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Yahoo News |
11:58pm PST |
Israel warns of disaster in Gaza
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Summary: AP - Fourteen Palestinians, including at least five civilians, died late Friday and early Saturday in escalating Israeli-Palestinian fighting that renewed threats of an Israeli invasion of Gaza and clouded peace efforts. A baby and two teenagers were amon |
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BBC News |
11:55pm PST |
Ten dead in fresh Israeli raids |
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Summary: Israeli forces carry out further attacks on Gaza which kill at least 10 Palestinians, amid talk of a full-scale invasion. |
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Yahoo News |
11:42pm PST |
Prince Harry due to arrive back in Britain
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Summary: Reuters - Prince Harry was due to arrive back in
Britain on Saturday after news leaked that he had been secretly
fighting on the frontline in Afghanistan for 10 weeks, defense
sources said. |
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Yahoo News |
11:40pm PST |
Israeli strikes kill 10 as Gaza violence escalates
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Summary: AFP - Israel pressed its assault against the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip with a series of strikes on Saturday, killing 10 Palestinians, including at least two children, medical officials said. |
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11:32pm PST |
Casualties rise in Iraq after Qaeda bombs
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Violent civilian deaths in Iraq rose by
36 percent in February from the previous month after a series
of large-scale bombings blamed on al Qaeda, Iraqi government
figures showed on Saturday. |
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11:02pm PST |
Broadway actor sentenced in sex case
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A Broadway actor who played the beast in Disney's "Beauty and the Beast" was sentenced Friday to 60 days in jail and three years' probation for sexual encounters with a 15-year-old drama student. |
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10:47pm PST |
Archbishops admit reservations over blasphemy law repeal |
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Summary: The Archbishops of Canterbury and York have stressed the need for caution in their response to the Government consultation on the blasphemy laws |
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BBC News |
10:26pm PST |
Gambling firms face support levy |
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Summary: The government says it may force gambling companies to help fund support services for those battling addiction. |
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Yahoo News |
10:15pm PST |
Obama and Clinton deadlocked
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary
Clinton are deadlocked in Texas and Ohio heading into
potentially decisive presidential showdowns, according to a
Reuters/C-SPAN/Houston Chronicle poll released on Saturday. |
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Yahoo News |
10:11pm PST |
Judge orders redo on Bonds' indictment
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A federal judge told prosecutors Friday to redraft their indictment of Barry Bonds and made public his grand jury testimony, revealing a previously unpublicized drug test from seven years ago that showed an elevated testosterone level. |
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BBC News |
9:51pm PST |
Sydney gay pride event turns 30 |
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Summary: Sydney gay pride turns 30, with a prayer service and a military contingent featuring for the first time. |
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9:44pm PST |
Guns, 'anarchist book' found with ricin
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Firearms and an "anarchist type textbook" were found in the same motel room where several vials of the deadly toxin ricin was found, police said Friday. |
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9:23pm PST |
Student arrested after Calif. lockdown
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Police have arrested a student suspected of carrying a handgun in an incident that forced a daylong lockdown and search of a Southern California high school. |
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9:19pm PST |
Rapper Juvenile's daughter killed in Ga.
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A teenage boy is accused of fatally shooting his mother and her two little girls, one of whom was the 4-year-old daughter of rap star Juvenile. |
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BBC News |
8:58pm PST |
Armenian police clear protesters |
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Summary: Armenian police move in to the centre of the capital, Yerevan, to clear protesters angry at election results. |
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BBC News |
8:58pm PST |
Brown set to rally Labour troops |
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Summary: The prime minister is to set out Labour's stall in the run-up to local elections, at the party's spring conference. |
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Yahoo News |
8:34pm PST |
Jets, Eagles make splash in free agency
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Philadelphia Eagles landed what was considered the biggest prize in this year's NFL free-agent sweepstakes. |
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BBC News |
8:22pm PST |
Newspaper puts up Shannon reward |
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Summary: A national newspaper pledges a £20,000 reward in the search for missing schoolgirl Shannon Matthews. |
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BBC News |
8:22pm PST |
Reward offered for Shannon news |
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Summary: A national newspaper pledges a £20,000 reward in the search for missing schoolgirl Shannon Matthews. |
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BBC News |
8:11pm PST |
Air tanker deal provokes US row |
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Summary: Boeing's loss of a $40bn US military contract to a group including Europe's Airbus draws angry protests. |
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7:57pm PST |
John Wooden fractures wrist, collarbone
(AP)
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Summary: AP - John Wooden broke his left wrist and collarbone in a fall, leaving the former UCLA basketball coach hospitalized Friday. Daughter Nan Muehlhausen said the 97-year-old Wooden fell in his condominium Thursday night. She said Wooden was resting comforta |
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Yahoo News |
7:23pm PST |
Clinton and Obama spar with national security ads
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Democratic presidential candidate
Hillary Clinton questioned rival Barack Obama's experience in
handling a national security crisis on Friday as polls showed
her losing ground to Obama before Tuesday's contests in Texas
and Ohio. |
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Cnn.com |
7:22pm PST |
Pills found in fish prompt Gorton's recall |
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Yahoo News |
7:10pm PST |
Clinton, Obama, in Cold War-style ad blitz
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama fought Friday over who would keep America's children safe, waging a furious national security row, as a moment of truth loomed in their White House battle. |
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Yahoo News |
7:03pm PST |
Human error cited in Fla. power failure
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A power failure that plunged large parts of Florida into the dark this week was caused primarily by human error, the state's largest electric company said Friday. |
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BBC News |
6:59pm PST |
Jersey search into second week |
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Summary: Excavations at a former children's home where a child's skull was found enter a second week. |
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BBC News |
6:59pm PST |
Jersey search in second week |
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Summary: Excavations at a former children's home where a child's skull was found enter a second week. |
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Yahoo News |
6:56pm PST |
Police: Man gets shot to avoid work
(AP)
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Summary: AP - What happened to faking a cough? Sheriff's detectives in Franklin County said a man had his friend shoot him in the shoulder so he wouldn't have to go to work. |
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Yahoo News |
6:39pm PST |
Teen son arrested in Ga. deputy shooting
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A 17-year-old boy was arrested Friday and charged with fatally shooting his mother, who was a sheriff's deputy, and his two small sisters, authorities said. |
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Yahoo News |
6:37pm PST |
Brazil hospital releases Naomi Campbell
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Naomi Campbell was released Friday from the hospital where she underwent abdominal surgery. The 37-year-old British supermodel, a frequent visitor to Brazil, was admitted for an emergency operation Monday. |
