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BBC News |
5:50am PDT |
Armed help plea over killer dog |
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Summary: A policeman called to a house where a girl was killed by a dog radioed for urgent armed back-up, a court hears. |
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Yahoo News |
5:48am PDT |
Apple plans announcement today
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Summary: AP - Apple Inc. is scheduled to make an announcement today that analysts expect will be iPod upgrades. |
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CrossMap |
5:48am PDT |
Overcoming Darkness |
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Summary: This week I struggled with darkness. An ugly cloud parked over my computer and refused to leave. It followed me around the house. The thickness-without-a-name pushed me back into the corner of self-pity and blame.. |
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CrossMap |
5:38am PDT |
True Spirituality Begins with Rest |
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Summary: Sometimes the best I can offer you is what crosses my mind when God opens my heart. We need truth not only to cross our minds, but to also take deep root in our hearts, changing us from the inside-out.. |
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Cnn.com |
5:22am PDT |
Felix could cause massive flooding |
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Summary: Felix, downgraded to tropical depression status early Wednesday, was rapidly weakening as it crossed the mountains of Central America less than a day after making landfall as a fierce Category 5 hurricane. The once-powerful storm could produce heavy rains |
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Yahoo News |
5:17am PDT |
Craig reconsiders decision to resign
(AP)
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Summary: AP - One of Sen. Larry Craig's lawyers said Wednesday the Senate has no business looking into the conduct of one of its own following Craig's guilty plea in connection with an airport men's room sex sting. |
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Yahoo News |
5:14am PDT |
Germany foils 'massive' attack on US citizens
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Germany said Wednesday it had foiled a "massive" terrorist attack with the arrest of three Islamic extremists who were targeting airports, bars and discotheques used by Americans. |
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BBC News |
5:09am PDT |
Foot-and-mouth virus was in pipe |
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Summary: Probes into a foot-and-mouth outbreak in Surrey find the virus was present in a pipe on the nearby Pirbright site. |
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Cnn.com |
5:07am PDT |
Spokesman: Craig may rethink resignation |
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Summary: Sen. Larry Craig of Idaho may reconsider his resignation if he is cleared of a disorderly conduct charge to which he pleaded guilty last month, his spokesman said Tuesday.
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Cnn.com |
5:07am PDT |
Spokesman: Craig may not resign |
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Summary: Sen. Larry Craig of Idaho may reconsider his resignation if he is cleared of a disorderly conduct charge to which he pleaded guilty last month, his spokesman said Tuesday.
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Cnn.com |
5:00am PDT |
Henriette blows toward Mexico again |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
4:45am PDT |
Federer faces Roddick at Open today
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Roger Federer takes on Andy Roddick and Jelena Jankovic faces Venus Williams in U.S. Open action today. |
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BBC News |
4:37am PDT |
Cut-price alcohol deals face ban |
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Summary: Free and cut-price alcohol offers in Scottish shops will be made illegal, ministers announce. |
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BBC News |
4:35am PDT |
BBC switches off climate special |
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Summary: The BBC cancels plans for Planet Relief, an awareness-raising TV special, following internal debates on impartiality. |
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Cnn.com |
4:31am PDT |
Henriette blows toward Mexican mainland |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
4:27am PDT |
Ellie's grandmother 'took drugs' |
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Summary: A grandmother had taken a cocktail of drink and drugs when her granddaughter was mauled to death by a pit bull, a court hears. |
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BBC News |
4:24am PDT |
Rugby U: Wilkinson return unclear |
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Summary: England have not set a return date for Jonny Wilkinson after the fly-half suffered an ankle ligament sprain during training. |
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Yahoo News |
4:22am PDT |
Petraeus hints at U.S. Iraq troop reduction
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The U.S. military commander in Iraq,
General David Petraeus, has suggested he will recommend a cut
in U.S. troop numbers around March when he delivers
long-awaited testimony to Congress next week. |
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BBC News |
4:21am PDT |
Flood damage hits school starts |
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Summary: Most schools hit by England's floods are re-opening on time, but 21 are not, the government said. |
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BBC News |
4:21am PDT |
Flood damage delays school starts |
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Summary: Most schools hit by England's floods are re-opening on time, but 21 are not, the government said. |
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BBC News |
4:20am PDT |
Schoolboy dies during Gaelic game |
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Summary: An 11-year-old schoolboy dies at a Gaelic football training session in Drumquin, County Tyrone. |
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Yahoo News |
4:01am PDT |
Bush sees Iraq progress, Howard vows to stay
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. President George W. Bush said on
Wednesday he saw signs of progress in Iraq and the possibility
of a troop reduction as staunch ally Australia pledged not to
withdraw its soldiers. |
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BBC News |
3:56am PDT |
US economy 'heading for slowdown' |
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Summary: The US economy will slow in the second half of the year and the risk of recession remains, the OECD warns. |
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Yahoo News |
3:56am PDT |
Iraq PM discusses filling government posts with top cleric
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki met
on Wednesday with the reclusive leader of Iraq's Shi'ite
majority, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, to discuss a
government crisis in which nearly half his cabinet has quit. |
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BBC News |
3:54am PDT |
Voyagers celebrate 30 years |
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Summary: The US space agency's venerable Voyager mission is celebrating its 30th anniversary. |
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BBC News |
3:54am PDT |
Voyager probes celebrate 30 years |
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Summary: The US space agency's venerable Voyager mission is celebrating its 30th anniversary. |
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Yahoo News |
3:53am PDT |
Germany arrests 3 in alleged plot on U.S. sites
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Germany has arrested three men it
suspects of planning "massive bomb attacks" on U.S.
installations and belonging to a domestic cell of the Islamic
Jihad militant group, German officials said on Wednesday. |
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ChristianToday |
3:45am PDT |
Speculation Abound over MurphyOConnors Successor |
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Summary: The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Birmingham is rumoured to be the most likely successor to Cardinal Cormac MurphyOConnor as Archbishop of Westminster according to sources in London and Rome |
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Yahoo News |
3:32am PDT |
Felix sparks flood fears after killing 3
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Tropical depression Felix is forecast to dump up to 25 inches of rain on parts of Nicaragua and Honduras, officials said early Wednesday, triggering fears of flooding and mudslides in areas where shantytowns cling precariously to hillsides. |
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BBC News |
3:29am PDT |
'Blanket DNA retention' ruled out |
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Summary: The Scottish Government dismisses a call by a judge in England for an expansion of the UK DNA database. |
