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Yahoo News |
6:39pm PDT |
Ex-'Quincy, M.E.' star Klugman sues NBC
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Summary: AP - Former "Quincy, M.E." star Jack Klugman sued NBC Universal Friday, claiming the studio is lying about the show's profits and owes him money. Klugman, 85, played the crime-busting Dr. R. Quincy on the show from 1976 to 1983. |
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6:18pm PDT |
Browne backs talking to Taleban |
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Summary: The UK should talk to those in the Taleban who can be persuaded to change sides, the defence secretary says. |
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6:18pm PDT |
Talk to Taleban, says Browne |
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Summary: The UK should talk to those in the Taleban who can be persuaded to change sides, the defence secretary says. |
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BBC News |
6:18pm PDT |
Reach out to Taleban, says Browne |
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Summary: The UK should talk to those in the Taleban who can be persuaded to change sides, the defence secretary says. |
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Cnn.com |
5:55pm PDT |
Web site drops film critical of Islam |
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Summary: A London-based Web site has dropped a Dutch lawmaker's film that features disturbing images of terrorist acts juxtaposed with verses from the Quran to paint Islam as a threat to Western society, citing threats to its staff.
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5:52pm PDT |
Steven Seagull returns to motel for cake
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Summary: AP - Steven Seagull has returned to the Super 8 motel here, looking for his customary cake doughnut. Year after year, the ring-billed gull has tapped at the lobby's front door until a staff member gives him the doughnut, said general manager Jodi Chambers |
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5:31pm PDT |
Tenn. zoo breeds endangered frogs
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A new breeding program at the Memphis Zoo could nearly double the known population of an endangered frog species. |
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5:25pm PDT |
Mugabe in final election appeal |
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Summary: Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe accuses his opponents of being Western puppets ahead of elections. |
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5:25pm PDT |
Alexander to go on SNP offensive |
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Summary: Scottish Labour leader Wendy Alexander is expected to attack the SNP in her first conference speech as leader. |
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BBC News |
5:18pm PDT |
Two charged over toddler's death |
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Summary: Police confirm they have charged a man and woman in relation to the alleged neglect of a toddler who died. |
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5:13pm PDT |
Hospital deep clean target missed |
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Summary: The NHS is likely to narrowly miss its target to deep clean all the hospitals in England by the end of March. |
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5:11pm PDT |
Imams, soldiers, schools and the NUT |
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Summary: Mike Baker takes a look behind the headlines on issues of Army recruitment and faith in schools. |
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4:49pm PDT |
Ex-NY Gov. Spitzer dodged DA probe by resigning
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer
saved himself from a grand jury probe over his role in a
political smear campaign when he resigned amid a separate sex
scandal, prosecutors said on Friday. |
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4:17pm PDT |
Clinton: In the race for the long run
(AP)
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Summary: AP - If Hillary Rodham Clinton is feeling heat from pundits and party elders to quit the race and back Barack Obama, you'd never know it from her crowds, energy level and upbeat demeanor on the campaign trail. |
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4:15pm PDT |
Argentine farmers halt tax strike |
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Summary: Argentine farmers suspend a protest against tax rises on their products, to hold talks with the government.. |
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4:13pm PDT |
Poison drummer arrested on rape warrant
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Poison drummer Rikki Rockett was arrested on a rape warrant and his case was turned over to the district attorney's office for possible grand jury consideration, officials said Friday. |
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3:58pm PDT |
Cook accused of spitting on fan's burger
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A fast-food cook and Seattle Seahawks fan has been accused of spitting on a hamburger ordered by a man wearing Pittsburgh Steelers attire. |
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Cnn.com |
3:50pm PDT |
Analysis: Iraqis' Basra fight not going well |
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Summary: The Iraqi military push into the southern city of Basra is not going as well as American officials had hoped, despite President Bush's high praise for the operation, several U.S. officials said today.
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3:49pm PDT |
2 teens arrested in Va. highway gunfire
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A manhunt for shooters whose potshots at passing cars shut down a mountain highway ended Friday when authorities stormed a central Virginia farm, arresting a teenager and firing at a man carrying a gun. |
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3:48pm PDT |
Charges dropped against Marine in Haditha case
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Military prosecutors dropped all
charges on Friday against a Marine accused of killing unarmed
Iraqi women and children at Haditha in 2005, abruptly
dismissing the case on the eve of trial with little
explanation. |
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BBC News |
3:35pm PDT |
Charges dropped in Haditha case |
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Summary: The US military drops charges against a marine accused of involvement in the killing of Iraqi civilians in Haditha. |
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Yahoo News |
3:33pm PDT |
Bush sees 'defining moment' in Iraq
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Summary: AP - President Bush declared on Friday that Iraq stands at a defining moment as it struggles to put down heavily armed Shiite militias. New flare-ups of extremist violence are threatening to undercut security gains and could sway Bush's decision about U.S |
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3:30pm PDT |
Siniora blames Syria for boycott |
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Summary: Two more Arab states say their leaders will not attend the Arab League summit in Damascus. |
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Cnn.com |
3:25pm PDT |
Gray wolf: Still endangered? |
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Summary: The gray wolf was officially removed from the Endangered Species Act's "threatened" list Friday after three decades on the list -- a decision that has stoked controversy among environmentalists and ranchers.
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3:16pm PDT |
US forces launch airstrikes in Iraq
(AP)
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Summary: AP - U.S. forces stepped deeper Friday into the Iraqi government's fight to cripple Shiite militias, launching airstrikes in the southern city of Basra and firing a missile into the main Shiite stronghold in Baghdad. |
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Yahoo News |
3:15pm PDT |
Clinton vows to stay in the race
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Democratic candidate Hillary
Clinton on Friday vowed to stay in the White House race,
rejecting a fellow senator's suggestion that she pull out to
improve their party's chances in November. |
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3:15pm PDT |
Dutch Lawmaker Releases Anti-Quran Film |
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Summary: A Dutch lawmaker released a film highly critical of Islam on Thursday, setting verses of the Muslim holy book against a background of violent images from terrorist ... |
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3:11pm PDT |
Oil price down as Iraq fear eases |
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Summary: Oil prices fall after it emerges that an attack on an Iraqi export pipeline was not as serious as earlier thought. |
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3:09pm PDT |
Rugby U: Sale sink leaders Bath |
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Summary: Sale put in a strong display to beat Premiership leaders Bath as Charlie Hodgson scores 17 points. |
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ChristianPost |
3:06pm PDT |
Bill Allowing Teachers to Question Evolution Advances |
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Summary: The Florida Senate's pre-K-through-12 education committee approved a bill Wednesday that protects teachers who include theories questioning evolution in their coverage of the much-debated ... |
