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BBC News |
10:21pm PST |
New students' skills 'worsening' |
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Summary: University admissions tutors think the students they are recruiting are less capable, a report suggests. |
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BBC News |
10:14pm PST |
U2 steal Grammys glory from Carey |
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Summary: Rock megastars U2 win five Grammy Awards, eclipsing top nominees Mariah Carey and Kanye West. |
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BBC News |
10:14pm PST |
AWB chief quits over Iraq probe |
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Summary: The head of Australian wheat exporter AWB resigns over allegations of bribes paid to Saddam Hussein's Iraq. |
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BBC News |
9:41pm PST |
Chinese man 'jailed due to Yahoo' |
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Summary: Internet firm Yahoo is accused of giving data to China which led to the arrest of another online writer. |
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BBC News |
4:47pm PST |
Congress 'changed Wikipedia' |
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Summary: Online reference site Wikipedia says US Congress staff made partisan changes to a number of political biographies. |
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BBC News |
4:47pm PST |
Congress 'made Wikipedia changes' |
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Summary: Online reference site Wikipedia says US Congress staff made partisan changes to a number of political biographies. |
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ChristianPost |
4:03pm PST |
President's Proposed Cuts May Affect Faith-Based Initiatives |
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Summary: WASHINGTON - President Bush defended his new 2007 spending blueprint on Wednesday amid criticism over plans to cut from social service programs while making major boosts on homeland security and national defense.
One major goal of the proposed $2.77 .. |
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OneNewsNowPress |
1:18pm PST |
Love Sick |
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Summary: What does it say for a love sick nation that our love doctors (psychologists) study all about our prefrontal cortex but nothing about love? Ever heard of a PhD in Love? |
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OneNewsNowPress |
1:09pm PST |
Episcopal Minister Opposes Canonizing Popular Civil Rights Hero |
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Summary: Episcopalians may soon be celebrating the "Feast of St. Thurgood" if the Episcopal Diocese of Washington (DC) has its way. But not all Episcopalians are in agreement with the idea of making the Baltimore, Maryland-born jurist, civil rights activist, and |
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OneNewsNowPress |
1:08pm PST |
Online Terror Hunter: Take Off the Blinders -- Hamas Won't Change |
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Summary: Despite some observers' predictions in the western media, a terrorism expert does not expect Hamas to abandon violence for diplomacy following the group's surprise victory in the Palestinian elections in January. |
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OneNewsNowPress |
1:07pm PST |
Advocate: Home-Schooled Kids Should Have Access to Oprah's Contest |
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Summary: Daytime TV star Oprah Winfrey is under fire again, this time from home education advocates. The Home School Legal Defense Association has asked the influential talk show host, actress and media entrepreneur to stop excluding home-school students from an e |
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OneNewsNowPress |
1:07pm PST |
Financial Expert: Consumers Unwise to Use Home Equity Loans to Handle Debt |
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Summary: A Christian radio host, financial expert and consumer advisor is warning against the false spendable income Americans have created for themselves with home equity loans. Debt-Proof Living author Mary Hunt says those loans are encouraging a dangerous pract |
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OneNewsNowPress |
1:06pm PST |
Conservative Spokeswomen Claim Radical Feminism Has Hurt America |
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Summary: A conservative editor and television panelist says her new book attempts to warn Americans that feminism is alive and well in contemporary society, where it has produced catastrophic results. |
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CTI News |
10:30am PST |
The New Climate Coalition |
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Summary: Evangelical leaders bolster the fight against global warming. |
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OneNewsNowPress |
10:20am PST |
As More Alabama Churches Get Burned Out, Many Believers Reach Out |
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Summary: Investigators continue searching for suspects and a motive in four suspicious fires that broke out at black churches in rural Alabama early Tuesday. These blazes, added to the five that occurred in Alabama last Friday, bring the count in this string of su |
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OneNewsNowPress |
10:20am PST |
Pro-Life Lawmaker Clarifies Connection with ESCR-Promoting Institute |
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Summary: A California state senator says a Christian activist's claims that he is not pro-life are unfounded. The allegations that he and his wife support embryonic stem-cell research are simply untrue, he says. |
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BBC News |
10:00am PST |
Oldest T. rex relative unveiled |
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Summary: The earliest recorded tyrannosaur has been discovered in China, scientists report. |
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Crosswalk |
9:55am PST |
WE INTERUPT THIS BLOG... |
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Summary: For Laptop transfers... (WHAT A PAIN!) |
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BBC News |
9:55am PST |
Ministers 'a shambles over CSA' |
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Summary: The government's handling of the Child Support Agency's funding crisis is condemned as a "shambles". |
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Yahoo News |
9:39am PST |
Iran's missile tech suppliers named (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - Two German businessmen, a former Russian
military officer and North Korea are among those helping Iran
develop missiles that the West fears could one day carry
nuclear warheads, diplomats and intelligence officials say. |
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ChristianPost |
9:39am PST |
NAE Seeks to Intervene in Air Force Discrimination Suit |
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Summary: The National Association of Evangelicals plans to file court papers Wednesday asking to intervene in a lawsuit which charges that evangelical Air Force officers discriminate against non-Christians.
The NAE says that it is talking with Air Force attorneys |
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Cnn.com |
9:38am PST |
GOP chairwoman wants 'complete review' of NSA spying |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
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Yahoo News |
9:38am PST |
'Young and the Restless' Tops Emmys Nods (AP) |
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Summary: AP - CBS' "The Young and the Restless" earned a leading 18 Daytime Emmy nominations on Wednesday, including best soap opera, although no one from its cast was nominated in the lead acting categories. |
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Cnn.com |
9:36am PST |
Somebody is 'interested in burning down churches' |
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Summary: The spate of church fires in rural Alabama is motivated by hate, a state official said today, but it's not clear whether arsonists are choosing their targets on the basis of race or religion. "Obviously, somebody or somebodies are interested in burning do |
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Yahoo News |
9:32am PST |
Germans, Russian aid Iran arms program: officials (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - Two German businessmen, a former Russian
military officer and North Korea are among those helping Iran
develop missiles that the West fears could one day carry
nuclear warheads, diplomats and intelligence officials say. |
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Today\'s C |
9:17am PST |
Burning Up the Ice |
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Summary: N/A |
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Today\'s C |
9:17am PST |
Snow and Tell |
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Summary: N/A |
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Today\'s C |
9:17am PST |
Trusting God at 90 Miles an Hour |
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Summary: Why bobsledding champion Vonetta Flowers is no longer afraid to share her faith. |
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BBC News |
9:14am PST |
Sweden aims for oil-free economy |
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Summary: Sweden says it aims to completely wean itself off oil within 15 years, without building new nuclear plants. |
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BBC News |
9:13am PST |
Fishermen rescued after boat fire |
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Summary: Three fishermen are rescued after their boat catches fire near the County Down port of Kilkeel. |
