| • |
Yahoo News |
11:59pm PDT |
Lawyer: Spears files visitation motion
(AP)
|
| |
Summary: AP - Britney Spears filed an emergency court motion seeking to expand visitation rights with her children, the lawyer for ex-husband Kevin Federline said Wednesday. |
| • |
ChristianToday |
11:59pm PDT |
South Africa confident EUAfrica summit will go ahead |
| |
Summary: South Africa said on Wednesday a summit between Africa and Europe could go ahead even if British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and other leaders decided to boycott it because of the attendance of Zimbabwes president |
| • |
BBC News |
11:57pm PDT |
Muslim scholars reach out to Pope |
| |
Summary: More than 130 Muslim scholars write to the Pope calling for more understanding between the faiths. |
| • |
ChristianToday |
11:55pm PDT |
Traditional food aid not enough for Africa MSF |
| |
Summary: Conventional food aid is not enough to solve Africas malnutrition crisis especially in nations wracked by conflict an international health agency said on Wednesday |
| • |
BBC News |
11:54pm PDT |
Moores targets England silverware |
| |
Summary: England coach Peter Moores wants to win a big tournament trophy after they record an historic one-day series success in Sri Lanka. |
| • |
ChristianToday |
11:52pm PDT |
Rights group calls for total Burma arms ban |
| |
Summary: Humans Rights Watch HRW urged the UN Security Council on Thursday to slap a total arms embargo on Burmas ruling generals because of continuing massive violations of human rights |
| • |
ChristianToday |
11:50pm PDT |
UK expands livestock controls as bluetongue spreads |
| |
Summary: New cases of livestock disease bluetongue have been confirmed in Essex in eastern England prompting Britains farm ministry on Wednesday to expand the area in which it controls animal movements |
| • |
BBC News |
11:47pm PDT |
Bhutto urged to put off return |
| |
Summary: Pakistan's president asks ex-PM Benazir Bhutto to delay her return until a ruling on the legality of his re-election. |
| • |
BBC News |
11:47pm PDT |
Football: Owen voices anger |
| |
Summary: Michael Owen angrily denies he is putting England before Newcastle to play in two Euro 2008 qualifiers. |
| • |
Cnn.com |
11:43pm PDT |
Iraqis flooding Jordan get free schooling |
| |
Summary: Jordan's new policy of allowing all Iraqi children -- regardless of refugee status -- to enroll in state-funded schools is cementing a massive population shift in the Middle East and straining resources. More than 2.2 million Iraqis have fled the war back |
| • |
BBC News |
11:27pm PDT |
Baby targeted in UDA gun attack |
| |
Summary: A couple and their baby escape injury after shots are fired at their County Antrim home as they sleep. |
| • |
Cnn.com |
11:06pm PDT |
Police: Ohio school shooting not random |
| |
Summary: A 14-year-old gunman opened fire at a Cleveland high school, wounding four people before turning a gun on himself, officials said. It was only after students ran past screaming "Oh my God!" that one student realized he'd been shot. Police said some victim |
| • |
Yahoo News |
11:06pm PDT |
Russian press pokes fun at Sarkozy after visit
(AFP)
|
| |
Summary: AFP - French President Nicolas Sarkozy earned little more than mockery from the Russian press on Thursday after a visit to Moscow that many commentators found fawning and short on substance. |
| • |
BBC News |
11:01pm PDT |
Chickens escape after lorry crash |
| |
Summary: Police close a major A-road after an articulated lorry carrying live chickens crashes in an early morning accident. |
| • |
BBC News |
10:54pm PDT |
Burma activist 'dies in custody' |
| |
Summary: A Burmese pro-democracy activist arrested during anti-government protests dies in custody, a rights group says. |
| • |
BBC News |
10:43pm PDT |
Springvale 'stamped wtih failure' |
| |
Summary: An assembly committee a university and a government department over a failed Belfast campus project. |
| • |
BBC News |
10:41pm PDT |
'Legalise drugs' Brunstrom urges |
| |
Summary: North Wales Police chief constable Richard Brunstrom calls for all drugs to be legalised. |
| • |
Yahoo News |
10:38pm PDT |
NLCS features young, talented teams
(AP)
|
| |
Summary: AP - The Colorado Rockies and Arizona Diamondbacks, who open their NL championship series on Thursday night, are proof that success can be homegrown and that big money doesn't assure a winner — but some shrewd draft picks and a few smart trades can. |
| • |
BBC News |
10:23pm PDT |
Rugby U: Vickery's England hopes |
| |
Summary: England captain Phil Vickery hopes the World Cup holders will peak like they did four years ago in Australia. |
| • |
Cnn.com |
10:02pm PDT |
Police: School shooting not random |
| |
Summary: A 14-year-old gunman opened fire at a Cleveland high school, wounding four people before turning a gun on himself, officials said. It was only after students ran past screaming "Oh my God!" that one student realized he'd been shot. Police said some victim |
| • |
Yahoo News |
9:51pm PDT |
Industry examines SUVS and side crashes
(AP)
|
| |
Summary: AP - Some sport utility vehicles don't provide the protection in a side crash that one might expect from such large vehicles, according to tests released Thursday by the insurance industry. |
| • |
Yahoo News |
9:50pm PDT |
Attack on U.S. base in Iraq kills two
(Reuters)
|
| |
Summary: Reuters - An "indirect fire" attack on a major
U.S. military base in the Iraqi capital Baghdad overnight
killed two coalition forces members and wounded 38 others, the
U.S. military said on Thursday. |
| • |
BBC News |
9:46pm PDT |
Hopes over wildcat post strikers |
| |
Summary: Royal Mail says it hopes postal workers who took part in unofficial action will return to work on Thursday. |
| • |
Yahoo News |
9:41pm PDT |
UAW settles with Chrysler, ratifies GM
(AP)
|
| |
Summary: AP - It took two short strikes, but the United Auto Workers union has new contracts with General Motors and Chrysler, and now it will move on to struggling Ford. |
| • |
BBC News |
9:39pm PDT |
Two charged with US boat murders |
| |
Summary: Two men are charged with killing the four missing crew of a US fishing boat they had chartered. |
| • |
Yahoo News |
9:37pm PDT |
4 hurt, gunman killed in Ohio school
(AP)
|
| |
Summary: AP - A 14-year-old suspended student opened fire in his downtown high school Wednesday, wounding four people as terrified schoolmates hid in closets and bathrooms and huddled under laboratory desks. He then killed himself. |
| • |
Yahoo News |
9:30pm PDT |
Lohan friend sues blogger for defamation
(AP)
|
| |
Summary: AP - A judged cleared the way Wednesday for a celebrity blogger to be questioned about his report claiming Lindsay Lohan's friend planted cocaine found in the actress's car after a crash. |
| • |
BBC News |
9:21pm PDT |
Turks condemn US Armenia vote |
| |
Summary: Turkey says a US vote backing a bill recognising the 1915 killings of Armenians as "genocide" is "unacceptable". |
| • |
Yahoo News |
9:15pm PDT |
New scanner may replace metal detectors
(AP)
|
| |
Summary: AP - The federal government will begin testing a body-scanning machine that could eventually be used instead of the metal detectors passengers walk through at airports. |
| • |
BBC News |
8:30pm PDT |
Cheap trainers still protect feet |
| |
Summary: Expensive trainers do not protect runners' feet more than cheaper ones, a study concludes. |
