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4:46pm PST |
Gallantry medals for Scots troops |
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Summary: A soldier from South Uist is to receive the second highest award for gallantry for his bravery in Afghanistan. |
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BBC News |
4:34pm PST |
Restraints on children 'must end' |
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Summary: There must be an end to the "sanctioned infliction of pain" on young offenders, MPs and peers have said. |
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Yahoo News |
4:14pm PST |
Letters under scrutiny in NY blast
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Summary: AP - Police are investigating letters that arrived Thursday at Capitol Hill offices containing a photo of the Times Square military recruiting office before it was bombed and including the words "We did it." |
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Yahoo News |
4:05pm PST |
Saturn moon Rhea may have rings
(AP)
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Summary: AP - New observations by a spacecraft suggest Saturn's second-largest moon may be surrounded by rings. If confirmed, it would the first time a ring system has been found around a moon. |
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Yahoo News |
4:05pm PST |
Golfer faces charges in hawk killing
(AP)
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Summary: AP - PGA Tour player Tripp Isenhour was charged with killing a hawk on purpose with a golf shot because it was making noise as he videotaped a TV show. |
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BBC News |
4:01pm PST |
Arms suspect faces charges in US |
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Summary: The US says it aims to extradite a man suspected of being one of the world's top arms dealers from Thailand. |
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Cnn.com |
3:59pm PST |
Gunman kills 8 at Jerusalem seminary |
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Summary: At least eight people were slain today by a terrorist who infiltrated a Jewish seminary in Jerusalem, authorities say. The gunman was also killed. The attack comes amid continuing Israeli-Palestinian violence. After the seminar attack, celebratory gunfire |
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Cnn.com |
3:16pm PST |
UNC mourns slain student; killer hunted |
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Summary: Hundreds of students from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill gathered Thursday to remember student body president, Eve Carson, who was shot and killed early Wednesday morning in a suburban neighborhood near campus.
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Yahoo News |
3:16pm PST |
Senate OKs tougher overseas toy checks
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Responding to record recalls of products that sickened children, the Senate passed legislation Thursday that would toughen inspections of toys and other playthings made outside the U.S. |
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Yahoo News |
3:14pm PST |
Rowland feels 'complete' after surgery
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Kelly Rowland has gotten a little more bustylicious. Rowland, who sang "Bootylicious" with Beyonce in the group Destiny's Child, tells People magazine in its March 17 issue that she had plastic surgery last October to bring her "from an A-cup to a B- |
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Yahoo News |
3:12pm PST |
Gunman kills 8 at Jerusalem seminary
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A gunman entered the library of a rabbinical seminary and opened fire on a crowded nighttime study session Thursday, killing eight people and wounding nine before he was slain, police and rescue workers said. It was the first major militant attack in |
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Cnn.com |
3:11pm PST |
Martin: Now it's Obama's turn for adjustments |
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Summary: Ask any boxing trainer and they'll tell you that you can walk into the ring with a well-designed plan to beat your opponent, but as the fight progresses, you might have to alter your plans.
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Yahoo News |
3:01pm PST |
Grand Canyon much older than previously thought
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The Grand Canyon, carved out over
the eons by rushing river water, began to form 17 million years
ago, making it nearly three times older than previously
thought, scientists said on Thursday. |
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BBC News |
2:49pm PST |
Airmen told 'no uniforms in city' |
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Summary: Airmen are told to avoid leaving an RAF base in uniform amid fears they could be abused by civilians. |
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Yahoo News |
2:47pm PST |
Commander warns of al-Qaida threat to US
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Al-Qaida terrorists may be plotting more urgently to attack the United States to maintain their credibility and ability to recruit followers, the U.S. military commander in charge of domestic defense said Thursday. |
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Cnn.com |
2:43pm PST |
FAA: Southwest owes $10M for safety violations |
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Summary: The FAA announced late today it would seek $10.2 million from Southwest Airlines for "failing to follow rules that are designed to protect passengers and crew." The news came shortly after CNN reported that congressional documents show the airline flew pa |
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Yahoo News |
2:39pm PST |
NYC struck again by mystery bomber
(AP)
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Summary: AP - For the third time in as many years, someone riding a bike and armed with a small explosive has struck in Manhattan, this time in the highest-profile location by far: a landmark military recruitment station in the heart of Times Square. |
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DJ Chuang |
2:29pm PST |
To be American you need to have religion |
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Summary: Here in a symposium on religious faiths, affiliations, and ethnicities. Fascinating talk just began w/ Russell Jeung. He made a provocative statement as I started blogging–. To be American, you need to have a religious identity. And, Asian Americans |
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Yahoo News |
2:21pm PST |
Eight teens killed in Jerusalem attack
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - A Palestinian gunman opened fire inside a Jewish religious school in Jerusalem late Thursday, killing eight teens in an attack that threatened to torpedo peace efforts amid ever-escalating violence. |
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BBC News |
2:19pm PST |
Omagh memorial row resolved |
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Summary: Bereaved Omagh bombing families are allowed to call the bombers dissident republican terrorists on a memorial. |
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Leadership |
2:12pm PST |
Up Early Praying |
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Leadership |
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Team Work |
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Summary: Our worship team squabbles alot. How can I get us to work together?
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Leadership |
2:12pm PST |
Leadership Heroes! |
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Summary: Heroes are a force, from the original superhero Superman, to the Fantastic Four, to the current television hit titled, well, Heroes.
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Yahoo News |
2:10pm PST |
Sewage-based fertilizer safety doubted
(AP)
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Summary: AP - It was a farm idea with a big payoff and supposedly no downside: ridding lakes and rivers of raw sewage and industrial pollution by converting it all into a free, nutrient-rich fertilizer. Then last week, a federal judge ordered the Agriculture Depar |
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BBC News |
2:08pm PST |
Tories plan 'alcopops' tax hike |
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Summary: The Conservatives are to unveil plans to increase tax on "problem drinks" such as alcopops and strong beer. |
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Yahoo News |
2:06pm PST |
Gunman infiltrates seminary, 8 killed
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A gunman entered the library of a rabbinical seminary and opened fire on a crowded nighttime study session Thursday, killing eight people and wounding nine before he was slain, police and rescue workers said. It was the first militant attack in Jerus |
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Cnn.com |
2:03pm PST |
Seminary attack kills 8 |
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Summary: At least eight people were slain today by a terrorist who infiltrated a Jewish seminary in Jerusalem, authorities say. The gunman was also killed. The attack comes amid continuing Israeli-Palestinian violence. After the seminar attack, celebratory gunfire |
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Yahoo News |
2:00pm PST |
Dems can't win without superdelegates
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton won't catch Barack Obama in the race for Democratic delegates chosen in primaries and caucuses, even if she wins every remaining contest. But Obama cannot win the nomination with just his pledged primary and caucus delegates ei |
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BBC News |
2:00pm PST |
Football: PSV dent Spurs' hopes |
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Summary: Jefferson Farfan's first-half strike hands PSV a deserved win and crucial first-leg advantage in their Uefa Cup last-16 tie with Spurs. |
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BBC News |
2:00pm PST |
PSV dent Spurs' Uefa Cup hopes |
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Summary: Jefferson Farfan's first-half strike hands PSV a deserved win and crucial first-leg advantage in their Uefa Cup last-16 tie with Spurs. |
