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Yahoo News |
11:56pm PDT |
Billion dollars in damage as California fires rage for 4th day
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Summary: AFP - Fires raging across California have caused more than one billion dollars in property damage and left three people dead, officials said Wednesday, as a lull in winds allowed firefighters to make their first significant progress in combating the flame |
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11:55pm PDT |
UN concern over Olympic pollution |
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Summary: Air pollution in Beijing will not significantly improve before next year's Olympic Games, a UN report suggests. |
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BBC News |
11:55pm PDT |
Key discussions on Kurdish crisis |
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Summary: Iraqi delegates are heading to Ankara in an effort to avert attacks by Kurdish rebels over the Turkish border. |
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BBC News |
11:19pm PDT |
Easyjet agrees to buy GB Airways |
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Summary: Budget airline Easyjet agrees to buy UK carrier GB Airways for £103.5m. |
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10:52pm PDT |
Executive unveiling first budget |
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Summary: The NI Executive is to unveil its first budget and set out its plans for government over the next three years. |
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BBC News |
10:52pm PDT |
Man's murder was 'barbaric' |
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Summary: Mourners at the funeral of attack victim Paul Quinn are told the killing was 'barbaric and deeply sinful'. |
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BBC News |
10:51pm PDT |
Council considers school closures |
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Summary: Gwynedd councillors meet to consider controversial plans to close 29 primary schools. |
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10:37pm PDT |
Straw to flesh out reform plans |
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Summary: Justice Minister Jack Straw is to update MPs on government plans for constitutional reform. |
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Yahoo News |
10:24pm PDT |
Microsoft deal values Facebook at $15B
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Summary: AP - It's hard to determine what's more surprising about Microsoft Corp.'s investment in Facebook Inc. — the appraisal that valued a 3 1/2-year-old Internet hangout at $15 billion or the rare snub of online search leader Google Inc. |
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Yahoo News |
10:13pm PDT |
Red Sox overpower Rockies 13-1 in Game 1
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Summary: AP - Josh Beckett, Dustin Pedroia and the Boston Red Sox were revved up and ready. Not so the Colorado Rockies, who lurched into Beantown with all the zip of a creaky old stagecoach. Back in the World Series with no Bambino's curse to worry about, the Red |
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Cnn.com |
10:07pm PDT |
Gulf of Mexico accident kills 18 oil workers |
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Summary: At least 18 oil workers were killed and seven more were missing after a portable drilling rig crashed into an oil platform during stormy seas in the Gulf of Mexico, the country's state-owned oil company said Wednesday.
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10:04pm PDT |
US lacks labs to test for 'dirty bomb'
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Summary: AP - The U.S. has a shortage of laboratories to test the thousands of people who might be exposed to radiation if a "dirty bomb" detonated in a major city, according to a recent congressional investigation. |
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Cnn.com |
10:04pm PDT |
Bush sets conditions for Cuba programs |
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Summary: U.S. President George W. Bush ruled out any easing of the decades-old U.S. trade embargo on Cuba but proposed loosening some restrictions on contacts with the communist-ruled island, if more freedoms were allowed.
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10:00pm PDT |
Singapore Airlines' A380 makes history
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Summary: AP - A Singapore Airlines Airbus A380 took off on a historic journey Thursday — the first commercial flight by the world's largest jetliner, which boasts luxurious suites enclosed by sliding doors, double beds, a bar and the quietest interior of any plane |
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Yahoo News |
9:44pm PDT |
Gary Collins arrested in DUI case
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Summary: AP - TV host and actor Gary Collins was arrested for investigation of driving under the influence after a crash that police blamed on another driver, an 89-year-old man. |
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Cnn.com |
9:18pm PDT |
Red Sox rout Rockies in World Series opener |
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Cnn.com |
9:15pm PDT |
Report: Terror 'watch list' may be too long |
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Summary: A new government report says there are now more than three quarters of a million names on the U.S. government's terrorist "watch list," raising concerns the list may be becoming too large.
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Cnn.com |
9:15pm PDT |
Ballooning terror 'watch list' raises concern |
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Summary: A new government report says there are now more than three quarters of a million names on the U.S. government's terrorist "watch list," raising concerns the list may be becoming too large.
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BBC News |
9:13pm PDT |
'Extra lane' scheme goes national |
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Summary: A scheme allowing motorists to drive along the hard shoulder is to be rolled out across the country. |
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Yahoo News |
9:09pm PDT |
Red Sox rout rusty Rockies 13-1
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Summary: AP - Josh Beckett, Dustin Pedroia and the Boston Red Sox were revved up and ready. Not so the Colorado Rockies, who showed up in Beantown looking rusty not rested. |
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BBC News |
9:09pm PDT |
Fire winds ease over California |
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Summary: Weather forecasts raise hopes of some respite from the fires raging across southern California in recent days. |
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Yahoo News |
9:01pm PDT |
Intel opening new chip plant in Arizona
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Summary: AP - In the latest display of its manufacturing might, Intel Corp. is opening a new $3 billion factory in Arizona, widening its lead over rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. in the industry's switch to a new chip-making technique. |
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Yahoo News |
8:49pm PDT |
Calif. fire crews aided by easing winds
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Summary: AP - A merciful easing of the winds fueling Southern California's sprawling wildfires finally gave fire crews a chance to fight back against some blazes Wednesday, and weary residents could take solace in an overriding sign of hope: Just one person has di |
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Cnn.com |
7:53pm PDT |
Firefighters make headway as arson probed |
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Summary: Shrieking Santa Ana winds calmed to a howl, a break in the weather that gave firefighters in Southern California the chance to gain ground against more than a dozen wildfires and allowed some evacuated residents to return home. Officials are conducting an |
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BBC News |
7:48pm PDT |
Paparazzi vehicle 'blocked Diana' |
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Summary: A vehicle attempted to slow down Princess Diana's car just before it crashed, the inquest into her death is told. |
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Yahoo News |
7:47pm PDT |
Giuliani talks tough on immigration
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Summary: AP - Rudy Giuliani said Wednesday that if elected president he would end illegal immigration in as few as three years by employing the same police tactics he used to reduce the crime rate as New York mayor. |
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Yahoo News |
7:23pm PDT |
Singapore Airlines' A380 takes off
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Summary: AP - A Singapore Airlines Airbus A380 took off on a historic journey Thursday — the first commercial flight by the world's largest jetliner, which boasts luxurious suites enclosed by sliding doors, double beds, a bar and the quietest interior of any plane |
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BBC News |
7:21pm PDT |
Uzbek reporter shot in Kyrgyzstan |
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Summary: Alisher Saipov, an Uzbek journalist critical of President Karimov, is shot dead in the Kyrgyz town of Osh. |
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Yahoo News |
7:14pm PDT |
Red Sox lead Rockies 6-1 after 4 innings
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Summary: AP - Dustin Pedroia hit a leadoff home run, Josh Beckett got off to the best World Series start since Sandy Koufax in 1963 and the Boston Red Sox led the Colorado Rockies 6-1 after four innings Wednesday night in Game 1. |
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Cnn.com |
7:10pm PDT |
Evacuees share hopes and fears |
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Summary: Virtually everyone who fled the wildfires and sought safety at Qualcomm Stadium has a story to tell. Whether it's when they decided to leave, what they decided to take or the sketchy details of what's happening in their neighborhood, every story is differ |
