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Cable calls for RBS to be split

BBC - News - Fri, 2026-05-01 20:13
Vince Cable says he would like to see Royal Bank of Scotland turned into a new bank for British businesses, a leaked letter shows.
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Furore over German 'Brevik' shop

BBC - News - Fri, 2026-05-01 20:13
A clothing label popular among neo-Nazis angers German officials by naming a shop "Brevik" - similar to the Norwegian mass killer's name "Breivik".
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81-year-old R.I. woman is $336.4 million Powerball winner

CRANSTON, R.I. (AP) — An 81-year-old woman from Newport, R.I., won last month's $336.4 million Powerball jackpot, sleeping with the winning ticket in her Bible until coming forward to claim the sixth-largest U.S. prize on Tuesday, a family representative said.

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Fast data transfer 'breakthrough'

BBC - News - Fri, 2026-05-01 20:13
Deutsche Telekom says it has set a new "real world" data transfer speed record over its fibre optic network.
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Ethiopia rebels 'release Germans'

BBC - News - Fri, 2026-05-01 20:13
Ethiopian rebels say they have released two German tourists who were taken captive in January, but there is no official confirmation.
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Alleged 'Anonymous' hackers arrested

CNN - Top Stories - Fri, 2026-05-01 20:13
Top members of the computer hacker group "Anonymous" and its offshoots were arrested and charged Tuesday after a wide-ranging investigation used the help of a group leader who was working as a secret government informant.
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Expert: Webcam spying suspect's computer used in chat

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — A Rutgers University computer system manager told jurors on Tuesday that it appears the computer of a former student accused of using a webcam to spy on his roommate's intimate encounter with another man was used in two video chats on Sept. 21, 2010.

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Opinion: Men are mum on birth control

CNN - Top Stories - Fri, 2026-05-01 20:13
By the end of last week, congressional Democrats and a few moderate Republicans succeeded in requiring most employers to include contraception as part of health insurance coverage, in spite of deep opposition from the GOP majority. Across the Potomac in Virginia, Democrats and, again, a few Republican moderates were able to soften or kill GOP bills that would have put into place humiliating obstacles to abortion. These are good things.
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'Small World' songwriter Robert Sherman dies at 86

AP - World News - Fri, 2026-05-01 20:13
LONDON (AP) -- Robert B. Sherman, one half of the prolific, award-winning pair of brothers who penned instantly memorable songs for "Mary Poppins," "The Jungle Book" and "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" - as well as the most-played tune on Earth, "It's a Small World (After All)" - has died. He was 86....

Gingrich: 'I'm the tortoise'

CNN - Politics - Fri, 2026-05-01 20:13
Newt Gingrich told his supporters he is "the tortoise that takes it one step at a time"
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Defendant doesn't testify in NJ webcam spy trial

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2026-05-01 20:13
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) -- Jurors in the trial of a former Rutgers University student accused of using a webcam to spy on his roommate's intimate encounter with another will not hear directly from the defendant....
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GOP hopefuls brandish their pro-Israel credentials

AP - Politics - Fri, 2026-05-01 20:13
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Republican presidential hopefuls brandished their pro-Israel credentials, accusing President Barack Obama of weakness with Iran, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talked Mideast strategy with congressional leaders....

Prince Harry runs with Usain Bolt in Jamaica

AP - World News - Fri, 2026-05-01 20:13
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) -- It wasn't much of a race, but then it really couldn't have been as the world's fastest man and Britain's Prince Harry met up on a track Tuesday in the Jamaican capital....

Congress approves punitive tariffs against China

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2026-05-01 20:13
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congress is acting to overturn a court ruling and confirm the Commerce Department's authority to impose tariffs aimed at countering trade practices of China and other countries the U.S. considers unfair....
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Irish police arrest 1 of 5 LulzSec suspects

AP - World News - Fri, 2026-05-01 20:13
LONDON (AP) -- Irish police say they've arrested one of the five men being sought in the LulzSec hacking case....

Irish police arrest 1 of 5 LulzSec suspects

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2026-05-01 20:13
LONDON (AP) -- Irish police say they've arrested one of the five men being sought in the LulzSec hacking case....
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Special Forces soldier dies trying to save NC kids

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2026-05-01 20:13
HOPE MILLS, N.C. (AP) -- A Green Beret recently home from Afghanistan died trying to rescue his two young daughters from their burning home near Fort Bragg in North Carolina early Tuesday, and the girls were also killed in the blaze....
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Cuban culture minister out after 15 years

AP - World News - Fri, 2026-05-01 20:13
HAVANA (AP) -- Cuban state media announced Tuesday that the government has replaced charismatic Culture Minister Abel Prieto, a well-known writer and intellectual who has been in the role since 1997....

Putin dismisses opposition protests

AP - World News - Fri, 2026-05-01 20:13
MOSCOW (AP) -- Vladimir Putin rejected opposition protests against his presidential election victory Tuesday and his Foreign Ministry ruled out any softening of Moscow's stance on Syria, a strong indication that the Russian leader has no intention of easing tough policies either at home or abroad....

VIDEO: House of Commons

BBC - News - Fri, 2026-05-01 20:13
Labour has stepped up its attack on the government over planned changes to child benefit and working tax credits.
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