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7:40pm PST |
Inmates 'at risk' in police cells |
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Summary: Doctors' leaders warn of the potential health risks of putting inmates in police or court cells. |
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BBC News |
7:39pm PST |
Brain control headset for gamers |
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Summary: Games will soon be able to interact with the virtual world using their thoughts and emotions alone. |
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Cnn.com |
7:38pm PST |
School bus crash kills 4 students |
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Cnn.com |
7:31pm PST |
McCain widens lead; Obama wins 9th in row |
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Summary: • Sen. Barack Obama will win Wisconsin Democratic primary, CNN projects; ninth win in row • In GOP primary there, CNN projects that front-runner Sen. John McCain is the winner • Late contests also in Washington state, Hawaii • |
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7:21pm PST |
US military imposes curbs in Japan
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Summary: AP - The U.S. military imposed tight restrictions on all servicemen in Okinawa on Wednesday, limiting troops to bases, places of work or off-base housing amid a furor over the arrest of a Marine on suspicion of rape. |
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6:56pm PST |
Obama wins Wisconsin primary poll |
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Summary: Barack Obama and John McCain are projected to win in Wisconsin, the latest phase of the White House race. |
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Yahoo News |
6:54pm PST |
Obama wins Wisconsin for 9th straight
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Barack Obama cruised past a fading Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Wisconsin primary Tuesday night, gaining the upper hand in a Democratic presidential race for the ages. |
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6:49pm PST |
Clinton says Obama relies on 'words'
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton is pressing her case that Democratic rival Barack Obama offers little more than words. She spoke to a Youngstown, Ohio, rally on Tuesday night after Obama defeated her in the Wisconsin primary. |
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6:45pm PST |
4 students die in Minn. school bus crash
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Authorities say four students have been killed in a school bus crash in southwestern Minnesota. Minnesota State Patrol Lieutenant Mark Peterson says the students died when their Lakeview School bus was hit by a van Tuesday on a highway near Cottonwoo |
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6:43pm PST |
Obama and McCain win Wisconsin primary
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Democrat Barack Obama beat rival
Hillary Clinton in Wisconsin on Tuesday, extending his
presidential winning streak and putting pressure on Clinton to
win next month in Ohio and Texas to salvage her campaign. |
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Cnn.com |
6:40pm PST |
U.S. restricts military in Okinawa after rape case |
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6:40pm PST |
U.S. restricts its military in Okinawa |
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Cnn.com |
6:27pm PST |
McCain, Obama win Wisconsin primaries, CNN projects |
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Summary: • Sen. Barack Obama will win Wisconsin Democratic primary, CNN projects • In GOP primary there, CNN projects that Sen. John McCain is the winner • Contests also going on in Washington state, Hawaii
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Yahoo News |
6:13pm PST |
Musharraf foes eye coalition after Pakistan vote
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Summary: AFP - Pakistani opposition parties mulled the formation of a coalition government Wednesday, after storming to victory in elections and leaving President Pervez Musharraf's position in jeopardy. |
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6:10pm PST |
Wilson to begin work on 'Marley & Me'
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Summary: AP - Owen Wilson is going back to work for the first time since his suicide attempt last summer. Wilson, 39, and co-star Jennifer Aniston begin shooting March 10 on 20th Century Fox's "Marley & Me," the tale of a couple that adopts a dog to give parenthoo |
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6:04pm PST |
Northern Rock bill clears Commons |
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Summary: Emergency legislation to nationalise Northern Rock is rushed through the Commons in a day. |
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6:04pm PST |
Rock bill clears Commons |
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Summary: Emergency legislation to nationalise Northern Rock is moving to the Lords after being approved by MPs. |
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Yahoo News |
6:00pm PST |
Australia says job is done for soldiers in Iraq
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Australia's top military commander
said on Wednesday the job of the country's combat troops in
southern Iraq was done, bolstering a government decision to
bring soldiers home mid-year. |
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BBC News |
5:54pm PST |
Bush urges end to Darfur 'evil' |
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Summary: George W Bush says violence in Darfur must be stopped "once and for all", as he continues his tour of Africa. |
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5:45pm PST |
£800m 'has not cut drop-out rate' |
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Summary: A fifth of students are still dropping out of their university courses despite millions spent on the issue. |
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5:45pm PST |
£800m 'not cutting drop-out rate' |
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Summary: A fifth of students are still dropping out of their university courses despite millions spent on the issue. |
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5:41pm PST |
Music 'can aid stroke recovery' |
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Summary: Listening to music in the early stages after a stroke can improve a patient's recovery, research suggests. |
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5:32pm PST |
U.S. limits Okinawa troops to bases over rape case
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Summary: Reuters - The U.S. military in Okinawa ordered its
members and their families on Wednesday to restrict their
movements after the arrest last week of a Marine on suspicion
of raping a 14-year-old girl. |
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BBC News |
5:15pm PST |
Bid to tackle 'sick-note culture' |
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Summary: Health Secretary Alan Johnson is expected to set out how he wants to reform the "sick-note" culture. |
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4:59pm PST |
Castro steps down after half a century
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Summary: Reuters - Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro stepped
down on Tuesday 49 years after taking power in an armed
revolution, closing the book on a Cold War career that made him
an icon to leftists and a tyrant to his foes. |
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BBC News |
4:35pm PST |
US envoy warns over Iraq pullout |
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Summary: The US envoy to Iraq warns against an over-hasty pullout of troops amid policy pledges by Democratic hopefuls. |
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4:34pm PST |
CPS failed to run suspect checks |
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Summary: Fifteen crime suspects whose details were not acted on for a year by the CPS are sought by UK police. |
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4:29pm PST |
Nato troops close Kosovo border |
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Summary: Nato troops seal Kosovo's northern borders after Serb protestors torch police posts at crossing points. |
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Cnn.com |
4:26pm PST |
Toxic cigars and other U.S. plots against Castro |
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Summary: Before disappearing from public life in 2006 and officially stepping down as Cuba's president Tuesday, Fidel Castro ruled the country with an iron fist, despite numerous attempts by his enemies to do away with him.
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4:26pm PST |
Castro survived numerous assassination tries |
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Summary: Before disappearing from public life in 2006 and officially stepping down as Cuba's president Tuesday, Fidel Castro ruled the country with an iron fist, despite numerous attempts by his enemies to do away with him.
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