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ChristianPost |
9:47pm PST |
Churches Burned in Nigeria Riots; Death Toll Tops 127 |
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Summary: Sectarian violence sparked by cartoons of Islam's most revered figure spread to three more Nigerian cities before the end of last week, resulting in the burning of five churches and pushing the total death toll to more than 127.
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Theophiles |
8:35pm PST |
Utah Polygamy Judge Removed From Bench |
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Summary: "A small-town judge with three wives was ordered removed from the bench by the Utah Supreme Court on Friday.'I had hoped that the court would see my case as an opportunity to correct the injustices that are caused by the criminalization of my religious be |
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Crosswalk |
8:35pm PST |
Schwarzenegger's Convention Speech |
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Summary: We have a blogger/reporter at the Republican Convention. You can read more at Sacto Dan's Blog. He is reporting 'live' all weekend long from San Jose, and will be joining us for conversation on Monday's show. |
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Yahoo News |
8:34pm PST |
Mistrial Declared in Texas Murder Trial
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A judge declared a mistrial Saturday in the murder trial of a woman accused of fatally cutting the arms off her 10-month-old daughter. |
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Yahoo News |
8:30pm PST |
Homeland Security Protested Ports Deal
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Homeland Security Department objected at first to a United Arab Emirates company's taking over significant operations at six U.S. ports. It was the lone protest among members of the government committee that eventually approved the deal with |
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BBC News |
8:23pm PST |
Archbishop in Sudan 'peace visit' |
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Summary: The Archbishop of Canterbury arrives in Sudan at the start of a week-long pre-Lent visit. |
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Yahoo News |
8:17pm PST |
Six months after Hurricane Katrina, emotional toll still high
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Every time New Orleans gets a hard rain, Gabriel Black drives to the levee to see how high the water has risen. |
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Yahoo News |
8:16pm PST |
Aldridge Nearly Perfect As Texas Romps
(AP)
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Summary: AP - LaMarcus Aldridge scored 18 points on near-perfect shooting and No. 7 Texas inched closer to its first Big 12 title in seven years with an 80-55 win over No. 16 Kansas on Saturday night. |
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Yahoo News |
8:09pm PST |
More tests needed on powder in Texas dorm room
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - More tests are needed to
determine if a chunky white powder found in a University of
Texas dormitory room is the deadly poison ricin, the FBI said
on Saturday. |
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Yahoo News |
7:50pm PST |
Bush Urges Iraqis to Stem Wave of Violence
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Bombs and gunfire killed about 60 people as another daytime curfew Saturday failed to halt violence that has claimed nearly 200 lives since the destruction of a Shiite shrine set off a wave of retribution against Sunnis and pushed Iraq toward civil w |
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BBC News |
7:39pm PST |
Unrest at notorious Afghan jail |
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Summary: A riot starts at Kabul's main jail, and four prisoners are reported dead, with two guards taken hostage. |
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Yahoo News |
7:34pm PST |
Company Gives Up Hope for Trapped Miners
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Toxic gas levels inside a northern Mexican coal mine are too high for any of the 65 miners trapped inside to have survived a nearly week-old explosion, the mining company said Saturday. |
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BBC News |
7:09pm PST |
Mine missing declared dead |
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Summary: The 65 men trapped in a coal mine in northern Mexico for almost a week are dead, the company says. |
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BBC News |
7:07pm PST |
All-party plan for Lords reform |
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Summary: The government is to launch an initiative to get consensus on reforms of the House of Lords. |
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Yahoo News |
7:02pm PST |
Al-Qaida Vows Attacks After Foiled Bid
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Al-Qaida on Saturday vowed more attacks a day after an attempt to bomb the world's biggest oil processing complex showed the group still can strike inside Saudi Arabia despite the arrests of hundreds of suspects. |
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Cnn.com |
6:57pm PST |
Mistrial for woman accused of cutting off infant's arms |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
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Yahoo News |
6:46pm PST |
Bolton Blasts U.N. 'Sex and Corruption'
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said Saturday that the world body is hobbled "by bad management, by sex and corruption" and a lack of confidence in its ability to carry out missions. |
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Yahoo News |
6:36pm PST |
Nuclear, terrorism issues to hog Bush's first South Asia trip
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - US President George W. Bush leaves on a maiden visit to South Asia this week and is determined to clinch a landmark nuclear deal with India and prod Pakistan to move more rapidly against Al-Qaeda leaders believed to be hiding in the country. |
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Yahoo News |
6:29pm PST |
Don Knotts, TV's Barney Fife, Dies at 81
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Don Knotts, who kept generations of TV audiences laughing as bumbling Deputy Barney Fife on "The Andy Griffith Show" and would-be swinger landlord Ralph Furley on "Three's Company," has died. He was 81. |
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Cnn.com |
6:27pm PST |
Actor Don Knotts dead at 81 |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
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Cnn.com |
6:27pm PST |
Actor Don Knotts dies |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
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Yahoo News |
6:26pm PST |
More Tests Needed in Texas Ricin Scare
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A University of Texas student found a substance in a roll of quarters that tested positive for ricin, a potentially deadly poison, but more tests were needed, officials said Saturday. |
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Cnn.com |
6:23pm PST |
Mine officials: No chance of survivors |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
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Cnn.com |
6:06pm PST |
Beads, bawdiness return to New Orleans |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
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Cnn.com |
6:06pm PST |
Beads, bawdiness and booze: The party returns |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
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BBC News |
6:02pm PST |
Murder accused father dies |
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Summary: A man accused of murdering his daughter dies after "long term refusal of food", the Home Office says. |
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BBC News |
5:56pm PST |
Palestinian leader issues warning |
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Summary: Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas says he may resign if he feels too constrained by a Hamas administration. |
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BBC News |
5:54pm PST |
Guns found in £50m robbery van |
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Summary: Police investigating the £50m Securitas robbery recover firearms and cash and say "the net is closing in". |
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Yahoo News |
5:44pm PST |
Emmy-winning comic actor Don Knotts dies at 81
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Don Knotts, who won five Emmys for
portraying the bungling deputy Barney Fife on the hit
television program "The Andy Griffith Show," has died at age
81, a spokesman said on Saturday. |
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Yahoo News |
4:40pm PST |
Trapped Mexican miners are dead: family member
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Sixty-five Mexican miners trapped in a mine six days ago are dead, the mine manager told their family members. |
