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Prison guard says he fired as he was punched at biker brawl

Edit Arizona Daily Star 04 May 2016
DENVER (AP) — Newly released police reports show a Colorado corrections officer who killed a man during a shootout at a Denver motorcycle show told investigators he fired the first shot because he was being punched and cornered ... ....

A man died in a Florida nursing home after being left out in the sun

Edit Business Insider 04 May 2016
State records show GrateWood has been fined at least three times since late 2012 over the care of its residents. Online records of the Agency for Healthcare Administration show the facility settled with that state agency for $2,500 regarding allegations of unsafe use of mechanical wheelchair lifts. In June 2014, records show a 93-year-old fell from a lift while being moved....

ASA to crack down on ‘misleading’ broadband adverts

Edit Scotsman 04 May 2016
Under the new rules, due to come into force on 31 October, firms will have to show all-inclusive up-front and monthly costs, stop separating out line rental and give greater prominence for the contract length and any post-discount pricing in their advertising ... “The findings of our research, and other factors we took into account, showed ......

Challenger banks outperform Big Five, but warned that 'goodwill waning'

Edit Belfast Telegraph 04 May 2016
The latest UK Challenger Bank report by KPMG showed challenger banks also increased lending by 32% against a 5% fall for the major group - Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group, Royal Bank of Scotland and Santander ... The report showed that buy-to-let lending was a major boost for challengers last year, accounting for around 15% of their balance sheets....

The 3 ways a White Walker can be killed on 'Game of Thrones'

Edit Business Insider 04 May 2016
Warning. There are spoilers ahead for "Game of Thrones." ... In reality, the biggest threat on the show everyone should be worried about are the White Walkers ... So far in the television show, characters have only managed to kill White Walkers in two ways — using dragonglass or Valyrian steel ... Dragonglass ... Valyrian Steel ... We haven't seen this theory tested on the show, but it makes sense to think dragon fire could kill a White Walker ... ....

'Three-year anniversary' for falling shop prices

Edit Belfast Telegraph 04 May 2016
April marked the three-year anniversary of falling shop prices in a "strong remedy" to weakened consumer confidence, new figures show ... Share Go To ... British Retail Consortium chief executive Helen Dickinson said. "This month marks an important anniversary for retailers and shoppers alike ... As this month's figures show, this has helped shoppers and kept inflation, and therefore interest rate, low to betterment of the UK economy."....

Tougher rules on broadband ads delayed 'to minimise confusion'

Edit Belfast Telegraph 04 May 2016
Share Go To ... The ASA said the findings showed that the current approach typically taken by advertisers "is likely to mislead consumers and therefore will in all likelihood break the rules". ASA chief executive Guy Parker said. "The findings of our research, and other factors we took into account, showed the way prices have been presented in broadband ads is likely to confuse and mislead customers ... ....

911 calls to Prince estate ranged from mundane to serious

Edit Arizona Daily Star 04 May 2016
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Authorities and emergency responders were called to Prince's suburban Minneapolis home over the last five years for everything from mundane reports of tripped fire alarms to more serious medical calls, a log released Tuesday shows ... ....

Broadway musical 'Hamilton' does what it always does _ stuns

Edit Arizona Daily Star 04 May 2016
NEW YORK (AP) — The Tony Awards are being nicknamed this year the "Hamil-Tonys" in recognition that "Hamilton" is the show to beat. That was proven again Tuesday ... ....

Ohio man accused of killing 3 women told police of his rage

Edit Arizona Daily Star 04 May 2016
CLEVELAND (AP) — A recording shows an Ohio man accused of killing three women and hiding their bodies in garbage bags told police during an interrogation that he strangled two of them during fits of rage ... ....

Black-cloaked figure stops traffic to perform bizarre antics It...

Edit Topix 04 May 2016
It seemed like a usual drizzly day on an urban village of eastern Europe for this driver, until an unusual sight forced the vehicle to detour off course. Dash cam footage shows a car travelling near Minsk, in Belarus, as it rounds a slight corner to see a black shape visible in the distance ... ....

CCTV captures shocking Syrian hospital explosion killing at

Edit Topix 04 May 2016
New security vision shows the shocking moment an air strike hit a children's hospital in Aleppo, Syria last Wednesday, killing at least 27 medical staff and patients. Air strikes have destroyed a hospital and killed dozens of people in rebel-held areas of Aleppo, including children and doctors, in an attack that a US official says appears to be solely the work of the Syrian government ... ....

Relatives seek rescue for Japanese mother, sister abducted by North Korea

Edit Topix 04 May 2016
Relatives seek rescue of Japanese mother, sister abducted by North Korea Japan urges world to focus on North Korean human rights, as well as its military threats. Check out this story on USATODAY.com. http.//usat.ly/1TJrOE0 Koichiro Iizuka, left, and Takuya Yokota show pictures of family members who were abducted and taken to North Korean to work in captivity, during a visit to Washington, D.C., on May 2, 2016 ... ....
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