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VIDEO: Five Minutes With: Lord Prescott

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-22 06:41
Former Deputy Prime Minister Lord Prescott talks to Matthew Stadlen about the Labour government's relationship with News International, whether he would have wanted to be prime minister, his trouble with words, and what he felt like when a man hit him with an egg in 2001.
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Ohio emerging as microcosm of GOP race

AP - Politics - Thu, 2025-05-22 06:41
WILLOUGHBY, Ohio (AP) -- This state's Super Tuesday primary is proving to be the perfect microcosm of the nation's unruly race for the Republican presidential nomination: Mitt Romney is spending lots of money, Rick Santorum is aggressively courting conservatives and Newt Gingrich is counting on big ideas to swing votes his way....

Harry names royal road in Belize

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-22 06:41
Prince Harry has officially named a new road in Belize after his grandmother, the Queen, on the first day of a seven-day jubilee trip on her behalf.
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Broken Windows crime expert dies

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-22 06:41
Political scientist James Wilson, whose "Broken Windows" theory on policing changed crime-fighting in major US cities, dies at the age of 80.
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Carson funeral is held in Belfast

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-22 06:41
The funeral of the comedian Frank Carson takes place in his home city of Belfast.
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Cusack: Con Air 2 'would be fun'

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-22 06:41
Hollywood actor John Cusack says he would be happy to star in a sequel to the 1997 action thriller Con Air.
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Obama warns both Iran and Israel, 'I don't bluff'

AP - Politics - Thu, 2025-05-22 06:41
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama delivered his most explicit threat yet that the United States will attack Iran if that's what it takes to prevent it from developing a nuclear bomb. At the same time, he warned Israelis they would only make a bad situation worse if they moved pre-emptively against Iranian nuclear facilities....

Calls for '2p-a-cigarette' rise

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-22 06:41
Health campaigners are asking for more substantial rises in cigarette duty in this month's Budget.
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In pictures: Revisiting the Gujarat riots

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-22 06:41
Arko Datta returns to Ahmedabad
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Private firms offered police role

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-22 06:41
Private security firms could investigate some crimes and patrol neighbourhoods under plans being drawn up for police forces in England and Wales.
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Appeals court upholds Katrina flood ruling

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-22 06:41
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a judge's landmark ruling that the Army Corps of Engineers is liable for property owners' claims, agreeing the shoddy work on a shipping channel caused billions of dollars in damage from Hurricane Katrina's storm surge....
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Appeals court upholds Katrina flood ruling

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-22 06:41
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a judge's landmark ruling that the Army Corps of Engineers is liable for property owners' claims, agreeing the shoddy work on a shipping channel caused billions of dollars in damage from Hurricane Katrina's storm surge....
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A political tip sheet for the rest of us

AP - Politics - Thu, 2025-05-22 06:41
A political tip sheet for the rest of us outside the Washington Beltway, for Tuesday, April 10:...

A political tip sheet for the rest of us

AP - Politics - Thu, 2025-05-22 06:41
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A political tip sheet for the rest of us outside the Washington Beltway for Wednesday, March 14:...

A political tip sheet for the rest of us

AP - Politics - Thu, 2025-05-22 06:41
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A political tip sheet for the rest of us outside the Washington Beltway for Wednesday, March 7:...

Co-author of 'broken windows' policing theory dies

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-22 06:41
BOSTON (AP) -- Political scientist James Q. Wilson, whose "broken windows" theory on crime-fighting helped trigger a nationwide move toward community policing, died Friday at a Boston hospital. He was 80....
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Co-author of 'broken windows' policing theory dies

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-22 06:41
BOSTON (AP) -- Political scientist James Q. Wilson, whose "broken windows" theory on crime-fighting helped trigger a nationwide move toward community policing, died Friday at a Boston hospital. He was 80....
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Co-author of 'broken windows' policing theory dies

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-22 06:41
BOSTON (AP) -- Political scientist James Q. Wilson, whose "broken windows" theory on crime-fighting helped trigger a nationwide move toward community policing, died Friday at a Boston hospital. He was 80....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Co-author of 'broken windows' policing theory dies

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-22 06:41
BOSTON (AP) -- Political scientist James Q. Wilson, whose "broken windows" theory on crime-fighting helped trigger a nationwide move toward community policing, died Friday at a Boston hospital. He was 80....
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Five interpretations of The Lorax

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-22 06:41
Five interpretations of Dr Seuss's The Lorax
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