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Cnn.com |
12:19pm PST |
Records: Southwest flew 117 'unsafe' planes |
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Summary: Discount air carrier Southwest Airlines flew thousands of passengers on aircraft that federal inspectors said were "unsafe" as recently as last March, according to detailed congressional documents obtained by CNN. The planes were "not airworthy," accordin |
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Yahoo News |
12:18pm PST |
Nicaragua breaks Colombia ties and widens crisis
(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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Yahoo News |
12:14pm PST |
Brett Favre rules out return to football
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Sitting by himself on an airplane ride up to Green Bay on Thursday morning, Brett Favre struggled to find a sincere and graceful way to say he was finished with football. In the end, his tears told the story. "I know I can play but I don't think I wa |
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ChristianPost |
12:11pm PST |
Homeschooling Families Threatened by Court Ruling |
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Summary: Tens of thousands of parents could be subject to criminal sanctions after a California appeals court ruled parents do not have a constitutional right to homeschool their ... |
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Yahoo News |
12:10pm PST |
7 die in shooting at Jerusalem seminary
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Two gunmen infiltrated a Jewish seminary in Jerusalem and opened fire in a library Thursday night, killing at least seven people, police and rescue workers said. |
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Yahoo News |
12:09pm 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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Yahoo News |
12:09pm PST |
Palestinian gunmen kill 8 in Jerusalem Jewish school
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Two Palestinian gunmen opened fire in
a Jewish religious school in Jerusalem on Thursday, killing at
least eight people and wounding 20, the Israeli emergency
service Zaka said. |
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Yahoo News |
12:09pm PST |
Video shows bicyclist fleeing Times Sq.
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A small bomb caused minor damage to a landmark military recruiting station in the heart of Times Square before dawn Thursday, and police were searching for a hooded bicyclist seen on a surveillance video pedaling away. |
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Yahoo News |
12:05pm PST |
Pentagon bans Google teams from bases
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Pentagon has banned Google Earth teams from making detailed street-level video maps of U.S. military bases. |
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Yahoo News |
12:00pm PST |
At least 8 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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BBC News |
11:51am PST |
Clegg defends EU vote handling |
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Summary: Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg defends his handling of the EU treaty vote, after 15 of his MPs chose to defy him. |
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BBC News |
11:51am PST |
Clegg defends handling of EU vote |
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Summary: Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg defends his handling of the EU treaty vote, after 15 of his MPs chose to defy him. |
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Cnn.com |
11:46am PST |
Cyclist sought in Times Square bombing |
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Summary: A man on a bicycle is being sought as a possible suspect in today's bombing at a military recruiting station in Times Square. Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the city is safe and New Yorkers should go on with their lives. New Yorkers, Bloomberg said, "are no |
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Yahoo News |
11:46am PST |
Obama raises $55 million in February
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Democratic Sen. Barack Obama raised a record $55 million in February for his presidential campaign, eclipsing rival Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's own substantial fundraising for the month. All told, Obama has raised $193 million during his yearlong b |
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BBC News |
11:35am PST |
Deadly bombs hit Baghdad |
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Summary: At least 54 people die as two bombs explode in a shopping area in Baghdad, security officials say. |
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BBC News |
11:31am PST |
Eight killed at Jerusalem school |
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Summary: At least eight people are killed by gunmen who infiltrated a Jewish seminary in West Jerusalem, reports say. |
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Cnn.com |
11:29am PST |
Nicaragua breaks off ties with Colombia |
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Summary: Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega said Thursday that the nation is breaking relations with Colombia "in solidarity with the Ecuadoran people."
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Cnn.com |
11:27am PST |
Bicyclist sought in Times Square bombing |
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Summary: A man on a bicycle is being sought as a possible suspect in today's bombing at a military recruiting station in Times Square. Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the city is safe and New Yorkers should go on with their lives. New Yorkers, Bloomberg said, "are no |
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Yahoo News |
11:19am PST |
Clinton aide likens Obama to Ken Starr
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - An aide to Hillary Clinton likened
Democratic presidential rival Barack Obama to independent
prosecutor Ken Starr on Thursday, comparing criticism of her to
the 1998 probe that led to President Bill Clinton's
impeachment. |
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Cnn.com |
11:19am PST |
Florida, Michigan could tip Dem race |
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Summary: It's not quite deja vu as no chads are involved, but Florida again might play a key role in the presidential election. That state wants the Democratic Party to count its 210 delegates. And in that party's tight race for a presidential nominee, Florida cou |
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Yahoo News |
11:14am PST |
EU warned of climate-induced polar security threat
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - European Union leaders will receive a
stark warning next week of potential conflict with Russia over
energy resources at the North Pole as global warning melts the
ice cap and aggravates international security threats. |
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BBC News |
11:10am PST |
Assembly members' 8.3% pay rise |
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Summary: A row breaks out as an inflation-busting pay rise for Welsh assembly members is recommended. |
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Yahoo News |
10:50am PST |
Brad Paisley, Sugarland lead CMT noms
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Brad Paisley's "Online" video received four Country Music Television awards nominations, and Sugarland received three for their video "Stay." |
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Yahoo News |
10:46am PST |
Apple tweaks iPhone for business uses
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Apple Inc. is tweaking the iPhone to work better with business e-mail, an expected move that is meant to address a key weakness in the popular consumer device. |
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Yahoo News |
10:45am PST |
Police release footage of NYC blast
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Police have released footage from a private security camera showing a cyclist riding up to the Times Square military recruiting station where a small bomb was detonated. |
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Yahoo News |
10:38am PST |
Bombing kills 15 in commercial Baghdad
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Two bombs went off within minutes of each other in a Baghdad commercial district Thursday evening, killing 15 people and wounding 35, police and officials at three hospitals said. |
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Yahoo News |
10:34am PST |
Egypt holds inconclusive talks with Hamas on truce
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Egypt held inconclusive talks on Thursday
with leaders of Hamas and Islamic Jihad from the
Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, part of a U.S.-backed push for a
truce between the groups and Israel to halt a surge in
violence. |
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BBC News |
10:31am PST |
IRA woman event blocked |
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Summary: A Sinn Féin function at Stormont to celebrate the life of IRA member Maireád Farrell is blocked. |
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ChristianPost |
10:24am PST |
Missional Churches Redefining Original Definition |
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Summary: The definition of a missional church has increasingly become blurred as different people apply the term in different ways to accommodate their church’s need, reported a prominent Christian magazine this ... |
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Yahoo News |
10:22am PST |
Colombia rules out war as Latin left forms front
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A leftist Latin American alliance formed
around Ecuador and Venezuela on Thursday, isolating their
U.S.-backed neighbor Colombia, which said the dispute over its
bombing of rebels on Ecuadorean soil would not end in war. |
