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Cnn.com |
11:46am PST |
Bush: 'It's clear our economy has slowed' |
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Summary: President Bush said today that "it's clear our economy has slowed," hours after a government report showed a decline in payrolls for the second straight month. But Bush said the long-term outlook is good, with a stimulus package enacted last month by Cong |
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Yahoo News |
11:28am PST |
Ecuador and Colombia clash at border crisis summit
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The presidents of Ecuador and
Colombia clashed at a Latin American summit on Friday as
leaders scrambled to defuse a regional crisis over a
cross-border raid by Colombia to kill a rebel commander. |
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Yahoo News |
11:24am PST |
Payrolls fall again, raising recession fears
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. employers unexpectedly cut jobs
in February at the steepest rate in nearly five years, a second
straight month of employment losses that heightened fears the
world's largest economy has skidded into recession. |
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BBC News |
11:19am PST |
Iraq cleric Sadr explains absence |
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Summary: Iraqi Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr explains why he has not been seen in public for more than nine months. |
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Yahoo News |
11:18am PST |
Bush: 'It's clear' economy has slowed
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Bush said Friday that "it's clear our economy has slowed" and tried to reassure an anxious public that the long-term outlook is good. |
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Cnn.com |
11:16am PST |
Missing model-rights activist found |
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BBC News |
11:15am PST |
Angry words at LatAm summit |
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Summary: A summit of Latin American
leaders opens with a flurry of accusations over Colombia's raid into Ecuador. |
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Yahoo News |
11:07am PST |
AP IMPACT: US troops losing hearing
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Soldiers and Marines caught in roadside bombings and firefights in Iraq and Afghanistan are coming home in epidemic numbers with permanent hearing loss and ringing in their ears, prompting the military to redouble its efforts to protect the troops fr |
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Yahoo News |
11:05am PST |
Obama foreign policy adviser resigns
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A Barack Obama adviser resigned Friday after calling rival Hillary Rodham Clinton "a monster." |
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Yahoo News |
11:05am PST |
Police: UNC student killed with handgun
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The student body president at the University of North Carolina was killed by a shot from a handgun to her right temple, according to a police report released Friday. |
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ChristianPost |
11:05am PST |
Over 1,000 Christian Leaders Meet for U.S. Policy Forum |
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Summary: More than 1,000 Christian leaders are expected to gather beginning Friday for the 2008 Ecumenical Advocacy Days Conference to discuss and advocate for a wide range of U.S. policy issues outside of Washington, D.... |
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Yahoo News |
10:49am PST |
Ecuador, Colombia clash at border crisis summit
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The presidents of Ecuador and
Colombia clashed at a Latin American summit on Friday as
leaders scrambled to defuse a regional crisis over a
cross-border raid by Colombia to kill a rebel commander. |
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Yahoo News |
10:47am PST |
Rebate letters to cost $42 million
(AP)
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Summary: AP - At a cost of nearly $42 million, the IRS wants you to know: Your check is almost in the mail. |
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Yahoo News |
10:46am PST |
Colombia, Ecuador leaders face off
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Colombian President Alvaro Uribe said Friday that Colombian rebels helped Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa get elected, citing as evidence a rebel's letter seized during a cross-border raid that has sparked an international crisis. |
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BBC News |
10:44am PST |
Defence fear for flood-risk homes |
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Summary: A plan to protect homes and businesses along the Humber estuary reveals up to 2,000 properties will be left at risk. |
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BBC News |
10:38am PST |
Clegg says expect more protests |
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Summary: Nick Clegg vows to fight the UK's "sclerotic" political system as Lib Dems gather for their spring conference. |
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ChristianPost |
10:38am PST |
Counselors Demand ACA Not Take Sides on Gay 'Conversion Therapy' |
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Summary: Over 400 mental health professionals and counselors are pressing the American Counseling Association (ACA) for clarity on whether offering clients therapy to rid their homosexual desires would be considered ... |
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Yahoo News |
10:34am PST |
O.J. Simpson's trial delayed
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Defense lawyers say a Nevada judge has agreed to delay O.J. Simpson's trial on armed robbery and kidnapping charges to Sept. 8. |
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Yahoo News |
10:26am PST |
Israel on alert, Gaza braces after Jerusalem killings
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Israel was on alert and Gaza braced for reprisals on Friday as crowds mourned eight teenagers killed by a Palestinian gunman at a Jewish religious school in an attack claimed by the Islamist Hamas. |
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BBC News |
10:26am PST |
Dog smells blood at Jersey home |
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Summary: Police dogs find spots of blood in a bath at the Haut de la Garenne former children's home in Jersey. |
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BBC News |
10:24am PST |
Second senior Farc rebel 'killed' |
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Summary: Colombian security forces say they have killed a top member of the Farc rebel group, the second in less than a week. |
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BBC News |
10:17am PST |
Diana inquest not to call Philip |
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Summary: The Duke of Edinburgh will not be called to give evidence at the inquest into the death of Princess Diana. |
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BBC News |
10:12am PST |
Nursery children face E.coli test |
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Summary: Up to 60 children and staff at an east Belfast nursery school are to be tested for E. coli infection. |
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BBC News |
10:12am PST |
Wealthy widow killed by cleaner |
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Summary: A Polish cleaner is sentenced to 20 years in prison for murdering her wealthy 94-year-old employer. |
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BBC News |
10:06am PST |
Gorilla rangers’ execution threat |
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Summary: Rebels who seized control of DR Congo's Gorilla Sector say rangers will be executed if they enter the area. |
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BBC News |
10:06am PST |
Gorilla rangers' execution threat |
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Summary: Rebels who seized control of DR Congo's Gorilla Sector say rangers will be executed if they enter the area. |
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BBC News |
10:05am PST |
Obama aide resigns over remark |
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Summary: An adviser for Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama resigns after calling Hillary Clinton "a monster". |
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Yahoo News |
10:02am PST |
Spain calls off election campaign after attack blamed on ETA
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Spain ended its election campaign early on Friday after a former councillor from the ruling Socialist Party was shot and killed in the Basque region in an attack blamed on the separatist group ETA. |
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Yahoo News |
10:02am PST |
Colombia: Rebels helped Correa campaign
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Colombian President Alvaro Uribe said Friday that Colombian rebels helped Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa get elected, citing as evidence a rebel's letter seized during a cross-border raid that has sparked an international crisis. |
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Yahoo News |
10:01am PST |
Obama adviser resigns
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A Barack Obama adviser resigned Friday after calling rival Hillary Rodham Clinton "a monster." |
