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BBC News |
8:45pm PDT |
Brown to face economy questions |
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Summary: Gordon Brown faces questions on the economy after a Bank of England warning that "the nice decade" is over. |
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Yahoo News |
8:17pm PDT |
Stars avoid sweep, send West finals back to Detroit
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Detroit's goal with a guy barely in the crease, if at all, didn't count. Dallas' goal with a guy clearly in the crease did count. Apparently, that's what it takes to slow the mighty Red Wings. |
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Yahoo News |
8:17pm PDT |
Celtics beat Cavs 96-89 to take 3-2 lead in series
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Someone is going to have to win in Boston to keep the Celtics from winning their 17th NBA title. Cleveland hopes for one more chance. |
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BBC News |
8:09pm PDT |
Clampdown on disability bullying |
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Summary: Schools in England are being told how to tackle bullying of children with special needs or disabilities. |
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BBC News |
7:54pm PDT |
UN chief to send envoy to Burma |
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Summary: Ban Ki-moon is to send a top official to Burma, where the UN says 2.5m people have been affected by the cyclone. |
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BBC News |
7:51pm PDT |
Crime by girls rises by a quarter |
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Summary: The number of crimes committed by girls in England and Wales has gone up by 25% in three years, according to figures. |
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BBC News |
7:49pm PDT |
Sugar and spice? |
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Summary: The number of crimes by girls is up by 25%. Why? |
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BBC News |
7:27pm PDT |
China boosts quake rescue operation |
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Summary: China mobilises thousands of extra troops for relief efforts after an earthquake which affected about 10m people. |
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Yahoo News |
7:17pm PDT |
`American Idol' gets down to its final 2 contestants
(AP)
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Summary: AP - It'll be David vs. David. |
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Yahoo News |
7:09pm PDT |
Michigan Girl Scout sells 17,328 boxes of cookies
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A Girl Scout sold 17,328 boxes of the group's signature cookies this year by setting up shop on a street corner, shattering her troop's old mark and probably setting a national record. |
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Cnn.com |
6:58pm PDT |
Michigan Girl Scout's cookie sales are tops |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
6:38pm PDT |
Edwards endorses Obama in move to unify support
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Democrat John Edwards endorsed former rival Barack Obama on Wednesday, a move designed to help solidify support for the party's likely presidential nominee even as Hillary Rodham Clinton refuses to give up her long-shot candidacy. |
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BBC News |
6:33pm PDT |
Police apologise over mosque show |
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Summary: West Midlands Police and prosecutors are to apologise for accusing the makers of a Channel 4 show of distortion. |
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Yahoo News |
6:22pm PDT |
Alaska first state to hit $4 a gallon gasoline: AAA
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Alaska hit a milestone on Wednesday
that could be a sign of things to come around the United States
this summer -- it became the first state where the average
price for regular gasoline reached $4 per gallon. |
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BBC News |
6:18pm PDT |
US lists polar bear as threatened |
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Summary: The US lists the polar bear as a threatened species but says the decision will not affect climate change policies. |
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Yahoo News |
6:10pm PDT |
Scandal-plagued Ohio attorney general resigns
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Ohio's attorney general resigned Wednesday under threat of impeachment because of a sexual harassment investigation in his office and his extramarital affair. |
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Yahoo News |
6:06pm PDT |
'Dog the Bounty Hunter' to return to A&E
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman's cable TV show will soon be back on the air. Filming has begun on the fifth season, according to executives with A&E, the cable network that broadcast "Dog the Bounty Hunter. Reruns of the show will start June 25, w |
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BBC News |
5:55pm PDT |
Proud day |
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Summary: Afghan medals for Royal Marines, some badly hurt |
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Yahoo News |
5:46pm PDT |
Accused September 11 planners set for court
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, accused of
masterminding the September 11 attacks, is tentatively due to
appear before a U.S. war court judge at Guantanamo Bay for the
first time on June 5, a military official said on Wednesday. |
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BBC News |
5:41pm PDT |
Kingmaker card |
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Summary: Could Edwards clinch the 'hurting classes' for Obama? |
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Cnn.com |
5:31pm PDT |
140-year-old baby used to be a star |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Cnn.com |
5:19pm PDT |
Thai PM says Myanmar rejects foreign help |
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Summary: The government of Myanmar authorized five more U.S. flights to land in the country with needed aid for survivors of last week's cyclone, a U.S. Marine spokesman told CNN.
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Cnn.com |
5:19pm PDT |
Red Cross Myanmar toll exceeds government's |
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Summary: The government of Myanmar authorized five more U.S. flights to land in the country with needed aid for survivors of last week's cyclone, a U.S. Marine spokesman told CNN.
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Yahoo News |
5:18pm PDT |
Scandal-plagued attorney general of Ohio resigns
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Ohio's attorney general resigned Wednesday under threat of impeachment because of a sexual harassment investigation in his office and his extramarital affair. |
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Cnn.com |
5:17pm PDT |
'Shamed' Austrian man kills family with ax |
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Summary: An Austrian man has confessed to killing five members of his family with an ax, Vienna police said Wednesday.
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Yahoo News |
5:07pm PDT |
Up to 2.5 million affected in Myanmar cyclone: U.N.
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The United Nations said on Wednesday up
to 2.5 million people might have been affected by the Myanmar
cyclone and proposed a high-level donors conference as the
Myanmar junta again limited foreign aid. |
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Yahoo News |
5:02pm PDT |
Edwards gives Obama prized endorsement
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Democrat John Edwards endorsed former rival Barack Obama on Wednesday, a move designed to help solidify support for the party's likely presidential nominee even as Hillary Rodham Clinton refuses to give up her long-shot candidacy. |
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BBC News |
5:01pm PDT |
Meningitis B trials 'encouraging' |
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Summary: Initial results of clinical trials on a possible vaccine against meningitis B show "encouraging" results. |
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Cnn.com |
4:56pm PDT |
Mississippi loss is GOP 'wakeup call' |
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Summary: A third-straight special election defeat in as many months left congressional Republicans reeling Wednesday, seriously concerned about what the November elections have in store for their party.
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Cnn.com |
4:56pm PDT |
Mississippi election loss is GOP 'wakeup call' |
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Summary: A third-straight special election defeat in as many months left congressional Republicans reeling Wednesday, seriously concerned about what the November elections have in store for their party.
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