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Sahil kidnap couple get 10 years

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-15 16:06
A married couple are sentenced to 10 years in prison for kidnapping a five-year-old British boy from Pakistan in March 2010.
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Phone app to 'help manage stress'

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-15 16:06
A new mobile phone app will prepare users for receiving good or bad news, say researchers.
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FACT CHECK: Looming tax hike not the biggest ever

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-15 16:06
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans are calling it "Taxmageddon," the big tax increase awaiting nearly every American family at the end of the year, when a long list of tax cuts is scheduled to expire unless Congress acts....
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FACT CHECK: Looming tax hike not the biggest ever

AP - Politics - Thu, 2025-05-15 16:06
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans are calling it "Taxmageddon," the big tax increase awaiting nearly every American family at the end of the year, when a long list of tax cuts is scheduled to expire unless Congress acts....

UK PM Cameron leaves 8-year-old daughter in pub

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-15 16:06
LONDON (AP) -- It's every parent's nightmare: To get home from an event and realize that a child is missing. But it can turn out to be a political minefield as well if you happen to be the prime minister....

UK PM Cameron leaves 8-year-old daughter in pub

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-15 16:06
LONDON (AP) -- It's every parent's nightmare: To get home from an event and realize that a child is missing. But it can turn out to be a political minefield as well if you happen to be the prime minister....

Doctors twice use defibrillator on Egypt's Mubarak

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-15 16:06
CAIRO (AP) -- Doctors used a defibrillator twice on Hosni Mubarak when they could not find a pulse Monday, the latest health crisis for the ousted Egyptian president since he was sentenced to life and moved to a prison hospital nine days ago, security officials said....

Iran's Ahmadinejad wounded but wily in final year

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-15 16:06
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Iran's president hardly seemed like a fading political force at a security summit in Beijing last week. Leaders from China and Russia carved out time to hold private talks with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and gave him center stage to unleash his pet theories about the unraveling of Western power....

VIDEO: British rower rescued from Pacific

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-15 16:06
British adventurer Sarah Outen has thanked her supporters after being rescued from stormy seas during a row across the Pacific Ocean.
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As she drowned, she felt peace

CNN - Top Stories - Thu, 2025-05-15 16:06
Mary Neal talks to Randi Kaye about her near-death experience, and her premonition about her son's death.
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Corrie set refused listed status

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-15 16:06
An application to give listed status to the Coronation Street set, which would help secure its future when it is vacated next year, is refused.
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Ice cream van fracas investigated

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-15 16:06
A dispute between two rival ice cream sellers in Blackburn captured on video is being investigated by police.
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US trade boss in 'crash seizure'

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-15 16:06
US Secretary of Commerce John Bryson suffered a seizure in connection with police reports of three car collisions in California, a spokeswoman says.
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GOP mood toward Romney's fall prospects brightens

AP - Politics - Thu, 2025-05-15 16:06
ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) -- Republicans riding high from a string of breaks in their favor are increasingly optimistic about Mitt Romney's chances to claim the White House in November, even among conservatives who had qualms about making him the party's nominee....

VIDEO: House of Commons

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-15 16:06
The government tried to "sneak out" changes to the budget during the parliamentary recess "when it hoped no-one was listening", shadow chief secretary to the Treasury Rachel Reeves has said.
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Live Blog: England-France in Euro 2012

CNN - Top Stories - Thu, 2025-05-15 16:06
CNN's live text reporting on the Euro 2012 match between England and France, followed by Ukraine against Sweden in Monday's other Group D game.
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Court refuses to hear 'birther' argument again

AP - Politics - Thu, 2025-05-15 16:06
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal challenging President Barack Obama's U.S. citizenship and his eligibility to serve as commander in chief....
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