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Cnn.com |
12:24pm PST |
Groups hail Sears' settlement on stoves |
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Summary: Consumer advocates Wednesday hailed the settlement of a class-action lawsuit over Sears stoves in which the retailer agreed to install safety brackets for free to prevent the appliances from tipping over or provide other reimbursements.
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Yahoo News |
12:21pm PST |
Religious hard-liners out in Pakistan
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Fed up with violence and economic hardship, voters in the deeply conservative northwest have thrown out the Islamist parties that ruled this province for five years — a clear sign that Pakistanis are rejecting religious extremism in a region where al |
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ChristianPost |
12:16pm PST |
Oxford Probes Why People Believe in God |
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Summary: The University of Oxford will bring together anthropologists, theologians, philosophers and other academics for a three-year study on whether belief in a divine being is an inherent part of mankind's ... |
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Yahoo News |
12:14pm PST |
Bush assures Africa on US intentions
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Summary: AP - In a country teeming with resources the world covets, President Bush sought Wednesday to soothe African fears about American interests on the continent. He said the U.S. isn't aiming to make Africa into a base for greater military power or a proxy ba |
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BBC News |
12:02pm PST |
Mother's plea to missing daughter |
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Summary: The mother of a nine-year-old girl missing from her West Yorkshire home appeals for her daughter's safe return. |
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Cnn.com |
11:57am PST |
Sources: Teamsters to endorse Obama |
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Summary: The International Brotherhood of Teamsters plans to endorse Sen. Barack Obama for president, two Democratic sources tell CNN.
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Cnn.com |
11:48am PST |
Navy has 10 seconds, $60 million to kill satellite |
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Summary: Navy gunners in the Pacific are watching the sea and sky today, waiting for perfect conditions to take a kill shot on an errant satellite 150 miles above Earth. They have a 10-second window to fire, a Pentagon official said, and may miss their first shoot |
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Cnn.com |
11:48am PST |
Navy has 10 secs, $60M to kill satellite |
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Summary: Navy gunners in the Pacific are watching the sea and sky today, waiting for perfect conditions to take a kill shot on an errant satellite 150 miles above Earth. They have a 10-second window to fire, a Pentagon official said, and may miss their first shoot |
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Yahoo News |
11:45am PST |
Consumer prices post another big gain
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Summary: AP - Consumers paid more to fill up their gas tanks, buy groceries and go to the hospital in January as prices on a wide range of items pushed higher. |
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Yahoo News |
11:44am PST |
U.S. urged to curb use of "dirty bomb" ingredient
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Summary: Reuters - Radioactive cesium chloride found in
medical and research equipment can be used as a deadly
ingredient in a "dirty bomb," and U.S. leaders should try to
curb its use, the National Research Council said on Wednesday. |
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Cnn.com |
11:42am PST |
Spears 'not capable' of dealing with traffic case |
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Summary: A judge put the brakes on Britney Spears' driving-without-a-license case Wednesday after her lawyers said they don't believe the troubled pop star is capable of resolving the matter.
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Cnn.com |
11:42am PST |
Girlfriend: Shooter was taking 3 prescriptions |
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Summary: Steven Kazmierczak had been taking three drugs prescribed for him by his psychiatrist, the Northern Illinois University gunman's girlfriend told CNN. Jessica Baty said her boyfriend of two years had been taking Xanax, used to treat anxiety, and Ambien, a |
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Yahoo News |
11:37am PST |
U.N.'s Ban says free speech must respect religion
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.N. Secretary-General Ban
Ki-moon reaffirmed his predecessor's line on cartoons of the
Prophet Mohammad on Wednesday, saying free speech should
respect religious sensitivities. |
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BBC News |
11:34am PST |
£76m paid over health negligence |
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Summary: Almost £76m has been paid to victims of medical negligence in Northern Ireland in the last five years, it is revealed. |
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BBC News |
11:16am PST |
Self-healing rubber bounces back |
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Summary: A material that is able to self-repair even when sliced in two is invented by French researchers. |
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Yahoo News |
11:14am PST |
US: States better prepared for disasters
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Summary: AP - In the first report of its kind, U.S. health officials said the nation's states and cities made a strong effort to prepare for a flu pandemic, bioterrorism or other emergency health crises, but big challenges remain. |
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Theophiles |
11:11am PST |
The Hitchhiker's Guide |
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Summary: As many around Christdot know, there's been a lot of interest recently in what are called the "ancient faith practices", namely Catholicism and Orthodoxy. The large journal threads are proof that many people today are asking questions about our roots as C |
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Yahoo News |
11:08am PST |
Fed forecasts inflation, unemployment
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Federal Reserve on Wednesday lowered its projection for economic growth this year, citing damage from the double blows of a housing slump and credit crunch. It said it also expects higher unemployment and inflation. |
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Yahoo News |
11:06am PST |
Bank accidentally gives man $5 million
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Summary: AP - A man was charged with withdrawing $2 million from an account after a bank confused him with a man who has the same name. |
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ChristianPost |
10:53am PST |
U.S. Christians Embraces Vacation-Mission Trip |
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ChristianPost |
10:53am PST |
U.S. Christians Popularize Vacation-Mission Trip |
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Summary: Christians of all ages are fueling a growing trend in U.S. missions where families and individuals use their vacation time to go on short-term mission trips, which some dub 'vacations with a purpose.... |
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Cnn.com |
10:43am PST |
Court snuffs bid to regulate online tobacco sales |
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Summary: The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday tossed out Maine's law taxing the Internet sales of tobacco products, a statute intended to keep cigarettes out of minors' hands by regulating transportation companies.
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Yahoo News |
10:32am PST |
McCain tangles with Obama over campaign cash
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Republican presidential
front-runner John McCain accused Democrat Barack Obama on
Wednesday of rolling back on a pledge to limit himself to
public money in November's U.S. presidential election. |
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Yahoo News |
10:20am PST |
Teamsters union to endorse Barack Obama
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Sen. Barack Obama is slated to pick up the endorsement of the powerful Teamsters, the second major union endorsement for the Democratic front-runner in a week, union officials told The Associated Press on Wednesday. |
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BBC News |
10:18am PST |
Darling hits back over Rock trust |
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Summary: The chancellor moves to calm fears over nationalising Northern Rock after it emerged its best assets would stay private. |
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Cnn.com |
10:17am PST |
Meth-kissed Ecstasy handy, plentiful in schools |
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Summary: Ecstasy is back after years of decline with a major pipeline through Canada, law enforcement officials say. Most alarming, they says, is more than half of all ecstasy seized in the U.S. last year was laced with meth. "It's easy to get," one New York teen |
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Cnn.com |
10:17am PST |
Meth-laced Ecstasy handy, plentiful in schools |
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Summary: Ecstasy is back after years of decline with a major pipeline through Canada, law enforcement officials say. Most alarming, they says, is more than half of all ecstasy seized in the U.S. last year was laced with meth. "It's easy to get," one New York teen |
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Yahoo News |
10:11am PST |
Study shows where new diseases may arise
(AP)
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Summary: AP - New infectious diseases have been appearing more often, says a study that suggests "hot spots" where the next new germs are most likely to appear. |
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Cnn.com |
10:10am PST |
High court rules against TV's 'Judge Alex' |
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Cnn.com |
10:08am PST |
Clinton needs 2 states to put brakes on Obama |
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Summary: Barack Obama rolled to his 10th consecutive win for the Democrats, while John McCain picked up two more states in his march to the GOP nomination.
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