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Obama jokes with Clooney at star's gala fundraiser

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2026-05-06 03:19
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- George Clooney played the suave host, chef Wolfgang Puck whipped up something for dinner and President Barack Obama and about 150 of his Hollywood donors enjoyed a few laughs at Clooney's good-humored expense....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Obama jokes with Clooney at star's gala fundraiser

AP - Politics - Wed, 2026-05-06 03:19
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- George Clooney played the suave host, chef Wolfgang Puck whipped up something for dinner and President Barack Obama and about 150 of his Hollywood donors enjoyed a few laughs at Clooney's good-humored expense....

Opinion: Romney's response is lame

CNN - Top Stories - Wed, 2026-05-06 03:19
Paul Waldman says Romney expressed regret when faced with allegations about youthful bullying, but his distancing response won't do much to show voters he possesses empathy
Categories: CNN, News

Ex-NE mob boss gets 5 1/2 years in RI strip club plot

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2026-05-06 03:19
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- The former New England Mafia boss was sentenced Friday to 5 1/2 years in prison for his role in the shakedown of Providence strip clubs, becoming the first ex-mob leader to be locked up in a case that has ensnared nine people described by prosecutors as having ties to organized crime....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Critics: Biggest UN summit heading toward failure

AP - World News - Wed, 2026-05-06 03:19
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- The largest-ever United Nations conference, a summit billed as a historic opportunity to build a greener future, appears to be going up in smoke....

FDA reviews first rapid, take-home test for HIV

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2026-05-06 03:19
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration is considering approval of the first over-the-counter HIV test that would allow consumers to quickly test themselves for the virus at home, without medical supervision....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Heist suspect to return to the UK

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-05-06 03:19
A man being held in the US is to be deported back to the UK to be questioned over a £1m security van heist in Suffolk in 1993.
Categories: BBC, News

Greek euro exit no longer unthinkable

AP - World News - Wed, 2026-05-06 03:19
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- Let Greece go: It's a possibility that's being considered more and more publicly in Europe....

Greek euro exit no longer unthinkable

AP - World News - Wed, 2026-05-06 03:19
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- Let Greece go: It's a possibility that's being considered more and more publicly in Europe....

Hamilton tips Button to take pole

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-05-06 03:19
Lewis Hamilton says his McLaren team-mate Jenson Button is favourite to take pole in Spain
Categories: BBC, News

Hughes not motivated by revenge

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-05-06 03:19
QPR manager Mark Hughes says survival rather than revenge is his motivation as he faces former club Man City on Sunday.
Categories: BBC, News

Kidnap-slaying suspect kills himself; 2 girls OK

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2026-05-06 03:19
GUNTOWN, Miss. (AP) -- A man wanted by the FBI for killing a mother and daughter and kidnapping two other girls shot himself to death as officers closed in, but the two children were rescued without injuries and released from a hospital Friday....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Nigeria island prison offers nation's dark history

AP - World News - Wed, 2026-05-06 03:19
ITA OKO ISLAND, Nigeria (AP) -- The prison, cut out of the dense jungle that engulfs this island outside Lagos, never officially existed in records, though critics of Nigeria's military rulers were locked up here decades ago in harsh conditions....

Lithuania leader sees Tymoshenko

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-05-06 03:19
Lithuania's president visits the jailed Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko, who is in hospital in eastern Ukraine.
Categories: BBC, News

DPP says Price case will proceed

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-05-06 03:19
The Director of Public Prosecution Service insists that a case against Marian Price and three others will proceed despite a judge's dismissal of the charges.
Categories: BBC, News

Obese Ohio boy, 9, sheds 50 lbs, is returned home

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2026-05-06 03:19
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) -- A 9-year-old boy removed from his mother's custody after his weight ballooned to more than 200 pounds has slimmed down enough to return home....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US
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