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BBC News |
11:57pm PDT |
Murder inquiry as man shot dead |
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Summary: Police begin a murder investigation after a man dies in a fatal shooting in mid Wales. |
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Cnn.com |
11:51pm PDT |
Hurricane nears Jamaica |
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Summary: People in Jamaica, southeastern Cuba and southwestern Haiti were bracing early today for the menace of Dennis, which strengthened Wednesday to become the first full-fledged hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic season. The storm is churning along a path toward t |
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Cnn.com |
11:51pm PDT |
Hurricane Dennis nears Jamaica |
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Summary: People in Jamaica, southeastern Cuba and southwestern Haiti were bracing early today for the menace of Dennis, which strengthened Wednesday to become the first full-fledged hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic season. The storm is churning along a path toward t |
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BBC News |
11:42pm PDT |
Coe flys back after London vote |
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Summary: Lord Coe is determined to make an immediate start to preparations for the 2012 Olympics. |
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BBC News |
11:42pm PDT |
Coe flies back after London vote |
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Summary: Lord Coe is determined to make an immediate start to preparations for the 2012 Olympics. |
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Yahoo News |
11:35pm PDT |
Olympic Victory Helps Fuel Blair Comeback (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Two months ago, Prime Minister Tony Blair was a chastened man. |
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BBC News |
11:34pm PDT |
US detains five Americans in Iraq |
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Summary: The Pentagon says it is holding five US citizens in Iraq for alleged criminal activity in the country. |
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BBC News |
11:30pm PDT |
Bank of England mulls rate move |
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Summary: The latest decision on UK interest rates will be unveiled by the Bank of England on Thursday, with rising pressure on the Bank for a rate cut. |
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BBC News |
11:16pm PDT |
Five killed in two-car collision |
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Summary: Five people are dead and one is in a serious condition in hospital after a car crash in Cumbria. |
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BBC News |
11:16pm PDT |
Council probe over chemical spill |
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Summary: A special meeting of Carrickfergus council is being held after a chemical spill in the town's marina area. |
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BBC News |
11:16pm PDT |
Meeting due over chemical spill |
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Summary: A special meeting of Carrickfergus council is being held after a chemical spill in the town's marina area. |
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Yahoo News |
11:07pm PDT |
Oil hits record high, hurricane threatens output (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - Oil prices climbed to a record high
over $61 on Thursday as the year's first hurricane threatened
already reduced U.S. Gulf production, stoking fears that an
active storm season would hamper winter stock-building. |
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BBC News |
11:03pm PDT |
'Anti-European' Geldof criticised |
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Summary: While applauding the Live 8 concerts, Glenys Kinnock accuses Bob Geldof of being 'ridiculously anti-European'. |
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BBC News |
10:59pm PDT |
Man, sons beaten during home raid |
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Summary: A 50-year-old man and his two sons are assaulted by a gang of robbers at their home in north Belfast. |
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Yahoo News |
10:59pm PDT |
G-8 Chiefs Expected to Agree on Africa Aid (AP) |
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Summary: AP - World leaders expressed hope that they can resolve differences over a major aid package for Africa but were less optimistic that wide disagreement over global warming between the United States and the other countries can be bridged. |
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BBC News |
10:47pm PDT |
Dara workers stage jobs protest |
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Summary: Staff from a south Wales military repairs plant are to lobby MPs in Westminster over plans to move work to Norfolk. |
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Yahoo News |
10:28pm PDT |
Cardinals Edge Diamondbacks 2-1 (AP) |
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Summary: AP - David Eckstein's suicide squeeze scored pinch-runner So Taguchi in the ninth inning to give the St. Louis Cardinals a 2-1 victory Wednesday night over the Arizona Diamondbacks and earn Chris Carpenter his 13th victory, tied for most in the majors. |
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BBC News |
10:28pm PDT |
Two Palestinians die in attacks |
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Summary: Two Palestinian militants are reported to have been killed during two separate attacks in Gaza and the West Bank. |
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Cnn.com |
10:19pm PDT |
CNN tours Gitmo prison camp |
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Summary: President Bush himself challenged reporters to visit the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay amid allegations that American troops mistreated suspected Islamic terrorists held there, so CNN took him up on the offer. |
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Cnn.com |
10:19pm PDT |
CNN tours Gitmo camp |
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Summary: President Bush himself challenged reporters to visit the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay amid allegations that American troops mistreated suspected Islamic terrorists held there, so CNN took him up on the offer. |
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Crosswalk |
10:10pm PDT |
The Supremacists--A Judiciary Out of Control |
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Summary: Phyllis Schlafly put herself through college working the night shift at the St. Louis Ordnance Plant, firing rifles and machine guns in order to test ammunition for troops during World War II. Sixty years later, she has lost none of her nerve, none of her |
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Yahoo News |
10:00pm PDT |
Imported Gas Cited In Rash Of Leaks (washingtonpost.com) |
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Summary: washingtonpost.com - Washington Gas officials said yesterday that a change from domestic to imported natural gas was the "key contributing factor" in a rash of leaks in underground mains and service lines in Prince George's County over the past two winter |
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Cnn.com |
9:57pm PDT |
Paris never led in Olympics voting |
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Summary: When the International Olympic Committee met in Singapore to decide which city would win the 2012 Olympics, the odds favored front-runner Paris. |
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Cnn.com |
9:57pm PDT |
'Favorite' Paris never led in Olympics voting |
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Summary: When the International Olympic Committee met in Singapore to decide which city would win the 2012 Olympics, the odds favored front-runner Paris. |
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Cnn.com |
9:56pm PDT |
Hurricane Dennis nears Jamaica, en route to Gulf |
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Summary: People in Jamaica, southeastern Cuba and southwestern Haiti were bracing early today for the menace of Dennis, which strengthened Wednesday to become the first full-fledged hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic season. The storm is churning along a path toward t |
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BBC News |
9:46pm PDT |
Papers' Olympic gold in gloating |
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Summary: A look at how the newspapers reported London's victory in the race to host the 2012 Olympics. |
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BBC News |
9:31pm PDT |
Job optimism follows Olympic win |
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Summary: Construction companies believe London's hosting of the 2012 Olympic Games will showcase their talents. |
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BBC News |
9:11pm PDT |
Mandela addresses Live 8 finale |
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Summary: Nelson Mandela tells the final Live 8 concert they were working to "make poverty history". |
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Cnn.com |
9:09pm PDT |
Prosecutors get some Limbaugh medical records |
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Summary: A Florida judge turned over some of Rush Limbaugh's medical records Wednesday to prosecutors investigating whether the nationally syndicated radio host went doctor-shopping to illegally obtain prescription drugs. |
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BBC News |
9:00pm PDT |
Watergate FBI head dies at 88 |
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Summary: The FBI chief during Watergate dies just weeks after hearing the "painful" truth about the Deep Throat informer. |
