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BBC News |
11:41am PST |
Stranded motorists led to safety |
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Summary: A rescue operation is mounted to help 200 motorists stranded in snowdrifts in County Durham. |
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Cnn.com |
11:33am PST |
Third Internet cable cut in Mideast |
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Summary: Repair ships are going to the site of two undersea cables which were damaged this week, snarling Internet and phone traffic across the Middle East and parts of Asia, the cables' owner said Friday.
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Cnn.com |
11:30am PST |
Militants turn disabled into human bombs |
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Summary: Two mentally disabled women were strapped with explosives today and sent into busy Baghdad markets, where they were blown up by remote control, a top Iraqi government official said. The bombs killed at least 98 people and wounded more than 200 at two popu |
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Cnn.com |
11:27am PST |
Ex-fiancee breaks silence on Ledger's death |
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OneNewsNowPress |
11:26am PST |
Evangelical group applauds Bush for backing battle on 'global warming' |
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Summary:
Evangelical leader Jim Ball is praising President Bush for pledging $2 billion to help fight so-called "global warming."
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OneNewsNowPress |
11:22am PST |
High-level UN official supports document calling for elimination of Zionism |
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Summary:
The head of a pro-Israel ministry says it's absolutely reprehensible that a high-level U.N. official would throw her support behind a major Arab document that commits to the elimination of Zionism.
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ChristianPost |
11:22am PST |
Groups Push Fight to Reverse Middle School Birth Control Policy |
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Summary: Conservatives and parents in Maine are not giving up the fight against allowing a middle school to give contraception to its students without parental ... |
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BBC News |
11:20am PST |
Kenyan parties 'agree peace plan' |
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Summary: Kenya's feuding political rivals agree a plan to end the violence in the country, says ex-UN chief Kofi Annan. |
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Yahoo News |
11:14am PST |
Microsoft bids $44.6 billion to buy Yahoo
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Microsoft Corp
made a bid to buy Yahoo Inc for $44.6 billion, seeking
to join forces against Google Inc in what would be the
biggest Internet deal since the Time Warner- AOL merger. |
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Cnn.com |
10:58am PST |
You weigh in on Microsoft's Yahoo bid |
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Summary: News that Microsoft was making a $44.6 billion bid to buy Yahoo was greeted with skepticism by many CNN.com users on Friday.
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Cnn.com |
10:53am PST |
Readers weigh in on Microsoft's Yahoo bid |
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Summary: News that Microsoft was making a $44.6 billion bid to buy Yahoo was greeted with skepticism by many CNN.com users on Friday.
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Yahoo News |
10:51am PST |
Female bombers kill 64 in Baghdad pet markets
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Explosives strapped to two mentally impaired women were triggered by remote control in co-ordinated attacks that devastated two Baghdad pet markets on Friday and killed at least 64 people, an Iraqi official said. |
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OneNewsNowPress |
10:50am PST |
New York Times gets the facts wrong, says Pentagon advisor |
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Summary:
Pentagon advisor and national defense analyst Bob Maginnis says the New York Times missed the facts in its recent effort to convince people that the military was dishonorable, and the Pentagon a brainless bureaucratic desert.
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Yahoo News |
10:47am PST |
Finnish patient gets new jaw from own stem cells
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Scientists in Finland said they had
replaced a 65-year-old patient's upper jaw with a bone
transplant cultivated from stem cells isolated from his own
fatty tissue and grown inside his abdomen. |
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BBC News |
10:45am PST |
Football: Hunt signs Royals deal |
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Summary: Midfielder Stephen Hunt signs a new deal to keep him at the Madejski Stadium until the summer of 2011. |
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Yahoo News |
10:45am PST |
Simpson seeks dismissal of 6 charges
(AP)
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Summary: AP - O.J. Simpson filed court papers seeking dismissal of half the charges against him, saying prosecutors in Nevada failed to meet legal standards to prosecute him for kidnapping, robbery and conspiracy, his lawyer said Friday. |
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Yahoo News |
10:42am PST |
Kenyan rivals agree plan to end turmoil: Annan
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The parties of Kenya's feuding leaders agreed a joint roadmap Friday to end unrest that has claimed nearly 1,000 lives since last month's disputed presidential elections, former UN chief Kofi Annan said. |
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Yahoo News |
10:31am PST |
Job losses in January raise recession fears
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. employers cut payrolls for the
first time in 4-1/2 years in January, the Labor Department said
on Friday in a report that showed the slowing economy was at
growing risk of sliding into recession. |
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BBC News |
10:29am PST |
Kenyan parties agree 'peace plan' |
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Summary: Kenya's feuding political rivals agree a plan to end the violence in the country, says ex-UN chief Kofi Annan. |
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BBC News |
10:29am PST |
Drivers stranded as storms hit UK |
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Summary: Dozens of people are trapped in their cars by snow as bad weather continues to cause havoc in parts of the UK. |
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OneNewsNowPress |
10:24am PST |
Physicians' group: U.S. healthcare can learn from other countries |
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Summary:
The American College of Physicians has made eight recommendations to improve healthcare in the U.S., based on an analysis comparing the healthcare systems of 12 other industrialized nations.
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OneNewsNowPress |
10:20am PST |
Right-wing fascism a myth, says author |
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Summary:
Author and Nazi-era historian Jonah Goldberg is attempting to debunk the myth perpetuated by the left that fascism is a right-wing phenomenon -- which gives them the excuse to call anyone who disagrees with them a fascist.
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Yahoo News |
10:18am PST |
Conn. man tries to sell pot online
(AP)
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Summary: AP - If you're looking to sell high-grade marijuana, Craigslist may not be the place to do it. A man learned that the hard way when the "buyer" who contacted him turned out to be an undercover officer, Stamford police said. |
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BBC News |
10:18am PST |
Jay-Z confirmed for Glastonbury |
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Summary: US rapper Jay-Z is to headline this year's Glastonbury Festival, organiser Michael Eavis confirms. |
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CTI News |
10:12am PST |
Postcard from Kenya's Rift Valley Academy |
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Summary: A dorm parent at Rift Valley Academy on coping with the ongoing violence.
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CTI News |
10:12am PST |
Censured Southern Baptist Critic Resigns |
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Summary: Wade Burleson resigned Tuesday after International Mission Board suspended him over blog's criticism.
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OneNewsNowPress |
10:11am PST |
McCain supports amnesty, says immigration activist |
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Summary:
The head of Numbers USA says on the issue of illegal immigration, Republican presidential candidate John McCain is not the "straight-talk guy" he claims to be.
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BBC News |
10:09am PST |
Motorists rescued from snowdrifts |
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Summary: A rescue operation is mounted to help 200 motorists stranded in snowdrifts in County Durham. |
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BBC News |
10:08am PST |
DNA fears see terror charges fall |
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Summary: Two cases against men charged with dissident republican activity are dropped over low copy number testing fears. |
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OneNewsNowPress |
10:07am PST |
Parents Television Council advises CBS to dump 'Dexter' |
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Summary:
The Parents Television Council is asking CBS to cancel plans to air a show in which the "hero" is a serial killer.
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