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BBC News |
10:42am PDT |
Gold hits yet another record high |
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Summary: Gold hits a fresh record high of $1,007.10 an ounce due to deepening financial market troubles. |
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Yahoo News |
10:38am PDT |
Bear Stearns gets Fed funding, shares plummet
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Bear Stearns, the fifth largest U.S.
investment bank, on Friday said a cash crunch forced it to turn
to the Federal Reserve and JPMorgan Chase for emergency funds,
intensifying fears of a widening global credit crisis and
driving its shares |
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BBC News |
10:36am PDT |
Football: Arsenal to face Reds |
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Summary: Arsenal play Liverpool in the last eight of the Champions League, while Man Utd meet Roma and Chelsea are drawn against Fenerbahce. |
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BBC News |
10:35am PDT |
McKie 'does not want' new inquiry |
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Summary: The father of Shirley McKie says his daughter does not want a public inquiry into her fingerprint scandal case. |
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Yahoo News |
10:21am PDT |
Yanks' Cabrera, Duncan suspended 3 games
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Yankees center fielder Melky Cabrera and first baseman Shelley Duncan were suspended for three games each for their roles in Wednesday's spring-training fracas between New York and the Tampa Bay Rays. |
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BBC News |
10:07am PDT |
Death threats posted by girl, 9 |
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Summary: A nine-year-old girl admits posting death threats on the internet blog of a cancer sufferer. |
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Yahoo News |
10:03am PDT |
EU leaders commit to agreeing climate change package by year end
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - EU leaders on Friday agreed to finalise, by the end of the year, ambitious plans to cut energy use and fight climate change, while promising to limit the costs to worried industries. |
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Yahoo News |
9:51am PDT |
Bush acknowledges weakness in US economy
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Trying to calm jitters about the economy, President Bush conceded on Friday that the country "obviously is going through a tough time" but expressed confidence that it will rebound. He cautioned against overreacting to fix the problems. |
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Yahoo News |
9:22am PDT |
McCain says al Qaeda might try to tip U.S. election
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Republican
presidential candidate John McCain said on Friday he fears that
al Qaeda or another extremist group might attempt spectacular
attacks in Iraq to try to tilt the U.S. election against him. |
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ChristianToday |
9:22am PDT |
Christian group approves US dropping China from rights blacklist |
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Summary: A Christian religious freedom group has given its approval for the US State Departments removal of China from its human rights blacklist despite reports of the governments increased crackdown on house churches ahead of the Olympic Games |
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BBC News |
9:22am PDT |
Opera star Watson plans UK tour |
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Summary: Opera star Russell Watson is to go on a UK tour later this year after ending treatment for a brain tumour. |
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ChristianPost |
9:20am PDT |
Lutherans Issue Human Sexuality Statement for Review |
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Summary: In an unprecedented social statement on human sexuality, a task force of the nation's largest Lutheran denomination said the church should continue to uphold marriage between a man and a ... |
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Cnn.com |
9:20am PDT |
Bush: Economy facing 'tough times' |
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Summary: President Bush acknowledged Friday the country was facing challenges both in the housing and financial markets, but said that the strength of the underlying economy would help it maneuver through this difficult period.
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Cnn.com |
9:15am PDT |
Big name bank, broker gets bailout |
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Summary: Bear Stearns shares lost more than half their value at one point Friday after the battered Wall Street firm said it would receive short-term funding from JPMorgan Chase and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
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BBC News |
9:13am PDT |
Racing: Denman wins Gold Cup |
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Summary: Denman powers to a formidable victory over stablemate Kauto Star to claim the showpiece Cheltenham Gold Cup. |
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BBC News |
9:13am PDT |
Denman storms to Gold Cup victory |
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Summary: Denman powers to a formidable victory over stablemate Kauto Star to claim the showpiece Cheltenham Gold Cup. |
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CTI News |
9:12am PDT |
Poll: Does your pastor preach about what's wrong with other churches? |
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Summary: Poll: Does your pastor preach about what's wrong with other churches?
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CTI News |
9:12am PDT |
Review: 'Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!' |
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Summary: An elephant finds himself an object of scorn after insisting that an entire world exists on a single speck--and Hollywood finally gets a Seuss classic mostly right.
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CTI News |
9:12am PDT |
Draft ELCA Statement on Sexuality Punts |
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Summary: "This church does not have consensus," committee says.
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CTI News |
9:12am PDT |
Speaking Out: Our Ears Still Itch |
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Summary: That church down the street isn't the only one pandering to the congregation.
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CTI News |
9:12am PDT |
Q&A: Kenya's VP Musyoka |
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Summary: The vice president of Kenya since January, Musyoka ran for the presidency unsuccessfully in 2007.
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CTI News |
9:12am PDT |
J.I. Packer: Counting Life's Surprises |
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Summary: The high spots of my life have been anything but expected.
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BBC News |
9:11am PDT |
No action on Man Utd rape claim |
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Summary: Manchester United's Jonny Evans will face no action over allegations of rape at a city centre hotel. |
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Cnn.com |
9:02am PDT |
When to call in the financial cavalry |
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Summary: Krista Wallis, her husband, Joe, and her 19-year-old son from a previous marriage were living a pretty good life in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
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Yahoo News |
8:48am PDT |
Bush concedes rough time in economy
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Trying to calm jitters about the economy, President Bush conceded on Friday that the country "obviously is going through a tough time" but expressed confidence about a rebound. |
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BBC News |
8:47am PDT |
Bush reassures over economy |
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Summary: President Bush attempts to reassure US businessmen that the country's economy is fundamentally strong. |
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Cnn.com |
8:46am PDT |
Glenn Beck: My bad, your fault |
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Summary: What do these stories all have in common?
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BBC News |
8:44am PDT |
Deaths reported in Tibet protests |
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Summary: At least two people are reported killed in clashes between protesters and police in Tibet's main city of Lhasa. |
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Yahoo News |
8:43am PDT |
June 3 is target for Mich. do-over vote
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A Michigan congresswoman said Friday that the state's Democrats are working on plans for a June 3 primary that would give them a say in the tight presidential nomination race between Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama. |
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BBC News |
8:42am PDT |
Afghan conflict support 'rises' |
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Summary: Public support for the UK's military operations in Afghanistan has increased slightly, a survey suggests. |
