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Breivik asked to stop fist salutes

CNN - Top Stories - Mon, 2026-05-11 10:59
Anders Behring Breivik, who admits killing 77 people in Norway last summer, has been asked to stop raising his fist in salute each morning at his trial, his lawyer said Wednesday.
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Pippa's friend 'regrets' gun incident

CNN - Top Stories - Mon, 2026-05-11 10:59
A friend of Pippa Middleton's, the sister-in-law of Britain's Prince William, apologized Wednesday for an incident in which a friend of his brandished a toy gun at press photographers in Paris.
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Bus and rail fares 'set to rise'

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 10:59
Translink confirms that fares on a number of bus and rail routes across Northern Ireland are set to rise.
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Retired Ill. couple claims share of $656M jackpot

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-11 10:59
RED BUD, Ill. (AP) -- A retired southern Illinois couple claimed the third and final share of last month's record $656 million Mega Millions jackpot on Wednesday, and said they plan to treat themselves - possibly even to a vacation - once they've sorted out how to invest their windfall....
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US Muslim: I was tortured at FBI's behest in UAE

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-11 10:59
STOCKHOLM (AP) -- A Muslim American seeking asylum in Sweden claimed Wednesday he was detained at the U.S. government's request while in the United Arab Emirates last summer, tortured in custody and interrogated about the activities of a Portland mosque....
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Doubt over Abu Qatada deportation

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 10:59
The radical cleric's deportation is in doubt after an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights, which the home secretary calls a "delaying tactic".
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Recruitment by for-profit colleges targeted

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-11 10:59
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Two senators say for-profit colleges are using too much taxpayer money to recruit students....
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Photos revealed of US troops posing with corpses

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-11 10:59
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In another embarrassment to the Pentagon, newly published photographs purport to show U.S. troops posing with the bodies of dead insurgents in Afghanistan....

Photos revealed of US troops posing with corpses

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-11 10:59
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In another embarrassment to the Pentagon, newly published photographs purport to show U.S. troops posing with the bodies of dead insurgents in Afghanistan....
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Warder harboured missing inmate

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 10:59
A prison officer who was found naked in bed with a missing inmate is convicted of helping him abscond from jail.
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AP Newsbreak: EPA to reduce gas drilling pollution

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-11 10:59
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration is issuing the first-ever standards to control air pollution from gas wells that are drilled using a method called hydraulic fracturing, or fracking....
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Retired Ill. couple claims share of $656M jackpot

RED BUD, Ill. (AP) — A retired southern Illinois couple claimed the third and final share of last month's record $656 million Mega Millions jackpot on Wednesday and said they plan to treat themselves — possibly even to a vacation — once they've sorted out how to invest their windfall.

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Document: Texas nurse admits shooting, abduction

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-11 10:59
SPRING, Texas (AP) -- Authorities say a 30-year-old woman admitted she shot a young mother and abducted her newborn son in a town near Houston....
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US, NATO ready plan to hand off Afghanistan combat

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-11 10:59
BRUSSELS (AP) -- The United States and its NATO allies are readying plans to pull away from the front lines in Afghanistan next year as President Barack Obama and fellow leaders try to show that the unpopular war is ending....

Fuel tanker drivers reject deal

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 10:59
Fuel tanker drivers' representatives reject a deal aimed at resolving the dispute over working conditions - but say they are not going on strike.
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Clashes hit Bahrain Formula One exhibit

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-11 10:59
MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) -- Security forces have fired stun grenades at anti-government protesters at a cultural exhibition for Bahrain's Formula One race....

Where's a Yellowstone bear? Look on your phone

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-11 10:59
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) -- For wildlife enthusiasts hoping to catch a glimpse of wolves, grizzly bears and bison at Yellowstone National Park, the best place to be on the lookout may soon be a cellphone....
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More top-grade university places

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 10:59
One in four university places is expected to be kept available for top-grade A-level applicants this year.
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Clemens jury selection like slow baseball game

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-11 10:59
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Jury selection in the Roger Clemens perjury case is dragging on like a midsummer baseball snoozer that features drawn out at-bats without any action. In this case, the halting, methodical legal process involves hour-long rounds of questions of potential jurors, with no end in sight....
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Ex-Libyan rebel in legal bid against UK politician

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-11 10:59
LONDON (AP) -- Lawyers for a Libyan military commander said Wednesday they are taking civil legal action against Britain's former foreign secretary over claims he approved the Libyan's rendition to face imprisonment and torture by Moammar Gadhafi's regime....
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