan support.
Categories: CNN, Issues, Politics

Flournoy: Congress, show courage on defense cuts

CNN - Politics - Tue, 2026-05-05 06:35
Michele Flournoy says Congress must show discipline, pragmatism to reach a budget deal that heads off across-board defense cuts
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BBC launches 'Digital Olympics'

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 06:35
The BBC announces details of the digital services that will offer viewers the most comprehensive coverage of an Olympic Games.
Categories: BBC, News
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