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Yahoo News |
9:27am PST |
Romney reportedly to end his campaign
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Mitt Romney will either suspend his presidential campaign or withdraw completely from the presidential race, The Associated Press has learned. |
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Yahoo News |
9:25am PST |
Baby a sign of hope in devastated South
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The muddy field was littered with debris after a wave of violent storms: Living room couches, strollers, children's toys. So when two rescuers came upon a baby, they thought he was a doll. |
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BBC News |
9:24am PST |
Archbishop sparks Sharia law row |
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Summary: The Archbishop of Canterbury faces widespread criticism after saying some Sharia law in the UK is "unavoidable". |
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Yahoo News |
9:21am PST |
Afghanistan strategy is working: US Secretary of State
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Summary: AFP - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice denied here Thursday the allied strategy to stabilise Afghanistan was failing, saying it was incomplete and needed innovation to crush "determined enemies." |
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Yahoo News |
9:21am PST |
Romney to suspend campaign for president: CNN
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Mitt Romney will suspend his
campaign for the Republican nomination for U.S. president, CNN
said on Thursday, citing three party sources. |
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Cnn.com |
9:21am PST |
Glenn Beck: Voters always trump talk radio |
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Summary: The rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated.
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Cnn.com |
9:21am PST |
Glenn Beck: My untimely demise |
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Summary: The rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated.
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BBC News |
9:19am PST |
Indian economy set to decelerate |
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Summary: India expects its slowest growth in three years as agriculture lags faster growth in other sectors. |
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BBC News |
9:16am PST |
Fans 'conned in autograph scam' |
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Summary: Fans spent thousands of pounds on fake autographs of sports stars such as David Beckham, a court hears. |
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Yahoo News |
9:03am PST |
Police: 5 dead in LA standoff
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A man barricaded himself in a house after telling police he had killed three relatives, then opened fire on a SWAT team Thursday. Five people, including an officer and the gunman, were killed, police said. |
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Yahoo News |
8:58am PST |
Europe watchdog scraps plan to monitor Russia vote
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Europe's main election watchdog
cancelled plans on Thursday to monitor Russia's presidential
election next month, citing unacceptable restrictions imposed
by Moscow. |
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BBC News |
8:56am PST |
Tornado clear-up under way in US |
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Summary: People return to what remains of their homes after tornadoes hit five southern US states. |
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Yahoo News |
8:50am PST |
Sadr tells militia to maintain Iraq ceasefire
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Anti-U.S. cleric Moqtada al-Sadr
ordered his feared Mehdi Army on Thursday to maintain its
six-month ceasefire as members of the militia clashed with U.S.
and Iraqi soldiers in Baghdad. |
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Cnn.com |
8:38am PST |
Tornado victim helper hears home is gone |
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Summary: Residents tried Thursday to put their lives back together in a swath of the South raked by tornadoes that killed 55 people on Tuesday night and early Wednesday.
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Yahoo News |
8:35am PST |
Clemens, McNamee visit Congress
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Roger Clemens and Brian McNamee brought their vastly different stories to Capitol Hill on Thursday, when the star pitcher met one-on-one with congressmen informally and his former personal trainer met with House lawyers for a sworn deposition. |
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BBC News |
8:33am PST |
US shoppers tighten their belts |
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Summary: American retailers have revealed further evidence that US shoppers are cutting back amid fears of a recession. |
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BBC News |
8:31am PST |
Nasa banks on kind weather window |
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Summary: Nasa is continuing with preparations to launch the Atlantis shuttle despite concerns about the weather. |
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Cnn.com |
8:30am PST |
Five killed in fiery Los Angeles standoff |
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Cnn.com |
8:14am PST |
Angelina Jolie in Iraq to help 'very vulnerable' |
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Summary: Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie is visiting Iraq to boost what she sees as lagging efforts to deal with the problems of 2 million "very very vulnerable" internally displaced people in the wartorn country.
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8:06am PST |
Tobacco could kill 1 billion by 2100
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Tobacco use killed 100 million people worldwide in the 20th century and could kill one billion people in the 21st unless governments act now to dramatically reduce it, the World Health Organization said in a report Thursday. |
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BBC News |
8:03am PST |
Glaxo shares sink on profit fears |
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Summary: Shares in GlaxoSmithKline fall after it issues a profit warning on the back of falling demand for a key drug. |
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Yahoo News |
7:54am PST |
Obama raises $7M post Super Tuesday
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Democratic Sen. Barack Obama has raised $7.2 million for his presidential campaign since the first polls closed on Super Tuesday night, his campaign said Thursday, a remarkable figure that is causing concern among supporters of Sen. Hillary Rodham Cl |
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Yahoo News |
7:53am PST |
Police: Man shoots wife at Ohio school
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A teacher's husband came to her Ohio elementary school Thursday and shot her, but no children were injured, police said. |
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BBC News |
7:52am PST |
BBC iPlayer to hit Macs in 2008 |
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Summary: The BBC will launch a download version of its iPlayer online video service for Apple Mac users by the end of 2008. |
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BBC News |
7:51am PST |
Calzaghe aiming to finish Hopkins |
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Summary: Joe Calzaghe promises to end Bernard Hopkins' career when the two boxers meet in Las Vegas in April. |
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BBC News |
7:51am PST |
Boxing: Calzaghe makes threat |
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Summary: Joe Calzaghe promises to end Bernard Hopkins' career when the two boxers meet in Las Vegas in April. |
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Yahoo News |
7:50am PST |
Sadr tells militia to maintain ceasefire
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Anti-U.S. cleric Moqtada al-Sadr
ordered his feared Mehdi Army on Thursday to maintain its
six-month ceasefire as members of the militia clashed with U.S.
and Iraqi soldiers in Baghdad. |
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Cnn.com |
7:45am PST |
House burns after SWAT officer killed |
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Yahoo News |
7:41am PST |
NATO struggles for unity over Afghan troop concern
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - NATO struggled to maintain unity
over the war in Afghanistan on Thursday after the United States
raised concerns that some members were not willing to let their
troops "fight and die" to achieve victory. |
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Cnn.com |
7:38am PST |
800 cars trapped on Wisconsin interstate |
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