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Opinion: No finger-pointing on gas price

CNN - Top Stories - Sun, 2026-05-10 17:41
Frank Verrastro and Robinson West say presidents have little to do with fluctuating gas prices, although in a political season opponents will try to make hay. The reasons for hikes are complex
Categories: CNN, News

You wouldn't like a restaurant run like schools are

Is the public education system one that best serves the students? The answer, even for people whose kids attend decent schools is, "Obviously not."

Teachers fear pay by pupil age

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 17:41
Teachers fear the age of pupils could dictate how much they are paid under plans to scrap national pay rates.
Categories: BBC, News

Day in pictures: 3 April 2012

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 17:41
24 hours of news photos: 3 April 2012
Categories: BBC, News

Trip Advisor joins Google attack

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 17:41
Trip Advisor adds its voice to growing list of firms claiming Google abused its dominant position in search.
Categories: BBC, News

VIDEO: Pendleton plans to 'go even faster'

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 17:41
Victoria Pendleton believes she and women's team sprint partner Jess Varnish can go "even faster" than their world record set at the World Cup in London in February at the forthcoming World Track Cycling Championships in Melbourne's Hisense Arena. (UK only)
Categories: BBC, News

Titanic museum launched in Southampton, England

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-10 17:41
SOUTHAMPTON, England (AP) -- Most people associate the drama of the Titanic with icebergs, lifeboats, and flares fired into the night. Few think of the heartbreak that took place as news of the tragedy filtered home....

Landmark Test run for Samaraweera

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 17:41
Sri Lanka batsman Thilan Samaraweera hits the two millionth run in Test cricket on the first day of the second Test against England.
Categories: BBC, News

Romney sweeps Tuesday contests

CNN - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-10 17:41
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney will win the Republican primaries in Wisconsin, Maryland and the District of Columbia, CNN projects.
Categories: CNN, Issues, Politics

Body of evidence but no murder body

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 17:41
How hard is it to convict a killer when there is no body?
Categories: BBC, News

French Socialist's big idea: tax the rich

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-10 17:41
PARIS (AP) -- French presidential candidate Francois Hollande, leading in polls but lacking in ideas that stick in voters' minds, finally dropped a bombshell: As president, he would levy a 75 percent tax on anyone who makes more than (EURO)1 million ($1.33 million) a year....

French Socialist's big idea: tax the rich

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-10 17:41
PARIS (AP) -- French presidential candidate Francois Hollande, leading in polls but lacking in ideas that stick in voters' minds, finally dropped a bombshell: As president, he would levy a 75 percent tax on anyone who makes more than (EURO)1 million ($1.33 million) a year....

French Socialist's big idea: tax the rich

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-10 17:41
PARIS (AP) -- French presidential candidate Francois Hollande, leading in polls but lacking in ideas that stick in voters' minds, finally dropped a bombshell: As president, he would levy a 75 percent tax on anyone who makes more than (EURO)1 million ($1.33 million) a year....

Warning over defence science cuts

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 17:41
The Ministry of Defence must invest in science and technology now or suffer the consequences in coming years, a meeting in London hears.
Categories: BBC, News

Boris and Ken in on-air tax row

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 17:41
Boris Johnson accuses Ken Livingstone of "lies" in a row over their tax affairs during a radio debate - with the dispute continuing off-air in a lift.
Categories: BBC, News

EU probes Motorola over patents

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 17:41
The European Commission orders two investigations into Motorola Mobility's patent lawsuits after complaints by Apple and Microsoft.
Categories: BBC, News

Q&A: University A-level plan

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 17:41
How universities might have greater involvement in A-levels
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Transgender contestant back in pageant

CNN - Top Stories - Sun, 2026-05-10 17:41
After initially disqualifying a transgender contestant, organizers of the Miss Universe beauty pageant have reversed course saying she can participate.
Categories: CNN, News

Politicians riff on pranks, names

CNN - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-10 17:41
Mitt Romney gets pranked, President Obama sees a flaw in his name and Rick Santorum avoids the "Lambeau leap."
Categories: CNN, Issues, Politics

Santorum looking ahead to May

CNN - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-10 17:41
GOP candidate Rick Santorum says April looks tough for his campaign, but he foresees big wins in May.
Categories: CNN, Issues, Politics
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