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Telefonica unveils Skype rival

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 11:55
The owner of O2 and Movistar launches an app capable of making calls over the internet like rivals such as Skype.
Categories: BBC, News

American Scene: LEDs mean full rainbow for Empire State Building

NEW YORK — The Empire State Building will replace its tower lights with a computer-driven LED system that allows for nearly endless color combinations.

The iconic skyscraper's owner is partnering with Massachusetts-based Philips Color Kinetics to install the new light fixtures.

The top of the building is bathed in an ...

Mother, wife of kidnapping-slaying suspect arrested

GUNTOWN, Miss. — The net widened in the case of a Mississippi man suspected of killing a Tennessee woman and her teenage daughter and fleeing with her two younger girls.

On Tuesday, authorities charged man's wife and mother in connection with the abduction.

As an intense manhunt for Adam Mayes ...

Georgetown catches flak for Sebelius invite

In what has become an annual tradition, another Catholic university has come under fire for its choice of commencement speaker.

Georgetown University, the oldest Jesuit institution in the nation, is taking heat for inviting Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, a Catholic, to address the school's Public Policy Institute ...

Wettest April 'hits retail sales'

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 11:55
UK retail sales were damaged by the wettest April since records began, the British Retail Consortium says.
Categories: BBC, News

China: The world's cleverest country?

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 11:55
Is China the world's smartest country?
Categories: BBC, News

GOP takes turn crafting women anti-abuse bill

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2026-05-09 11:55
WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Republicans have advanced their version of the Violence Against Women Act, and it's different than the version passed by the Democratic-controlled Senate....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Humpbacks intervene in whale hunt

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 11:55
The unusual sight of humpback whales intervening in a killer whale hunt has been caught on camera by a BBC/National Geographic film crew.
Categories: BBC, News

Jamaica parties to probe funding

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 11:55
Jamaica's main political parties are examining a claim that a fraudster donated millions of dollars to their coffers in 2007.
Categories: BBC, News

VIDEO: Louis Saha: UK less racist than France

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 11:55
Tottenham footballer Louis Saha tells Newsnight's Jeremy Paxman that the UK has less racial issues than France, and that the premier league is a "paradise" for players from ethnic minorities.
Categories: BBC, News

Doctor: Chest compression led to CA homeless death

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2026-05-09 11:55
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) -- A trauma surgeon said Tuesday that continuous compression of a California homeless man's chest during a confrontation with police officers caused breathing problems that led to his death....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

30-minute defense in Hudson family murder trial

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2026-05-09 11:55
CHICAGO (AP) -- The man accused of killing three of Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson's relatives did not take the stand, and his attorneys put on a mere 30-minute defense Tuesday, calling two detectives in a bid to suggest they botched the 2008 investigation....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Crisis-hit Portugal axes holidays

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 11:55
Portugal adds to its austerity measures with the decision to suspend four of its 14 public holidays for five years.
Categories: BBC, News

Officials: Al-Qaida bomber was CIA informant

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2026-05-09 11:55
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The CIA had al-Qaida fooled from the beginning....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Dalglish happy to end on a high

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 11:55
Boss Kenny Dalglish says it has been "not a bad" first full season back at Liverpool after victory over Chelsea.
Categories: BBC, News

The Cravenness of Higher Education

Opinion Journal - Sat, 2026-05-09 11:55
The Chronicle fires a writer for doing what she was hired to do.


Tortured girl seeks justice against kin

CNN - Top Stories - Sat, 2026-05-09 11:55
Sahar Gul trembled as a Kabul court sentenced her in-laws for brutally torturing her after she didn't immediately get pregnant. She says their 10-year sentences aren't long enough for the pain she endured.
Categories: CNN, News

PCWorld: "DOJ Says Requiring Warrant for Cell Phone Tracking Would 'Cripple' Law Enforcement"

FourthAmendment.com - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 11:55

PCWorld: DOJ Says Requiring Warrant for Cell Phone Tracking Would 'Cripple' Law Enforcement by Darlene Storm:

If your mobile phone is on then it is constantly pinging cell phone network towers, leaving you no choice about revealing your location. The ACLU warned the "threat to personal privacy presented by this technology is breathtaking," especially since the "government is routinely violating American's privacy rights through warrantless cell phone tracking." Apparently any mobile phone privacy is too much privacy in the early stages of an investigation, before law enforcement actually has any proof that a person has done anything illegal. An Obama administration official told a congressional panel that requiring a search warrant to obtain cell phone location tracking information would "cripple" law enforcement and prosecutors.

The Job Training Mess

Opinion Journal - Sat, 2026-05-09 11:55
The feds have 49 programs. Think there's some overlap?


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