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11:54pm PST |
Smokers 'make their children ill' |
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Summary: Alder Hey hospital says bronchitis could be drastically reduced if parents stopped smoking around their children. |
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11:34pm PST |
Jury recommends death in Okla. slaying
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Summary: AP - A jury recommended the death penalty Friday for a man convicted of luring a 10-year-old girl into his apartment, killing her and mutilating her body. |
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10:38pm PST |
Death penalty sought in mutilation case |
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10:23pm PST |
Court slows Bolivian reform |
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Summary: A Bolivian court delays a referendum on a controversial new constitution, in a setback for President Morales. |
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10:19pm PST |
Chavez urges unity after summit |
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Summary: Venezuela's leader says the "happy" end to the regional crisis with Colombia should boost unity in Latin America. |
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10:03pm PST |
Council bidding to run post offices |
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Summary: A local authority enters into "groundbreaking" talks to take over post offices in its area earmarked for closure. |
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9:43pm PST |
English Auschwitz survivor dies |
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Summary: The only Englishman to be held at the Nazi concentration camp in Auschwitz dies, aged 97. |
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9:36pm PST |
Heavy snow forecast for Ohio, Ky.
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Summary: AP - A heavy late-winter snowstorm Friday pummeled residents from Arkansas to the Great Lakes, knocking out electricity for thousands and promising to bring near-blizzard conditions to Ohio and Kentucky. |
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9:23pm PST |
Kashmir suspends stray dog cull |
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Summary: Authorities in Indian-run Kashmir halt a bid to poison thousands of feral dogs after a threat of legal action. |
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8:59pm PST |
Many injured in Greek train crash |
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Summary: A passenger train derails near Larissa in central Greece with at least 23 people injured, police say. |
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8:51pm PST |
Sidebottom inspires England bid |
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Summary: New Zealand close day four of the first Test at 147-8 with a lead of 269 after a hat-trick from Ryan Sidebottom. |
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8:51pm PST |
Cricket: Sidebottom fires England |
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Summary: New Zealand close day four of the first Test at 147-8 with a lead of 269 after a hat-trick from Ryan Sidebottom. |
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8:51pm PST |
Sidebottom hat-trick fires England |
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Summary: New Zealand close day four of the first Test at 147-8 with a lead of 269 after a hat-trick from Ryan Sidebottom. |
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Yahoo News |
8:48pm PST |
Disgraced sprinter Jones reports to prison
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Summary: Reuters - Former U.S. sprinter Marion Jones
reported to a federal prison in Texas on Friday to begin
serving a six-month sentence for lying to prosecutors about
steroid use that helped her win five medals at the Sydney
Olympics in 2000. |
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8:28pm PST |
Malaysians vote in elections expected to clip govt's wings
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Summary: AFP - Malaysians began voting Saturday in general elections expected to hand the ruling coalition another victory but with a reduced majority, as ethnic Chinese and Indians shift to the opposition. |
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Yahoo News |
8:19pm PST |
Myanmar rebuffs UN envoy's calls for reforms
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Summary: AFP - Myanmar's ruling junta Saturday detailed reasons for bluntly refusing to reform its election plans, and accused a UN envoy of bias in favour of detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. |
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7:43pm PST |
Ecuadoran, Colombian, Venezuelan leaders end feud
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Summary: AFP - The presidents of Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela, with a simple handshake, settled a bitter feud here Friday that had raised fears of a military confrontation between the South American neighbors. |
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7:42pm PST |
Body packed in ice found in hotel room
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Summary: AP - Police discovered the body of a woman packed in a large container with dry ice in a hotel room as they were serving a search warrant in a cocaine investigation, authorities said Friday. |
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7:04pm PST |
Jersey police to search new room |
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Summary: Police investigating alleged abuse at a former children's home are expected to enter a second sealed chamber. |
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6:54pm PST |
Bush insists US not in recession |
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Summary: The US president insists there is not a recession despite the worst monthly jobless figures in five years. |
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6:51pm PST |
Bush to veto CIA waterboarding ban bill: aide
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Summary: Reuters - President George W. Bush will veto
legislation on Saturday banning U.S. intelligence agents from
using waterboarding and other controversial interrogation
methods, White House spokesman Tony Fratto said on Friday. |
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Cnn.com |
6:45pm PST |
The last living 'doughboy' |
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Summary: Frank Buckles joined the Army at 15 and set sail for World War I on the same ship used in the rescue of the Titanic. A couple decades later, he was forced to eat from a tin cup for more than three years as a World War II POW. Now, at 107, he's a national |
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6:45pm PST |
The last living 'doughboy' honored |
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Summary: Frank Buckles joined the Army at 15 and set sail for World War I on the same ship used in the rescue of the Titanic. A couple decades later, he was forced to eat from a tin cup for more than three years as a World War II POW. Now, at 107, he's a national |
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Cnn.com |
6:45pm PST |
Last living 'doughboy' honored |
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Summary: Frank Buckles joined the Army at 15 and set sail for World War I on the same ship used in the rescue of the Titanic. A couple decades later, he was forced to eat from a tin cup for more than three years as a World War II POW. Now, at 107, he's a national |
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6:41pm PST |
'Under the gun' Presley reveals pregnancy |
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6:24pm PST |
Former British PM Thatcher in hospital
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Summary: AP - Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was hospitalized in stable condition in central London on Saturday and was under going medical checks, authorities said. |
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Yahoo News |
6:19pm PST |
Bush to veto CIA waterboarding ban bill-aide
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - President George W. Bush will veto
legislation on Saturday banning U.S. intelligence agents from
using waterboarding and other controversial interrogation
methods, White House spokesman Tony Fratto said on Friday. |
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Cnn.com |
6:03pm PST |
Margaret Thatcher hospitalized |
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Summary: Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was taken to the hospital Friday evening after falling ill at her home, a Conservative Party spokesman said.
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5:47pm PST |
Lib Dems propose juice tax cuts |
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Summary: VAT on fruit juice should be cut to 5% to encourage healthy diets, the Lib Dem spring conference is to hear. |
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5:28pm PST |
Thatcher 'stable', hospital says |
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Summary: Ex-Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher is said to be in a stable condition after being admitted to hospital for tests. |
