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BBC News |
11:45pm PDT |
Blaze wrecks town's historic hall |
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Summary: Fire has engulfed the Gwyn Hall Theatre in Neath, which was undergoing a £4m restoration. |
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Cnn.com |
11:35pm PDT |
FBI search Copperfield's warehouse |
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Summary: FBI agents searched a Las Vegas, Nevada, warehouse owned by illusionist David Copperfield, according to an FBI spokesman, adding that the Wednesday night raid was related to a case based in Seattle.
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BBC News |
11:09pm PDT |
Titanic project fails in fund bid |
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Summary: A project which aims to attract thousands of tourists to the Titanic Quarter loses out on £25m of funding. |
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BBC News |
11:02pm PDT |
Dollar stays near record euro low |
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Summary: The US dollar stays near record lows against the euro, on growing expectation of a further US interest rate cut. |
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BBC News |
10:52pm PDT |
India PM rejects resignation call |
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Summary: India's PM says he will not quit, after his government appeared to backtrack on the nuclear deal with the US. |
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BBC News |
10:45pm PDT |
Thais arrest paedophile suspect |
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Summary: A Canadian paedophile suspect who sparked a global manhunt is arrested in north-east Thailand, police say. |
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BBC News |
10:36pm PDT |
County's primary schools may shut |
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Summary: Some primary schools could close and others may share head teachers as Gwynedd examines its education system. |
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BBC News |
10:21pm PDT |
Oil prices touch above $90 level |
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Summary: Oil prices breach $90 a barrel in New York amid ongoing supply concerns and after the dollar hits a new low. |
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BBC News |
10:20pm PDT |
F1: Hamilton ready for Brazil |
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Summary: Lewis Hamilton's attempt to win the Formula One drivers' championship at the Brazilian Grand Prix begins in Friday's practice session. |
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BBC News |
10:20pm PDT |
Hamilton ready for title decider |
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Summary: Lewis Hamilton's attempt to win the Formula One drivers' championship at the Brazilian Grand Prix begins in Friday's practice session. |
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Yahoo News |
10:14pm PDT |
At least 130 dead as bombs target Bhutto
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - A suicide bombing targeting former Pakistan prime minister Benazir Bhutto killed at least 130 people, turning her emotional homecoming parade after eight years in exile into a scene of carnage. |
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Yahoo News |
10:06pm PDT |
Lab suspends scientist Watson over comments on race
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A prominent New York scientific
laboratory suspended Nobel Prize-winning DNA authority Dr.
James Watson on Thursday night over racially insensitive
comments he was quoted as making in an interview earlier in the
week. |
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Cnn.com |
10:04pm PDT |
Thai police arrest Canadian pedophilia suspect |
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Summary: A teacher from Canada suspected of sexually abusing young boys in photographs posted on the Internet has been arrested in Thailand, Thai police said.
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Yahoo News |
9:44pm PDT |
Canadian pedophile suspect arrested
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A Canadian schoolteacher who has become the world's most wanted suspected pedophile was arrested by police Friday in northeastern Thailand, officials said. |
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BBC News |
9:39pm PDT |
Paedophile suspect Neil arrested |
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Summary: A Canadian paedophile suspect who sparked a global manhunt is arrested in north-east Thailand, police say. |
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Yahoo News |
9:37pm PDT |
Beckett keeps Boston alive with 7-1 win
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Back to Boston they go. Just the Red Sox being the Red Sox. Josh Beckett, blocking out everything but Jason Varitek's target, dominated the Cleveland Indians for the second time and Manny Ramirez drove in the go-ahead run with a 390-foot single as th |
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BBC News |
9:29pm PDT |
S African reggae star shot dead |
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Summary: South African reggae musician Lucky Dube is shot dead by armed robbers in Johannesburg. |
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BBC News |
9:08pm PDT |
NZ protest against terror raids |
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Summary: About 1,000 people take part in a protest in the New Zealand town of Whakatane against anti-terror raids. |
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Cnn.com |
8:42pm PDT |
Bombing kills 124 at Bhutto homecoming |
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Summary: A suicide bombing near the motorcade of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto killed at least 124 people and injured 320 more, officials say. Bhutto, returning after years in exile, reportedly was unhurt. "There are dead bodies everywhere," said |
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Yahoo News |
8:19pm PDT |
At least 125 dead as bombs target Bhutto
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - A suicide bombing targeting former Pakistan prime minister Benazir Bhutto killed at least 125 people, turning her emotional homecoming parade after eight years in exile into a scene of carnage Friday. |
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BBC News |
8:14pm PDT |
Hain wades into phone-ins row |
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Summary: Government minister Peter Hain describes the phone-in activities at ITV as 'almost daylight robbery'. |
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BBC News |
8:12pm PDT |
Attack on Bhutto convoy kills 120 |
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Summary: Returning Pakistan ex-PM Benazir Bhutto survives an attack on her convoy that kills more than 120 people. |
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Yahoo News |
8:06pm PDT |
San Francisco considers injection room
(AP)
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Summary: AP - City health officials took steps Thursday toward opening the nation's first legal safe-injection room, where addicts could shoot up heroin, cocaine and other drugs under the supervision of nurses. |
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Yahoo News |
8:00pm PDT |
Ramirez's RBI single gives Red Sox lead
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Manny Ramirez hit a long RBI single that the Red Sox argued should have been a homer, and Boston led the Cleveland Indians 2-1 after six innings in Game 5 of the AL championship series Thursday night. |
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BBC News |
7:51pm PDT |
Ships' CO2 'twice that of planes' |
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Summary: Global emissions of carbon dioxide from shipping are twice the level of aviation, new maritime research says. |
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Cnn.com |
7:44pm PDT |
Farmers sue for right to grow industrial hemp |
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Summary: The feds call industrial hemp a controlled substance -- the same as pot, heroin, LSD -- but advocates say a sober analysis reveals a harmless, renewable cash crop with thousands of applications that are good for the environment.
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BBC News |
7:14pm PDT |
Strike misery in France drags on |
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Summary: French workers face more misery as transport struggles to return to normal following a nationwide strike. |
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Yahoo News |
7:00pm PDT |
Red Sox lead Indians 2-1 in Game 5
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Manny Ramirez hit a long RBI single that the Red Sox argued should have been a homer, and Boston led the Cleveland Indians 2-1 after three innings in Game 5 of the AL championship series Thursday night. |
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Yahoo News |
6:49pm PDT |
EU seals new treaty ending two-year limbo
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - EU leaders broke more than two years of political deadlock early Friday by approving a new treaty of reforms filling the void left by the bloc's aborted constitution. |
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Theophiles |
6:41pm PDT |
Dallas Morning News: Christian consumer's guide to the Bible(s) |
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Summary: From the Dallas Morning News' religion section: a primer on the differences between Bible translations, and how to choose one (or more) to use.
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