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Yahoo News |
3:57am PDT |
XM Radio to launch George Strait channel
(AP)
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Summary: AP - George Strait says he still gets a thrill hearing his songs on the radio, and now he'll have a whole channel of his music to get excited about. |
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BBC News |
3:55am PDT |
Gambler loses £2m bookies claim |
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Summary: A compulsive gambler loses his bid to force William Hill to repay his £2m losses, the High Court rules. |
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BBC News |
3:54am PDT |
UK trade deficit level in January |
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Summary: The UK's trade deficit with the rest of the world was £4.1bn in January, unchanged from December, figures show. |
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BBC News |
3:50am PDT |
US troops clash with Iraq militia |
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Summary: The US says it has killed a number of militants in clashes in the mainly-Shia Muslim city of Kut in southern Iraq. |
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Yahoo News |
3:48am PDT |
Hamas sets terms for ceasefire with Israel
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Hamas publicly set its terms on Wednesday
for a ceasefire with Israel, calling for an end to Israeli
raids in Palestinian territory and a reopening of Gaza border
crossings. |
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BBC News |
3:47am PDT |
UK pounded by second storm |
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Summary: Western parts of the UK are hit by gusts of up to 80mph, as Cheltenham's races are abandoned for the day. |
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BBC News |
3:41am PDT |
Mother's fight to save son's life |
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Summary: A mother from Gloucester begins a petition against a review into the cost of providing drugs to treat her son's condition. |
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Cnn.com |
3:34am PDT |
GOP on ethics panel: More 'bureaucracy' |
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Summary: The House voted Tuesday to create an outside ethics office with the authority to investigate perceived ethical misconduct by its members.
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BBC News |
3:27am PDT |
Wiki boss 'edited for donation' |
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Summary: Wikipedia creator Jimmy Wales is accused of agreeing to edit a Wiki page in exchange for a donation. |
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BBC News |
3:22am PDT |
Pakistan buries victims of blasts |
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Summary: Funerals are held in Pakistan for the victims of two bomb attacks in the eastern city of Lahore. |
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Cnn.com |
3:10am PDT |
Obama wins Mississippi |
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Summary: Sen. Barack Obama won the Democratic primary in Mississippi by a healthy margin. Meanwhile, CNN estimates show that Obama also won last week's Texas Democratic caucuses and will get more delegates in the state than rival Hillary Clinton, who won the state |
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Yahoo News |
3:01am PDT |
Jordan releases leading al Qaeda mentor
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Jordanian authorities on Wednesday
released Jordanian Sheikh Abu Mohammad al-Maqdisi, a leading
al-Qaeda mentor, after several years imprisonment without
trial, security sources said. |
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Yahoo News |
2:58am PDT |
China fires tear gas on monks protesting in Tibet
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Thousands of Chinese security personnel
fired tear gas to try to disperse more than 600 monks taking
part in a second day of rare street protests in Tibet, a source
and Radio Free Asia said on Wednesday. |
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BBC News |
2:57am PDT |
European and Asian stocks climb |
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Summary: European and Asian stock markets rise as the world's biggest central banks move to tackle the global credit crisis. |
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BBC News |
2:57am PDT |
No investigation into Goa mother |
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Summary: Police in Goa say there are no plans to question the mother of a murdered British teenager over neglect. |
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BBC News |
2:51am PDT |
Browne makes surprise Iraq visit |
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Summary: Defence Secretary Des Browne is visiting the Iraqi city of Basra, it has been announced. |
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ChristianPost |
2:50am PDT |
Christian Right Needs Leadership, Says Dobson |
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Summary: With a generation of Christian right leaders dead or aging, the founder of the conservative evangelical group Focus on the Family says he's concerned about the movement's future ... |
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Cnn.com |
2:47am PDT |
Locals, lobbyists await EPA smog verdict |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Cnn.com |
2:37am PDT |
Floridians in House oppose mail-in vote |
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Summary: Consensus seemed to elude Florida Democrats in Congress Tuesday night after they met to talk about ways for Florida voters to help choose a Democratic presidential nominee.
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BBC News |
2:35am PDT |
Museveni rejects Hague LRA trial |
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Summary: Uganda's president says rebel LRA leaders should not be sent to The Hague but should instead face local justice. |
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Yahoo News |
2:35am PDT |
Poll: New Yorkers want Spitzer to quit
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Bloggers, commentators and comedians have already weighed in on the prostitution scandal that has imperiled Gov. Eliot Spitzer. Now New Yorkers are getting a shot and their view is clear: He should resign or be removed from office. |
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Yahoo News |
2:31am PDT |
Astronauts check shuttle for damage
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The seven-man crew of the shuttle Endeavour maneuvered toward the international space station early Wednesday as they spent their first full day in orbit carefully examining the ship for any launch damage. |
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Cnn.com |
2:28am PDT |
U.S.: Mideast resignation doesn't mean war |
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Summary: U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has dismissed as "ridiculous" any suggestion that the resignation of America's military chief in the Middle East signals the United States is planning to go to war with Iran.
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Yahoo News |
2:22am PDT |
US commander of Middle East forces steps down
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The commander of US forces in the Middle East, Admiral William Fallon, is stepping down because reports that he differed with President George W. Bush over Iran had become "a distraction." |
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BBC News |
2:11am PDT |
Prosecutor seeks Concorde charges |
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Summary: A French prosecutor seeks manslaughter charges against a US airline over the 2000 Concorde crash. |
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BBC News |
2:06am PDT |
New TV Gladiators hosts announced |
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Summary: Kirsty Gallacher and Ian Wright are to present the return of 1990s action game show Gladiators. |
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BBC News |
1:58am PDT |
Mother fears Shannon was 'taken' |
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Summary: The mother of missing schoolgirl Shannon Matthews has said she fears her daughter has been taken by someone she knows. |
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Cnn.com |
1:56am PDT |
Bottled water lacks drug safeguards |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
1:53am PDT |
Homes left without electricity |
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Summary: About 500 homes across Northern Ireland are without electricity after storm force winds. |
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Yahoo News |
1:38am PDT |
EPA may tighten smog rules
(AP)
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Summary: AP - States and local officials across the country awaited word Wednesday on whether they will have to further cut air pollution to protect millions of people, especially the very young and the elderly, from respiratory illnesses. |
