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Romney attacks Obama on health care

CNN - Politics - Mon, 2025-05-19 00:57
At a rally in Orlando, Mitt Romney went after President Obama's healthcare plan and says he would repeal it.
Categories: CNN, Issues, Politics

Football fans in Warsaw clashes

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-05-19 00:57
Clashes break out between rival Russian and Polish football fans in the Polish capital Warsaw ahead of a Euro 2012 match between the two nations.
Categories: BBC, News

South Africa police chief fired

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-05-19 00:57
South African President Jacob Zuma fires police chief Bheki Cele, who was implicated in alleged unlawful property deals.
Categories: BBC, News

Pembs 'child abuse' final warning

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-05-19 00:57
A final warning is given to a council accused of failing to protect children as ministers once again step in over claims pupils were locked in padded rooms.
Categories: BBC, News

THE RACE: Obama, Romney ramp up economic battle

AP - Politics - Mon, 2025-05-19 00:57
President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney are sharpening their economic talking points....

Music rebel plays organ in his mind

CNN - Top Stories - Mon, 2025-05-19 00:57
Organist Cameron Carpenter is redefining what it means to be an organist in the 21st century.
Categories: CNN, News

VIDEO: Venice whirlwind caught on film

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-05-19 00:57
A tornado-like whirlwind has hit Sant'Erasmo island in the lagoon surrounding Venice, reportedly ripping the roofs off at least 12 buildings.
Categories: BBC, News

UN monitors 'fired on' in Syria

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-05-19 00:57
UN monitors in Syria say they have been fired on and driven back by a stone-throwing crowd as they try to reach the besieged town of Haffa.
Categories: BBC, News

UK's John Major: Murdoch tried to change policy

AP - World News - Mon, 2025-05-19 00:57
LONDON (AP) -- Former British Prime Minister John Major said Tuesday that Rupert Murdoch tried to influence his government's dealings with the European Union, even hinting that the politician could lose the support of the media mogul's newspapers if he didn't change direction....

Spain borrowing cost crisis: Rate at euro-era high

AP - World News - Mon, 2025-05-19 00:57
MADRID (AP) -- Spain's benchmark borrowing rate hit its highest level Tuesday since the country adopted the euro currency, after ratings agency Fitch downgraded 18 banks on Tuesday and investors continued to find more questions than answers in the country's decision to seek help for its ailing bank sector by tapping a (EURO)100 billion ($125 billion) eurozone bailout fund....

Fake 911 calls lure SWAT teams

CNN - Top Stories - Mon, 2025-05-19 00:57
Radio host and CNN Contributor Erick Erickson was a victim of a fake call to 911 that brought a SWAT team to his door.
Categories: CNN, News

Seals die during transport to U.S.

CNN - Top Stories - Mon, 2025-05-19 00:57
Two harbor seals die while being transported to their new home at the St. Louis Zoo. CTV's Lisa Xing reports.
Categories: CNN, News

Engine fire caused Tornado crash

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-05-19 00:57
An uncontrollable engine fire caused a military jet to crash, according to an RAF board of inquiry.
Categories: BBC, News

VIDEO: Anger as Russia fans march through Warsaw

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-05-19 00:57
Police in the Polish capital Warsaw were on full alert as Russia fans marched through the city centre in a celebration of Russian independence day.
Categories: BBC, News

UK reopens data probe into Google

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-05-19 00:57
The Information Commissioner's Officer reopens its investigation into how Google's Street View cars captured users' data.
Categories: BBC, News

Yemen drives al-Qaida from 2 major strongholds

AP - World News - Mon, 2025-05-19 00:57
SANAA, Yemen (AP) -- Yemeni troops and armed tribesmen drove al-Qaida militants from two southern strongholds on Tuesday, a major victory in a U.S.-backed offensive to seize territory held for more than a year by the terror network as it exploited political turmoil to gain a foothold in the strategic area....

Gone With the Wind actress dies

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-05-19 00:57
Ann Rutherford, who played Scarlett O'Hara's youngest sister in Gone With the Wind and starred in the Andy Hardy movies, has died aged 94.
Categories: BBC, News
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