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Cantor: GOP beginning to 'coalesce' for Romney

AP - Politics - Sat, 2025-05-24 12:24
WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Majority Leader Eric Cantor says Republicans are coalescing around Mitt Romney's candidacy and looking for ways to work together to defeat President Barack Obama....

Job creation driving highway bills in Congress

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-05-24 12:24
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The lure of roads, bridges, buses and trains isn't enough anymore to drive an expensive transportation bill through Congress. So to round up votes, congressional leaders are pitching the bills as the hottest thing around these days: job generators....
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EPA heightens scrutiny over Pa. gas drilling

DIMOCK, Pa. — Tugging on rubber gloves, a laboratory worker kneels before a gushing spigot behind Kim Grosso's house and positions an empty bottle under the clear, cold stream. The process is repeated dozens of times as bottles are filled, marked and packed into coolers.

After extensive testing, Grosso and ...

Sony confirms Jackson music hack

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-05-24 12:24
The music company says a number of Michael Jackson tracks have been stolen after its website was hacked.
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Foreign observers: serious problems in Russia vote

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-24 12:24
MOSCOW (AP) -- There were "serious problems" in the vote that returned Vladimir Putin to the Russian presidency, the head of the major international election observer mission said Monday, adding fuel to an opposition testing its strength with plans for a massive protest rally....

Putin's return: Why It Matters

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-24 12:24
MOSCOW (AP) -- Vladimir Putin is heading back to the Kremlin - but for the last four years it often felt like he'd never left. As prime minister, he remained Russia's dominant political figure, his drive, sharp tongue and cocky bearing overshadowing his affable but mostly feckless successor Dmitry Medvedev....

How France helped Argentina in the Falklands

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-05-24 12:24
How France helped both sides in the Falklands War
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Japan cleans up radiation zone, unsure of success

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-24 12:24
FUKUSHIMA, Japan (AP) -- Workers in rubber boots chip at the frozen ground, scraping until they've removed the top 2 inches (5 centimeters) of radioactive soil from the yard of a single home. Total amount of waste gathered: roughly 60 tons....

40th Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race begins in Alaska

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-05-24 12:24
WILLOW, Alaska (AP) -- To a rousing send off from fans, dozens of dog sled 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....
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Report: Tibetan woman, student set selves on fire

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-24 12:24
BEIJING (AP) -- A young mother and a student have set themselves on fire in the latest such protest against Chinese rule in Tibetan areas, a U.S. broadcaster said Monday....

'Largest fox in UK' shot on farm

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-05-24 12:24
A fox believed to be the biggest killed in Britain was shot after attacking lambs on an Aberdeenshire farm.
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Jamaica debates republic option

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-05-24 12:24
Will Jamaica remove the Queen as head of state?
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Town measles outbreak totals 33

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-05-24 12:24
A further three children are diagnosed with measles in Gwynedd, bringing the total number of cases to 33.
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Children 'denied joy of outdoors'

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-05-24 12:24
National Trust boss warns children are being denied the enjoyment of the outdoors with consequences for their health.
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Day in pictures: 5 March 2012

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-05-24 12:24
24 hours of news photos: 5 March
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Rhythmic gymnasts win 2012 appeal

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-05-24 12:24
Great Britain's rhythmic gymnasts are set to compete at the London 2012 Olympics having won an appeal against their governing body.
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Malawi's donors 'can go to hell'

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-05-24 12:24
Malawi's President Bingu wa Mutharika tells foreign donors to 'go to hell', accusing them of plotting with civil society groups to topple his government.
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Carroll accused 'case to answer'

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-05-24 12:24
The judge in the Constable Carroll murder trial rejects a defence application to throw out the prosecution case.
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'Drugs' businessman to lose home

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-05-24 12:24
A Cheshire businessman must hand over his home to the Serious and Organised Crime Agency (SOCA), a court rules.
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Baby P's father gets £75k damages

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-05-24 12:24
The natural father of Baby Peter is awarded £75,000 in damages after the publishers of The People wrongly accused him of being a sex offender.
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