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Yahoo News |
7:24pm PST |
Bush says still plans to visit Beijing Olympics
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - US President George W. Bush said Thursday he had not changed his plans to attend the Beijing Olympics, despite a growing row over China's support for Sudan amid the Darfur crisis. |
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Yahoo News |
7:13pm PST |
Gunman kills 5 and then himself at Illinois college
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A black-clad man fired into a
lecture hall packed with students at an Illinois university on
Thursday, killing five people and wounding 18 before shooting
himself dead, police and college officials said. |
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Yahoo News |
7:08pm PST |
Greenspan says U.S. "on the edge" of recession
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Former U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman
Alan Greenspan on Thursday said the U.S. economy is "clearly on
the edge" of a recession. |
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Yahoo News |
7:01pm PST |
Six dead, 16 hurt in Valentine's Day campus massacre
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - A black-clad former student turned a university lecture hall into a Valentine's Day massacre Thursday, killing five people and injuring 16 others before turning a gun on himself in the fifth US school shooting in a week, authorities said. |
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Yahoo News |
6:49pm PST |
U.S. says Bonds failed steroid test before record
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Baseball home run king Barry
Bonds tested positive for steroids in November 2000, months
before his record breaking 73-home run season, U.S. prosecutors
said on Thursday. |
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Cnn.com |
6:39pm PST |
China's Mao offered women to U.S. in '73 |
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Yahoo News |
6:31pm PST |
Bai Ling arrested for shoplifting
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Bai Ling's good looks and eccentric outfits have frequently put her picture in celebrity magazines, but that doesn't mean she can take the magazines for free. The Chinese actress was arrested Wednesday after allegedly shoplifting two celebrity magazi |
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Yahoo News |
6:30pm PST |
U.S. says Bonds failed steroid test
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. baseball home run king Barry
Bonds tested positive for steroids in November 2000, months
before his record 73rd home run season, U.S. prosecutors said
on Thursday. |
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Yahoo News |
6:27pm PST |
22,000 died amid delayed Bayer drug recall: doctor
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The lives of 22,000 patients could
have been saved if U.S. regulators had been quicker to remove a
Bayer AG drug used to stem bleeding during open heart surgery,
according to a medical researcher interviewed by CBS
Television's 60 Minutes pr |
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Yahoo News |
6:23pm PST |
Man kills 5, self at Northern Illinois
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A man dressed in black opened fire with a shotgun and two handguns from the stage of a lecture hall at Northern Illinois University on Thursday, killing five students and injuring 16 others before committing suicide, authorities said. |
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BBC News |
6:19pm PST |
Australia pledges E Timor support |
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Summary: Australia vows to help safeguard democracy in East Timor after attacks on the president and prime minister. |
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BBC News |
6:10pm PST |
US university gunman kills five |
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Summary: A gunman opens fire on students, killing five,at a university near Chicago, then shoots himself. |
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Yahoo News |
5:55pm PST |
Greenspan says U.S. "on edge" of recession
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan
Greenspan on Thursday said the U.S. economy is "clearly on the
edge" of a recession. |
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Cnn.com |
5:38pm PST |
University gunman kills 5 |
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Summary: Gunman kills 5 at Northern Illinois UniversityAt least 17 others were woundedKiller had a shotgun and two handgunsGunman dies of self-inflicted woundCampus is outside Chicago
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Yahoo News |
5:37pm PST |
Bush says no change in plans to visit Beijing Olympics
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - US President George W. Bush said Thursday he had not changed his plans to attend the Beijing Olympics despite a growing row over the Darfur crisis and China's support for Sudan. |
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Yahoo News |
5:35pm PST |
Australian PM arrives in ETimor
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd touched down in East Timor Friday for a lightning visit designed to show support for the tiny nation's government after the shooting of its president this week. |
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Yahoo News |
5:32pm PST |
Genes that conquered cold blamed for fat
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Genes that helped early humans adapt to
cold climates may be driving metabolism-related diseases such
as obesity or diabetes in many countries, U.S. researchers said
on Thursday. |
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BBC News |
5:28pm PST |
World cyclist nears finish line |
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Summary: A cyclist hoping to become the fastest person to bike around the world enters the final stages of his challenge. |
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Yahoo News |
5:23pm PST |
Black lawmakers rethink Clinton support
(AP)
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Summary: AP - In a fresh sign of trouble for Hillary Rodham Clinton, one of the former first lady's congressional black supporters intends to vote for Barack Obama at the Democratic National Convention, and a second, more prominent lawmaker is openly discussing a |
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BBC News |
5:19pm PST |
Property boom 'over in Scotland' |
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Summary: Quarterly figures show that house prices have fallen in Scotland for the first time in seven years. |
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Yahoo News |
5:18pm PST |
Man kills 4, self at Northern Illinois
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A man dressed in black opened fire with a shotgun and two handguns from a stage of a lecture hall at Northern Illinois University on Thursday, killing four people and injuring several others before committing suicide, authorities said. |
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Yahoo News |
5:11pm PST |
U.S. says Bonds failed steroid test after record
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Baseball home run king Barry
Bonds tested positive for steroids in November 2001, just a
month after hitting his record 73rd home run of the season,
U.S. prosecutors said on Thursday. |
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Yahoo News |
5:09pm PST |
Five reported dead in Illinois college shooting
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A man opened fire in a crowded
lecture hall at Northern Illinois University on Thursday,
killing four people and wounding a number of others before
killing himself, media reports and authorities said. |
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Yahoo News |
5:08pm PST |
Genes that conquered cold blamed for disease and fat
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Genes that helped early humans adapt to
cold climates may be driving metabolism-related diseases such
as obesity or diabetes in many countries, U.S. researchers said
on Thursday. |
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BBC News |
5:05pm PST |
Suicide rate drops in young men |
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Summary: The suicide rate among young men in England and Wales is the lowest for 30 years, say researchers. |
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Cnn.com |
5:03pm PST |
University gunman kills 4 |
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Summary: Gunman kills 4 at Northern Illinois UniversitySeventeen others were woundedKiller had a shotgun and two handgunsGunman dies of self-inflicted woundCampus is outside Chicago
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BBC News |
5:01pm PST |
Warning over illegal skin bleach |
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Summary: Doctors warn of the dangers of illegal skin-lightening creams, after a woman develops a hormone disorder. |
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Yahoo News |
4:53pm PST |
Woman applying for new ID says she's 120
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Mariam Amash filled in the routine form with anything but routine information. Amash, who recently applied for a new Israeli identity card, said she was born 120 years ago — a claim, if confirmed, that would make her the oldest person in the world. T |
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Yahoo News |
4:49pm PST |
Five dead in shooting at US campus, including gunman: report
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - A shooting Thursday at a suburban Chicago university left five people dead, including the gunman, US media reported, citing police officials. |
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Yahoo News |
4:48pm PST |
Metal found in Valentine's Day lollipops
(AP)
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Summary: AP - What appeared to be a metal staple was found Thursday in a Valentine's Day lollipop at an elementary school, a day after a woman reported a blade-like piece of metal in another bag of the same product. It has been pulled from the shelves of thousands |
