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Shake-up in child TV star rules

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-06-17 20:46
Reality TV shows featuring child stars are made to apply for licences under the biggest overhaul of performance rules for 40 years.
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ICC rejects Kenya trial challenge

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-06-17 20:46
The International Criminal Court rejects a challenge from four Kenyan politicians accused of crimes against humanity, clearing the way for them to face trial in the Hague.
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Opinion: Facebook IPO's scary message

CNN - Top Stories - Tue, 2025-06-17 20:46
David Wessels says a new bipartisan bill called the JOBS Act will in fact roll back protections for investors who want a slice of IPOs.
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AP Photos: NYC Fleet Week remembers War of 1812

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-06-17 20:46
NEW YORK (AP) -- Naval vessels ranging from a U.S. amphibious assault ship to a Finnish minelayer are participating in New York City's Fleet Week....
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Forecasters: 9 to 15 storms in 2012 hurricane season

MIAMI (AP) — U.S. forecasters predicted Thursday that this year's Atlantic hurricane season would produce a normal number of about nine to 15 tropical storms, with as many as four to eight of those becoming hurricanes.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released its initial outlook for the six-month ...

NYPD: Man implicates self in Patz disappearance

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-06-17 20:46
NEW YORK (AP) -- A man has implicated himself in the death of 6-year-old Etan Patz, whose disappearance 33 years ago on his way to school helped launch a missing children's movement that put kids' faces on milk cartons, police said Thursday....
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Police: British bandits foiled by glued-up bills

AP - World News - Tue, 2025-06-17 20:46
LONDON (AP) -- Three bandits were foiled in Britain when their attempt to pry open a stolen cash box ran up against a new security system that slathered the bills with glue....

Private supply ship flies by space station in test

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-06-17 20:46
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- The world's first private supply ship flew tantalizingly close to the International Space Station on Thursday, acing a critical test in advance of the actual docking....
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Does al-Qaeda have a foothold in Syria?

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-06-17 20:46
Is al-Qaeda trying to gain a foothold in Syria's unrest?
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Yahoo launches mobile-first browser

CNN - Top Stories - Tue, 2025-06-17 20:46
Yahoo has joined the browser wars with Axis, its very own tool designed to enhance its search with a clear eye toward the rapidly expanding mobile Web.
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Legal experts discuss FAMU band member interviews

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-06-17 20:46
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Band members' statements to investigators that a Florida A&M University drum major willingly got on a bus where he endured a beating with drumsticks, mallets and fists help explain why prosecutors didn't file more severe charges such as manslaughter and second-degree murder, legal experts say....
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Legal experts discuss FAMU band member interviews

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-06-17 20:46
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Band members' statements to investigators that a Florida A&M University drum major willingly got on a bus where he endured a beating with drumsticks, mallets and fists help explain why prosecutors didn't file more severe charges such as manslaughter and second-degree murder, legal experts say....
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Lotus favourites for win - Button

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-06-17 20:46
McLaren's Jenson Button says the Lotus team are the favourites to win this weekend's Monaco Grand Prix.
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Group: S.Sudan troops kill, torture minority tribe

AP - World News - Tue, 2025-06-17 20:46
JUBA, South Sudan (AP) -- South Sudan military forces tasked with carrying out a disarmament campaign among feuding ethnic groups are raping, torturing and killing members of a minority community, community leaders and aid workers say....

Group: S.Sudan troops kill, torture minority tribe

AP - World News - Tue, 2025-06-17 20:46
JUBA, South Sudan (AP) -- South Sudan military forces tasked with carrying out a disarmament campaign among feuding ethnic groups are raping, torturing and killing members of a minority community, community leaders and aid workers say....

Glass roof above MPs' cafe cracks

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-06-17 20:46
A glass roof panel has cracked in the atrium at Portcullis House - the latest in a string of problems to hit the building opened in 2001 to house MPs' offices and committee rooms.
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