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Former Thai PM Thaksin flies home |
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Summary: Former Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra leaves Hong Kong to return home, 17 months after being ousted in a coup. |
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BBC News |
4:07pm PST |
Memory problem 'hits 10% of pupils' |
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Summary: Researchers say one in 10 schoolchildren may underachieve due to a "working memory" impairment. |
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4:03pm PST |
GP contract 'a bad deal for NHS' |
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Summary: The new GP contract has cost £1.76bn more than predicted although productivity has fallen, says a report. |
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4:03pm PST |
Freed Colombian hostages recover from ordeal
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Summary: AFP - Four Colombian former lawmakers freed Wednesday by FARC guerrillas were in Caracas recovering from their years-long ordeal in the jungle after being picked up by a Red Cross delegation flown in on Venezuelan aircraft. |
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4:02pm PST |
Police reviewing alleged Spears drugging
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Summary: AP - Los Angeles police say they are looking into allegations that someone drugged Britney Spears but have not decided whether to open a formal investigation. |
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Major rail work behind schedule |
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Summary: Network Rail is asking for 13 extra weekend closures on the West Coast Main Line due to delays. |
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Cnn.com |
3:48pm PST |
Jewish team may forfeit title over Sabbath |
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Cnn.com |
3:45pm PST |
Amanpour exclusive: N.K. nuke negotiator talks |
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Summary: After the New York Philharmonic's triumphant debut in Pyongyang, I was invited for a cup of tea and conversation with North Korea's chief nuclear negotiator.
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William F. Buckley Jr. Dies at 82 |
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Summary: NEW YORK (AP) — William F. Buckley Jr., the erudite Ivy Leaguer and conservative herald who showered huge and scornful words on liberalism as he observed, abetted and cheered on the right's post-World War II rise from the fringes to the White House, died |
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3:27pm PST |
Caught on tape: Rat videos reveal whisker secrets
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Summary: Reuters - Tiny twitches of their whiskers allow
rats to "see" in the dark, helping them to find their way home
or back to a particularly savory garbage pile. |
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Yahoo News |
3:25pm PST |
Conservative writer William Buckley dead at 82
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Writer and commentator William F.
Buckley, the patrician intellectual credited with founding the
modern conservative movement in U.S. politics, died on
Wednesday at age 82. |
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Israel hits Hamas targets in Gaza |
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Summary: Israeli air strikes hit government buildings in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, killing a baby, officials say. |
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3:04pm PST |
Lewis switches support to Obama
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Summary: AP - Civil rights leader John Lewis dropped his support for Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential bid Wednesday in favor of Barack Obama. |
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2:54pm PST |
Concern over rail works deadline |
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Summary: Network Rail is concerned it will fail to meet the deadline for work on the West Coast Main Line, the BBC learns. |
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2:41pm PST |
Middlesbrough 1-0 Sheff Utd (aet) |
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Summary: Sheff Utd keeper Paddy Kenny's extra time own goal sends Middlesbrough into the FA Cup quarter-finals. |
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2:25pm PST |
Conservative William Buckley dead at 82
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Writer and commentator William F.
Buckley, the patrician intellectual credited with founding the
modern conservative movement in U.S. politics, died on
Wednesday at age 82. |
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Cnn.com |
2:25pm PST |
Tax bill targeted at Big Oil advances |
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Cnn.com |
2:19pm PST |
Killer ex-cop gets life in prison |
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Summary: A former Canton, Ohio, police officer who killed his pregnant girlfriend was sentenced today to life in prison with no chance of parole for 57 years. By then, Bobby Cutts Jr. will be 87 years old. He could have been sentenced to death, but jurors recommen |
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Mars Hill Pastor Ditches 'Emerging' Label for Jesus |
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Summary: Mars Hill Pastor Mark Driscoll preached on the still popular and still controversial topic of emerging churches in his latest sermon. But it’s an issue he normally wouldn’t teach to his mainly twenty-something church crowd in ... |
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2:05pm PST |
Tory ads target 'online friends' |
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Summary: The Conservatives launch a £500,000 advertising campaign to recruit online "friends" of the party. |
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2:04pm PST |
Colombian rebels free four hostages
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Summary: AFP - Colombian rebels on Wednesday freed four former lawmakers held hostage for more than six years, handing them over to representatives of the Red Cross and Venezuela, officials said. |
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1:54pm PST |
House OKs new taxes on big oil companies
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Summary: AP - The House approved $18 billion in new taxes on the largest oil companies Wednesday as Democrats cited record oil prices and rising gasoline costs in a time of economic troubles. |
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Yahoo News |
1:50pm PST |
Civil rights leader switches to Obama
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Civil rights leader John Lewis dropped his support for Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential bid Wednesday in favor of Barack Obama. |
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Yahoo News |
1:43pm PST |
Pentagon to probe delays of gear to Iraq
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Summary: AP - An investigation into allegations the Marine Corps delayed sending blast-resistant trucks to Iraq also will examine whether the Marines were negligent in delivering a laser to divert drivers and people from checkpoints and convoys, according to a mem |
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Yahoo News |
1:39pm PST |
McCain, Obama tilt over al-Qaida in Iraq
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Republican presidential hopeful John McCain mocked Barack Obama's view of al-Qaida in Iraq, and the Democratic contender responded that GOP policies brought the terrorist group there. The rapid-fire, long-distance exchange Wednesday underscored that |
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Yahoo News |
1:36pm PST |
Conservative author Buckley dies at 82
(AP)
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Summary: AP - William F. Buckley Jr. died at work, in his study. Communism had fallen long before. A Republican was in the White House. The word "liberal" had been shunned like an ill-mannered guest. |
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Yahoo News |
1:33pm PST |
Whoopi Goldberg accepts Oscar apology
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Whoopi Goldberg has accepted an apology from producer Gil Cates for not including her in a montage featuring Oscar hosts during Sunday's Academy Awards telecast. Cates called her Tuesday and "talked about the fact that he had made an oversight, pure |
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Cnn.com |
1:32pm PST |
Radio beams hope to North, South Koreans |
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Summary: It broadcasts only three hours a day. Its on-air reporters use fake names. And its operators don't know for sure whether their target audience is listening.
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Yahoo News |
1:31pm PST |
Congress asks DOJ to investigate Clemens
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Roger Clemens' denial of steroid use warrants further investigation, Congress said Wednesday in asking the Justice Department to determine whether the star pitcher lied under oath in testimony to a House committee. |
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Yahoo News |
1:30pm PST |
Panel recommends all kids get flu shots
(AP)
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Summary: AP - All children - not just those under 5 - should get vaccinated against the flu, a federal advisory panel said Wednesday. The panel voted to expand annual flu shots to virtually all children except infants younger than 6 months and those with serious e |
