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8:35pm PST |
McCain: Reports on lobbyist a "smear"
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Republican presidential hopeful John McCain issued a statement Wednesday night saying he "will not allow a smear campaign" to distract from his campaign as published reports questioned his relationship with a lobbyist. |
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8:34pm PST |
Gates to travel to India as arms deals blossom
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Defense Secretary Robert Gates
travels to India next week to strengthen diplomatic ties
strained by an impasse over a landmark nuclear deal and push
American bids for a lucrative $10 billion fighter contract. |
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8:28pm PST |
U.S. missile hits spy satellite, Pentagon says
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A missile fired from a U.S. Navy
warship hit a defunct spy satellite in space to try to prevent
its toxic fuel tank from crashing to Earth, the Pentagon said
on Wednesday. |
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8:28pm PST |
New Okinawa rape allegations |
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Summary: Another US soldier is accused of rape in Okinawa, amid rising anger over incidents involving US troops there. |
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8:15pm PST |
Japan probes new U.S. military rape allegation |
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Summary: Investigators in Japan are investigating a second reported sexual assault connected to the U.S. military, police said Thursday.
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8:08pm PST |
Military: Missile hits dying satellite |
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Summary: The U.S. Navy succeeded in its effort to shoot down an inoperable spy satellite before it could crash to Earth and potentially release a cloud of toxic gas, the Department of Defense said. It was unknown whether the missile hit its precise target -- the s |
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8:03pm PST |
Feds to probe police brutality charge
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Police chief Henry Whitehorn said Wednesday the district attorney and the Justice Department will investigate the case of a woman who is seen in a police department video lying in a pool of blood in an interrogation room. Angela Garbarino, 42, said s |
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8:02pm PST |
Tesco offers cheap alcohol talks |
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Summary: Supermarket giant Tesco says it is willing to discuss possible laws limiting its ability to sell cut-price alcohol. |
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8:02pm PST |
Tesco backs cheap alcohol limits |
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Summary: Supermarket giant Tesco says it is willing to discuss possible laws limiting its ability to sell cut-price alcohol. |
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7:54pm PST |
Hundreds of thousands expected at 'Kosovo is Serbia' rally
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Hundreds of thousands of protestors from across Serbia are expected in the capital Belgrade Thursday in a show of unity against Kosovo's independence. |
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Cnn.com |
7:49pm PST |
Pilot dies after F-15Cs collide |
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Summary: The pilots of two U.S. Air Force F-15C jets that collided today over the Gulf of Mexico have been rescued, CNN has confirmed. The condition of the two fliers was not immediately known. The two jets, from Eglin Air Force Base in Florida, were on a training |
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7:26pm PST |
Pilot dies after F-15Cs collide over Gulf of Mexico |
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Summary: The pilots of two U.S. Air Force F-15C jets that collided today over the Gulf of Mexico have been rescued, CNN has confirmed. The condition of the two fliers was not immediately known. The two jets, from Eglin Air Force Base in Florida, were on a training |
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7:22pm PST |
US fighter pilot dies after crash |
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Summary: A US Air Force pilot dies after two fighter jets crash into the Gulf of Mexico during a training mission. |
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7:21pm PST |
Airman dies in collision during training
(AP)
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Summary: AP - An Air Force fighter pilot died Wednesday after his jet and another likely collided during a training exercise and crashed into the Gulf of Mexico. The other pilot was rescued and is expected to survive. |
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Cnn.com |
7:20pm PST |
Total lunar eclipse treats skygazers |
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7:19pm PST |
Call to halt cheap alcohol offers |
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Summary: Shops and pubs should stop cheap alcohol promotions in a bid to curb excessive drinking, doctors are due to say. |
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7:17pm PST |
Tories in forced marriage vow |
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Summary: A Conservative government could make forced marriages a criminal offence, David Cameron will say. |
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7:14pm PST |
Feds to probe police brutality complaint
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Police chief Henry Whitehorn said Wednesday the district attorney and the Justice Department will investigate the case of a woman who is seen in a police department video lying in a pool of blood in an interrogation room. Angela Garbarino, 42, said s |
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7:07pm PST |
Colombian rebels set to free four lawmakers
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Colombian guerrillas will soon free a
local lawmaker in addition to three other former politicians
the rebels have held hostage for more than five years in jungle
camps, France's foreign minister said on Wednesday. |
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6:52pm PST |
Rock rescue plan back before MPs |
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Summary: Plans to nationalise Northern Rock return to the Commons later, with some MPs demanding changes. |
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6:45pm PST |
U.S. envoy expresses regret over Okinawa cases
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A U.S. envoy expressed "great regret" on
Thursday over the suspected rape of a 14-year-old girl by a
U.S. Marine in Okinawa, southern Japan, as both Washington and
Tokyo try to keep the incident from hurting broader ties. |
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Cnn.com |
6:39pm PST |
Paparazzi hounding Spears are arrested |
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6:39pm PST |
Paparazzi hounding Britney Spears arrested |
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6:35pm PST |
Man drives stolen car to police station
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Authorities say a man drove a stolen car to the Anderson County Sheriff's Office to demand the return of nearly $2,000 officers seized from him during a drug arrest last June. |
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BBC News |
6:27pm PST |
Brazil theft 'linked to gas find' |
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Summary: Brazilian police link a mysterious computer theft to the recent discovery of a huge gas field. |
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Yahoo News |
6:13pm PST |
Pakistan opposition leaders to meet on anti-Musharraf coalition
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The widower of assassinated former premier Benazir Bhutto prepared for talks Thursday with fellow opposition leader Nawaz Sharif on a coalition that could topple Pakistan's US-allied president. |
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6:09pm PST |
Tiger overcomes Holmes in Match Play
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Tiger Woods produced another incredible comeback in the desert Wednesday, playing the final five holes in 5-under par to turn what looked like certain defeat into an unlikely victory in the Accenture Match Play Championship. |
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6:09pm PST |
Community languages 'lack status' |
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Summary: Education watchdog Ofsted says community languages should be given higher status in England's schools. |
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BBC News |
5:57pm PST |
S Korea president-elect cleared |
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Summary: South Korean President-elect Lee Myung-bak is cleared of fraud allegations, days before his planned inauguration. |
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5:43pm PST |
Clinton attacks Obama as all talk, little substance
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Democratic candidate Hillary
Clinton attacked rival Barack Obama as all talk and little
substance on Wednesday, trying to slow the momentum that has
given him 10 straight victories in the race for the party's
presidential nomination. |
