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11:58pm PDT |
Icky algae alarms New England fishermen
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Summary: AP - It looks like a clump of soiled sheep's wool, a cottony green or white mass that's turning up on rocks and river bottoms, snarling waterways. Already a scourge in New Zealand and parts of the American South and West, the aquatic algae called "rock sn |
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11:54pm PDT |
Twin bombings kill 42 in southern India
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Summary: AP - A pair of almost simultaneous bombings blamed on Islamic extremists tore through a popular family restaurant and an outdoor arena on Saturday night, killing at least 42 people in this southern Indian city plagued by Hindu-Muslim tensions. |
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11:45pm PDT |
100,000-plus without power in Midwest
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Summary: AP - Storms slammed rain-soaked Ohio on Saturday and hundreds of thousands of people in the Midwest were without power after their homes were battered by lashing winds and flooding rains. |
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11:39pm PDT |
Group: 1.14M Iraqis have been displaced
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Summary: AP - The number of Iraqis who have fled their homes under threat of sectarian violence has more than doubled since the start of the year, despite the increase in American troops that began in February, a humanitarian organization said. |
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11:35pm PDT |
Police hunt for India bomb clues |
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Summary: Police hunt for clues to who carried out bomb attacks that killed at least 42 people in the Indian city of Hyderabad. |
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11:28pm PDT |
Obama names Republicans he'll work with
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Summary: AP - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama often says he will be a candidate that will bring both parties together and Saturday he named a few of the Republicans he would reach out to if elected. |
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11:27pm PDT |
Athletics: Ohuruogu into semis |
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Summary: Christine Ohuruogu continues her comeback at the World Championships, easing into the 400m semi-finals. |
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10:24pm PDT |
Argentines win World Tango Championships
(AP)
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Summary: AP - An Argentine couple captured the stage category at the World Tango Championships on Saturday, followed by Chilean and Japanese pairs. |
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10:06pm PDT |
Security forces sent to India state
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Summary: Reuters - Officials sent extra police
and special bomb detection equipment to an Indian state after
bombs packed with metal pellets killed 43 people at a packed
street food-stall and an amusement park. |
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10:04pm PDT |
Lawyer: No sign of 6 trapped Utah miners
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Summary: AP - The latest hole drilled into a collapsed mine where six men are trapped broke through an area too small for the men to survive, a lawyer for several of the men's families said Saturday. |
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9:57pm PDT |
Report: North Korea floods killed 600 |
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9:31pm PDT |
Twin bombs kill 42 in southern India
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A pair of bombings minutes apart tore through a popular family restaurant and an outdoor arena on Saturday night, killing at least 42 people in this southern Indian city plagued by Hindu-Muslim tensions. |
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9:16pm PDT |
Dive to film Titanic rescue ship |
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Summary: Divers are preparing to film and collect artefacts from the wreck of RMS Carpathia, which rescued 705 people from the Titanic. |
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8:59pm PDT |
Bush pleads for more patience for Iraq war
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Summary: Reuters - President George W. Bush, faced
with growing calls to start withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq,
pleaded with Americans on Saturday for patience and cited
progress in the past two months. |
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8:58pm PDT |
Thousands ordered to flee Idaho fire
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A mandatory evacuation was ordered Saturday for residents of more than 1,000 homes south of Ketchum, where a massive wildfire raged and high winds grounded firefighting air tankers. |
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8:50pm PDT |
Rhys gun killing suspect bailed |
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Summary: One of seven young people arrested over the gun killing of 11-year-old Rhys Jones is released on bail. |
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8:00pm PDT |
Passengers leap from flaming Canadian balloon
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A hot-air balloon
caught fire as it began a sunset flight near Vancouver, killing
two people and injuring 11 others, some who jumped from the
craft in midair, police and witnesses said on Saturday. |
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7:48pm PDT |
Thousands expected for carnival |
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Summary: Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to gather in the streets of west London for the Notting Hill Carnival. |
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7:45pm PDT |
Final bore hole at Utah mine finds no sign of life |
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Summary: A sixth bore hole, drilled into a space where six trapped Utah miners were thought to be working when the mine collapsed on August 6, has revealed that the chamber contains no survivable space, a spokesman for some of the miners' family members said Satur |
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7:45pm PDT |
Final mine bore finds no sign of life |
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Summary: A sixth bore hole, drilled into a space where six trapped Utah miners were thought to be working when the mine collapsed August 6, has revealed no survivable space, a spokesman for some of the miners' family members says.
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7:44pm PDT |
Anonymous gun tip-offs proposed |
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Summary: People could be encouraged to tip-off police anonymously about illegal guns, under government proposals. |
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7:38pm PDT |
Ohio storms cut power to 100,000-plus
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Storms slammed rain-soaked Ohio on Saturday and hundreds of thousands of people in the Midwest were without power after their homes were battered by lashing winds and flooding rains. |
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7:33pm PDT |
Wang and Damon carry Yankees past Tigers
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Yankees sure didn't look like a team suffering from a lack of sleep. Johnny Damon homered and tripled, Melky Cabrera added a three-run triple and Chien-Ming Wang delivered eight effective innings, leading New York to a 7-2 victory over the Detroi |
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Cnn.com |
7:31pm PDT |
Hot-air balloon ignites, killing 2 |
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Summary: At least two people died when a hot-air balloon with a dozen passengers aboard caught fire and crashed into a recreational vehicle park in South Surrey, British Columbia. The bodies of two passengers, a mother and daughter, were recovered Saturday afterno |
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7:31pm PDT |
Two die in fiery hot-air balloon crash |
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Summary: At least two people died when a hot-air balloon with a dozen passengers aboard caught fire and crashed into a recreational vehicle park in South Surrey, British Columbia. The bodies of two passengers, a mother and daughter, were recovered Saturday afterno |
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7:29pm PDT |
Climate change is a mixed bag for Inuit
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Dines Mikaelsen steadies a .22 rifle against the bow of his gently bobbing boat, loads the chamber and whispers to his companions to keep quiet. |
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7:27pm PDT |
Slain British boy remembered at stadium
(AP)
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Summary: AP - An 11-year-old boy accidentally slain in a headline-grabbing shooting was remembered Saturday by the players and fans of the soccer team he dreamed of someday joining. |
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7:24pm PDT |
Clinton stumps with celebs in Vineyard
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton returned to her favorite family vacation spot Saturday to raise money for her presidential campaign at a celebrity-studded event where she took some pointed swipes at President Bush. |
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7:22pm PDT |
'Terror' blamed as India blasts kill 36
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Officials were combing for clues on Sunday after a string of blasts blamed on militants ripped through the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, killing at least 36 people and injuring 60. |
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6:39pm PDT |
Lawyer: Hole finds no sign of miners
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The latest holed drilled into a collapsed mine where six men are trapped broke through an area too small for the men to survive, a lawyer for several of the men's families said Saturday. |
