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BBC News |
11:50pm PDT |
Prince Andrew visits Iraq troops |
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Summary: The Duke of York makes a flying visit to troops in Southern Iraq who recently lost three comrades. |
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Yahoo News |
11:48pm PDT |
Israeli forces raid Gaza settlement (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - Israeli forces entered Katif
in the Gaza Strip to evict settlers on Sunday as the pullout
from the coastal strip resumed after a break for the Jewish
Sabbath. |
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ChristianPost |
11:41pm PDT |
Filipino Church in U.S. Plants Six Churches through Medical Missions |
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Summary: Nearly one-third of a 200-member Filipino congregation flew to the Philippines on a medical missions trip and brought 2,243 patients and 1,662 people to Christ, according to New Hope New York.
At the beginning of July, 65 members ... |
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Yahoo News |
11:23pm PDT |
Army Planning for Four More Years in Iraq (AP) |
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Summary: AP - The Army is planning for the possibility of keeping the current number of soldiers in Iraq — well over 100,000 — for four more years, the Army's top general said Saturday. |
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ChristianPost |
11:09pm PDT |
LA Christians 'Strike' City for Revival |
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Summary: Members of local churches and ministries joined an ongoing citywide intercessory event this weekend in Los Angeles.
Participants of the "Strike LA" project gathered at strategic locations in the area to open a citywide spiritual revival ... |
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ChristianPost |
11:09pm PDT |
Christians 'Strike' LA for Revival |
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Summary: Members of local churches and ministries joined an ongoing citywide intercessory event this weekend in Los Angeles.
Participants of the "Strike LA" project gathered at strategic locations in the area to open a citywide spiritual revival ... |
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Yahoo News |
10:24pm PDT |
N.Korea restarts Yongbyon nuclear reactor-report (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - A U.S. satellite has detected signs that
North Korea recently restarted a reactor that could be used for
the extraction of material to make nuclear warheads, a Japanese
newspaper said on Sunday. |
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BBC News |
10:13pm PDT |
Cuba and Panama restore relations |
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Summary: Cuba and Panama renew ties severed after a row over a suspected plot to assassinate Fidel Castro. |
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Yahoo News |
10:00pm PDT |
Northwest Weathers First Day Of Strike (washingtonpost.com) |
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Summary: washingtonpost.com - Northwest Airlines Corp. encountered picket lines and some flight delays as it weathered the first day of a strike by its 4,400 mechanics and maintenance workers. |
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Cnn.com |
9:49pm PDT |
Friends gather for Thompson's fireworks farewell |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
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Cnn.com |
9:49pm PDT |
Friends gather for Thompson's firworks farewell |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
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Yahoo News |
9:43pm PDT |
War Backers Set Up Camp Near Bush Ranch (AP) |
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Summary: AP - A patriotic camp with a "God Bless Our President!" banner sprung up downtown Saturday, countering the anti-war demonstration started by a fallen soldier's mother two weeks ago near President Bush's ranch. |
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Yahoo News |
9:07pm PDT |
Royals' Losing Streak Ends at 19 Games (AP) |
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Summary: AP - The Kansas City Royals ended baseball's longest losing streak in 17 years Saturday night, defeating the Oakland Athletics 2-1 to snap a club-record 19-game skid. Emil Brown doubled in a run, Matt Stairs added an RBI groundout and Mike Wood pitch |
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BBC News |
9:06pm PDT |
Thompson's ashes fired into sky |
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Summary: The ashes of cult writer Hunter S Thompson have been fired from a cannon at a ceremony in Colorado. |
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BBC News |
9:03pm PDT |
School leavers 'lacking three Rs' |
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Summary: The education system is failing to ensure enough school leavers master the "three R's", a new study suggests. |
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Yahoo News |
8:01pm PDT |
Mets Hold Off Nationals 9-8 in 10 Innings (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Chris Woodward's pinch-hit single in the 10th inning drove in the winning run, and the New York Mets beat the Washington Nationals 9-8 Saturday night despite blowing an eight-run lead after Pedro Martinez left. |
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Yahoo News |
7:59pm PDT |
Gonzo Writer Thompson's Ashes Blast Off (AP) |
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Summary: AP - With a deafening boom, the ashes of Hunter S. Thompson were blown into the sky from a 153-foot tower late Saturday as relatives and a star-studded crowd bid an irreverent farewell to the founder of Gonzo journalism. |
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Cnn.com |
7:57pm PDT |
Attendant's blood in Cypriot airliner cockpit |
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Summary: Authorities have verified that blood found in the cockpit of the Cypriot airliner that crashed near Athens, Greece, this week was that of a flight attendant, according to a source close to the investigation. |
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Cnn.com |
7:57pm PDT |
Attendant's blood found in cockpit |
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Summary: Authorities have verified that blood found in the cockpit of the Cypriot airliner that crashed near Athens, Greece, this week was that of a flight attendant, according to a source close to the investigation. |
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Yahoo News |
7:37pm PDT |
Diversification Helps Spammer Make Fortune (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Christopher Smith's neighbors didn't know exactly what he did for a living. But they knew well that he liked to collect expensive cars and set off fireworks at all hours. |
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BBC News |
7:35pm PDT |
Pope to hold huge open-air Mass |
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Summary: Pope Benedict XVI is due to celebrate a huge open-air Mass in his native Germany to mark World Youth Day. |
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BBC News |
7:31pm PDT |
Israelis to resume Gaza evictions |
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Summary: Israeli security forces are due to resume operations in the Gaza Strip to evacuate all Jewish settlements. |
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BBC News |
7:18pm PDT |
Cricket: Thorpe to retire |
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Summary: Graham Thorpe says he will retire from cricket at the end of the season. |
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ChristianPost |
7:06pm PDT |
First Night of South Texas Graham Festival Exceeds Capacity |
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Summary: Crowds overflowed Corpus Christi's American Bank Center Arena Friday for the opening night of the South Texas Festival with Franklin Graham.
On the first evening of the highly-anticipated evangelistic festival, over 8,300 people packed ... |
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BBC News |
6:48pm PDT |
Ruling due on caterer picket |
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Summary: The High Court is due to decide whether to grant an injunction against the union picketing outside Gate Gourmet. |
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Crosswalk |
6:40pm PDT |
The Hybrid's "Royal Highway"? |
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Summary: The race to get your Hybrid sticker, so you can use the Diamond Lane. After the signing of the Transportation Bill, and the approval for California to allow Hybrid drviers in the Diamond Lane, we discovered that the legisaltion limits the number of Hybrid |
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Yahoo News |
6:32pm PDT |
War Backers Start Camp Near Bush Ranch (AP) |
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Summary: AP - A patriotic camp with a banner reading "God Bless Our President!" sprang up downtown Saturday, countering the anti-war demonstration started by a fallen soldier's mother near President Bush's ranch. |
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Yahoo News |
6:24pm PDT |
Friends, Kin Ready to Blast Gonzo's Ashes (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Bill Murray, George McGovern and dozens of Hunter S. Thompson's friends gathered Saturday to give the iconoclastic journalist an unsolemn farewell, with blow-up dolls, liquor and a tower built to blast his ashes into the sky. |
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Yahoo News |
6:18pm PDT |
Merck Faces More Challenges in Next Round (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Drug-maker Merck & Co.'s blistering defeat in the nation's first Vioxx trial was only round one in a series of expected court battles in the coming months, many of them involving plaintiffs who have some major advantages. |
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Yahoo News |
6:18pm PDT |
Sunnis Say They've Been Left Out of Talks (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Sunni Arabs complained Saturday they were being sidelined in talks on the new constitution only two days before the deadline and warned that their community will reject the document if it is submitted to parliament without Sunni consent. |
