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BBC News |
6:08am PDT |
Goth clothes 'prompted killing' |
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Summary: A 15-year-old boy kicked and stamped a woman to death because she was dressed as a Goth, a court hears. |
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Yahoo News |
6:08am PDT |
Economy faces recession, probably in Q1
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The U.S. economy has ground to a halt
and probably already is in recession but faces higher inflation
this year than thought just a month ago, a Reuters poll showed
on Wednesday. |
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ChristianPost |
6:01am PDT |
Scholar Foresees Major Shift to Evangelical Center |
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Summary: The evangelical center is attracting more people and emerging as an influential voice of faith witness in American politics, contends an evangelical scholar in his new ... |
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BBC News |
5:51am PDT |
Bravery award call for stab boy |
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Summary: A nine-year-old who was stabbed while trying to stop a man from attacking his mother is praised. |
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BBC News |
5:48am PDT |
Bus and train fares set to rise |
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Summary: Fares on buses and trains in Northern Ireland are to rise by up to 5% from later this month, Translink says. |
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BBC News |
5:48am PDT |
Translink announces fare increase |
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Summary: Fares on buses and trains in Northern Ireland are to rise by up to 5% from later this month, Translink says. |
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BBC News |
5:23am PDT |
Taleban threat hits Afghan phones |
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Summary: Afghan mobile phone companies respond to Taleban attacks by turning off their signal at night in the south. |
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Yahoo News |
5:22am PDT |
For some in U.S., guns are a hobby like any other
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - An odd contraption in retired
firefighter Alex Black's cluttered garage looks a bit like the
hand winch at the top of a well. In fact, it is a machinegun. |
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Yahoo News |
5:19am PDT |
China rejects human rights criticism ahead of Olympics
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - China's foreign minister on Wednesday hit out at critics of the country's human rights record, accusing them of double standards while vowing their complaints would not tarnish the Olympic Games. |
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Yahoo News |
5:18am PDT |
Slaughterhouse exec defends himself
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The head of the Southern California slaughterhouse at the center of the largest beef recall in U.S. history said Wednesday no unsafe beef was processed at his plant but that his company is ruined despite no evidence of contamination. |
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Cnn.com |
5:17am PDT |
Abercrombie ER draws fire from child advocates |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
5:17am PDT |
Candidates debate Iraq five years after invasion
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Five years after the U.S. invasion
of Iraq, the unpopular war reverberates through the 2008
presidential campaign with Democrats pledging an early troop
pullout and Republicans promising to stay the course. |
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Yahoo News |
5:13am PDT |
Stock futures pare early gains
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Wall Street appeared headed to a mixed opening Wednesday, a day after a move by the Federal Reserve and other central banks to pump more liquidity into distressed financial markets sparked a global rally. |
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Cnn.com |
5:08am PDT |
Southwest puts 3 on leave over safety claims |
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Summary: Southwest Airlines has placed three employees on administrative leave following allegations that the airline broke federal safety rules, the airline said.
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Yahoo News |
5:08am PDT |
Parents may be jailed over vaccinations
(AP)
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Summary: AP - As doctors struggle to eradicate polio worldwide, one of their biggest problems is persuading parents to vaccinate their children. In Belgium, authorities are resorting to an extreme measure: prison sentences. |
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BBC News |
5:07am PDT |
Open Rights Group questions Phorm |
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Summary: Campaign body the Open Rights Group (ORG) calls for further detail on the workings of ad system Phorm. |
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BBC News |
5:05am PDT |
Jail for attack on mother and son |
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Summary: A man is sent to prison after stabbing a nine-year-old boy who was trying to save his mother. |
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ChristianToday |
5:01am PDT |
World Evangelical Alliance head on the long road to peace in the Holy Land |
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Summary: The turmoil in the Holy Land is in need of peaceful resolutions whilst marginalised Evangelicals long for full acceptance |
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BBC News |
4:49am PDT |
Goa police seek 'crucial' witness |
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Summary: Goan police are looking for a Briton who could have crucial evidence about the death of 15-year-old Scarlett Keeling. |
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BBC News |
4:46am PDT |
Pensioner hurt in house burglary |
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Summary: Two men steal money from an 84-year-old woman during a robbery at her home in west Belfast. |
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Yahoo News |
4:44am PDT |
Austria says U.S. has DNA of Iraq hostage
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A fingerprint and DNA sample of an
Austrian hostage in Iraq have been received by U.S.
authorities, an Austrian official said on Wednesday after a
magazine reported that fingers of five westerners had been
obtained. |
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Yahoo News |
4:39am PDT |
Japan investigates possible iPod defect
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Japan is investigating a possible defect in Apple Inc.'s iPod after one of the popular digital music players reportedly shot out sparks while recharging, a government official said Wednesday. |
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Yahoo News |
4:37am PDT |
Spitzer's troubles ready-made for jokes
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A prominent politician, especially one known for a certain righteousness, is alleged to be a customer of high-priced call girls. For comics, that's a hanging curveball over the plate. |
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Yahoo News |
4:33am PDT |
Lance Mackey wins 2nd straight Iditarod
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Lance Mackey on Wednesday won his second consecutive Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, completing the 1,100-mile journey across Alaska in just under nine and a half days. |
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Cnn.com |
4:29am PDT |
Gas prices hit all-time high |
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Summary: The price of gasoline rose to an all-time high Wednesday, according to the widely followed survey conducted for the motorist group AAA.
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BBC News |
4:12am PDT |
Clarkson phone photo probed |
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Summary: Police examine a photo that allegedly shows Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson talking on a mobile phone while driving. |
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Cnn.com |
4:10am PDT |
Dolphin rescues stranded whales |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
4:03am PDT |
Beijing rebuffs Olympics critics |
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Summary: Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi accuses "anti-China forces" of trying to politicise the Beijing Olympics. |
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Cnn.com |
3:59am PDT |
Town puts bounty on feral cats |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
3:58am PDT |
Gunman kills child at Bulgarian orphanage: police
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A gunman shot dead a 15-year-old girl and
wounded two other children at a Bulgarian orphanage on
Wednesday before killing himself, police said. |
