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2:00pm PST |
Women dash for cash in stiletto heels
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Like a herd of antelope, jockeying and shoving for position, 150 young women raced down Amsterdam's most famed fashion street in stiletto heels Thursday, racing for a $15,000 prize. |
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1:56pm PST |
Commander warns of al-Qaida threat
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The military commander in charge of domestic security says al-Qaida may be working more urgently to plan an attack on the U.S. to maintain its credibility. |
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1:50pm PST |
Football: Rangers gain good lead |
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Summary: Daniel Cousin and Steven Davis benefit from some poor goalkeeping to give Rangers a Uefa Cup lead. |
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1:50pm PST |
USDA may put cameras in slaughterhouses |
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Summary: Cameras could be placed in about 800 U.S. slaughterhouses to watch for improper procedures and inhumane handling of cattle, a federal official said Thursday.
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1:40pm PST |
Eight killed in Jerusalem attack
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Summary: AFP - A Palestinian gunman opened fire inside a Jewish religious school in Jerusalem late Thursday, killing eight people in an attack that threatened to torpedo peace efforts amid ever-escalating violence. |
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1:39pm PST |
Obama raises record $55 million
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Barack Obama raised a record $55
million in February, beating rival Hillary Clinton's total and
ensuring a big-spending battle for the Democratic presidential
nomination in the months ahead. |
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Cnn.com |
1:30pm PST |
Mortgage CEOs made $460 million |
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Summary: Three chief executives with ties to the mortgage crisis were paid $460 million over five years, according to a congressional report issued Thursday.
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1:30pm PST |
Mortgage crisis CEOs made $460M |
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Summary: Three chief executives with ties to the mortgage crisis were paid $460 million over five years, according to a congressional report issued Thursday.
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Yahoo News |
1:26pm PST |
It took eons to make Grand Canyon grand
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Gazing into the majestic Grand Canyon, awe-struck visitors inevitably ask: "How old is it?" Far older than generally thought, says new evidence that scientists culled from caves lining the canyon's red limestone cliffs. |
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1:23pm PST |
Spears' father gets $2,500 per week
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Being Britney Spears' father is now a paying gig — through most of the summer, at least. A court has ordered the troubled pop star's estate to pay James Spears' $2,500 in weekly compensation and authorized him to lease a car. On Wednesday, his author |
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1:23pm PST |
Nicaragua breaks Colombia ties
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Nicaragua broke off diplomatic ties
with Colombia on Thursday, widening a Latin American crisis
over a raid by Colombia on a rebel camp inside Ecuador last
Saturday. |
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1:20pm PST |
Palestinian gunman kills 8 in Jerusalem Jewish school
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A Palestinian gunman opened fire in a
Jewish religious school in Jerusalem on Thursday, killing at
least eight people and wounding about 10 in the most lethal
attack in Israel in two years, emergency services said. |
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1:12pm PST |
Latin American leftist trio puts squeeze on Colombia
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Venezuela and its leftist allies Ecuador and Nicaragua closed ranks against Colombia Thursday, despite US-led calls for a diplomatic solution to prevent a crisis from spiraling into armed conflict. |
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1:00pm PST |
Norwegian named as new U.N. envoy to Afghanistan
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.N. Secretary-General Ban
Ki-moon named Norwegian diplomat Kai Eide on Thursday as his
new envoy for Afghanistan, an appointment the West hopes will
beef up the international presence in the war-torn country. |
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12:57pm PST |
Bombs kill more than 50 in Baghdad
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Two bombs went off within minutes of each other in a crowded shopping district in the capital Thursday, killing at least 53 people and wounding 130 — a reminder that deadly attacks are a daily threat even though violence is down. |
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12:57pm PST |
Bush: America still not safe from terrorist attack
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - President George W. Bush, marking
five years since the Department of Homeland Security was
created, said the United States was not safe from terrorists
who were plotting another attack as he spoke. |
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Cnn.com |
12:57pm PST |
One of Saturn's moons might have rings |
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12:55pm PST |
Dean urges do-over contests in Fla, Mich
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Summary: AP - The former head of the Democratic National Committee said Thursday it was doubtful DNC Chairman Howard Dean would be able to get approval for a plan for do-over presidential nomination contests in Florida and Michigan. |
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Non-Christian Groups to Greet Pope's First U.S. Visit |
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12:49pm PST |
Nicaragua cuts ties with Colombia |
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Summary: Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega breaks diplomatic ties with Colombia over its raid into Ecuador. |
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12:43pm PST |
McCain now has challenge of staying in public eye
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Now that he has clinched the
Republican presidential nomination, John McCain has to figure
out how to remain in the public eye while attention is diverted
to the tense Democratic battle. |
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Yahoo News |
12:39pm PST |
At least eight killed in attack in west Jerusalem attack: rescue service
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - At least eight people were killed and 35 wounded on Thursday night in an attack on a religious school in predominantly Jewish west Jerusalem, the Magen David Adom rescue service said. |
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12:36pm PST |
Gunmen kill seven in Israel raid |
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Summary: At least seven people are killed by gunmen who infiltrated a Jewish seminary in West Jerusalem, reports say. |
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Cnn.com |
12:35pm PST |
Obama raises record $55 million in February |
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Summary: As Democrats wrestled with whether to count Michigan's and Florida's primary votes, the party's two presidential candidates continued to scrap for delegates on Thursday.
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12:34pm PST |
Giant telescope opens both eyes |
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Summary: The powerful Large Binocular Telescope acquires galactic images using both its giant mirrors. |
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12:33pm PST |
Bombs kill 55 in Baghdad shopping district
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Two large bombs exploded within a few
minutes of each other in a crowded Baghdad shopping area on
Thursday, killing 55 people on the day that the U.S. military
said it was withdrawing 2,000 troops from the Iraqi capital. |
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12:27pm PST |
Attack on seminary kills at least 8 in Jerusalem |
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Summary: At least eight people were slain today by terrorists who infiltrated a Jewish seminary in Jerusalem, authorities say. Ambulances are rushing victims to area hospitals. A police spokesman told CNN that at least one of the attackers is dead.
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Cnn.com |
12:26pm PST |
Iraq blast lured people to suicide bomb; 53 dead |
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Summary: Iraq's president will go to Turkey on Friday for a two-day visit amid hostilities between Turkish troops and Kurdish militants in northern Iraq.
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12:21pm PST |
Minnesota bars beat smoking ban
(AP)
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Summary: AP - All the world's a stage at some of Minnesota's bars. A new state ban on smoking in restaurants and other nightspots contains an exception for performers in theatrical productions. So some bars are getting around the ban by printing up playbills, enco |
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12:20pm PST |
Warnings over future food crisis |
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Summary: A food crisis may hit sooner than climate change, the government's new chief scientific advisor warns. |
