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Yahoo News |
8:35am PDT |
German police shoot U.S. soldier dead
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A U.S. soldier stationed in southern
Germany was shot dead by police after threatening an
ex-girlfriend and then going on the run armed with an assault
rifle, authorities said on Friday. |
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Yahoo News |
8:34am PDT |
Bear Stearns bailed out by Fed, JPMorgan
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Bear Stearns Cos., one of Wall Street's venerable investment banks, received a bailout Friday by the federal government and JPMorgan Chase & Co. in a surprise, last-ditch effort to save the 86-year old institution. |
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Yahoo News |
8:31am PDT |
Bear Stearns gets Fed funding as shares plummet
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - JPMorgan Chase & Co and the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York on Friday agreed to provide
emergency financing to Bear Stearns after the
investment bank said its cash position had deteriorated
sharply, sending its shares into freefall. |
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BBC News |
8:26am PDT |
Medics taught to spot drink abuse |
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Summary: Doctors are to be given special training to spot people who drink too much, the government has said. |
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BBC News |
8:25am PDT |
Missing girl Shannon found alive |
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Summary: A man is arrested after nine-year-old Shannon Matthews is found hidden in the base of a divan bed in West Yorkshire. |
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Cnn.com |
8:24am PDT |
Fed up Tibetans setting fires in capital |
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Summary: Protesters set fire to vehicles and shops in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa on Friday, as tear gas filled the streets and gunfire rang out, a witness told CNN.
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Cnn.com |
8:24am PDT |
Dalai Lama asks fed up rioters to act peacefully |
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Summary: Protesters set fire to vehicles and shops in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa on Friday, as tear gas filled the streets and gunfire rang out, a witness told CNN.
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Yahoo News |
8:23am PDT |
Deadly violence in Tibet as Buddhist monks lead protests
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The Tibetan capital Lhasa erupted in deadly violence Friday as security forces used gunfire to quell the biggest protests against Chinese rule in two decades, officials and rights groups said. |
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Yahoo News |
8:10am PDT |
Weak dollar costs U.S. economy its world No. 1 spot
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The U.S. economy lost the title of
"world's biggest" to the euro zone this week as the value of
the dollar slumped in currency markets. |
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Yahoo News |
8:09am PDT |
Chaos in Tibet as protests spread and deaths reported
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Protesters in Tibet's capital burnt
shops and vehicles and yelled for independence on Friday as the
Himalayan region was hit by its biggest protests in two
decades, prompting the Dalai Lama to warn Beijing against using
"brute force." |
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BBC News |
8:09am PDT |
Nigerian deals 'wasted billions' |
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Summary: Some $2.2bn-worth of Nigerian energy contracts were awarded without bids by the ex-president, officials say. |
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BBC News |
8:04am PDT |
Last case against Zardari dropped |
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Summary: A Pakistani court quashes the last corruption case against Asif Zardari, the widower of Benazir Bhutto. |
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BBC News |
8:03am PDT |
EU agrees climate plan deadline |
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Summary: EU leaders agree to wrap up talks on an ambitious plan to fight climate change by the end of 2008. |
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Today\'s C |
7:57am PDT |
The Summer I Learned to Pray |
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Today\'s C |
7:57am PDT |
Biracial Concerns |
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Summary:
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Today\'s C |
7:57am PDT |
Where'd the Eggs and Bunnies Come From? |
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Today\'s C |
7:57am PDT |
Angel in the Water |
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Summary: A tour boat full of senior citizens capsized right before my eyes.
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CrossMap |
7:57am PDT |
God's Beauty Shop |
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Summary: I believe that God has a beauty shop but it's not like any beauty shop that we know. As soon as we enter the beauty shop.. |
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BBC News |
7:52am PDT |
No radio 'led to parachute death' |
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Summary: A coroner says an Army captain would have survived a parachute jump if he had been given a radio. |
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BBC News |
7:52am PDT |
Lack of radio 'led to para death' |
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Summary: A coroner rules an SAS soldier would have survived a parachute jump if he had been given a radio. |
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BBC News |
7:48am PDT |
US bank gets emergency funds |
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Summary: US bank Bear Stearns gets emergency funding from JP Morgan Chase, with the New York Fed's backing. |
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Cnn.com |
7:45am PDT |
Report: Anti-Semitism on the rise globally |
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Summary: A report from the U.S. State Department details "an upsurge" across the world of anti-Semitism -- hostility and discrimination toward Jewish people.
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BBC News |
7:41am PDT |
Europe develops Moon rover plan |
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Summary: The European Space Agency could send a robot rover to the Moon in order to carry out lunar science and test important technologies for the future. |
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CrossMap |
7:40am PDT |
We Must Answer His Call |
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Summary: I remember many years ago when I first felt God calling me to the mission field, I was filled with awe that.. |
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Yahoo News |
7:38am PDT |
Intensifying credit fears sink stocks
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Stocks plunged early Friday as investors worried that a plan to ease a liquidity crisis at Bear Stearns Cos. indicates how severe credit troubles have become. Each of the major indexes lost more than 1 percent; the Dow Jones industrials fell about 14 |
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Yahoo News |
7:27am PDT |
JPMorgan, NY Fed to provide Bear Stearns financing
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - JPMorgan Chase & Co and the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York on Friday agreed to provide
emergency financing to Bear Stearns, after the investment bank
said its cash position had deteriorated sharply. |
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BBC News |
7:27am PDT |
Bear Stearns gets emergency funds |
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Summary: US bank Bear Stearns gets emergency funding from the Federal Reserve of New York and JP Morgan Chase. |
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Cnn.com |
7:24am PDT |
Broker crisis rattles Wall Street |
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Summary: Stocks tumbled Friday morning after news that Bear Stearns had taken emergency funding exacerbated fears that the Wall Street firm is in a liquidity crisis.
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Yahoo News |
7:23am PDT |
Protests turn violent in Tibetan capital
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Protests led by Buddhist monks against Chinese rule in Tibet turned violent Friday, with shops and vehicles torched and gunshots echoing in the streets of the ancient capital, Lhasa. A radio report said two people had been killed. |
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BBC News |
7:21am PDT |
Nepal considers China Everest ban |
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Summary: Nepal says China has asked it to stop spring expeditions to Mt Everest, amid fears of protests by Tibetan activists. |
