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Yahoo News |
3:25pm PDT |
Cheney visits Afghanistan, wants more NATO troops
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney visited
Afghanistan on Thursday and met President Hamid Karzai ahead of
a NATO summit where Washington will urge its allies to send
more troops to fight a tough Taliban insurgency. |
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Yahoo News |
3:18pm PDT |
Early life on Earth - no predators, plenty of sex
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Sexual reproduction may be nearly as
old as animal life itself, according to researchers who
discovered a new species of organism that lived 540 million
years ago. |
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Yahoo News |
3:17pm PDT |
Clinton unveils new stimulus package
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Democratic presidential
candidate Hillary Clinton unveiled a second economic stimulus
package on Thursday as a new poll showed her maintaining her
lead over Barack Obama among Democrats. |
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Yahoo News |
3:15pm PDT |
Saturn moon may have ocean of water
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Scientists say they have found the best evidence yet that an ocean of liquid water may be hidden below the surface of Saturn's giant moon Titan. |
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Yahoo News |
3:04pm PDT |
Judge allows questioning in Clinton suit
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A battle over Hillary Rodham Clinton's record as first lady broke out on two fronts Thursday, as a federal judge stepped into a dispute over the handling of still-unreleased Clinton phone logs and Barack Obama's campaign challenged her record on trad |
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Yahoo News |
3:03pm PDT |
Obama ties economic woes to Iraq war
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Barack Obama blamed the Iraq war for higher oil prices and skyrocketing debt Thursday as he sought to tie the unpopular war to the slumping economy in working-class West Virginia. |
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Cnn.com |
3:02pm PDT |
Woman on boat dies after ray strikes her |
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Summary: A spotted eagle ray leaped from the water off the Florida Keys today and struck a woman who was on a boat with her husband and children, pushing her backwards onto the boat deck and killing her, officials said. A state official said the woman died when sh |
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BBC News |
2:56pm PDT |
Police hunt for missing teenager |
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Summary: Ninety police officers and other rescuers take part in a search for a missing teenage girl in Devon. |
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Cnn.com |
2:50pm PDT |
NYC crane inspector charged in collapse |
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CTI News |
2:41pm PDT |
Review: 'Under the Same Moon' |
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Summary: A moving yet heavy-handed look at the issue of illegal immigration through the eyes of a mother and her nine-year-old son.
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Yahoo News |
2:22pm PDT |
Clinton calls for $30 billion housing fund
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Democratic presidential
hopeful Hillary Clinton called on Thursday for a second
stimulus package, including a $30 billion emergency housing
fund, to help boost the ailing U.S. economy. |
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ChristianPost |
2:19pm PDT |
Christian School to Honor Obama Pastor Amid Controversy |
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Summary: Controversy surrounding Barack Obama’s longtime minister is not deterring a Texas divinity school from honoring the Rev. Jeremiah Wright at a ceremony later this ... |
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Yahoo News |
2:15pm PDT |
Bin Laden urges jihad for Palestinians
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Osama bin Laden lashed out Thursday at Palestinian peace negotiations with Israel and called for a holy war to liberate the Palestinian lands. |
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BBC News |
2:13pm PDT |
King may help banks more |
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Summary: Bosses of Britain's biggest banks are optimistic that they are going to get extra help from the Bank of England. |
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BBC News |
2:13pm PDT |
King may give more help to banks |
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Summary: The Bank of England considers a request for an emergency fund to deal with financial crises like the credit crunch. |
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BBC News |
2:13pm PDT |
Banks may get more help |
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Summary: The Bank of England considers a request by Britain's big banks to reform the way it provides emergency funding. |
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Yahoo News |
2:10pm PDT |
McCain campaign suspends staffer for race video
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Republican John McCain's
presidential campaign on Thursday suspended a staffer for
sending a racially charged video involving Democrat Barack
Obama and his controversial preacher. |
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Yahoo News |
2:09pm PDT |
Stingray kills woman on boat in Fla.
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A 75-pound stingray killed a Michigan woman Thursday when it flew out of the water and struck her face as she rode a boat in the Florida Keys, officials said. |
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Yahoo News |
2:08pm PDT |
Weary Midwesterners battle rising rivers
(AP)
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Summary: AP - With more than a dozen people killed by floodwaters and rivers still rising, weary Midwesterners on Thursday weighed not just the prospect of a sodden cleanup but the likelihood that their communities could be inundated again. |
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Cnn.com |
1:58pm PDT |
Purported bin Laden tape: Iraq a 'perfect base' |
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Summary: Al-Jazeera broadcast on Thursday an audiotape on which a voice identified as Osama bin Laden declares "Iraq is the perfect base to set up the jihad to liberate Palestine."
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BBC News |
1:53pm PDT |
ITV retains Champions League |
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Summary: ITV retains the rights to broadcast UEFA Champions League matches as part of a new deal for 2009 - 2012. |
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BBC News |
1:53pm PDT |
Football: Champs League for ITV |
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Summary: ITV retains the rights to broadcast UEFA Champions League matches as part of a new deal for 2009 - 2012. |
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BBC News |
1:53pm PDT |
ITV wins Champions League rights |
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Summary: ITV retains the rights to broadcast UEFA Champions League matches as part of a new deal for 2009 - 2012. |
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Yahoo News |
1:52pm PDT |
China pours troops into Tibet, admits shooting protesters
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Thousands of soldiers were seen in Lhasa on Thursday amid reports of a huge military build-up as China admitted for the first time it had shot Tibetan protesters. |
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BBC News |
1:51pm PDT |
Deport paedophile 'on register' |
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Summary: A paedophile who moved to Australia as a child and returned to the UK will be put on the sex offenders' register. |
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Yahoo News |
1:51pm PDT |
Statehouses often look like frat houses
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Of all the wisecracks heard in the marble halls of New York's Capitol after Gov. Eliot Spitzer's downfall in a call-girl scandal, one jest enlightened as much as it stung: Spitzer's got to be the only guy in Albany who PAYS for sex. |
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BBC News |
1:50pm PDT |
Livingstone inspirational - PM |
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Summary: Gordon Brown praises London Mayor Ken Livingstone for being an "inspirational" figure to the city. |
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Cnn.com |
1:49pm PDT |
Woman dies after ray strikes her |
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Summary: A spotted eagle ray leaped from the water off the Florida Keys today and struck a woman who was on a boat with her husband and children, pushing her backwards onto the boat deck and killing her, officials said. A Florida official said the woman died when |
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Yahoo News |
1:41pm PDT |
Court bans Libby from practicing law
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Former top White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby was banned Thursday from practicing law in the nation's capital following his perjury conviction in the case of a CIA operative's leaked identity. The disbarment order of the District of Columbia C |
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ChristianPost |
1:40pm PDT |
Major Contest to Bolster Church's AIDS Fight |
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Summary: The Willow Creek Association and World Vision for the second year in a row are inviting churches around the world to enter a contest that will award $100,000 to the church that best demonstrates ''outstanding'' involvement and effectiveness in the fight a |
