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Yahoo News |
2:12pm PST |
Romney endorses McCain as Clinton raps Obama
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Former Republican presidential hopeful
Mitt Romney endorsed one-time rival John McCain on Thursday and
urged Republicans to unite behind him in a move that could help
McCain with disgruntled conservatives. |
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Yahoo News |
2:10pm PST |
Gunman opens fire at N. Illinois U.
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Summary: AP - Northern Illinois University says there has been a shooting on campus and several people have been taken away by ambulance. University officials warned students on the school Web site to get to a safe area and "take precautions until given the all cl |
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Yahoo News |
2:08pm PST |
Ex-GOP candidate Romney endorses McCain
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Republican campaign dropout Mitt Romney endorsed John McCain for the party's presidential nomination and asked his national convention delegates to swing behind the likely nominee. |
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BBC News |
2:07pm PST |
Police charge 19 after drug raids |
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Summary: Nineteen people are charged after dawn raids in London and the south east targeting a multi-million pound drug ring. |
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BBC News |
1:56pm PST |
Football: Spurs win in Prague |
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Summary: Tottenham make hard work of beating Slavia Prague in the first leg of their Uefa Cup last-32 tie. |
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Cnn.com |
1:51pm PST |
Pentagon may shoot down errant satellite |
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Summary: The Pentagon is considering whether to shoot down a failed spy satellite that could come crashing back to Earth by March, senior U.S. military officials said today. "There aren't a whole lot of other options," an official said. But these officials would n |
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Yahoo News |
1:48pm PST |
Gunman opens fire at university near Chicago
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A gunman opened fire in a classroom at
Northern Illinois University outside Chicago on Thursday and
students were told to take cover, witnesses and the school
said. |
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BBC News |
1:44pm PST |
Football: Robson leaves Blades |
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Summary: Sheffield United manager Bryan Robson leaves the club, with Kevin Blackwell named as his replacement. |
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BBC News |
1:44pm PST |
Football: Blackwell in at Blades |
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Summary: Sheffield United manager Bryan Robson leaves the club, with Kevin Blackwell named as his replacement. |
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Yahoo News |
1:42pm PST |
Hezbollah declares 'open war' on Israel
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Lebanon's Hezbollah opposition chief declared "open war" on Israel on Thursday while hundreds of thousands of government supporters filled central Beirut to remember slain ex-premier Rafiq Hariri. |
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Theophiles |
1:27pm PST |
Kenya constitution 'within year' |
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Summary: From the BBC:
Kenya's government and opposition party have agreed to write a new constitution within a year, a government negotiator has said. ... The deal comes after talks aimed at bringing an end to the post-election violence which has left at least 1, |
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Yahoo News |
1:19pm PST |
'24' fans must wait until Jan. 2009
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Fans of the Fox drama "24" will have to wait until next January to see Jack Bauer again, this television season's most prominent casualty of the Hollywood writers strike. The network has committed to air a full season on consecutive weeks, and had be |
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ChristianPost |
1:15pm PST |
Conservatives Revisit Third Party |
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Summary: The same conservative Christian activist who called a meeting last fall to discuss backing a third-party candidate to counter a possible Rudy Giuliani candidacy is revisiting the idea as Sen. John McCain closes in on the Republican presidential ... |
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Yahoo News |
1:15pm PST |
Fossils of new meat-eating dinos found
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Fossil hunters say they have discovered bones of two massive meat-eating dinosaurs in Africa. In the journal Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, University of Chicago paleontologist Paul Sereno and co-author Stephen Brusatte named one Kryptops palaios, or |
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Yahoo News |
1:15pm PST |
Fans of `24' have a long wait
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Fans of the Fox drama "24" will have to wait until next January to see Jack Bauer again, this television season's most prominent casualty of the Hollywood writers strike. |
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Cnn.com |
1:13pm PST |
Martin: NAACP's Bond late in beef over delegates |
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Summary: NAACP Chairman Julian Bond's decision to weigh in on the Democratic Party's conundrum when it comes to seating delegates from Michigan and Florida has created a firestorm of discussion on blogs and talk shows, and frankly, I'm still unclear as to what his |
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Yahoo News |
1:12pm PST |
Children. You're giving me a headache
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A Swedish preschool has been criticized for banning its children from wearing striped and spotted clothing since the patterns give one of its teachers severe migraine attacks. |
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BBC News |
1:09pm PST |
Al Fayed's security head 'lied' |
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Summary: Mohamed Al Fayed's former head of security lied about how much Henri Paul had drunk, the Princess Diana inquest hears. |
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ChristianPost |
1:03pm PST |
'Can You Be Gay and Christian?' Poses Conservative Activist |
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Summary: A person who is a practicing homosexual cannot be a true follower of Jesus, according to the director of a network of church and ministry leaders in the Greater Charlotte ... |
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BBC News |
12:54pm PST |
US plans to shoot down satellite |
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Summary: The US military is planning to shoot down a broken spy satellite due to crash land on Earth. |
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BBC News |
12:51pm PST |
Urgent inquiry call over C. diff |
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Summary: An assembly committee has called for an urgent independent inquiry into hospital-acquired infections. |
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Yahoo News |
12:50pm PST |
Risky chemical found in hurricane trailers
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Many of the government-supplied
trailers housing thousands of people displaced by Hurricane
Katrina contain potentially dangerous levels of the chemical
formaldehyde, U.S. federal health officials said on Thursday. |
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Yahoo News |
12:42pm PST |
S: Broken satellite will be shot down
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Bush has ordered the Pentagon to use a Navy missile to attempt to destroy a broken U.S. spy satellite — and thereby minimize the risk to humans from its toxic fuel — by intercepting it just before it re-enters the atmosphere, officials said |
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ChristianPost |
12:25pm PST |
Most Americans Believe Non-Profits are Not Financially Efficient |
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Summary: Most Americans believe non-profit organizations and charities are not financially efficient enough in their work, a new study ... |
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ChristianPost |
12:25pm PST |
Most Americans Believe Non-Profits Are Not Financially Efficient |
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Summary: Most Americans believe non-profit organizations and charities are not financially efficient enough in their work, a new study ... |
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Yahoo News |
12:11pm PST |
Pentagon plans to shoot down disabled satellite
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The Pentagon plans to shoot down a
disabled U.S. spy satellite before it enters the atmosphere to
prevent a potentially deadly leak of toxic gas from the
vehicle's fuel tank, officials said on Thursday. |
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Yahoo News |
12:10pm PST |
US plans to shoot down broken satellite
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Bush decided to make a first-of-its-kind attempt to use a missile to bring down a broken U.S. spy satellite because of the potential danger to people from its rocket fuel, officials said Thursday. |
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Cnn.com |
12:07pm PST |
In must-win situation, Clinton sharpens attacks |
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Summary: Sen. Hillary Clinton on Thursday sharpened her attacks on Democratic rival Sen. Barack Obama as she faces what even her supporters admit are must-win situations in Texas and Ohio in the weeks ahead.
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Yahoo News |
11:44am PST |
Clinton says Obama lacks substance
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Democratic presidential
candidate Hillary Clinton accused rival Barack Obama of lacking
substance and experience on Thursday as she fought for
political traction after a string of losses. |
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Yahoo News |
11:35am PST |
Kenya rivals to rewrite constitution: govt
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Kenya's feuding parties have agreed to
rewrite the constitution within a year in an effort to end
post-election violence, but have yet to strike a deal on
power-sharing, a government negotiator said on Thursday. |
