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BBC News |
7:57pm PDT |
Car depreciation rates worsening |
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Summary: The economic uncertainty and taxes on big cars are increasing depreciation rates, according to analysts. |
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Cnn.com |
7:35pm PDT |
EPA's tougher smog limits to cost billions |
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Cnn.com |
7:09pm PDT |
Five Cuban players missing after U.S. match |
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Yahoo News |
6:44pm PDT |
Clinton apologizes to black voters
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Summary: AP - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton did something Wednesday night that she almost never does. She apologized. And once she started, she didn't seem able to stop. The New York senator, who is tight race with Illinois Sen. Barack Obama for the Democratic presi |
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Yahoo News |
6:43pm PDT |
Rockets top Hawks for 20th straight win
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Houston Rockets became the third team in NBA history to win 20 consecutive games, tying for the league's second-longest winning streak with an 83-75 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday night. |
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BBC News |
6:34pm PDT |
US toughens standards for ozone |
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Summary: The US tightens ozone standards for first time in 10 years but new targets fall short of campaigners' demands. |
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Yahoo News |
6:31pm PDT |
Last `Harry Potter' book becomes 2 films
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Harry Potter was the center of seven novels, but he'll star in eight films. |
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Yahoo News |
6:14pm PDT |
Race flap forces Clinton supporter to quit
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A high-profile supporter quit Hillary
Clinton's presidential campaign on Wednesday after a remark
about black Democratic rival Barack Obama was interpreted as
racist. |
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Yahoo News |
6:13pm PDT |
McCain to talk security on Europe and Mideast trip
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Republican presidential candidate John
McCain says he will emphasize national security issues from
Afghanistan to global climate change on a visit to Europe and
the Middle East next week. |
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Cnn.com |
6:00pm PDT |
Ferraro quits Clinton campaign |
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Summary: An unapologetic Geraldine Ferraro said Wednesday that her comments about the impact of Barack Obama's race on the electorate were taken out of context, and she stands by her words.
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Theophiles |
5:56pm PDT |
Cardinal: Olympics chance for rights |
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Summary: From the AP:The Beijing Olympics in August offer China the chance to improve its human rights record, Hong Kong Cardinal Joseph Zen said Wednesday....Millions of Chinese belong to unofficial congregations that are loyal to the pope and sometimes risk hara |
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Cnn.com |
5:39pm PDT |
Sources: Spitzer used call-girl service 8 times |
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Summary: Federal agents have determined that New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer used a high-priced call-girl ring at least eight times in recent months, and agents had him under surveillance twice this year, sources familiar with the investigation say. Spitzer has announ |
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Yahoo News |
5:32pm PDT |
Florida Dems weigh mail-in plan
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Florida Democrats plan to propose a vote-by-mail presidential primary despite objections from members of the state's congressional delegation to a do-over vote. |
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Yahoo News |
5:30pm PDT |
Spitzer call girl reportedly identified
(AP)
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Summary: AP - New details emerged Wednesday about the call girl at the center of the prostitution scandal engulfing New York's governor, with a newspaper report identifying her as a 22-year-old aspiring musician from Manhattan. |
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Yahoo News |
5:27pm PDT |
Smog rule tightened; 345 counties fail
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The air in hundreds of U.S. counties is simply too dirty to breathe, the government said Wednesday, ordering a multibillion-dollar expansion of efforts to clean up smog in cities and towns nationwide. |
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Yahoo News |
5:25pm PDT |
Last 'Harry Potter' book becomes 2 films
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Harry Potter was the center of seven novels, but he'll star in eight films. The final book in the wildly successful series will be made into two films, the Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday. |
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Yahoo News |
5:24pm PDT |
Tony Stewart defends Goodyear criticism
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Tony Stewart defended his harsh criticism of the tires Goodyear brought to Atlanta last weekend and said that it was time to speak out after years of closed door meetings failed to produce a solution. |
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Yahoo News |
5:19pm PDT |
Chiquita sued over killings of U.S. missionaries
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S.-based Chiquita Brands International
Inc has been hit with a lawsuit in federal court in Miami over
the killings of five U.S. missionaries by Marxist-led rebels in
Colombia in the 1990s. |
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BBC News |
5:13pm PDT |
Waterfront project sparks row |
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Summary: A leading businessman accuses politicians and planners of trying to scupper a major investment in Fife. |
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BBC News |
5:13pm PDT |
Waterfront proposal sparks row |
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Summary: Fife politicians and planners are accused of trying to scupper an opportunity to create 6,000 jobs. |
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BBC News |
5:01pm PDT |
Vitamin D 'cuts risk of diabetes' |
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Summary: Giving young children vitamin D supplements may cut their risk of type 1 diabetes, research suggests. |
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BBC News |
5:01pm PDT |
Pratchett funds Alzheimer's study |
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Summary: Fantasy author and Alzheimer's sufferer Terry Pratchett is to donate $1m to research into the disease. |
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BBC News |
4:49pm PDT |
Sri Lankan journalists detained |
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Summary: The arrest of five Sri Lankan journalists by anti-terrorist police alarms media rights campaigners. |
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Yahoo News |
4:31pm PDT |
Mexico captures key Tijuana drug cartel operative
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Mexico has captured a high-level
drug suspect working for the powerful Tijuana cartel and will
deport him to face smuggling charges in the United States, the
government said on Wednesday. |
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Yahoo News |
4:22pm PDT |
McCain begins vice president search, mum on Romney
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Republican
presidential candidate John McCain said on Wednesday he has
begun the process of finding a vice presidential running mate
and wants someone who shares his views and can take his place. |
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BBC News |
4:07pm PDT |
Afghan becomes open heart surgeon |
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Summary: An Afghan doctor has become the first ever medic in his war-torn country to qualify as an open-heart surgeon. |
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Yahoo News |
4:05pm PDT |
Clinton backer quits over race row
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - A key Hillary Clinton ally quit her White House campaign Wednesday after comments about Barack Obama stirred a ugly race row, as the Democratic foes dug in for testy six-week haul to their next nominating clash. |
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BBC News |
3:53pm PDT |
Football: Everton, Spurs go out |
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Summary: Everton and Tottenham go out of the Uefa Cup after both lose penalty shoot-outs. |
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Yahoo News |
3:50pm PDT |
Ferraro leaves Clinton campaign in flap over race
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The only woman to run on a major U.S.
party's White House ticket quit her role in Hillary Clinton's
presidential bid on Wednesday after she ignited a controversy
by saying front-runner Democrat Barack Obama was ahead because
he is black. |
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BBC News |
3:44pm PDT |
Oil strikes new record above $110 |
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Summary: The price of crude oil sets a fresh record, hitting $110.20 as the declining dollar encourages buying. |
