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Canal torso could be soap actress

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-05-26 00:09
A man is arrested after a female torso, thought to be that of a missing former EastEnders actress, was found in a canal in London.
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Golfing benefit cheat is jailed

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-05-26 00:09
A man who was caught on camera playing golf despite claiming he could not walk more than 50m has been jailed for a £12,500 benefit fraud.
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Remploy planning factory closures

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-05-26 00:09
Remploy - which provides work for people with disabilities - is planning to close 36 of its 54 factories, putting more than 1,700 jobs at risk.
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NHS fights 'hitting patient care'

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-05-26 00:09
The controversy over NHS reform and pension changes is diverting hospital doctors away from improving patient care, a union leader says.
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Salmond in RBS break-up warning

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-05-26 00:09
Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond says breaking up the Royal Bank of Scotland would costs thousands of jobs at its Edinburgh headquarters.
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UK ticket limits for 100m final

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-05-26 00:09
About half the tickets available for the men's 100m final at the 2012 Games will be sold to the British public, Locog says.
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Investors: Stanford verdict won't restore $7B loss

HOUSTON — Investors taken in by Texas tycoon R. Allen Stanford expressed relief and a sense of vindication after a federal jury convicted the jet-setting financier of swindling them out of more than $7 billion. But they said the verdict will never replace the loss of their life savings.

"He ...

Analysis: Fending off others to chase an incumbent

AP - Politics - Mon, 2025-05-26 00:09
WASHINGTON (AP) -- As Mitt Romney reflects on his showing on Super Tuesday, he might sneak a peek at clips of President Barack Obama's news conference performance hours earlier. It was an object lesson about the power of incumbency and about the challenge facing Romney while his own party foes still nip at his heels....

Analysis: Fending off others to chase an incumbent

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2025-05-26 00:09
WASHINGTON (AP) -- As Mitt Romney reflects on his showing on Super Tuesday, he might sneak a peek at clips of President Barack Obama's news conference performance hours earlier. It was an object lesson about the power of incumbency and about the challenge facing Romney while his own party foes still nip at his heels....
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Analysis: Fending off others to chase an incumbent

AP - Politics - Mon, 2025-05-26 00:09
WASHINGTON (AP) -- As Mitt Romney reflects on his showing on Super Tuesday, he might sneak a peek at clips of President Barack Obama's news conference performance hours earlier. It was an object lesson about the power of incumbency and about the challenge facing Romney while his own party foes still nip at his heels....

Opinion: NFL fans lust for violence

CNN - Top Stories - Mon, 2025-05-26 00:09
"Give the man his money."
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Lawyers portray arrested N.Y. woman as mom, madam

NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors and defense attorneys have presented contrasting views of a New York woman jailed on a seven-figure bail on a single charge of promoting prostitution.

Anna Gristina's lawyers have portrayed her as a dedicated suburban mom, animal rescuer and former real estate broker who was working on building ...

Santorum super PAC calls for Gingrich to drop out

AP - Politics - Mon, 2025-05-26 00:09
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A super political action committee supporting Rick Santorum in the Republican presidential race says it's time for Newt Gingrich to drop out....

Santorum super PAC calls for Gingrich to drop out

AP - Politics - Mon, 2025-05-26 00:09
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A super political action committee supporting Rick Santorum in the Republican presidential race says it's time for Newt Gingrich to drop out....

Santorum super PAC calls for Gingrich to drop out

AP - Politics - Mon, 2025-05-26 00:09
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A super political action committee supporting Rick Santorum in the Republican presidential race says it's time for Newt Gingrich to drop out....

Santorum super PAC calls for Gingrich to drop out

AP - Politics - Mon, 2025-05-26 00:09
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A super political action committee supporting Rick Santorum in the Republican presidential race says it's time for Newt Gingrich to drop out....

Santorum super PAC calls for Gingrich to drop out

AP - Politics - Mon, 2025-05-26 00:09
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A super political action committee supporting Rick Santorum in the Republican presidential race says it's time for Newt Gingrich to drop out....

Breivik charged with terror for Norway massacre

AP - World News - Mon, 2025-05-26 00:09
OSLO, Norway (AP) -- Anders Behring Breivik was indicted Wednesday on terror and murder charges for slaying 77 people in a bomb and shooting rampage, but prosecutors said the confessed killer likely won't go to prison for Norway's worst peacetime massacre....

Top military leader talks of risk for US in Syria

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2025-05-26 00:09
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The nation's top military leader said Wednesday that U.S. armed forces would be ready if called upon to get involved in Syria, but he raised serious concerns about outside extremists and the fate of Syria's chemical and biological weapons....
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