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New video of US aid worker kidnapped in Pakistan

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2026-05-09 18:10
ISLAMABAD (AP) -- A 70-year-old American aid worker kidnapped nine months ago in Pakistan said in a video released by al-Qaida that he will be killed unless President Barack Obama agrees to the militant group's demands. The White House called for his immediate release....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Candidates against austerity lead in Italian vote

AP - World News - Sat, 2026-05-09 18:10
ROME (AP) -- Several candidates opposed to austerity measures were making a strong showing Monday in partial results from Italy's local elections - the first nationwide test for Premier Mario Monti since he was named to save Italy from its debt crisis....

Cities seek more money from tax-exempt colleges

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Wary of tax increases, weary of layoffs and determined to avoid bankruptcy, Providence Mayor Angel Taveras had only to gaze up at his city's Ivy League campus to see a way out of the morass.

On College Hill sits Brown University, with a $2.5 billion endowment ...

Evidence in CA homeless man's death airs in court

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2026-05-09 18:10
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) -- Evidence is being presented to a judge who will decide whether two California police officers should stand trial on charges of killing a mentally ill homeless man they stopped while investigating a report of car burglaries....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Pressure grows on head of Yahoo

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 18:10
A shareholder seeking the dismissal of Yahoo's chief executive demands the internet firm hand over documents relating to his recruitment.
Categories: BBC, News

Attorney: Donor knew money wasn't for Edwards' campaign

CNN - Politics - Sat, 2026-05-09 18:10
The attorney for a 101-year-old billionaire donor whose money is at the center of John Edwards' corruption trial told jurors Monday that his client knew the hundreds of thousands of dollars she gave the former U.S. presidential candidate was not a campaign contribution.
Categories: CNN, Issues, Politics

Seller of suicide kits sentenced on tax charges

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2026-05-09 18:10
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- A 92-year-old woman who sold $40 suicide kits has been sentenced in San Diego for failing to file federal tax returns....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Thalidomide victims in grant plea

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 18:10
People affected by the drug thalidomide urge the government to agree to a permanent financial settlement to help meet their rising healthcare costs.
Categories: BBC, News

Cities seek more money from tax-exempt colleges

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2026-05-09 18:10
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Wary of tax increases, weary of layoffs and determined to avoid bankruptcy, Providence Mayor Angel Taveras had only to gaze up at his city's Ivy League campus to see a way out of the morass....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Fed court reverses order for VA system overhaul

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2026-05-09 18:10
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A federal appeals court reversed its demand that the Veterans Affairs Department dramatically overhaul its mental health care system....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Initial efforts for Greek coalition gov't fail

AP - World News - Sat, 2026-05-09 18:10
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- The leader of the Greek conservative party that gained the most votes in parliamentary elections said Monday his efforts to form a coalition government with other parties had failed, raising the possibility of a new election next month....

Bedouin 'release Sinai observers'

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 18:10
Bedouin free 10 Fijian members of an international peacekeeping force who were briefly detained in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, security sources say.
Categories: BBC, News

Thai high-rise workers are killed

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 18:10
Three men fall to their deaths from Thailand's tallest building when a cable supporting their platform breaks, police say.
Categories: BBC, News
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