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Conservative wants pot legalised

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-06-05 05:46
Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson calls for the legalisation of marijuana in the US, citing failure of the country's war on drugs.
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Prince 'charms' on Jamaican tour

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-06-05 05:46
BBC's Peter Hunt reflects on Prince Harry's Jamaican trip
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NJ Muslims file federal suit to stop NYPD spying

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-06-05 05:46
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Eight Muslims filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday in New Jersey to force the New York Police Department to end its surveillance and other intelligence-gathering practices targeting Muslims in the years after the 2001 terrorist attacks. The lawsuit alleged that the police activities were unconstitutional because they focused on people's religion, national origin and race....
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Mass burial for Congolese explosion victims Sunday

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-06-05 05:46
BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo (AP) -- The more than 200 victims of last weekend's deadly arms depot blasts in the Republic of Congo's capital will be buried Sunday in a mass funeral, state radio reported....

New ads pitch Marine Corps' kinder, gentler side

WASHINGTON (AP) — They've long been known as devil dogs, leathernecks and "the first to fight." But U.S. Marines, with their self-described expertise in "killing people and breaking things," now want to promote their kinder side as well.

A new Marine Corps advertising campaign starting this weekend takes its cue ...

AG disturbed by reports of NYPD surveillance in NJ

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-06-05 05:46
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Attorney General Eric Holder said Thursday he's disturbed by what he's read about the New York Police Department conducting surveillance of mosques and Islamic student organizations in New Jersey....
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Bin Laden widows in trouble in Pakistan

CNN - Top Stories - Thu, 2025-06-05 05:46
Pakistani authorities have started legal proceedings against al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden's widows for allegedly entering Pakistan illegally and alleged forgery, Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik told reporters Thursday in Islamabad.
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GOP spotlight shines on the South

CNN - Top Stories - Thu, 2025-06-05 05:46
The Republican presidential candidates turned their focus to the heart of Dixie Thursday, in the strongly conservative states of Mississippi and Alabama.
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Panel: U.S. should rethink emergency plans for nuke plants

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States should customize emergency plans for each of the nation's 65 nuclear power plants, a change that in some cases could expand the standard 10-mile evacuation zone in place for more than three decades, an expert panel is recommending.

That's one of the lessons to ...

2 hostages in Nigeria lived final days in squalor

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-06-05 05:46
SOKOTO, Nigeria (AP) -- The two hostages from Italy and Britain found dead during a botched rescue operation spent their final days living in bare squalor under the watchful eye of their alleged al-Qaida-linked captors, drinking water drawn from an underground tank and possibly enduring bouts of malaria and other illnesses....

Viewpoint: How to catch a hacker

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-06-05 05:46
How do law enforcers overcome hackers' defences
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Man admits Collymore tweet abuse

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-06-05 05:46
A 21-year-old law student admits racially abusing former Liverpool, Aston Villa and England footballer Stan Collymore on Twitter.
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FAA forecast: High air fares most of this decade

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-06-05 05:46
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Air fares are likely to stay high throughout this decade, as passenger travel grows but airline capacity shrinks, according to a government forecast issued Thursday....
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Poll: Health overhaul unpopular, but not as feared

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly two years after President Obama signed landmark legislation to cover the uninsured, a new poll finds his health care overhaul is neither better liked nor better understood.

But as the Supreme Court prepares to hear arguments on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, an AP-GfK ...

Obama film portrays steely leader

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-06-05 05:46
US President Barack Obama ramps up his re-election campaign with a documentary, narrated by Tom Hanks, stressing the accomplishments of his first term.
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Prestwick airport on the market

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-06-05 05:46
Prestwick Airport is being put up for sale by its New Zealand-based owners, Infratil, following a change in investment strategy.
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VIDEO: Celebrating the sun's return to Svalbard

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-06-05 05:46
Thursday, 8 March was a big day in Svalbard - the first chance to see the sun since last October.
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Paedophiles' jail terms increased

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-06-05 05:46
Three people jailed for their part in a paedophile ring have their "unduly lenient" sentences increased.
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Stolen newspaper exhibition opens

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-06-05 05:46
Artists Gilbert & George unveil their latest exhibition - a series of pictures made up of thousands of stolen newspaper billboard posters.
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Stock rally helps regain wealth lost in recession

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-06-05 05:46
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Americans are climbing further out of the hole they sank into during the Great Recession....
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