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Airport dog finds illegal food stowed in luggage

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2026-05-09 19:44
NEW YORK (AP) -- On a recent busy afternoon at Kennedy Airport, a beagle with plaintive-looking eyes was lying on the floor of Terminal 4, oblivious to the chaos of rolling luggage and human activity teeming all around her....
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Obama 'super' PAC donors among White House guests

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2026-05-09 19:44
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is using privileged access to one of America's greatest landmarks to reward his most generous financial supporters in ways that Republicans Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum can't match: More than 60 of Obama's biggest campaign donors have visited the White House more than once for meetings with top advisers, holiday parties or state dinners, a review by The Associated Press has found....
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Obama 'super' PAC donors among White House guests

AP - Politics - Sat, 2026-05-09 19:44
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is using privileged access to one of America's greatest landmarks to reward his most generous financial supporters in ways that Republicans Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum can't match: More than 60 of Obama's biggest campaign donors have visited the White House more than once for meetings with top advisers, holiday parties or state dinners, a review by The Associated Press has found....

Obama 'super' PAC donors among White House guests

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2026-05-09 19:44
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is using privileged access to one of America's greatest landmarks to reward his most generous financial supporters in ways that Republicans Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum can't match: More than 60 of Obama's biggest campaign donors have visited the White House more than once for meetings with top advisers, holiday parties or state dinners, a review by The Associated Press has found....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Obama 'super' PAC donors among White House guests

AP - Politics - Sat, 2026-05-09 19:44
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is using privileged access to one of America's greatest landmarks to reward his most generous financial supporters in ways that Republicans Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum can't match: More than 60 of Obama's biggest campaign donors have visited the White House more than once for meetings with top advisers, holiday parties or state dinners, a review by The Associated Press has found....

High court takes up fight over Obama health law

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2026-05-09 19:44
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's health care overhaul is front and center at the Supreme Court for three days of hearings to determine the fate of a law aimed at extending health insurance to more than 30 million Americans....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

High court takes up fight over Obama health law

AP - Politics - Sat, 2026-05-09 19:44
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's health care overhaul is front and center at the Supreme Court for three days of hearings to determine the fate of a law aimed at extending health insurance to more than 30 million Americans....

US-China accord on N Korea launch

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 19:44
China and the US will co-ordinate their response to a controversial North Korean rocket launch, the White House says, as Korea tensions rise.
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Officials: Bales sneaked off base twice

CNN - Top Stories - Sat, 2026-05-09 19:44
The U.S. Army soldier charged with killing 17 Afghan civilians "would not do that," his wife said.
Categories: CNN, News

VIDEO: Everest Olympic medal pledge

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 19:44
A British climber is preparing to honour an Olympic pledge by taking a very special gold medal to the summit of Mount Everest.
Categories: BBC, News

Woman held over Cowell break-in

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 19:44
A woman accused of breaking into Simon Cowell's home brandishing a broken brick is remanded in custody.
Categories: BBC, News

VIDEO: Balloon pilot vows to fly again

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 19:44
The teenage pilot of a hot air balloon which crashed into power lines has said he has not been put off flying.
Categories: BBC, News

Coutts fined £8.75m by regulator

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 19:44
Coutts bank is fined £8.75m by the Financial Services Authority for failing to take adequate measures to prevent money laundering.
Categories: BBC, News

Tibetan lights self on fire at anti-China protest

AP - World News - Sat, 2026-05-09 19:44
NEW DELHI (AP) -- A Tibetan exile lit himself on fire and ran shouting through a protest in the Indian capital Monday, just ahead of a visit by China's president and following self-immolations in the Himalayan region against Beijing's rule....

VIDEO: Cameron surfaces from deepest dive

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 19:44
Hollywood director James Cameron has returned to the surface after plunging nearly 11km (seven miles) down to the deepest place in the ocean, the Mariana Trench in the western Pacific.
Categories: BBC, News

Pope Benedict wins over Mexico; next stop Cuba

AP - World News - Sat, 2026-05-09 19:44
LEON, Mexico (AP) -- He donned a sombrero and was serenaded by mariachi bands, embraced by Mexicans who called him their brother. Pope Benedict XVI has a bit of a tougher sell as he heads to a Cuba that until recently was officially atheist....

Santorum takes campaign to high court

CNN - Top Stories - Sat, 2026-05-09 19:44
With more than a week until the next Republican presidential primary, Rick Santorum is expected to take his campaign Monday to the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court as it takes up the issue of the health care reform law.
Categories: CNN, News

Myanmar exiles test government's promise of change

AP - World News - Sat, 2026-05-09 19:44
BANGKOK (AP) -- For years, Myanmar's former military regime regarded Aye Chan Naing as an enemy of the state, jailing 17 of his reporters and denouncing the exiled news organization he leads as a producer of "killer broadcasts" and a threat to national security....

Myanmar exiles test government's promise of change

AP - World News - Sat, 2026-05-09 19:44
BANGKOK (AP) -- For years, Myanmar's former military regime regarded Aye Chan Naing as an enemy of the state, jailing 17 of his reporters and denouncing the exiled news organization he leads as a producer of "killer broadcasts" and a threat to national security....

UK troops shot by Afghan soldier

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 19:44
A British soldier and a Royal Marine are killed by an Afghan army soldier, the Ministry of Defence confirms.
Categories: BBC, News
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