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Pair jailed for £27m web fraud

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-05-21 21:29
Two cyber criminals are jailed for helping other criminals carry out a credit card fraud totalling more than £26.9m.
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Ray Bradbury, author of 'Fahrenheit 451,' dies

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-21 21:29
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Ray Bradbury anticipated iPods, interactive television, electronic surveillance and live, sensational media events, including televised police pursuits - and not necessarily as good things....
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Landfill's closure changing lives in Rio

CNN - Top Stories - Wed, 2025-05-21 21:29
On the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, nestled along Guanabara Bay and within sight of the iconic Christ the Redeemer statue, one of the world's largest open-air landfills has closed after more than three decades of operation.
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US economy picking up - survey

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-05-21 21:29
The US central bank said its regular Beige Book survey of the economy showed growth increased over the past two months.
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UN observers in Syria suspend operations

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-21 21:29
BEIRUT (AP) -- U.N. observers in Syria suspended their activities and patrols Saturday because of escalating violence in the country, the head of the mission said, the strongest sign yet that an international peace plan for Syria is disintegrating....

'Smurf' sought in Forest of Dean

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-05-21 21:29
Reports of a man "who looks like a Smurf" behaving suspiciously in the Forest of Dean are being investigated by police.
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Cruel June for Obama, Dems _ and could get worse

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-21 21:29
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Just one week old, June already is proving a cruel month for President Barack Obama and the Democrats - and it could get a lot worse....

Is China hacking you? Google knows

CNN - Top Stories - Wed, 2025-05-21 21:29
Google has started warning users when it thinks they may be targets of government-sponsored hackers, the Internet giant announced.
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Clarke leaves role at Liverpool

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-05-21 21:29
Steve Clarke, the former number two to ex-boss Kenny Dalglish, leaves Liverpool, the League Managers' Association confirms.
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1 space shuttle already at museum, 2 more to go

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-21 21:29
The space shuttle prototype Enterprise moved to its new home Wednesday, the flight deck of the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum on the Hudson River in New York....
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Opponents block Washington state gay marriage

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-21 21:29
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) -- Washington's gay marriage law was blocked from taking effect Wednesday as opponents filed more than 200,000 signatures seeking a public vote on the issue in November....
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U.S. copter down in Afghanistan; 2 killed

CNN - Top Stories - Wed, 2025-05-21 21:29
The United States believes one of its armed helicopters was shot down over Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing both crew members on board, a U.S. military official said.
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Space shuttle Enterprise sails to Manhattan

NEW YORK — New Yorkers lined the West Side waterfront to welcome the space shuttle Enterprise as it sailed up the Hudson River on Wednesday to its new home aboard the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum.

The prototype space shuttle rode a barge from Jersey City, N.J. to the ...

No leaks here, White House says

CNN - Top Stories - Wed, 2025-05-21 21:29
The White House pushed back Wednesday against suggestions that it could be leaking classified information involving a cyberwarfare program against Iran.
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EU seeks to shield taxpayers from bank failures

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-21 21:29
BRUSSELS (AP) -- European officials proposed Wednesday a new system of financial regulations that aims to keep bank failures from costing taxpayers billions and bankrupting governments....

VIDEO: Queen visits Prince Phillip in hospital

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-05-21 21:29
The Queen has been to visit the Duke of Edinburgh in hospital.
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Canada police: Notes found in body parts packages

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-21 21:29
MONTREAL (AP) -- Notes were included in mailed packages containing body parts after the videotaped killing and dismemberment of a Chinese student, police in Canada said Wednesday, but they would not give details because of fears of copycat crimes....

Woman jailed over man on bonnet

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-05-21 21:29
A 37-year-old woman is jailed after driving through Falkirk with a man clinging to the bonnet of her car.
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