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Ofcom plans simplified phone numbers
Some people are "put off" making important calls because of confusion over the amount they will be charged, according to the telecoms regulator.
Categories: BBC World News
Treasury officials told of IRS probe in June 2012
Senior Treasury officials were made aware in June 2012 that investigators were looking into complaints from tea party groups that they were being harassed by the Internal Revenue Service, a Treasury inspector general said Friday, disclosing that Obama administration officials knew there was a probe during the heat of the presidential campaign.
Categories: Seattle Times Headlines
Texas tornado leaves Habitat for Humanity neighborhood in ruins
By Lisa Maria Garza DALLAS (Reuters) - Veronica Orellana, her husband and three sons were used to living in cramped spaces until six years ago, when they moved into their three-bedroom house in Granbury, Texas, built by a nonprofit that constructs homes for low-income families. But since a deadly tornado ripped through Habitat for Humanity-built homes in the Rancho Brazos neighborhood late on Wednesday, the family has no idea what happened to their house. "We were so happy," Orellana said of moving into the house. "This is the biggest house we've ever lived in. ...
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20 to 25 injured as Conn. commuter trains collide
FAIRFIELD, Conn. (AP) — A New York-area commuter railroad says two trains have collided in Connecticut. Police say that 20 or more people were injured, but that there were no fatalities.
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Gay Rights Rally Is Attacked in Georgia
A throng of thousands broke through police cordons in Tbilisi to attack a group of about 50 demonstrators, and at least 12 people were injured.
Categories: New York Times Headlines
Woodson says he's look for fit in Raiders visit
Charles Woodson pushed back a visit to Oakland to pursue a reunion with the Raiders because extending his career in the NFL isn't his only mission.
Categories: Sports Center
Harvey improves to 5-0, leads Mets over Cubs 3-2
Matt Harvey won his fifth straight decision, allowing five hits in 7 1-3 innings and singling in the go-ahead run in the seventh to lead the New York Mets over the Chicago Cubs 3-2 Friday.
Categories: Sports Center
VIDEO: Need to Know: Iran's leadership
BBC Persian's Rana Rahimpour explains how Iran's leadership structure works and what could happen in the upcoming presidential elections.
Categories: BBC World News
'Sonic' video games coming to Nintendo
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sonic the Hedgehog is rolling with Nintendo.
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Rights Group Says It Finds Proof of Torture in Syria
Human Rights Watch said Friday that visits to two Syrian security centers contained proof of widespread, arbitrary detentions and torture by the government of President Bashar al-Assad.
Categories: New York Times Headlines
Amtrak suspends New York-Boston service after train accident
(Reuters) - Amtrak indefinitely suspended service from New York's Penn Station to Boston on Friday after a Metro-North Railroad train derailed and struck another train near Fairfield, Connecticut, the company said. There were no reports of fatalities in the accident, which occurred shortly after 6 p.m. EDT, police and transit authorities said. (Reporting by Kevin Gray; Editing by Cynthia Johnston)
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Abortion Law in Arkansas Is Blocked by U.S. Judge
A ban on abortion at the 12th week of pregnancy is likely to be declared unconstitutional, a federal district judge said.
Categories: New York Times Headlines
British child dies at Egyptian hotel
A British child has died in a pool at a hotel waterpark in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, travel company First Choice says.
Categories: BBC World News
Budget Office Says Obama Plan Would Cut Deficit by $1 Trillion
The plan includes limiting the deductions and exclusions high-income families can claim, increasing taxes on tobacco products and adopting a new minimum tax on income over $1 million.
Categories: New York Times Headlines
Sweden hosts Eurovision extravaganza
Singer Bonnie Tyler is set to make her Eurovision debut on Saturday when she performs UK entry Believe In Me at the annual contest in Malmo, Sweden.
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Republicans Expand I.R.S. Inquiry, With Eye on White House
Lawmakers sought to tie the matter to the carrying out of President Obama’s health care law. Their charges range from clearly questionable actions to seemingly specious allegations.
Categories: New York Times Headlines
Charges filed against man in Nevada killing spree
The killings of an elderly couple shot dead in their northern Nevada home ahead of Mother's Day apparently went unnoticed until days later, after the 25-year-old suspect had also killed a newspaper deliveryman and another couple nearby, charging documents allege.
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Charges filed against man in Nevada killing spree
The killings of an elderly couple shot dead in their northern Nevada home ahead of Mother's Day apparently went unnoticed until days later, after the 25-year-old suspect had also killed a newspaper deliveryman and another couple nearby, charging documents allege.
Categories: Seattle Times Headlines
International report sees merit in decriminalizing drug use
An Organization of American States report says decriminalization could be one of many “transitional methods” in a public-health strategy that could stem the illicit drug business.
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Mexico to create police unit to search for missing
Mexico's government says it will create a special investigative unit to search for the missing, heeding a request by relatives of the disappeared who have been on a hunger strike for nine days.
Categories: Seattle Times Headlines