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BBC News |
11:33am PST |
Romney 'will support McCain bid' |
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Summary: Former Republican presidential
candidate Mitt Romney is set to endorse former rival John McCain, reports say. |
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Yahoo News |
11:33am PST |
Romney to endorse McCain
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Republican campaign dropout Mitt Romney agreed Thursday to endorse Sen. John McCain for the party's presidential nomination and ask his national convention delegates to swing behind the front-runner, according to officials familiar with the decision. |
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Cnn.com |
11:32am PST |
Romney to endorse McCain, sources say |
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Summary: Former Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney will announce today that he is backing Sen. John McCain in his bid for the Oval Office, two sources familiar with the decision said.
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Cnn.com |
11:32am PST |
Romney backs McCain |
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Summary: Former Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney today endorsed Sen. John McCain in his bid for the Oval Office. Romney said McCain, who stood at his side during the announcement, understands the challenges that the nation faces.
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Yahoo News |
11:26am PST |
House holds Bush confidants in contempt
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The House voted Thursday to hold two of President Bush's confidants in contempt for failing to cooperate with an inquiry into whether a purge of federal prosecutors was politically motivated. |
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Cnn.com |
11:21am PST |
U.S.: Al Qaeda in Iraq seeks patients as bombers |
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Summary: Al Qaeda in Iraq is recruiting female patients at Baghdad's two psychiatric hospitals for suicide missions -- with the help of hospital staff -- according to the U.S. military.
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BBC News |
11:21am PST |
Islam critic asks for protection |
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Summary: Ex-Dutch MP Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a target of death threats from radical Islamists, appeals to the EU for protection. |
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BBC News |
11:18am PST |
Map shows toll on world's oceans |
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Summary: Only 4% of the world's oceans remain undamaged by human activity, a study has indicated. |
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Yahoo News |
11:07am PST |
Bush: Prepared to delay Africa trip over spy bill
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - President George W. Bush said on
Thursday he was prepared to delay his Africa trip to stay in
Washington to press Congress to pass new rules for his domestic
spying program before it expires this weekend. |
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Yahoo News |
10:58am PST |
Mitt Romney will endorse John McCain
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Republican campaign dropout Mitt Romney agreed Thursday to endorse Sen. John McCain and asked his national convention delegates to swing behind the party front-runner, according to officials familiar with the decision. |
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Yahoo News |
10:50am PST |
McNamee's lawyer predicts Clemens pardon
(AP)
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Summary: AP - One of Brian McNamee's lawyers predicts Roger Clemens will be pardoned by President Bush, saying some Republicans treated his client harshly because of the pitcher's friendship with the Bush family. |
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Cnn.com |
10:50am PST |
Officials: U.S. 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 |
10:48am PST |
McCain, Obama sharpen swords for White House duel
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - White House hopefuls John McCain and Barack Obama seem to be already looking beyond their party primaries to the November elections, stepping up attacks in a sign of the possible bitter duel to come. |
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BBC News |
10:48am PST |
Kenya constitution 'within year' |
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Summary: Kenya's government and opposition agree to write a new constitution within a year to solve the current crisis. |
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Cnn.com |
10:45am PST |
Friend questioned in therapist's killing |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Cnn.com |
10:43am PST |
Romney to endorse McCain |
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Summary: Former Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney will announce today that he is backing Sen. John McCain in his bid for the Oval Office, two sources familiar with the decision said.
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Yahoo News |
10:36am PST |
Bush criticizes Congress on terror bill
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Bush said Thursday he'll delay his trip to Africa if necessary to get the House to finish a bill governing U.S. eavesdropping on the phone calls and e-mails of suspected terrorists. |
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Yahoo News |
10:34am PST |
Bernanke says economic outlook is worse
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress Thursday the economy is deteriorating and signaled a readiness to keep on lowering a key interest rate to shore things up. |
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Yahoo News |
10:33am PST |
Kenya crisis talks move forward, but no final deal
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Kenya's rival parties on Thursday signed an agreement during talks to end weeks of turmoil that have left more than 1,000 people dead, a spokesman for mediator Kofi Annan said. |
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Yahoo News |
10:20am PST |
Jane Fonda uses vulgar slang on `Today'
(AP)
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Summary: AP - NBC News is apologizing again — this time for Jane Fonda. The 70-year-old actress used a vulgar slang term on the "Today" show Thursday while talking about the play "The Vagina Monologues." Fonda is appearing in a 10th-anniversary performance. |
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ChristianPost |
10:09am PST |
Christian Groups Rebuke School for Promoting Gender Confusion |
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Summary: Transgendered persons make up less than one-half of one percent of the American population, experts say, but the drive to expand their rights is gaining momentum. And Christians are concerned such efforts will encourage gender confusion among ... |
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ChristianPost |
10:09am PST |
Christian Groups Rebuke School for Promoting Gender Identity Confusion |
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Summary: Transgendered persons make up less than one-half of one percent of the American population, experts say, but the drive to expand their rights is gaining momentum. And Christians are concerned such efforts will encourage gender confusion among ... |
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Cnn.com |
10:08am PST |
U.S. wants to shoot down broken satellite |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
10:07am PST |
Kenya rivals to re-write constitution: govt
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Kenya's feuding parties have agreed to
rewrite the country's constitution within a year after a
post-election crisis, but have yet to agree terms for
power-sharing, a government negotiator said on Thursday. |
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Cnn.com |
9:59am PST |
Friend questioned in therapist's slashing death |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
9:56am PST |
NCAA turns down Cincinnati QB Mauk
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Summary: AP - The NCAA turned down Cincinnati quarterback Ben Mauk's request for another season of eligibility, a major setback for the up-and-coming Big East team that finished with a No. 17 ranking. |
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BBC News |
9:56am PST |
9/11 detainee can claim damages |
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Summary: A pilot wrongly accused of training the 9/11 hijackers is entitled to claim damages, the Court of Appeal rules. |
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BBC News |
9:54am PST |
Odyssey apologises over parking |
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Summary: Management at Belfast's Odyssey apologise for major traffic problems before a High School Musical on Ice show. |
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BBC News |
9:52am PST |
Bush defends US record on Darfur |
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Summary: US President W Bush defends his decision not to intervene in Darfur's "genocide", in a BBC interview. |
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BBC News |
9:49am PST |
US 'to shoot down spy satellite' |
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Summary: The US military is planning to shoot down a broken spy satellite due to crash land on Earth, a report says. |
