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Yahoo News |
7:49am PDT |
Paulson: Time to toughen rules on mortgage brokers
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson on
Thursday issued a call for U.S. financial institutions to raise
capital quickly so they can keep lending, and pledged tougher
rules for the mortgage industry. |
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Cnn.com |
7:43am PDT |
Archbishop's body found after ransom talks stop |
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Summary: A Christian archbishop kidnapped in northern Iraq last month has been found dead, according to a Nineveh province deputy governor in the town of Mosul.
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ChristianToday |
7:35am PDT |
Churches too trusting on child protection issues says author |
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Summary: A long time police officer has warned in a new book that churches are putting children at risk because they are too trusting towards sex offenders |
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BBC News |
7:34am PDT |
Man guilty of Krystal murder |
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Summary: A man is convicted of shooting dead a pregnant woman outside her home in south London. |
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Yahoo News |
7:32am PDT |
Bush says would veto House eavesdropping bill
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - President George W. Bush, locked in
a battle with Congress over eavesdropping legislation, said on
Thursday the House of Representatives version of the bill was
"unwise" and he would veto it. |
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Yahoo News |
7:23am PDT |
UNC suspect charged in Duke killing
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A suspect in the slaying of a popular University of North Carolina student was charged Thursday with the killing of a graduate student at Duke University, authorities said. |
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Cnn.com |
7:21am PDT |
Stocks get battered |
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Summary: Stocks slumped Thursday morning, as investors eyed record high oil and gold prices, the dollar at an all-time low versus the euro, weak retail sales and the potential collapse of mortgage bond fund Carlyle Capital.
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ChristianToday |
7:08am PDT |
Vatican official says Anglican head naive on Sharia |
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Summary: The Vaticans top man for relations with Islam on Tuesday criticised the Archbishop of Canterbury as mistaken and naive for suggesting that some aspects of Sharia law in Britain were unavoidable |
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Yahoo News |
7:07am PDT |
Chaldean archbishop kidnapped in Iraq found dead: Iraqi official
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - A Chaldean Catholic archbishop kidnapped last month in northern Iraq was found dead on Thursday, an Iraqi official said. |
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ChristianPost |
7:00am PDT |
Episcopal Church Defrocks Breakaway Bishop |
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Summary: Episcopal leaders ousted a breakaway conservative bishop Wednesday in a struggle for control of the Diocese of San Joaquin and its ... |
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Yahoo News |
6:56am PDT |
String of economic woes sink stocks
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Stocks pulled back early Thursday as investors grappled with further declines in the dollar, a spike in oil and gold prices and as the investment fund Carlyle Capital appeared close to collapse. The major indexes each lost more than 1 percent, with t |
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ChristianToday |
6:47am PDT |
Kidnapped Iraq archbishop found dead |
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Summary: The Chaldean Catholic Archbishop of Mosul kidnapped in Iraq last month has been found dead Church officials in Rome and Baghdad said on Thursday |
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BBC News |
6:39am PDT |
Widow in tribute to police chief |
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Summary: The widow of Michael Todd says he was a "loving father and husband", as details of his alleged affair emerge. |
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BBC News |
6:39am PDT |
Gold hits $1,000 for first time |
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Summary: The price of gold hits new heights, trading at $1,000 an ounce for the first time, spurred by a weak US dollar. |
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Cnn.com |
6:32am PDT |
Stocks sink at open |
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Summary: U.S. stocks fell at Thursday's open due to a potent mix of a weak economy and record prices for gold and oil.
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BBC News |
6:32am PDT |
Arrests over cash machine thefts |
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Summary: Thirteen people are arrested in connection with the theft of more than £2.2m from cash machines across England, police say. |
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BBC News |
6:31am PDT |
AOL acquires Bebo social network |
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Summary: Time Warner's AOL internet division is buying the social networking site Bebo for $850m (£417m). |
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Theophiles |
6:27am PDT |
Most local governments practice prayer but don't call on God by name |
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Summary: From The Grand Rapids Press:
God figures prominently in local government. Georgetown Township includes a cross in its logo, Holland has the phrase "God be with us" on its seal, and Zeeland Township officials sit next to a flag emblazoned "In God We Trust. |
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Theophiles |
6:27am PDT |
Archbishop in Iraq 'found dead' |
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Summary: The BBC Reports:
Paulos Faraj Rahho, the Chaldean Catholic archbishop in Iraq who was kidnapped last month, has been found dead, according to reports.
...The archbishop was kidnapped soon after he left Mass in Mosul on 29 February. He was the latest in |
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Yahoo News |
6:26am PDT |
Consumers retrench in February as recession looms
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Consumers clammed up on spending in
February and the labor market continued to weaken as the
economy teeters on the brink of recession, government data on
Thursday showed. |
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Cnn.com |
6:22am PDT |
Grip a pediatrician's facts, let the opinions go |
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Summary: At some point during last month's well-baby checkup for her son Isaac, Kamila McGinnis stopped listening to her pediatrician.
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Cnn.com |
6:22am PDT |
Skip church; confess on ivescrewedup.com |
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Summary: If you can pay for your bills online, why not pay for your sins?
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BBC News |
6:22am PDT |
Kidnapped Iraqi archbishop dead |
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Summary: The Chaldean Catholic archbishop in Iraq who was kidnapped last month, Paulos Faraj Rahho, is found dead. |
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Cnn.com |
6:22am PDT |
Forgive us father, we'd rather go online |
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Summary: If you can pay for your bills online, why not pay for your sins?
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Yahoo News |
6:17am PDT |
Consumers retrench in Feb as recession looms
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Consumers clammed up on spending in
February and the labor market continued to weaken as the
economy teeters on the brink of recession, government data on
Thursday showed. |
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Yahoo News |
6:13am PDT |
Warplanes, rockets end Gaza lull
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Israeli warplanes hit Hamas-run Gaza Thursday after militants rattled the Jewish state with rocket fire, ending a five-day lull and threatening efforts to push forward Middle East peace talks. |
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Yahoo News |
6:12am PDT |
Shuttle and station crews meet, greet and get to work
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Astronauts from space shuttle Endeavour
and the International Space Station greeted one another with
hugs and smiles on Thursday to begin a joint 12-day mission to
install a Japanese laboratory and Canadian robotic system. |
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BBC News |
6:11am PDT |
Canoe man admits deception |
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Summary: Canoeist John Darwin, who was missing presumed dead for five years, admits seven charges of deception. |
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BBC News |
6:11am PDT |
Bravery boy recalls stab ordeal |
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Summary: A nine-year-old boy tells how he went to his mother's aid as an armed intruder tried to stab her to death. |
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Cnn.com |
6:05am PDT |
Archbishop found dead in Iraq, official says |
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Summary: A Christian archbishop kidnapped in northern Iraq last month has been found dead, according to a Nineveh province deputy governor in the town of Mosul.
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