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BBC News |
8:04am PST |
Abortion tablets in wife's food |
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Summary: A baker put abortion tablets into his wife's breakfast to try to make her lose their baby, a court hears. |
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Cnn.com |
8:02am PST |
Boy charged with killing deputy mom, sisters |
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Summary: A 17-year-old boy was arrested Friday and charged with killing his mother, who was a sheriff's deputy, and his two small sisters, authorities said.
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Yahoo News |
7:59am PST |
Toxin ricin found in Las Vegas hotel room-media
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Ricin, a deadly poison, was
discovered in a hotel room in Las Vegas but officials don't
believe the incident is terrorism related, media reported on
Friday. |
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BBC News |
7:48am PST |
Mascherano signs Liverpool deal |
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Summary: Javier Mascherano signs a four-year contract with Liverpool, the club confirms. |
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Yahoo News |
7:41am PST |
CEO says Victoria's Secret is too sexy
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Victoria's Secret, the lingerie company that introduced the Very Sexy bra, the Fantasy Bra, and the Internet server-crashing fashion show, has become "too sexy" for its own good, its top executive said. |
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BBC News |
7:36am PST |
Israel warns of invasion of Gaza |
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Summary: An Israeli minister says Israel will be left with no choice but to invade Gaza if Palestinians step up rocket attacks. |
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Yahoo News |
7:34am PST |
Wall Street slides in early trading
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Stocks fell in early trading Friday after disappointing earnings from American International Group Inc. and Dell Inc. underscored the challenging economic environment in which companies now operate. The Dow Jones industrial average fell nearly 170 po |
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Yahoo News |
7:31am PST |
Astros will honor Clemens' contract
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Houston Astros owner Drayton McLane will honor Roger Clemens' 10-year personal services contract despite an FBI decision to investigate whether the star pitcher lied under oath about his denials of steroid use. |
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BBC News |
7:23am PST |
Taylor apologised to me - Wenger |
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Summary: Arsene Wenger reveals that Martin Taylor apologised to him for the tackle which broke Eduardo's leg. |
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BBC News |
7:18am PST |
New abuse claims at Jersey home |
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Summary: Police in Jersey say two more people have come forward to claim they were abused at Haut de la Garenne. |
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BBC News |
7:17am PST |
Winehouse will not face charges |
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Summary: Amy Winehouse faces no further action in connection with her husband's alleged bid to pervert justice. |
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Yahoo News |
7:15am PST |
Ricin possibly found at Las Vegas motel
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A substance found at a motel may be the deadly toxin ricin, but authorities said Friday they don't believe it was intended for a terrorist attack. Lab tests on the substance were pending and seven people were taken to hospitals as a precaution. |
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ChristianPost |
7:07am PST |
S. Baptist Church Planters Convene for Missionary Forum |
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Summary: Nearly 340 church planting missionaries and strategists gathered in Atlanta this week for the annual church planting forum hosted by the mission arm of the Southern Baptist ... |
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ChristianToday |
7:02am PST |
DNA database discriminating against black people church leaders |
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Summary: Church leaders and the human rights group Black Mental Health UK have expressed their support for a debate on the discriminatory impact of the national DNA database on black and ethnic minority people that will come before Parliament on Friday |
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BBC News |
6:58am PST |
Gaza militants 'risking disaster' |
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Summary: Israel's deputy defence minister says the Palestinians will face a disaster if they step up rocket attacks on Israel. |
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BBC News |
6:57am PST |
Turkish troops pull out of Iraq |
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Summary: Turkey's military says it has withdrawn troops from Iraq after an operation against Kurdish PKK rebels. |
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BBC News |
6:54am PST |
Gang get life for '£5 bet' murder |
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Summary: A man and two youths are sentenced to a total of 55 years for the savage murder of a disabled man. |
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Cnn.com |
6:33am PST |
Police: Deadly toxin found at Las Vegas hotel |
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Summary: Police in Las Vegas, Nevada, are investigating the discovery of what they said is the deadly poison ricin in a hotel room. The substance is "100 percent ricin," said Capt. Joe Lombardo. "We don't know who [the ricin] belongs to or why it would be here at |
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Theophiles |
6:27am PST |
''A reverse Tower of Babel'' |
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Summary: From The Associated Press:
The languages vary from hour to hour, room to room — songs of praise, words of prayer in Arabic, Portuguese, Russian, Hebrew, Tagalog.
These worshippers do not share an ethnic heritage, but they do share a faith, and because |
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Theophiles |
6:27am PST |
If Jesus asked me how I earned my living I could answer with pride |
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Summary: From The Guardian:
People sometimes ask me how someone who calls himself a spiritual man, a Christian man, can be a professional prizefighter. Being a Christian doesn't mean I belong to a specific church, but that I try to take Christ's life as an example |
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Cnn.com |
6:24am PST |
Homeowner: 'It's very easy to outrun lava' |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
6:24am PST |
Turkey wraps up Iraq offensive, says objectives achieved
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The Turkish army ended its week-old ground offensive against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq on Friday, saying its forces had pulled out after achieving their objectives. |
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Yahoo News |
6:15am PST |
Turkey withdraws troops from northern Iraq
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Turkey pulled its troops out of northern
Iraq on Friday, ending a major offensive against Kurdish PKK
rebels that Washington feared could spread conflict through the
region. |
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Yahoo News |
6:13am PST |
Consumer spending stalls in January
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Consumer spending was essentially flat for the second straight month in January, raising new concerns about a possible recession. |
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Yahoo News |
6:13am PST |
Marine in Okinawa rape case released
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A U.S. Marine arrested earlier this month
on suspicion of raping a 14-year-old girl was released by the
Japanese authorities on Friday, a spokesman for the U.S.
military in Okinawa, southern Japan, said. |
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BBC News |
6:07am PST |
Plea for Iraq hostages' release |
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Summary: The stepmother of one of the five Britons being held hostage in Iraq makes an appeal to the kidnappers for their release. |
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BBC News |
6:05am PST |
Working carers 'to keep benefits' |
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Summary: Carers will be able to work and claim benefits under plans reportedly to be unveiled at Labour's spring conference. |
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BBC News |
6:05am PST |
Ex-presidents at Philippine rally |
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Summary: Two ex-presidents join protesters demanding the resignation of Philippine President Gloria Arroyo. |
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Cnn.com |
6:04am PST |
Man wins right to sun; judge orders trees cut |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
6:01am PST |
Man claims abuse at Jersey home |
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Summary: A man who spent time as a child at the Jersey care home where human remains were found alleges he was abused. |
