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BBC News |
9:22am PDT |
Classical composer dies aged 78 |
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Summary: Alun Hoddinott, one of Wales' leading classical composers, has died, it has been announced. |
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BBC News |
9:19am PDT |
Body is found after blaze reports |
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Summary: The body of a woman has been found in south Belfast following reports of a house fire, police say. |
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BBC News |
9:14am PDT |
Scandal-hit NY governor resigns |
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Summary: New York Governor Eliot Spitzer says he will step down on Monday, after being linked to a prostitution ring. |
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Cnn.com |
9:01am PDT |
'Deeply sorry' Spitzer resigns |
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Summary: New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer said today he is "deeply sorry" that he did not live up to what was expected of him. Spitzer announced his resignation, effective Monday, amid allegations of involvement in a prostitution ring.
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Yahoo News |
8:57am PDT |
NY Gov. Eliot Spitzer resigns
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Gov. Eliot Spitzer, mired in allegations he was a client of a high-priced prostitution ring, resigned from office Wednesday, saying "I cannot allow my private failings to disrupt the people's work." |
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Yahoo News |
8:49am PDT |
New York Gov. Spitzer resigns amid sex scandal
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer resigned
on Wednesday amid a scandal over a $1,000-an-hour prostitute,
cutting short an ambitious career built on investigating Wall
Street crimes. |
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CTI News |
8:42am PDT |
Poll: What region of the world are you most interested in? |
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Summary: Poll: What region of the world are you most interested in?
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CTI News |
8:42am PDT |
Women and Sexual Addiction |
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Summary: A no-nonsense book of female sex addiction is finally here
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CTI News |
8:42am PDT |
Digging for Sodom |
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Summary: Claims to new Sodom locations are salted with controversy.
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CTI News |
8:42am PDT |
Walter Russell Mead on Evangelicals' Geopolitical Moment |
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Summary: Walter Russell Mead argues that evangelicals have a crucial role to play in American foreign affairs.
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CTI News |
8:42am PDT |
Mead: The Benefits of Division |
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Summary: Walter Russell Mead on the benefits of division.
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Yahoo News |
8:35am PDT |
Stocks rally on Fed move, oil price dip
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Wall Street rose Wednesday, extending the huge rally a day earlier triggered by the Federal Reserve's plans to pump liquidity into distressed financial markets. The Dow Jones industrials rose more than 100 points. |
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Yahoo News |
8:28am PDT |
U.S. says some Guantanamo prisoners can phone home
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The U.S.
military has agreed to let some prisoners detained in President
George W. Bush's war on terrorism and held for years at the
Guantanamo naval base speak by telephone with their families, a
spokesman said on Wednesday. |
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Yahoo News |
8:28am PDT |
Roddick will skip Beijing Olympics
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Andy Roddick won't be going for gold this summer. The highest-ranked American tennis player is skipping the Beijing Olympics, choosing instead to focus on preparing for the U.S. Open by playing at the hard-court Legg Mason Tennis Classic. |
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Cnn.com |
8:28am PDT |
Duo sells their stuff, bikes thru 57 nations |
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Summary: At the ages of 62 and 48, Pat and Catherine Patterson sold everything to bike around the world. Fifty-seven countries, four continents and almost four years later, the Pattersons look back on their journey as something no less than life-changing.
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Yahoo News |
8:25am PDT |
Afghan war trend worse than Iraq: U.S. trainer
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The tide of the war in Afghanistan is
running against the United States and its allies, in contrast
to an improving trend in Iraq, a U.S. military official and
counter-insurgency expert said on Wednesday. |
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Cnn.com |
8:24am PDT |
Reports: Man arrested in UNC slaying case |
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Summary: A person of interest has been apprehended in connection with last week's killing of University of North Carolina student Eve Carson, authorities have told local media.
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BBC News |
8:22am PDT |
Euro tops $1.55 for first time |
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Summary: The euro sets a new record against the dollar as some doubt whether the Federal Reserve's plans will work. |
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BBC News |
8:17am PDT |
Bionic gives ITV2 record ratings |
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Summary: The first episode of US drama The Bionic Woman gives ITV2 its largest ever audience, initial figures suggest. |
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Yahoo News |
8:17am PDT |
French police detain SocGen employee, search offices
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - French police on Wednesday detained a second Societe Generale employee for questioning over the multi-billion dollar rogue trader scandal at the French banking giant. |
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BBC News |
8:13am PDT |
Gas guzzlers set to face £950 tax |
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Summary: Drivers of gas guzzling and heavy polluting cars will face a new £950 tax from 2010, Alistair Darling announces. |
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Cnn.com |
8:12am PDT |
Obama's Mississippi win ups delegate count |
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Summary: Sen. Barack Obama widen his lead over Sen. Hillary Clinton in the overall delegate count by picking up delegates in Mississippi and Texas on Tuesday.
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BBC News |
8:12am PDT |
'Head roll' urged over water bill |
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Summary: An MLA calls for "heads to roll" over an error which could add an extra £30 to household water bills. |
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ChristianPost |
8:10am PDT |
Evangelist's Husband Apologizes, Pleads Guilty to Assault |
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Summary: Bishop Thomas W. Weeks pleaded guilty Tuesday to assaulting his wife, prominent evangelist Juanita ... |
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Cnn.com |
8:03am PDT |
John Cho: 'Star Trek' role is 'daunting' |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
8:02am PDT |
New York governor expected to quit over sex scandal
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - New York Governor Eliot Spitzer is expected to step down Wednesday, succumbing to threats of impeachment and mounting media pressure over his involvement in a prostitution scandal. |
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Yahoo News |
7:49am PDT |
Official says NY Gov. Spitzer to resign
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Gov. Eliot Spitzer has decided to resign, completing a stunning fall from power after he was nationally disgraced by links to a high-priced prostitution ring, a top state official said Wednesday. |
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BBC News |
7:46am PDT |
Rwanda genocide priest given life |
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Summary: A court rejects an appeal by a priest convicted for his part in Rwanda's genocide and increases his sentence to life. |
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BBC News |
7:43am PDT |
Cameron criticises 'dire' Budget |
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Summary: Conservative leader David Cameron responds to Alistair Darling's first Budget as chancellor. |
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Theophiles |
7:42am PDT |
St. Patrick's Day causing Catholic dilemma |
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Summary: From CNN:That famous saint named Patrick will have his green-drenched party this year, but it's unclear when the guests are supposed to arrive.
For the first time since 1940, St. Patrick's Day will fall during Holy Week, the sacred seven days preceding |
