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BBC News |
11:51pm PDT |
Rugby U: Minnows face Cup cull |
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Summary: The current Rugby World Cup is likely to be the last with 20 countries, as plans are afoot for a two-tier tournament. |
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ChristianToday |
11:51pm PDT |
Church of Scotland calls for peaceful resolution to Burma Crisis |
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Summary: Church of Scotland urges peaceful resolution to worsening crisis in Burma |
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Yahoo News |
11:43pm PDT |
A half-decade later, Spector case will go on
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The specter of Phil
Spector will haunt Hollywood well into 2008. |
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Cnn.com |
11:38pm PDT |
Dad who found son's body angry at police |
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Summary: The pain of returning to the scene of their son's death brought Arthur and Samantha Smith to tears, nearly two weeks after police failed to find his body and that of a friend, both thrown from a car in a high-speed crash.
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BBC News |
11:38pm PDT |
Boy, 17, charged with baby death |
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Summary: A teenager will appear in court charged with the murder of a 22-month-old baby in Scarborough. |
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BBC News |
11:38pm PDT |
Baby's body found on cycle path |
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Summary: A baby's body is found dumped in a bag on a cycle path in Port Glasgow, Inverclyde. |
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BBC News |
11:35pm PDT |
Sinn Fein offices petrol bombed |
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Summary: Sinn Fein calls for an explanation why one of its offices in Londonderry was attacked with petrol bombs. |
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BBC News |
11:33pm PDT |
House prices 'ignore credit woes' |
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Summary: UK house prices shrug off the recent credit market turmoil to post a surprise rise in September, Nationwide says. |
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Yahoo News |
11:30pm PDT |
Israeli forces kill 9 Palestinians
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Israeli military forces killed at least nine Palestinians and wounded 25 in an airstrike and a tank-led ground operation Wednesday, the bloodiest day in the Gaza Strip since Israel declared it a "hostile territory." |
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BBC News |
10:51pm PDT |
'More over-60s' seek debt advice |
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Summary: A consumer credit advice charity report claims the number of people over 60 seeking its advice is rising. |
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Yahoo News |
10:46pm PDT |
US video shows hacker hit on power grid
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A government video shows the potential destruction caused by hackers seizing control of a crucial part of the U.S. electrical grid: an industrial turbine spinning wildly out of control until it becomes a smoking hulk and power shuts down. |
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BBC News |
10:38pm PDT |
New leads in Rhys murder inquiry |
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Summary: Detectives investigating the killing of Rhys Jones say 12 callers named the same person in a TV appeal. |
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BBC News |
10:28pm PDT |
Mugabe condemns Western 'attacks' |
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Summary: Zimbabwe's President Mugabe accuses the US and Britain of a relentless campaign to destabilise his country. |
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Yahoo News |
10:27pm PDT |
Myanmar monasteries raided as world pleads for calm
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Myanmar's generals launched pre-dawn
raids on rebellious monasteries on Thursday in their crackdown
on the biggest anti-junta protests in 20 years, defying
increasingly desperate international calls for restraint. |
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Yahoo News |
10:25pm PDT |
Pakistan's Musharraf nominated for presidential vote
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Pakistan's military president, Pervez
Musharraf, registered on Thursday to run in an October 6
presidential election as the Supreme Court prepared to rule on
whether his bid for power is legal. |
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Yahoo News |
10:17pm PDT |
U.S. climate talks draw world's biggest polluters
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The world's biggest greenhouse gas
polluters -- including the United States and China -- sent
envoys to the U.S. State Department on Thursday for discussions
on climate change and what to do about it. |
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Cnn.com |
9:30pm PDT |
Mistrial declared in Spector murder case |
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Summary: A judge declared a mistrial in the murder case against music legend Phil Spector after a jury announced for the second time in a week that it was hopelessly deadlocked. Spector went on trial in April, charged with second-degree murder in the shooting deat |
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BBC News |
9:17pm PDT |
Musharraf re-election forms filed |
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Summary: The Pakistani PM files papers nominating President Pervez Musharraf to contest the presidential elections on 6 October. |
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Cnn.com |
9:08pm PDT |
Yankees snag final AL playoff spot |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
9:04pm PDT |
New N Korea nuclear talks begin |
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Summary: A new round of talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear programme gets underway in Beijing. |
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Yahoo News |
8:46pm PDT |
World powers launch new talks on possible sanctions on Iran
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Major world powers launched a new round of talks on Wednesday to consider a third series of sanctions against Iran over its controversial nuclear program although the United States expects negotiations to be tough. |
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BBC News |
8:43pm PDT |
Rail staff fares advice 'costly' |
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Summary: Some rail users are paying more than necessary for walk-on fares because of poor advice, a consumer group's survey suggests. |
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Yahoo News |
8:43pm PDT |
Myanmar tightens grip with mass arrests
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Myanmar security forces raided a monastery and arrested at least 100 Buddhist monks on Thursday, tightening their grip after a violent crackdown on mass protests that left at least four people dead. |
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BBC News |
8:40pm PDT |
Georgia condemns Russian 'terror' |
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Summary: Georgia's President Mikhail Saakashvili accuses Russia of leading "terror" missions on his country's territory. |
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Yahoo News |
8:20pm PDT |
Lab tech bites boy, 3, during blood test
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A laboratory technician was fired after the parents of a 3-year-old boy claimed she bit his shoulder during a blood test, a hospital spokesman said. |
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Yahoo News |
8:20pm PDT |
6 nuns in Ark. excommunicated for heresy
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Six Catholic nuns have been excommunicated for heresy after refusing to give up membership in a Canadian sect whose founder claims to be possessed by the Virgin Mary, the Diocese of Little Rock announced Wednesday. |
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Yahoo News |
8:16pm PDT |
Yanks clinch 13th straight playoff spot
(AP)
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Summary: AP - George Steinbrenner moved to the front row of the owner's private suite, and the celebration was on. The New York Yankees clinched their 13th straight postseason appearance, beating the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 12-4 Wednesday night to assure themselves o |
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Cnn.com |
8:06pm PDT |
Staged cyber attack exposes vulnerability |
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Summary: Researchers who launched an experimental cyber attack caused a generator to self-destruct, alarming the federal government and electrical industry about what might happen if such an attack were carried out on a larger scale, CNN has learned.
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Cnn.com |
8:01pm PDT |
Parts of Patriot Act ruled unconstitutional |
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Summary: A federal court on Wednesday struck down two provisions of the Patriot Act dealing with searches and intelligence gathering, saying they violate the Fourth Amendment protection against unreasonable searches and seizures with regard to criminal prosecution |
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BBC News |
8:00pm PDT |
Burma monasteries in night raids |
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Summary: Burmese security forces storm monasteries and arrest scores of monks after days of protests, witnesses say. |
