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Mass. GOP pinning hopes on a Romney primary win

AP - Politics - Sat, 2025-05-24 21:50
BOSTON (AP) -- Massachusetts Republicans are hoping that a big win for former Gov. Mitt Romney in the state's presidential primary could put Massachusetts, normally a lock for Democrats, up for grabs in November....

Prison service boss to step down

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-05-24 21:50
The BBC learns that the Director General of the Northern Ireland Prison Service is leaving his post after just over a year to take over as head of Scotland's jails.
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Even mild concussions can cause lingering symptoms

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-05-24 21:50
CHICAGO (AP) -- Children with even relatively mild concussions can have persistent attention and memory problems a year after their injuries, according to a study that helps identify which kids may be most at risk for lingering symptoms....
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No gun find after police shooting

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-05-24 21:50
No weapons are found in an initial search of a car in which a man was shot dead by police, according to the police watchdog.
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Holder gives legal defense for al-Awlaki killing

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-05-24 21:50
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Attorney General Eric Holder says in the administration's first public justification for the killing of an American-born cleric that the president has the legal right in certain cases to order lethal action against U.S. citizens abroad who have turned to terrorism....
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In pictures: Russia protests

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-05-24 21:50
Protests following presidential election
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Arsenal will 'have a go' at Milan

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-05-24 21:50
Arsene Wenger's Arsenal will give it "a real go" as they try to overturn a 4-0 Champions League deficit against AC Milan.
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Briton Tappin denied bail in US

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-05-24 21:50
A Briton extradited to the United States over allegations of arms dealing is denied bail.
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Netanyahu: Obama 'gets' Israeli self-defense right

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-05-24 21:50
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Israel's leader says President Barack Obama understands that Israel has the right to defend itself from an Iranian nuclear threat....
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Super Tuesday showdown: Romney-Santorum big day

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-05-24 21:50
WASHINGTON (AP) -- On the eve of their Super Tuesday showdown, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum strained for an edge in Ohio on Monday and braced for the 10 primaries and caucuses likely to redefine the race for the Republican presidential nomination....
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Baby dropped in field by tornado buried in Indiana

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-05-24 21:50
SALEM, Ind. (AP) -- A 15-month-old Indiana girl who clung to life for two days after being scooped up by a tornado that killed her parents and two siblings was buried Monday in a snow-covered cemetery, a poignant end to what had seemed to be a miracle story of survival....
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Egyptian lawmaker out by a nose

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-24 21:50
CAIRO (AP) -- A lawmaker from Egypt's most conservative Islamist party resigned from parliament after he was caught lying to cover up a nose job, claiming the injuries to his heavily bandaged face were from a carjacking and beating....

Egyptian lawmaker out by a nose

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-24 21:50
CAIRO (AP) -- A lawmaker from Egypt's most conservative Islamist party resigned from parliament after he was caught lying to cover up a nose job, claiming the injuries to his heavily bandaged face were from a carjacking and beating....

US officials: Not quite so many Gitmo re-offenders

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-05-24 21:50
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Director of National Intelligence said Monday that far fewer detainees released from Guantanamo Bay rejoined terrorist activities than previously reported....
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GOP prez candidates facing unexpected headwinds

AP - Politics - Sat, 2025-05-24 21:50
WASHINGTON (AP) -- It's not a happy time for Republicans seeking the White House....

8-day Iditarod under way in Alaska

WILLOW, Alaska — To a rousing send-off from fans, dozens of teams took to the trail for the start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, embarking on a near thousand-mile journey through the Alaskan wilderness.

The 66 mushers and their dog teams will spend roughly eight days trying to ...

Judge: NY Mets owe up to $83M to Madoff trustee

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-05-24 21:50
NEW YORK (AP) -- The New York Mets' owners must pay up to $83 million to the trustee recovering money for Bernard Madoff investors, a judge said Monday, though he expressed doubt that the trustee will succeed in proving at a trial this month that he's entitled to as much as $300 million more....
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Iceland's ex-PM tells court he is innocent

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-24 21:50
REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) -- A former prime minister of Iceland on Monday rejected charges he failed to adequately protect his country's economy from financial shocks, as he took the stand in the first criminal trial of a world leader to result from the 2008 financial crisis....

Yemen air force ends mutiny on vow to oust chief

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-24 21:50
SANAA, Yemen (AP) -- Thousands of Yemeni airmen succeeded Monday in pressuring the country's new president to dismiss the commander of the air force, according to a statement by the group....

Al-Qaida claims responsibility for Yemen attack

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-24 21:50
SANAA, Yemen (AP) -- Al-Qaida has claimed responsibility for a weekend assault on a military base in southern Yemen which officials say left nearly 200 soldiers dead....
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