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Raid targets Puerto Rico airline workers

CNN - Top Stories - Mon, 2025-05-26 04:35
Federal agents arrested dozens of airline workers and baggage handlers at Puerto Rico's busiest airport, targeting what authorities say are two drug smuggling rings working together to move cocaine into the United States aboard commercial aircraft.
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Rebels face off with Syrian regime

CNN - Top Stories - Mon, 2025-05-26 04:35
Cairo Street in Homs, once a busy commercial street, is now a front line between a rebel stronghold and a larger enclave held by the Syrian government. CNN has exclusive video of the standoff.
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Obama kicks off West Coast fundraising swing

AP - Politics - Mon, 2025-05-26 04:35
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is launching a two-day campaign fundraising swing in California....

Obama kicks off West Coast fundraising swing

AP - Politics - Mon, 2025-05-26 04:35
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is launching a two-day campaign fundraising swing in California....

Sixth guilty over riots shooting

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-05-26 04:35
A sixth person is convicted of firearms charges after police officers were shot at during last summer's riots in Birmingham.
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Dull and Boring: Should towns embrace silly names?

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-05-26 04:35
The communities of Dull and Boring have paired up, but other towns have found odd or quirky names a burden. Should they celebrate them?
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Queen visits Philip in hospital

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-05-26 04:35
The Queen and Prince Andrew visit the Duke of Edinburgh in hospital, where he is being treated for a bladder infection.
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EPA's Armendariz of 'crucify' pledge a hearing no-show

House Republicans will have to wait for their chance to question former top Environmental Protection Agency official Al Armendariz, who became notorious for his pledge to "crucify" oil and gas companies in order to set a regulatory example.

Mr. Armendariz, who resigned in late April as head of the agency's ...

ECB: Rising risks to euro economy

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-05-26 04:35
European Central Bank president Mario Draghi says risks to the eurozone economy have grown, but says it is up to governments to act, not the ECB.
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Miss Pennsylvania USA claims pageant rigged

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2025-05-26 04:35
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- The Miss USA pageant representative from Pennsylvania resigned her crown claiming the contest is rigged, but according to organizers the beauty queen was upset over the decision to allow transgender contestants to enter....
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LinkedIn passwords leaked on web

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-05-26 04:35
Social networking website LinkedIn says some of its members' passwords have been "compromised" after reports that millions of passwords had been leaked.
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Walker's win bolsters tea party, weakens Dems

CNN - Politics - Mon, 2025-05-26 04:35
Bill Bennett says taxpayers in Wisconsin affirmed Gov. Scott Walker's reforms and put an end to the state's unholy alliance between big government and big labor
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Bennett: Big boost for tea party

CNN - Top Stories - Mon, 2025-05-26 04:35
Bill Bennett says taxpayers in Wisconsin affirmed Gov. Scott Walker's reforms and put an end to the state's unholy alliance between big government and big labor
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Walker to mend political divide with brats, beer

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2025-05-26 04:35
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Gov. Scott Walker, fresh from becoming the nation's first governor to survive a recall election, wants to go about mending Wisconsin's political divide in an egalitarian way: over brats and beer....
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Walker to mend political divide with brats, beer

AP - Politics - Mon, 2025-05-26 04:35
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Gov. Scott Walker, fresh from becoming the nation's first governor to survive a recall election, wants to go about mending Wisconsin's political divide in an egalitarian way: over brats and beer....

Miley Cyrus, Liam Hemsworth engaged

CNN - Top Stories - Mon, 2025-05-26 04:35
Miley Cyrus is engaged to her off-and-on boyfriend of three years, "Hunger Games" star Liam Hemsworth, People magazine reported Wednesday.
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Sheryl Crow has a brain tumor

CNN - Top Stories - Mon, 2025-05-26 04:35
Singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow says she has a brain tumor, something she described to CNN on Tuesday as a "bump in the road."
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Iran firm 'evades US sanctions'

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-05-26 04:35
Iranian mobile phone operator Irancell allegedly secures access to US technology, despite sanctions that prohibit the sale of US goods to Iran.
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Silhouetted Venus reminder of solar system's size

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2025-05-26 04:35
HONOLULU (AP) -- Filtering the sun's light to a minuscule fraction of its true power allowed sky-gazers around the world to watch a silhouetted Venus travel across Earth's closest star, an extremely rare spectacle that served as a reminder of how tiny our planet really is....
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Earth 'risks irreversible change'

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-05-26 04:35
Humanity's path is anything but sustainable, the UN Environment Programme warns, as scientists suggest life may be heading for irreversible change.
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