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5:42pm PST |
GI convicted of assault in Iraqi's death |
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5:29pm PST |
Aretha makes PETA's 'worst-dressed' list
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Summary: AP - PETA thinks Aretha Franklin is no queen of soul when it comes to wearing fur. Franklin was crowned this year's worst-dressed celebrity by the animal rights organization. Her crime: wearing "yet another vulgar fur" at the Grammy Awards. |
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4:59pm PST |
Salt 'could fuel child obesity' |
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Summary: Salt-rich diets could be the key to why some children battle with obesity, research suggests. |
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4:53pm PST |
McCain says would keep rights pressure on China
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Republican front-runner John
McCain said on Wednesday he would keep pressure on China to
improve its human rights record and expand U.S.-Sino ties if he
won the U.S. presidency. |
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4:45pm PST |
Gene studies confirm "out of Africa" theories
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Summary: Reuters - Two big genetic studies confirm
theories that modern humans evolved in Africa and then migrated
through Europe and Asia to reach the Pacific and Americas. |
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4:37pm PST |
U.S. may shoot at satellite later Wednesday
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Summary: Reuters - A U.S. Navy warship could try to
destroy a defunct spy satellite with a missile late on
Wednesday despite earlier concerns about conditions in the
Pacific Ocean, officials said. |
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4:36pm PST |
Kenya 'at risk of fresh violence' |
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Summary: Violence could erupt again in Kenya unless a solution to the country's crisis is found urgently, a new report warns. |
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4:28pm PST |
MPs attack bin charges 'retreat' |
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Summary: Proposals for five pilot rubbish charging schemes mark a "wholehearted retreat" by ministers, MPs say. |
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4:15pm PST |
Pilots rescued after fighter jets 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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4:10pm PST |
Ban on children held in prisons |
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Summary: The Scottish Government is to scrap laws that allow under-16s to be held in prison on remand. |
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4:07pm PST |
F-15 pilots rescued off Florida |
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Summary: Two US pilots are rescued in the Gulf of Mexico, following an incident involving F-15C fighter jets. |
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4:06pm PST |
Group claims Iran speeding up nuke plans
(AP)
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Summary: AP - An exiled Iranian opposition group claimed Wednesday that Tehran was speeding up a program to develop nuclear weapons. "The Iran regime entered a new phase in its nuclear project," said Mohammad Mohaddessin of the Paris-based National Council of Resi |
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3:51pm PST |
Take That scoop Brit Award double |
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Summary: Take That, the Arctic Monkeys and the Foo Fighters win two prizes each at the Brit music awards in London. |
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3:51pm PST |
Take That scoop Brits double |
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Summary: Take That, the Arctic Monkeys and the Foo Fighters win two prizes each at the Brit music awards in London. |
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3:45pm PST |
Military hopes to bring down satellite
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Pentagon counted down Wednesday toward an unprecedented effort to shoot down a dying and potentially deadly U.S. spy satellite, using a souped-up missile fired from a ship in the Pacific. |
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Cnn.com |
3:31pm PST |
Pilots rescued after two fighter jets 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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3:30pm PST |
Fidel Castro leaves Cuba stage to brother Raul
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Retired Cuban leader Fidel Castro will
play the role of elder statesman after nearly 50 years of
absolute rule of Cuba, leaving the stage clear for his brother
Raul Castro to assert himself. |
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3:29pm PST |
Fighter jets missing off Florida |
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Summary: A search is under way after two US fighter jets disappear over the Gulf of Mexico, says the US Air Force. |
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3:09pm PST |
Two F-15s collide in midair near Florida coast
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Two U.S. Air Force F-15 fighter
planes collided in midair on Wednesday over the Gulf of Mexico
near Panama City, Florida, during a training mission, officials
said. |
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Cnn.com |
3:04pm PST |
Missing McCann girl seen? Police say no |
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Summary: A Dutch tourist says she recently spotted missing 4-year-old Madeleine McCann at a French restaurant near Montpellier, McCann family spokesman Clarence Mitchell said Wednesday.
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2:57pm PST |
Clinton faces daunting delegate deficit
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton must win 57 percent of the remaining primary and caucus delegates to erase Barack Obama's lead, a daunting task requiring landslide-sized victories by a struggling presidential candidate. |
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2:56pm PST |
Football: Barca 'deserved win' |
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Summary: Celtic manager Gordon Strachan says his side were up against the "best squad in the world" as Barcelona claim a Champions League victory in Glasgow. |
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2:52pm PST |
Clinton, trailing Obama, sharpens attacks |
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Summary: As Barack Obama solidifies his lead, Hillary Clinton is shaking things up with a revamped message and sharper digs at her party's front man. In a speech today, Clinton maintained her campaign is moving forward, despite suffering 10 consecutive losses.
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2:36pm PST |
Royal Marine dies in Afghan blast |
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Summary: A Royal Marine is killed in an explosion in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence says. |
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2:30pm PST |
Take That scoop Brit award double |
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Summary: Pop band Take That are the big winners at this year's Brit Awards ceremony in London scooping two prizes. |
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Cnn.com |
2:15pm PST |
St. Patrick's Day causing Catholic dilemma |
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2:05pm PST |
Anti-US cleric's cease-fire in doubt
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Summary: AP - With deadly attacks against U.S. targets increasing around Baghdad, anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr raised the possibility Wednesday that he may not renew a six-month cease-fire widely credited for helping slash violence. |
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2:02pm PST |
Our bill says what?
(AP)
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Summary: AP - First she waited 45 minutes to place her order. Then she waited more than an hour for the food. Then she saw the bill. Clare Watkin was out with a group of friends Friday at an Italian steak restaurant in the English town of Lichfield, about 125 mile |
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Cnn.com |
1:59pm PST |
Clinton honing message in bid to catch Obama |
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Summary: As Barack Obama solidifies his lead, Hillary Clinton is shaking things up with a revamped message and sharper digs at her party's front man. In a speech today, Clinton maintained her campaign is moving forward, despite suffering 10 consecutive losses.
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Yahoo News |
1:57pm PST |
Strokes among middle-aged women triple
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Strokes have tripled in recent years among middle-aged women in the U.S., an alarming trend doctors blame on the obesity epidemic. Nearly 2 percent of women ages 35 to 54 reported suffering a stroke in the most recent federal health survey, from 1999 |
