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Pro-Obama super PAC runs ad bashing Mitt Romney

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-11 15:53
NEW YORK (AP) -- An independent group supporting President Barack Obama's re-election is spending $660,000 to run a TV ad in four states bashing Mitt Romney....

Pro-Obama super PAC runs ad bashing Mitt Romney

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-11 15:53
NEW YORK (AP) -- An independent group supporting President Barack Obama's re-election is spending $660,000 to run a TV ad in four states bashing Mitt Romney....

FCC requires TV stations to post rate info online

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-11 15:53
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Federal Communications Commission voted Friday to require broadcast TV stations to post online the advertising rates they charge political candidates and advocacy groups....

Pro-Obama super PAC runs ad bashing Mitt Romney

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-11 15:53
NEW YORK (AP) -- An independent group supporting President Barack Obama's re-election is spending $660,000 to run a TV ad in four states bashing Mitt Romney....

Romney starts ad wave; GOP PAC gets more cash

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-11 15:53
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A deep-pocketed casino mogul is pouring a $10 million infusion of cash into a group backing Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's cause just as the Romney campaign makes its largest ad buy since becoming the all-but-certain GOP challenger to President Barack Obama....

Pro-Obama super PAC runs ad bashing Mitt Romney

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-11 15:53
NEW YORK (AP) -- An independent group supporting President Barack Obama's re-election is spending $660,000 to run a TV ad in four states bashing Mitt Romney....

VIDEO: Gas extraction 'should continue'

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 15:53
Fracking to extract shale gas should resume in the UK with measures to minimise earthquakes, a government-appointed panel of experts says.
Categories: BBC, News

Syrian president's wife urged to stop violence

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-11 15:53
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The wives of the British and German ambassadors to the United Nations released a video Tuesday urging the wife of Syrian President Bashar Assad to stop being a bystander and speak out to demand that her husband stop the violence now....

Proposal would increase oil market supervision

CNN - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-11 15:53
Under pressure to bring down the high price of gas, President Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder will outline a proposal Tuesday to increase federal supervision of the oil markets in an effort to clip the wings of speculators who are profiting off the volatility of the oil market.
Categories: CNN, Issues, Politics

VIDEO: Chile quake shakes TV news studio

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 15:53
The effects of a 6.7 magnitude quake in Chile were captured during a live television news broadcast.
Categories: BBC, News

What will happen to Norway mass killer?

CNN - Top Stories - Mon, 2026-05-11 15:53
The trial of Anders Behring Breivik, who has admitted killing 77 people in a bomb and gun rampage in Norway last summer, is underway in Oslo.
Categories: CNN, News

North Korea's 'Young General' grows up

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-11 15:53
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- His grandfather made his name in the 1930s as a teenage guerrilla, battling the Japanese soldiers who then occupied Korea. His father spent decades solidifying the family's hold over the country, building up the military, extending the intelligence apparatus and driving its nuclear ambitions....

North Korea's 'Young General' grows up

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-11 15:53
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- His grandfather made his name in the 1930s as a teenage guerrilla, battling the Japanese soldiers who then occupied Korea. His father spent decades solidifying the family's hold over the country, building up the military, extending the intelligence apparatus and driving its nuclear ambitions....

North Korea's 'Young General' grows up

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-11 15:53
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- His grandfather made his name in the 1930s as a teenage guerrilla, battling the Japanese soldiers who then occupied Korea. His father spent decades solidifying the family's hold over the country, building up the military, extending the intelligence apparatus and driving its nuclear ambitions....

North Korea's 'Young General' grows up

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-11 15:53
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- His grandfather made his name in the 1930s as a teenage guerrilla, battling the Japanese soldiers who then occupied Korea. His father spent decades solidifying the family's hold over the country, building up the military, extending the intelligence apparatus and driving its nuclear ambitions....

New crackdown on oil market practices

CNN - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-11 15:53
The president outlines his plan for protecting the oil market from speculators and manipulators.
Categories: CNN, Issues, Politics

Police handcuff Georgia kindergartner for tantrum

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-11 15:53
ATLANTA, Ga. (AP) -- Police in Georgia handcuffed a kindergartner with her arms behind her back after the girl threw a tantrum and the police chief defended the action as a safety measure....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

VIDEO: Team GB win 19 golds in Beijing

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 15:53
Great Britain win 19 Olympic gold medals in the Beijing Games in 2008, including Sir Chris Hoy's stunning cycling hat-trick and Rebecca Adlington?s double in the swimming 400m and 800m freestyle. (UK users only)
Categories: BBC, News

US to ease some Burma sanctions

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 15:53
The US eases some financial sanctions against Burma as the international effort to encourage reform gathers pace.
Categories: BBC, News

Public workers plan strike in May

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 15:53
NHS workers and civil servants are to strike on 10 May, a day after the Queen's speech, over their pension dispute.
Categories: BBC, News
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