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4:12pm PDT |
Comedian gets the hook for using N-word
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Summary: AP - A standup routine by black comedian Eddie Griffin was stopped after he repeatedly used the N-word, a magazine's spokesman said Wednesday. |
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BBC News |
4:10pm PDT |
Farm subsidy failures condemned |
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Summary: The government is criticised by MPs for the failure to pay EU subsidies to thousands of farmers on time. |
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BBC News |
4:05pm PDT |
Hurricane kills 21 in Nicaragua |
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Summary: The death toll from Hurricane Felix rises to at least 21, with more than 200 missing, officials in Nicaragua say. |
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BBC News |
4:04pm PDT |
Teen boozing 'stores problems' |
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Summary: Teen binge-drinkers are more likely to use drugs, become alcoholics and have criminal convictions, research shows. |
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BBC News |
4:04pm PDT |
Teen boozing 'stores up problems' |
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Summary: Teen binge-drinkers are more likely to use drugs, become alcoholics and have criminal convictions, research shows. |
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Yahoo News |
3:59pm PDT |
Doctor describes Benoit brain injury
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Pro wrestler Chris Benoit suffered head trauma from his years in the ring that could help explain why he killed his wife, son and himself, a doctor who studied his brain said Wednesday. |
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Cnn.com |
3:59pm PDT |
Spector prosecutor: 'He killed her' |
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BBC News |
3:44pm PDT |
Noriega given stay of extradition |
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Summary: A US judge delays the extradition to France of ex-Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega to allow an appeal. |
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Yahoo News |
3:43pm PDT |
Senator caught in scandal tries to keep his job
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Summary: Reuters - Despite a surprise new bid by U.S.
Sen. Larry Craig to keep his job, many fellow Republicans said
on Wednesday they believe he's finished after being snared in
an undercover gay-sex probe. |
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BBC News |
3:31pm PDT |
Space pile-up 'condemned dinos' |
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Summary: A huge collision in space 160 million years ago set the dinosaurs on the path to extinction, a study claims. |
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3:27pm PDT |
Role Called |
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3:27pm PDT |
Creating the Good in Hollywood |
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Summary: Christian screenwriters are changing the film and television industries from the inside out.
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Yahoo News |
3:25pm PDT |
Ethics committee continues Craig review
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Summary: AP - To the dismay of fellow Republicans, Sen. Larry Craig launched a determined drive to save his seat on Wednesday, vowing to stay in office if allowed to withdraw his guilty plea in a men's room sex sting. |
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BBC News |
3:18pm PDT |
Republicans set for latest debate |
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Summary: US Republicans are set for a new presidential debate, as late entrant Fred Thompson prepares to join the race. |
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Yahoo News |
3:14pm PDT |
Popcorn lung patient inhaled fumes daily
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Microwave popcorn fans worried about the potential for lung disease from butter flavoring fumes should know this: The sole reported case of the disease in a non-factory worker involves a man who popped the corn every day and inhaled from the bag. |
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BBC News |
3:13pm PDT |
Radical books in London libraries |
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Summary: Public libraries serving Muslims in one part of London are inundated with extremist literature, says a report. |
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ChristianPost |
3:10pm PDT |
Saving the Environment - Somewhere Else |
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Summary: It is good to be back to work this week, refreshed from our summer breaks. Patty and I took our time in August to visit our son and daughter-in-law and their two children at their beach cottage on the lovely island of Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts—yes, |
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3:02pm PDT |
Head of U.S. 'Holy Land' Theme Park Resigns |
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Summary: The president of Holy Land Experience has resigned, giving full control of the Christian theme park to Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN), which had acquired it in ... |
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Cnn.com |
2:57pm PDT |
Marine officers disciplined over killings |
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Summary: Three senior U.S. Marine Corps officers have been sanctioned in connection with the killings of 24 civilians in Haditha, Iraq, but it was determined they didn't commit any crimes, the Marine Corps said Wednesday.
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Cnn.com |
2:44pm PDT |
Noriega's extradition stalled |
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Summary: Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega's extradition to France was stayed Wednesday. He was convicted in absentia in France on money laundering charges. The appeal centers on whether Noriega will be classed as a prisoner of war.
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2:40pm PDT |
Halle Berry pregnant with first child
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Summary: AP - Halle Berry is expecting her first child. The 41-year-old Academy Award-winning actress told the TV show "Access Hollywood" that she's three months' pregnant. She identified the father as boyfriend Gabriel Aubry. |
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Yahoo News |
2:39pm PDT |
Davydenko advances to U.S. Open semis
(AP)
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Summary: AP - For better or worse, Nikolay Davydenko is back in the semifinals at the U.S. Open. Smack in the middle of tennis' gambling scandal, the fourth-seeded Davydenko once again looked untouchable Wednesday, beating No. 10 Tommy Haas 6-3, 6-3, 6-4. |
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Cnn.com |
2:18pm PDT |
Your e-mails: iPod must haves |
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Summary: With speculation surrounding a scheduled announcement from Apple on Wednesday, CNN.com asked readers to share their ideas about what they think should be included in the next generation of pocket-sized gadgets like the iPod and iPhone.
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Yahoo News |
2:10pm PDT |
Megachurch leader D. James Kennedy dies
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Rev. D. James Kennedy, a pioneering Christian broadcaster and megachurch pastor whose fiercely conservative worldview helped fuel the rise of the religious right in American politics, died Wednesday. He was 76. |
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Yahoo News |
2:09pm PDT |
Obama vows open health reform process
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Summary: AP - Democrat Barack Obama promised Wednesday an open process to enact universal health care, saying he has learned from the mistakes of rival Hillary Rodham Clinton's failed health care reform effort of 1993. |
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ChristianPost |
2:05pm PDT |
Wallis: Social Change Requires Spiritual Revival |
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Summary: Progressive evangelical leader Jim Wallis recently preached to hundreds of Presbyterians urging spiritual revival in churches ... |
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ChristianToday |
1:54pm PDT |
Rugby World Cup Dedicated to Tackle Hunger Campaign |
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Summary: The United Nations World Food Programme WFP has welcomed the dedication of Rugby World Cup 2007 to Tackle Hunger a campaign which aims to raise public awareness about the 850 million people around the world who know what it is like to go hungry |
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Yahoo News |
1:51pm PDT |
Apple cuts iPhone price and revamps iPods
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Apple Inc. sharply cut the price
of its iPhone on Wednesday and rolled out an iPod with a touch
screen that can browse the Internet wirelessly, as well as
improvements to its iTunes Web store. |
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Yahoo News |
1:48pm PDT |
Pavarotti unconscious as family gathers: TV
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Italian opera star Luciano Pavarotti,
hailed by many as the greatest tenor of his generation, was
unconscious and suffering from kidney failure on Wednesday, a
television station reported. |
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BBC News |
1:44pm PDT |
Storm leaves 21 dead in Nicaragua |
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Summary: The death toll from Hurricane Felix rises to at least 21, with more than 200 missing, officials in Nicaragua say. |
