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Cnn.com |
9:57am PST |
Bush aid: Economy may shrink |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
9:56am PST |
Belarus tells US ambassador to leave
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Belarusian Foreign Ministry on Friday told the U.S. ambassador to leave the country and recalled its own ambassador from the U.S. over economic sanctions Washington imposed on the ex-Soviet nation last year. |
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BBC News |
9:54am PST |
Fair choice 'needs good schools' |
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Summary: Schools Secretary Ed Balls pledges to make school admissions fairer by removing all poor schools. |
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BBC News |
9:54am PST |
'Fair choice' needs good schools |
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Summary: Schools Secretary Ed Balls pledges to make school admissions fairer by removing all poor schools. |
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BBC News |
9:48am PST |
Chancellor's dilemma in figures |
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Summary: The five factors of the UK economy facing Alisatair Darling as he prepares for his first budget as chancellor. |
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BBC News |
9:47am PST |
Beatles engineer Smith dies at 85 |
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Summary: Record engineer Norman Smith, who worked on every Beatles recording between 1962 and 1965, dies aged 85. |
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BBC News |
9:45am PST |
$200bn Fed move over credit fears |
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Summary: The Fed makes billions of dollars available to banks in an auction hoping to ease credit-crunch concerns. |
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BBC News |
9:36am PST |
Walliams completes swim to Africa |
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Summary: Little Britain star David Walliams completes his Sport Relief "swim to Africa" with rower James Cracknell. |
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Cnn.com |
9:31am PST |
Better mileage than a Prius? |
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Summary: It was bound to happen - the Toyota Prius could soon lose its crown as the most fuel-efficient car on the market. But you might want to hold off before you cancel your order.
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Yahoo News |
9:27am PST |
Economy hit by biggest job loss in five years
(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 |
9:26am PST |
Former foreign secretary Pym dies |
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Summary: Former Tory foreign secretary Lord Francis Pym has died after a prolonged illness, his family says. |
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BBC News |
9:25am PST |
Two guilty of faith healer murder |
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Summary: Two men are convicted of murdering a 22-year-old faith healer whose body was found in a Luton park. |
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Cnn.com |
9:15am PST |
Massive storm dumps snow, spawns twisters |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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CTI News |
9:12am PST |
Review: 'Girls Rock!' |
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Summary: An indie documentary about Portland's Rock 'n' Roll Camp for Girls isn't really about rock or the camp at all, but uses the setting to show the lives of four young girls and what they most need.
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CTI News |
9:12am PST |
Review: 'Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day' |
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Summary: An impoverished ex-governess spends a madcap day as social secretary to a singer juggling three lovers.
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CTI News |
9:12am PST |
Review: '10,000 B.C.' |
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Summary: The elephants and tigers are larger-than-life in this prehistoric tale, but the movie itself is a poorly executed pastiche of ancient heroic tales.
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CTI News |
9:12am PST |
Are Young Men Doomed Without Marriage? |
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Summary: Delayed marriage forecasts an impending crisis.
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CTI News |
9:12am PST |
Inside CT: Porn's Stranglehold |
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Summary: By Timothy C. Morgan
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CTI News |
9:12am PST |
'These Guys Are Really Screwed Up' |
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Summary: And the Samson Society is sort of proud of it.
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CTI News |
9:12am PST |
Addicted to Sex |
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Summary: More and more, Christian men are admitting they've been caught in a vicious cycle.
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Theophiles |
9:12am PST |
This call to prayer answered by few |
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Summary: From the Baltimore Sun:
Neither [...] stopped to take advantage of "Prayer Booth" as they walked by it yesterday, but then, few apparently do. For one thing, it just looks like another phone booth, graffiti-smeared and slightly grimy, that has been abando |
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Yahoo News |
9:09am PST |
Obama aide quits over Clinton "monster" comment
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - An aide to Democratic presidential
candidate Barack Obama, Samantha Power, stepped down from the
campaign on Friday amid uproar over a comment she made to a
British newspaper referring to Democratic rival Hillary Clinton
as a "monster." |
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ChristianToday |
9:08am PST |
First woman general secretary for United Reformed Church |
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Summary: The United Reformed Church announces the appointment of its first woman general secretary |
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BBC News |
9:06am PST |
War of words opens 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 |
9:04am PST |
Democrats look for silver lining in long race
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The prolonged White House struggle
between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton has some Democrats
worried about getting a late start on the November race but
others see a silver lining if the fight ends amicably. |
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Cnn.com |
8:59am PST |
Review: 'Wire' junkies get one last fix |
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Summary: Stringer is dead. Omar is dead. And soon, "The Wire" will be, too.
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Yahoo News |
8:58am PST |
Obama adviser resigns after comment
(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 |
8:57am PST |
Analysis: Vaccine-autism link unproven
(AP)
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Summary: AP - For those convinced that vaccines can cause autism, the sad case of a Georgia girl, daughter of a doctor and lawyer, seems like clear-cut evidence. The government has agreed to pay the girl's family for injury caused by vaccines. |
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Cnn.com |
8:44am PST |
Mortgage mess CEOs defend pay |
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Summary: Two former Wall Street CEOs and the head of the nation's largest home lender defended their pay packages to lawmakers today, arguing media reports grossly exaggerated their pay. CNNMoney.com reports the issue is the salaries and perks the executives got a |
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Yahoo News |
8:42am PST |
McCain calls for tax cuts, job training
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Republican presidential candidate John McCain, who has said economics isn't his strong suit, said Friday tax cuts and job training are needed to lift an economy that is either in recession or is headed toward one. |
