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Yahoo News |
11:58pm PDT |
Hot air balloon crashes in Canada
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Summary: AP - A hot air balloon caught fire and crashed in a trailer park and campground Friday evening, injuring as many as 11 people, police and local reports said. Two other people were unaccounted for. |
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Yahoo News |
11:41pm PDT |
Electric car, cheap PC win INDEX prizes
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Summary: AP - An electric sports car, a prosthetic foot for land mine victims and a potentially lifesaving device known as the "Tongue Sucker" were among the winners Friday of an international award honoring innovative designs. |
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BBC News |
11:24pm PDT |
French ex-PM Barre dies |
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Summary: Raymond Barre, French prime minister for five years from 1976 to 1981, dies in Paris at the age of 83. |
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BBC News |
11:18pm PDT |
Foot-and-mouth export ban lifted |
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Summary: A European ban on exports of British livestock, meat and dairy products, imposed after the foot-and-mouth outbreak, is lifted. |
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BBC News |
11:06pm PDT |
Athletics: Ennis off to flyer |
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Summary: Jessica Ennis lies second in the heptathlon after two events at the World Championships, while Marlon Devonish is fastest in the 100m heats. |
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10:54pm PDT |
Man resorts to surgery to adopt child
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Summary: AP - A man who weighed 558 pounds when a Missouri judge prevented him from adopting a child he and his wife had taken into their home underwent gastric bypass surgery Friday in a bid to win the child back. |
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Yahoo News |
10:30pm PDT |
Forest fires kill 27 in southern Greece
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Summary: AP - Fires raced across dry woodlands in southern Greece on Friday, sweeping into mountainous towns and villages and killing at least 27 people, the country's deadliest forest fire toll in decades, authorities said. |
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Yahoo News |
10:21pm PDT |
Church abuse trials ordered in San Diego
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Summary: AP - A federal bankruptcy judge on Friday ordered immediate jury trials in more than 40 sex-abuse lawsuits against the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego. |
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BBC News |
9:42pm PDT |
Three killed soldiers to be named |
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Summary: Three British soldiers killed in Afghanistan by so-called "friendly fire" from a US fighter plane are set to be named. |
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Yahoo News |
9:31pm PDT |
Filmmaker involved in fatal car accident
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Summary: AP - Oscar-nominated director John Singleton was driving a Lexus SUV when it struck and killed a jaywalker who stepped in front of the car, police said Friday. |
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BBC News |
9:23pm PDT |
Rhys murder police appeal to fans |
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Summary: An appeal for information on the murder of 11-year-old Rhys Jones will be shown to up to 40,000 football fans. |
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BBC News |
9:15pm PDT |
Fires prompt Greek appeal to EU |
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Summary: Greece asks the European Union for assistance as wildfires, which have killed 19, blaze out of control. |
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Yahoo News |
9:02pm PDT |
Fallen pastor seeks financial support
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Summary: AP - The Rev. Ted Haggard, who left the megachurch he founded after admitting to "sexual immorality," has asked supporters for financial assistance while he and his wife pursue their studies. |
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Yahoo News |
8:57pm PDT |
Man has gastric surgery in adoption bid
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Summary: AP - A man who weighed 558 pounds when a Missouri judge prevented him from adopting a child he and his wife had taken into their home underwent gastric bypass surgery Friday in a bid to win the child back. |
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BBC News |
8:50pm PDT |
Paxman voices concerns over BBC |
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Summary: Jeremy Paxman criticises the BBC and TV industry as he wonders if Newsnight will survive budget cuts. |
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BBC News |
8:50pm PDT |
Paxman voices fears over BBC |
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Summary: Jeremy Paxman criticises the BBC and TV industry as he wonders if Newsnight will survive budget cuts. |
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BBC News |
8:48pm PDT |
US Sikhs angry over turban plan |
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Summary: US Sikh groups express anger over changes allowing more rigorous turban checks at airports. |
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BBC News |
8:39pm PDT |
Ex-French PM Raymond Barre dies |
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Summary: Raymond Barre, who was French prime minister for five years from 1976-81, has died in Paris, aged 83. |
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BBC News |
8:39pm PDT |
Ex-French PM Barre dies |
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Summary: Raymond Barre, French prime minister for five years from 1976 to 1981, dies in Paris at the age of 83. |
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Yahoo News |
8:26pm PDT |
NASA issues repair plan on shuttle tanks
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Summary: AP - NASA said Friday that cracks have been found in the insulation of all three space shuttle fuel tanks slated to fly in coming months and could be the reason a chunk of foam debris broke off during Endeavour's launch. |
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Yahoo News |
8:21pm PDT |
NY baby undergoes 5-organ transplant
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Summary: AP - An 8-month-old boy received five organs in a complex transplant for a rare gastrointestinal disease and is ready for the next step — learning to eat, his doctors said Friday. |
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Yahoo News |
7:54pm PDT |
Vick suspended indefinitely without pay
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Summary: AP - No matter how nuanced his confession for involvement in dogfighting, Michael Vick got no leniency Friday from the NFL. |
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BBC News |
7:43pm PDT |
Nightclub doormen shot in street |
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Summary: Two doormen are being treated in hospital after they were shot outside a nightclub in Liverpool. |
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Yahoo News |
7:42pm PDT |
9-year-old's killer gets death sentence
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Summary: AP - A convicted sex offender was sentenced Friday to death for kidnapping 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford, raping her and burying her alive in his yard. |
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Yahoo News |
7:40pm PDT |
Maddux earns 20th straight 10-win season
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Summary: AP - Even Cy Young didn't win this many games for so many years in a row. Greg Maddux became the first pitcher to win 10 games in 20 consecutive seasons, tossing seven solid innings in the San Diego Padres' 14-3 rout of the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday |
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Yahoo News |
7:39pm PDT |
Ex-astronaut apologizes to love rival
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Summary: AP - Lisa Nowak faced her romantic rival in court Friday during a tense day in the NASA love triangle case that was capped with the ex-astronaut apologizing to the other woman for "frightening her in any way." |
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Yahoo News |
7:09pm PDT |
Church abuse trial ordered in San Diego
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Summary: AP - A federal bankruptcy judge on Friday ordered immediate jury trials in more than 40 sex-abuse lawsuits against the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego. |
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Cnn.com |
6:59pm PDT |
Burned Iraqi boy's family sees hope |
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Summary: Five-year-old Youssif -- dressed in a Superman shirt -- held his sister's hand Friday, seemingly unaware that millions of people across the world have been touched by his story. Nearby, his parents talked about the new hope they have for their boy -- and |
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Cnn.com |
6:47pm PDT |
Hamas leader: Captured Israeli soldier alive |
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Summary: Israeli soldier Cpl. Gilad Shalit -- captured by Hamas more than a year ago -- is alive and well, the exiled leader of Hamas told CNN Friday.
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BBC News |
6:33pm PDT |
Rural homes 'costlier than urban' |
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Summary: Average prices of homes in the countryside average 7.1 times local earnings, a report finds. |
