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Walker to mend political divide with brats, beer

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-28 22:07
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Gov. Scott Walker, fresh from becoming the nation's first governor ever to survive a recall election, wants to go about mending Wisconsin's political divide in an egalitarian way: over brats and beers....

Posh hotels are buzzing with tiny new guests: bees

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-28 22:07
NEW YORK (AP) -- An iconic hotel in the heart of midtown Manhattan is buzzing with thousands of tiny new visitors. But watch out: They'll sting if you get too close....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Posh hotels are buzzing with tiny new guests: bees

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-28 22:07
NEW YORK (AP) -- An iconic hotel in the heart of midtown Manhattan is buzzing with thousands of tiny new visitors. But watch out: They'll sting if you get too close....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Alaska bore tide draws surfers, viewers

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-28 22:07
GIRDWOOD, Alaska (AP) -- Mother Nature put on a show near Anchorage, and it had nothing to do with Venus and the sun....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

L.A. board to rebuke WWII internment

CNN - Top Stories - Wed, 2025-05-28 22:07
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is expected to vote Wednesday on repealing a resolution made seven decades ago supporting the internment of Japanese Americans shortly after Japan's Pearl Harbor attacks, which led the United States to enter World War II.
Categories: CNN, News

AP Interview: Japan inspires Gaga's shoe designer

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-28 22:07
TOKYO (AP) -- A Japanese shoe designer has become a pop diva's favorite by taking geisha and making it Gaga....

Don't 'smear' Hodgson - Eriksson

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-05-28 22:07
Former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson says Roy Hodgson is the victim of a "smear campaign" for omitting Rio Ferdinand.
Categories: BBC, News

California voters split on $1 per pack tobacco tax

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-28 22:07
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A California ballot initiative to raise the tax on cigarettes that pitted big-spending tobacco companies against cycling legend Lance Armstrong and the New York City Mayor was too close to call Tuesday night....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

£100m marina plan gets go-ahead

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-05-28 22:07
A marina redevelopment including new homes, a hotel and a maritime museum is given the go-ahead by councillors, despite thousands of objections.
Categories: BBC, News

Scotch whisky firm to invest £1bn

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-05-28 22:07
Drinks giant Diageo is to invest £1bn in Scotch whisky production over the next five years to meet growing global demand.
Categories: BBC, News

'Targeted attack' woman is named

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-05-28 22:07
A woman who was killed in a "targeted attack" in Bolton, Greater Manchester, is named by police.
Categories: BBC, News

VIDEO: Base jump record from Himalayas

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-05-28 22:07
A new world record has been set for base jumping, with Valery Rozov leaping from the top of Shiving mountain which is over 6,000 metres high.
Categories: BBC, News

Finches' colour shows personality

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-05-28 22:07
Gouldian finches have different personalities depending on the colour of their heads, researchers say.
Categories: BBC, News

Teenagers die as car hits tree

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-05-28 22:07
Two 17-year-olds are killed after the car they were driving hit a tree in Aberdeen's West Tullos Road.
Categories: BBC, News

Post offices, Ellis Island join endangered list

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-28 22:07
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Hundreds of historic U.S. post offices nationwide face uncertain futures as the U.S. Postal Service downsizes, so preservationists on Wednesday added these American institutions to the list of the country's most endangered historic places....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Euro 2012: Who will be crowned champions?

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-05-28 22:07
BBC pundits on who will win Euro 2012
Categories: BBC, News

Car parts firm wins £4m contract

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-05-28 22:07
A car parts firm wins a £4m contract to supply French vehicle giant Renault, which will safeguard 50 jobs at two Powys factories.
Categories: BBC, News

VIDEO: Four-day Jubilee highlights

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-05-28 22:07
Memorable moments from the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations.
Categories: BBC, News

Could Anderson follow Pietersen's lead?

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-05-28 22:07
Alec Stewart asks if James Anderson may retire from limited-overs cricket to prolong his Test career
Categories: BBC, News

Walker Walks the Talk, Obama talks about the Walk

TownHall.com - Columns - Wed, 2025-05-28 22:07
Gov. Scott Walker Walked his Talk. He faced down a militant, union-led effort to drive him from office. Scott Walker never lacked courage. It took steely determination not to buckle in the face of militant unions who “occupied” the stately Wisconsin capitol in Madison when Walker’s reforms were first voted on.2012-06-06T00:01:00-04:002012-06-06T13:40:02ZKen Blackwell
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