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BBC News |
12:49pm PDT |
Force unveils new chief constable |
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Summary: Ian Arundale is named as the new chief constable of Dyfed-Powys Police, succeeding Terry Grange. |
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BBC News |
12:47pm PDT |
Two arrests over Matalan stabbing |
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Summary: Police arrest two men on suspicion of murdering east London shop manager Jamie Simpson. |
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BBC News |
12:32pm PDT |
Cycling: Second win for Romero |
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Summary: Chris Hoy wins gold in the men's sprint to take Great Britain's gold medal tally to six, and makes history by becoming the first rider to win world titles in track cycling's four speed events. |
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BBC News |
12:28pm PDT |
Space truck ready for rehearsals |
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Summary: Europe's ATV freighter lines itself up for practice docking manoeuvres at the space station. |
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ChristianPost |
12:15pm PDT |
Popular Bible Stories Re-Written, Include Alcoholic Goliath |
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Summary: Some of the most popular stories in the Bible were recently re-written by a British Anglican vicar, including the story of Goliath, who in the retelling is a celebrity binge ... |
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Cnn.com |
12:14pm PDT |
More tests at Manson ranch for buried bodies |
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Summary: Authorities will continue to test soil at a California ranch that was once home to cult leader Charles Manson, looking for more evidence of buried bodies before any excavations begin, the county sheriff announced Friday.
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Yahoo News |
12:00pm PDT |
Piers Morgan wins `Celebrity Apprentice'
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Piers Morgan is hired. The former British tabloid editor was crowned the winner on NBC's "The Celebrity Apprentice," triumphing over Trace Adkins. |
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Yahoo News |
11:46am PDT |
Puerto Rican governor pleads innocent to fraud
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Puerto Rican Gov. Anibal
Acevedo Vila surrendered to U.S. authorities on Friday and
pleaded not guilty to campaign finance fraud charges as
hundreds of flag-waving supporters demonstrated outside the
federal courthouse in San Juan. |
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BBC News |
11:42am PDT |
Man accused of raping woman, 87 |
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Summary: A 41-year-old man is to appear in court charged with the rape of a grandmother at her home in Great Yarmouth. |
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BBC News |
11:41am PDT |
Terrorist releases prompt U-turn |
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Summary: Ministers change early release scheme after two terrorism convicts were let out of jail to ease overcrowding. |
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Yahoo News |
11:23am PDT |
Charges against Marine in Haditha case dropped
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Charges were dismissed on Friday
against a U.S. Marine accused of involuntary manslaughter and
aggravated assault in the 2005 shooting deaths of two dozen
unarmed Iraqi civilians at Haditha. |
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ChristianPost |
11:23am PDT |
Calif. Appeals Court Will Reconsider Homeschool Ruling |
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Summary: The California appeals court has agreed to reconsider the controversial ruling it made last month that criminalized most homeschooling in the state and sparked an uproar from homeschooling advocates ... |
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BBC News |
11:09am PDT |
Man cleared of harassing actress |
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Summary: A Nottingham man is cleared of harassing actress Samantha Morton but given a restraining order. |
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BBC News |
11:04am PDT |
UN says 'network' killed Hariri |
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Summary: A UN inquiry says a "network of individuals" was behind the 2005 killing of former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri. |
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Cnn.com |
11:03am PDT |
Police: 16-year-old admits 12 killings |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
10:58am PDT |
Terrorist releases prompt u-turn |
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Summary: A convicted terrorist has been freed from jail early because of prison overcrowding, the government says. |
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Yahoo News |
10:52am PDT |
U.N.'s Ban condemns Dutch film as anti-Islamic
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.N. Secretary-General Ban
Ki-moon on Friday condemned as "offensively anti-Islamic" a
Dutch lawmaker's film that accuses the Koran of inciting
violence. |
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Cnn.com |
10:48am PDT |
Bush: Basra fighting a 'defining moment' |
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Summary: President Bush today praised the Iraqi government's military push into Basra as "a defining moment in the history of a free Iraq," saying the government is fighting criminals there. "It's a necessary part of the development of a free society," Bush said a |
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Yahoo News |
10:40am PDT |
Case dropped against Haditha defendant
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Marine Corps is dropping all charges against a lance corporal who was accused of involuntary manslaughter in a squad's killing of 24 Iraqis in Haditha in 2005. |
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BBC News |
10:30am PDT |
$100bn Fed move over credit fears |
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Summary: The Fed makes billions of dollars available to banks in an auction hoping to ease credit-crunch concerns. |
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BBC News |
10:30am PDT |
Five guilty of 'honey trap' kidnap |
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Summary: Five people are convicted of a £10m plot to kidnap a businessman by seducing him. |
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Yahoo News |
10:21am PDT |
Diplomats visit Tibet as EU split on Olympic opening boycott
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - China on Friday allowed the first foreign diplomats to visit Tibet following deadly riots, as European nations appeared split on the idea of boycotting the Beijing Olympics opening. |
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BBC News |
10:15am PDT |
Ten candidates for London mayor |
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Summary: Ten candidates will battle it out to be the next mayor of London in the 1 May election, officials say. |
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BBC News |
10:11am PDT |
Italy recalls tainted mozzarella |
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Summary: The Italian authorities withdraw mozzarella cheese linked to dioxin contamination - satisfying the EU. |
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BBC News |
10:10am PDT |
Football: Wembley loses final |
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Summary: Wembley loses 2010 Champions League to Real Madrid's Bernabeu Stadium due to high taxes. |
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BBC News |
10:10am PDT |
Wembley loses final over tax |
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Summary: Wembley loses 2010 Champions League to Real Madrid's Bernabeu Stadium due to high taxes. |
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BBC News |
10:10am PDT |
Wembley loses 2010 final over tax |
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Summary: Wembley loses 2010 Champions League to Real Madrid's Bernabeu Stadium due to high taxes. |
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Yahoo News |
10:10am PDT |
One inmate dead in Texas prison riot
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - An inmate was killed and more than
20 injured on Friday in a riot at a federal prison in Three
Rivers, Texas. |
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Cnn.com |
10:09am PDT |
Inmate dead, 22 hurt in Texas prison fights |
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Summary: One inmate was killed and several others were injured when two fights broke out early Friday at a federal prison in Texas, the U.S. Bureau of Prisons said.
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BBC News |
10:08am PDT |
'Network' killed Hariri, says UN |
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Summary: A "criminal network" of individuals was behind the killing of former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri, the UN says. |
