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Yahoo News |
11:58pm PDT |
Bush Hosts Latin American Ally at Ranch (AP) |
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Summary: AP - President Bush has no better partner in Latin America than the leader of Colombia so it's not surprising that Alvaro Uribe was invited to see the Texas ranch where Bush likes to conduct homespun diplomacy. |
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Yahoo News |
11:52pm PDT |
Marines Have One of Roughest Jobs in Iraq (AP) |
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Summary: AP - The Marines have one of the roughest assignments in Iraq: pacifying the perpetually restive Anbar province, home to Fallujah, Ramadi and Haditha, all sites of heavy American casualties since the insurgency went into high gear last year. |
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BBC News |
11:49pm PDT |
Walker murder suspects quizzed |
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Summary: Two men arrested as they got off a plane are questioned by over the death of teenager Anthony Walker. |
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BBC News |
11:48pm PDT |
Ministers accused of 'cashing in' |
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Summary: Scottish Executive ministers are accused of using an allowance scheme to cash in on Edinburgh's property boom. |
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BBC News |
11:35pm PDT |
Nepal warns private radio station |
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Summary: Nepal's government moves to shut down a private FM radio station for allegedly defying a ban on broadcasting news. |
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BBC News |
11:00pm PDT |
Cricket: Ashes Second Test |
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Summary: England head into Thursday's second Ashes Test match against Australia looking to level the series. |
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CrossMap |
10:54pm PDT |
Crossmap Revamps Daily Devotionals |
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Summary: Hello
Crossmap has updated the Daily Devotional section of our site. The devotionals section was one of the first sections made on Crossmap.com, and we wanted to update it to match our more recent sections in terms of aesthetics and coding flexibility.
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BBC News |
10:53pm PDT |
US urges N Korea to sign deal |
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Summary: A US envoy says the success of North Korea's nuclear talks depends on Pyongyang's willingness to compromise. |
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BBC News |
10:53pm PDT |
US urges N Korea to agree deal |
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Summary: A US envoy says the success of the North Korean nuclear talks rests on Pyongyang's willingness to compromise. |
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Yahoo News |
10:50pm PDT |
Yahoo Tests New Audio Search Feature (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Yahoo Inc. on Thursday will begin testing a new search engine feature that will pore through millions of songs offered by popular Internet music services like iTunes, Rhapsody and Napster. |
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BBC News |
10:48pm PDT |
M15 'to step up Welsh presence' |
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Summary: Intelligence service M15 will boost operations in Wales, particularly at universities, security experts claim. |
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BBC News |
10:48pm PDT |
MI5 'to step up Welsh presence' |
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Summary: Intelligence service MI5 will boost operations in Wales, particularly at universities, security experts claim. |
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BBC News |
10:46pm PDT |
Fears over civilian jobs in MoD |
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Summary: Up to 2,000 civilian staff working for the MoD could lose their jobs as a result of military cuts in NI, unions say. |
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Cnn.com |
10:44pm PDT |
UK bomb suspect to appear in court |
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Summary: The first person charged in connection with the July 21 attempted bombings of the London transport system is scheduled to appear in a London courtroom Thursday. |
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BBC News |
10:43pm PDT |
Paisley and Adams to meet Blair |
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Summary: DUP leader Ian Paisley and Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams are to hold separate meetings with Tony Blair. |
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BBC News |
10:33pm PDT |
West End recovers after attacks |
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Summary: West End theatre attendances are up on last year despite the London bomb blasts, experts say. |
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Crosswalk |
10:25pm PDT |
Not Quite Rocket Science |
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Summary: More Americans are figuring out the strong similarity between the space shuttle and the 1981 Chevy Caprice Grandpa drives: both may be "unsafe at any speed"... |
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Yahoo News |
10:17pm PDT |
Hiroshima a pacifist bastion 60 years after A-bomb (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - Sixty years after the atomic
bombing that killed thousands in the blink of an eye and
devastated his home city of Hiroshima, Sunao Tsuboi is worried
Japan may again be headed down the path of militarism. |
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BBC News |
10:12pm PDT |
S Sudan leader urges clashes end |
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Summary: Sudan's new southern chief calls on church leaders to help stop violence that has left more than 100 people dead. |
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Yahoo News |
10:00pm PDT |
Brain-Dead Mother Is Taken Off Life Support (washingtonpost.com) |
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Summary: washingtonpost.com - After her husband and parents said their last goodbyes and after a priest offered a prayer -- words about weeping in a valley of tears -- Susan Torres, her improbable mission accomplished, was unhooked yesterday morning from the machi |
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Yahoo News |
10:00pm PDT |
14 Marines Die in Huge Explosion in Western Iraq (washingtonpost.com) |
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Summary: washingtonpost.com - BAGHDAD, Aug. 3 -- A Marine Reserve company that was known as "Lucky Lima" before suffering heavy casualties in May was hit Wednesday by the deadliest roadside bombing of the Iraq war, a massive explosion that killed 14 Marines and th |
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BBC News |
9:28pm PDT |
Discovery may need more repairs |
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Summary: Nasa scientists study video footage that suggests the space shuttle may need more repairs before it returns. |
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Crosswalk |
8:55pm PDT |
"Being 13"--TIME Takes a Look at the New Adolescents |
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Summary: "What does it mean to be 13, back stage adults, watching on tiptoe, waiting to go onstage?" That question sent TIME Magazine and a team of its reporters into an extended investigation of the lives of America's youngest teenagers--contemporary 13-year-olds |
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ChristianToday |
8:33pm PDT |
Evangelical Alliance Comforts Family of Race Attack Victim |
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Summary: The Evangelical Alliance and the African and Caribbean Evangelical Alliance ACEA have sent their condolences to the family of Anthony Walker 18 in Huyton Liverpool last week The 18yearold a committed Christian |
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BBC News |
8:18pm PDT |
Africa to thrash out UN position |
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Summary: The African Union holds an extraordinary summit to settle its stance on expanding the UN Security Council. |
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BBC News |
8:07pm PDT |
Labour admits ID card 'oversell' |
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Summary: A Home Office minister admits the government "oversold" the advantages of national identity cards. |
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Cnn.com |
8:07pm PDT |
Daly falls short in Niagara tee shot |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
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Yahoo News |
7:53pm PDT |
South Korean Scientists Clone First Dog (AP) |
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Summary: AP - South Korea's pioneering stem cell scientist has cloned a dog, smashing another biological barrier and reigniting a fierce ethical debate — while producing a perky, lovable puppy. |
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Yahoo News |
7:45pm PDT |
Apple Opens iTunes Music Store in Japan (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Apple Computer Inc. launched its music download service, the iTunes Music Store, in Japan on Thursday with 1 million songs, the maker of the hit iPod portable player said. |
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Yahoo News |
7:29pm PDT |
Apple Opens ITunes Music Store in Japan (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Apple Computer Inc. launched its music download service, the iTunes Music Store, in Japan on Thursday with 1 million songs, the maker of the hit iPod portable player said. |
