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BBC News |
8:36am PST |
'Super surgery' plans condemned |
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Summary: Doctors and patients groups have criticised plans to set up health centres known as "polyclinics" across England. |
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Yahoo News |
8:33am PST |
Bush chides Congress over spy law lapse
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Bush scolded Congress for allowing a government eavesdropping law to expire at midnight Saturday, saying the failure to act will make it more difficult to track terrorists and "we may lose a vital lead that could prevent an attack on Americ |
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ChristianPost |
8:29am PST |
The Culture War is Over: We Lost! |
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Summary: I have come to face this possibility along with its implications, most recently while reading the new book by David Kinnaman and Gabe Lyons entitled unChristian: What a New Generation Really Thinks About Christianity … and Why it Matters. In the book, Jud |
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Yahoo News |
8:18am PST |
Free business book is Web sensation
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Oprah touch doesn't just work for traditional books. More than 1 million copies of Suze Orman's "Women & Money" have been downloaded since the announcement last week on Winfrey's television show that the e-book edition would be available for free |
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Yahoo News |
8:12am PST |
Bush pushes for deal to end Kenya crisis
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. President George W. Bush on
Saturday threw his weight behind a power-sharing deal to end a
bloody political crisis in Kenya. |
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Yahoo News |
8:08am PST |
Bush pushes Kenya deal during tour of Africa
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Summary: AFP - President George W. Bush on Saturday launched a five-country Africa tour, highlighting US-backed victories against disease and poverty and pushing for an end to deadly violence in Kenya. |
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Yahoo News |
8:05am PST |
McCain's sharp tongue: An Achilles heel?
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Temper, temper. Republican John McCain is known for his. He's been dubbed "Senator Hothead" by more than one publication, but he's also had some success extracting his hatchet from several foreheads. |
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Cnn.com |
8:03am PST |
Car bomb kills 37 ahead of Pakistan vote |
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Summary: A car bomb killed 12 people and wounded up to 15 others Saturday when it exploded in front of an election office of the opposition Pakistan People's Party in Parachinar, police said.
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BBC News |
7:48am PST |
Iranians urge Dutch to ban film |
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Summary: The Iranian government calls on the Dutch to stop the screening of a film about the Koran. |
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ChristianPost |
7:46am PST |
Prayers of Hope, Healing Surround Ill. Campus |
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Summary: As students at Northern Illinois University (NIU) still recover from shock after a fatal shooting left six dead, including the gunman, Christian campus groups have opened their doors around the clock to offer comfort and ... |
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Yahoo News |
7:41am PST |
Deputy arrested in wheelchair dump video
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A deputy who was videotaped dumping a paralyzed man out of his wheelchair onto a Tampa jailhouse floor turned herself in. |
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Yahoo News |
7:27am PST |
Pakistan election office blast kills 37
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A suicide bomber rammed a car laden with explosives into the election office of an independent candidate in northwest Pakistan Saturday, killing 37 people days before a crucial parliamentary vote, government officials said. |
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Yahoo News |
7:24am PST |
Satellite shootdown won't affect station
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Summary: AP - Military plans to shoot down a damaged U.S. spy satellite carrying toxic fuel will not concern the crew aboard the international space station, commander Peggy Whitson said Saturday. |
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Yahoo News |
7:23am PST |
Bomb kills 37 on last day of Pakistan vote campaign
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A suicide car bomb outside a
Pakistani election candidate's office killed 37 people in the
violent northwest on Saturday, the last day of campaigning for
an election meant to complete a transition to civilian rule. |
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Yahoo News |
7:10am PST |
Attacks in Baghdad fall 80 percent: Iraq military
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Attacks by insurgents and rival
sectarian militias have fallen up to 80 percent in Baghdad and
concrete blast walls that divide the capital can soon be
removed, a senior Iraqi military official said on Saturday. |
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Yahoo News |
7:05am PST |
Suicide attack kills 37 as Pakistan vote campaign ends
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - A suicide car bomber struck a rally by slain Pakistani politician Benazir Bhutto's party Saturday, killing 37 people and increasing security fears with just two days until elections. |
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Yahoo News |
7:01am PST |
Zednik out of hospital after neck slash
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Florida Panthers forward Richard Zednik has left the hospital and returned to Florida less than a week after he was slashed in the throat by a teammate's skate. |
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BBC News |
6:46am PST |
Peacekeeping head in Darfur plea |
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Summary: More troops must be deployed in Darfur now, even without full equipment, the area's peacekeeping chief says. |
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Cnn.com |
6:37am PST |
Car bomb kills 27 ahead of Pakistan vote |
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Summary: A car bomb killed 12 people and wounded up to 15 others Saturday when it exploded in front of an election office of the opposition Pakistan People's Party in Parachinar, police said.
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BBC News |
6:34am PST |
TV star held over binman 'threats' |
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Summary: Daniel John-Jules, star of TV sci-fi comedy Red Dwarf and children's series such as The Story Makers, is arrested. |
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BBC News |
6:33am PST |
Woman, 70, holds up post office |
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Summary: Police hunt an armed robber, thought to be aged up to 70 years old, who held up a post office in Manchester. |
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BBC News |
6:27am PST |
Tennis: Murray in Marseille final |
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Summary: Andy Murray beats Paul-Henri Mathieu 6-2 6-2 to reach the final of the Open 13 tournament in Marseille. |
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Theophiles |
6:27am PST |
30 Day Sex Challenge |
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Summary: A pastor has a new challenge for his parishioners. It involves sex - a subject that may be taboo in many congregations.
The Relevant Church in Tampa's Ybor City has issued a 30-day sex challenge.
"It's going to be tempting and awkward at the same time f |
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Cnn.com |
6:26am PST |
Gunman cut victims' college dreams short |
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Yahoo News |
6:23am PST |
Pakistan election office blast kills 27
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Summary: AP - A suicide bomber rammed a car laden with explosives into an election office in northwestern Pakistan Saturday, killing 27 people two days ahead of a crucial parliamentary vote, government officials said. |
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BBC News |
6:20am PST |
Canada sends ex-SS guard to Italy |
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Summary: A former Nazi prison guard, 83, arrives in Italy from Canada to serve a life sentence for murder. |
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BBC News |
6:20am PST |
Ex-SS guard extradited to Italy |
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Summary: A former Nazi prison guard, 83, arrives in Italy from Canada to serve a life sentence for murder. |
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ChristianPost |
5:59am PST |
Kenya Tension Remains as Peace Deal 'Very Close' |
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Summary: A brokered peace deal in Kenya was said to be 'very close,' leaving the once riot-ridden streets calm despite underlying tension that still ... |
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BBC News |
5:51am PST |
Air gun pet attacks 'on the rise' |
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Summary: The RSPCA says the number of air gun attacks on cats has almost doubled in the past two years. |
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Yahoo News |
5:50am PST |
Bomb kills 21 on last day of Pakistan vote campaign
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A bomb attack outside a Pakistani
election candidate's office killed at least 21 people on
Saturday, the last day of campaigning for a general election
meant to complete a transition to civilian rule. |
