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Bus grant cut 'risks fare rises'

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 16:00
The Scottish government denies Labour claims it is "causing real misery" in communities by cutting grants given to bus operators.
Categories: BBC, News

'American Bandstand' host Dick Clark dead at 82

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-11 16:00
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Dick Clark stood as an avatar of rock `n' roll virtually from its birth and, until his death Wednesday at age 82, as a cultural touchstone for boomers and their grandkids alike....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

12th military member tied to prostitution scandal

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-11 16:00
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Secret Service prostitution scandal grew Monday to include a 12th member of the U.S. military as the Pentagon suspended the security clearances of all the military personnel who have been implicated. The Secret Service has also taken action against 12 of its employees....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

A very different sort of school

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 16:00
With autism diagnoses rising more and more parents are plunged into a battle to get their child treatment, writes Louis Theroux.
Categories: BBC, News

Planet takes on Juice at Baftas

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 16:00
Sir David Attenborough's Frozen Planet will take on panel show host Keith Lemon and Sherlock at the TV Baftas next month.
Categories: BBC, News

Carbon capture 'needs certainty'

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 16:00
Capturing and burying the greenhouse gas CO2 from power stations is viable - but long-term government support will be needed, a report says.
Categories: BBC, News

Bipartisan Tax Gimmickry

Opinion Journal - Mon, 2026-05-11 16:00
Republicans stumble over another temporary tax cut.


A Message to Citi

Opinion Journal - Mon, 2026-05-11 16:00
A shareholder jeer for the CEO who cheered on Dodd-Frank.


Obama's Seinfeld Strategy

Opinion Journal - Mon, 2026-05-11 16:00
Hang the evil oil speculators, if anyone can find them.


Rep. Forbes wants Sullivan to resign

CNN - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-11 16:00
Virginia GOP Rep. Randy Forbes on Wednesday became the first member of Congress to call for U.S. Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan to step down due to a prostitution scandal involving eleven agents that has raised questions about security at the agency.
Categories: CNN, Issues, Politics

Henninger: It's 1936 All Over Again

Opinion Journal - Mon, 2026-05-11 16:00
The Obama 2012 campaign is channeling the ghost of Franklin D. Roosevelt in the Depression.


VIDEO: The American who quit money to live in a cave

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 16:00
In 2000 Daniel Suelo gave away all his cash and began living in caves in Utah. Mark Sundeen, author of "The Man Who Quit Money", explains what his story tells us about modern America.
Categories: BBC, News

Rove: How Romney Can Beat the Buffett Rule

Opinion Journal - Mon, 2026-05-11 16:00
Polls show voters favor Obama's gimmick, but not at the expense of economic growth.


Mini sticky credit card unveiled

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 16:00
The latest salvo in the battle to launch a digital wallet is unveiled - with a mini, stick-on credit card.
Categories: BBC, News

TransCanada submits new route for oil pipeline

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-11 16:00
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The company planning the disputed Keystone XL oil pipeline has proposed a new route through Nebraska that avoids the state's environmentally sensitive Sandhills region....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

BP, claimants panel ask judge to OK class-action settlement

NEW ORLEANS — BP and attorneys for more than 100,000 people and businesses presented a federal judge Wednesday with a class-action settlement designed to resolve billions of dollars in claims spawned by the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

The London-based oil giant and the attorneys are asking ...

Shooting case gets new judge

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Florida judge presiding over the Trayvon Martin shooting case removed herself Wednesday after the attorney for defendant George Zimmerman argued she had possible conflicts of interest that related to her husband.

Florida Circuit Judge Jessica Recksiedler had said she would make a decision by Friday, when ...

Michael Eastman: The Risk of Exaggerating the China Threat

Opinion Journal - Mon, 2026-05-11 16:00
Don't tailor military power for the Pacific at the expense of the dangerous Middle East.


Pierpaolo Barbieri: The Tragedy of Argentina

Opinion Journal - Mon, 2026-05-11 16:00
Commentators on Greece are drawing all the wrong lessons from my homeland's tragic default.


Jim Sollisch: Why I Donated a Kidney

Opinion Journal - Mon, 2026-05-11 16:00
Most of us are walking around with a spare part that 90,000 people need.


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