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ChristianToday |
6:27am PST |
Two bombs kill 72 in Baghdad |
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Summary: Bomb blasts ripped through two popular pet markets in Baghdad on Friday killing 72 people in the deadliest attacks in the city in six months and dealing a bitter blow to Iraqi hopes that security is getting better |
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ChristianToday |
6:24am PST |
Microsoft offers to buy Yahoo |
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Summary: Microsoft Corp has made an unsolicited offer to buy Yahoo Inc for 446 billion in cash and stock seeking to join forces against Google Inc in what would be the biggest Internet deal since the Time WarnerAOL merger |
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Yahoo News |
6:22am PST |
Blasts kill at least 64 in bustling Baghdad pet markets
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Powerful blasts, one triggered by a female suicide bomber, killed at least 64 people as they ripped through two Baghdad pet markets on Friday, officials and witnesses said. |
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ChristianToday |
6:20am PST |
Wintry weather set to get worse |
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Summary: Strong winds and wintry showers continued to lash Britain on Friday causing problems at sea and on land with more bad weather predicted for the weekend |
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OneNewsNowPress |
6:11am PST |
'Huckabee could guarantee McCain nomination,' says Bauer |
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Summary:
Gary Bauer says John McCain is racking up impressive GOP primary victories because he's the only candidate who is regularly defeating Senator Hillary Clinton in national polls.
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ChristianPost |
6:05am PST |
Al Gore's Green Message Resonates with Baptists |
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Summary: Former Vice President Al Gore found a responsive crowd among thousands of Baptists when he brought his green message to Atlanta ... |
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ChristianPost |
6:05am PST |
Gore's Green Message Resonates with Baptists |
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Summary: Former Vice President Al Gore found a responsive crowd among thousands of Baptists when he brought his green message to Atlanta ... |
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Cnn.com |
6:01am PST |
Exxon shatters all-time profit record |
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Summary: Exxon Mobil made history on Friday by reporting the highest quarterly and annual profits ever for a U.S. company.
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Yahoo News |
6:01am PST |
At least 68 dead in Baghdad market bombs
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Two female suicide bombers blew themselves up Friday in separate attacks on Baghdad pet bazaars, killing at least 68 people and wounding dozens, police said. The attacks were the deadliest in the Iraqi capital since 30,000 more American troops floode |
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Cnn.com |
5:52am PST |
Surprise drop in jobs in January |
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Summary: Employers trimmed jobs from their payrolls in January, according to a much anticipated government jobs report Friday that showed the first decline in employment in four years and raised new concerns about the risk of recession for the weakening U.S. econo |
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ChristianPost |
5:51am PST |
Christian Leaders Strategize to Reach 2 Billion People |
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Summary: Hundreds of Christian leaders from around the world gathered this week in Florida to brainstorm strategies on how to reach the more than two billion people who do not know ... |
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Yahoo News |
5:47am PST |
Payrolls drop for 1st time since 2003
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Nervous employers cut 17,000 jobs in January — the first such reduction in more than four years and a fresh trouble sign that the economy is in danger of stalling. |
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Yahoo News |
5:46am PST |
Microsoft unveils hostile bid for Yahoo at $44.6 bln
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Microsoft Friday unveiled a hostile bid of 44.6 billion dollars for Yahoo in an effort to merge the world's biggest software company with a major Internet player to take on the Google juggernaut. |
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BBC News |
5:42am PST |
Public spectrum to be auctioned |
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Summary: Public organisations will be able to trade valuable radio spectrum under new plans, announces Ofcom. |
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Yahoo News |
5:39am PST |
Microsoft offers $44.6B for Yahoo
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Microsoft Corp. has pounced on slumping Internet icon Yahoo Inc. with an unsolicited takeover offer of $44.6 billion in its boldest bid yet to challenge Google Inc.'s dominance of the lucrative online search and advertising markets. |
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Yahoo News |
5:37am PST |
Yahoo says to consider Microsoft's $44.6 billion offer
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Yahoo Inc confirmed on
Friday that it had received an unsolicited bid from Microsoft
Corp to acquire the company and that its board of
directors would consider the $44.6 billion deal. |
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BBC News |
5:31am PST |
Author 'murdered for wealth' |
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Summary: A reclusive millionaire author was killed by a man who stole his identity, the Old Bailey hears. |
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Yahoo News |
5:20am PST |
Exxon Mobil posts record profits
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Exxon Mobil Corp. on Friday posted the largest annual profit by a U.S. company — $40.6 billion — as the world's largest publicly traded oil company benefited from historic crude prices at year's end. |
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Cnn.com |
5:18am PST |
Giant storm pounds Midwest |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
5:18am PST |
Electability seen as key to McCain's rising support
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - John McCain has vaulted from long shot
to the front-runner to win the Republican nomination for U.S.
president. The reason? Voter confidence he can beat the
eventual Democratic candidate in November's election, according
to interviews with s |
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Yahoo News |
5:13am PST |
Microsoft offers to buy Yahoo for $44.6 bln
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Microsoft said Friday it had offered to buy struggling Internet firm Yahoo for 44.6 billion dollars (30.0 billion euros) in a bid to take on Google in the crucial battle for online revenues. |
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BBC News |
5:09am PST |
Ahern visit is new dawn - Paisley |
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Summary: Ian Paisley describes Irish PM Bertie Ahern's historic visit to his constituency as a "good day for Ireland". |
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BBC News |
5:07am PST |
Football: Benjani confusion |
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Summary: Portsmouth contact the Premier League to see whether a late deal to sell striker Benjani to Manchester City can still go ahead. |
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Yahoo News |
5:06am PST |
Two bombs at Baghdad pet markets kill 72: police
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Bomb blasts ripped through two popular
pet markets in Baghdad on Friday, killing 72 people in the
deadliest attacks in the city in six months and dealing a
bitter blow to Iraqi hopes that security is getting better. |
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BBC News |
5:05am PST |
Rugby: All set for Six Nations |
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Summary: The 2008 Six Nations, which starts on Saturday, promises to be one of the most open tournaments in years. |
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Yahoo News |
5:00am PST |
Pakistan strike ends lean time in al Qaeda hunt
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A missile strike that killed senior
al Qaeda leader Abu Laith al-Libi in Pakistan this week marked
the first big success the United States has notched in the
region against Osama bin Laden's group for over two years. |
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BBC News |
4:59am PST |
Rebels battle near Chad capital |
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Summary: Chad rebels say they clashed with government forces on their advance to the capital, as extra French troops fly in. |
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BBC News |
4:58am PST |
Suffolk victims' blood 'on coat' |
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Summary: Blood from two of five women a man is accused of killing was found on a jacket in his Ipswich home, a court hears. |
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Cnn.com |
4:57am PST |
Britney Spears now in hands of doctors |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Cnn.com |
4:43am PST |
Official: Bombers were mentally disabled |
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Summary: A roadside bomb exploded at an animal market in Baghdad on Friday, killing at least five people and wounding 14 others, police said.
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