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1,200 firefighters battle record New Mexico blaze

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-06-10 21:11
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- A wall of smoke advances across a vast swath of rugged country in southwestern New Mexico where the nation's wilderness movement was born nearly a century ago....
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Lighter winds help in fight against NM wildfire

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-06-10 21:11
GLENWOOD, N.M. (AP) -- Lighter winds aided crews at a massive wildfire in southwestern New Mexico's Gila National Forest, but they still were unable to stop the blaze that has raged across more than 190 square miles of mountainous forest lands since last week....
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Wildfires in Colo., NM burn out of control

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-06-10 21:11
BELLVUE, Colo. (AP) -- Massive wildfires in drought-parched Colorado and New Mexico tested the resources of state and federal crews Monday and underscored the need to replenish an aging U.S. aerial firefighting fleet needed to combat a year-round fire season....
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Online tax calculator falls over

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-06-10 21:11
A government internet service allowing people to check how their income tax and national insurance is spent, struggles on its first day.
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Male boards 'recruit other men'

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-06-10 21:11
Male-dominated boards hiring directors who are similar to them is holding back the appointment of women to senior roles, a report says.
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Nepalese political parties resign

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-06-10 21:11
Three political parties have resigned from Nepal's Maoist-led coalition government as fears grow that the country is descending into constitutional chaos.
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McKeown grandparents acquitted

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-06-10 21:11
An elderly couple are acquitted of killing their severely disabled 14-year-old granddaughter in a case which the judge describes as a "great human tragedy".
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How GB beat Russia at gymnastics

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-06-10 21:11
BBC Sport uncovers how Britain's men achieved what was once unthinkable
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Syrian rebels 'share Houla blame'

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-06-10 21:11
Syrian rebels were partly responsible for Friday's massacre in Houla, Russia's foreign minister says, as Kofi Annan arrives in Damascus.
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Seat belt checkpoints?

FourthAmendment.com - News - Tue, 2025-06-10 21:11

Apparently some New York, Connecticut, and Arkansas police agencies have decided that seat belt checks are a good idea for a roadblock. They aren't constitutional because the true safety rationale of Sitz is missing, and they are only going to end up giving taxpayer dollars to the civil rights lawyer that sues them first. The point, of course, is what else is swept up, like drug arrests, which will lead to a motion to suppress.

Opinion: A night that put Israel to shame

CNN - Top Stories - Tue, 2025-06-10 21:11
One of the unintended consequences of the Arab revolutions has become evident in Israel, where a surge in the number of refugees from Africa has created new tensions in a country with no shortage of practical and ethical dilemmas.
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Spanish trawler defies Gibraltar

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-06-10 21:11
Police boats confront a Spanish trawler off Gibraltar - the latest tense stand-off over fishing rights.
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VIDEO: Moyles 'honoured' to carry torch

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-06-10 21:11
BBC Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles says it was a "massive honour" to carry the Olympic torch through the mid-Wales town of Aberystwyth.
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Two held over death of student

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-06-10 21:11
Two American men are being held in Japan over the death of an Irish student.
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