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Occupy London protesters evicted

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-08 22:10
Police move in to support the eviction of Occupy London protesters from Finsbury Square after Islington Council is granted a court order.
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Injured teen runs to his graduation

CNN - Top Stories - Thu, 2025-05-08 22:10
An injured high school senior runs to his graduation after a car accident.
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Armstrong denies doping charges

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-08 22:10
Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong denies drug charges brought against him by the US Anti-Doping Agency.
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Only 5 seen? Rush is on to save them

CNN - Top Stories - Thu, 2025-05-08 22:10
In a region saturated with spectacular aquamarine waters and bright coral reefs, the colorful Schaus swallowtail butterfly once was a familiar sight as it flitted over Biscayne National Park in South Florida.
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US wildfires fuel urgency for forest restoration

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-08 22:10
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- A combination of decades of vigorous fire suppression and the waning of the timber industry over environmental concerns has left many forests a tangled, overgrown mess, subject to the kind of super-fires that are now regularly consuming hundreds of homes and millions of acres....
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Gaza water 'dangerous to drink'

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-08 22:10
Gaza's only fresh source of water is too contaminated to drink, says a report by two charities - urging Israel to end its blockade of the territory.
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@Sweden hosted by Bieber-hating mom

CNN - Top Stories - Thu, 2025-05-08 22:10
Sweden's tourist board decided to try to drum up interest in the country recently by handing control of the national Twitter account to a different Swedish citizen every week.
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Accusers: Sandusky employed threats and gifts

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-08 22:10
BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) -- One, a foster child, said he was threatened, warned he would never see his family again if he ever told anyone what happened. Another said he stayed quiet because he didn't want to stop getting tickets to the hottest game in town - Penn State football....
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Cosmopolis 'like a documentary'

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-08 22:10
Cronenberg on Cosmopolis - 'like making a documentary'
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Will Lance Armstrong fight back?

CNN - Top Stories - Thu, 2025-05-08 22:10
New allegations by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency could spell trouble for Armstrong, a seven-time Tour de France champion.
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Armstrong rips new doping charges

CNN - Top Stories - Thu, 2025-05-08 22:10
The cycling champ says the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency intends to "dredge up discredited" doping allegations in a bid to strip him of his seven Tour de France victories.
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Social media helped, hurt in hunt for Ala suspect

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-08 22:10
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- Social media at times was a help, other times a hindrance in the search and eventual arrest of a suspect in the triple fatal shooting at a pool party at an Alabama apartment complex, officials said Wednesday....
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VIDEO: The end of money

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-08 22:10
Author David Wolman investigates the coming cashless future
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Tagged offenders 'break curfew'

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-08 22:10
Ministers will "look very seriously" at a report that suggests more than half of criminals wearing electronic tags break curfews, the Home Secretary Theresa May says.
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Abuse download 'risk to children'

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-08 22:10
People who download child abuse images pose a risk of committing sex attacks on children, the specialist police child protection unit says.
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Okla. horse ranch in cartel case raised suspicions

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-08 22:10
LEXINGTON, Okla. (AP) -- If associates of a reputed Mexican drug cartel leader had wanted to lay low while laundering money at an American horse ranch, they seemed to do everything wrong....
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Texas jury convicts man in stand your ground case

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-08 22:10
HOUSTON (AP) -- A Houston jury convicted a man Wednesday of murdering his neighbor during a confrontation outside the neighbor's home two years ago, rejecting his claim that he was within his rights to fatally shoot the man under Texas' version of a stand-your-ground law....
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Oxford offers £22,000 to Scots

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-08 22:10
Oxford University is to provide up to £22,000 of financial support to Scots in a move to encourage more applications
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Federal prosecutors drop case against John Edwards

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-08 22:10
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Federal prosecutors dropped all charges Wednesday against John Edwards, triggering criticism that the year-long prosecution of the former presidential candidate was a waste of time and taxpayer money....
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'Weakness' in public body mergers

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-08 22:10
A "weakness" in the mergers of some public sector organisations has been criticised by the public spending watchdog Audit Scotland.
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