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BBC News |
10:04am PDT |
Puerto Rico governor denies fraud |
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Summary: Puerto Rico Governor Anibal Acevedo Vila pleads not guilty to corruption charges linked to campaign finance. |
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Yahoo News |
10:03am PDT |
Zimbabwe security forces on full alert ahead of polls
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Zimbabwe's security forces were placed on full alert Friday to head off possible violence at this weekend's elections as President Robert Mugabe's opponents feared the outcome had already been fixed. |
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Yahoo News |
9:50am PDT |
Russia says NATO "playing with fire" on expansion
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Russia warned against NATO expansion
into ex-Soviet neighbors Georgia and Ukraine on Friday before a
NATO summit next week that will discuss what Moscow sees as
encroaching deep into its backyard. |
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BBC News |
9:49am PDT |
Trapped woman killed on rail line |
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Summary: A woman is killed by a train when her foot becomes trapped on a level crossing in an Essex. |
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Yahoo News |
9:47am PDT |
Top Democrat warns fight risks demoralizing voters
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. Democratic Party chief Howard
Dean warned on Friday the acrimonious fight between Barack
Obama and Hillary Clinton risked demoralizing Democrats and
urged them to tone down personal attacks. |
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BBC News |
9:42am PDT |
NHS staff papers found dumped |
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Summary: Documents containing payroll information on 150 NHS staff members have been found dumped in a street. |
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Yahoo News |
9:37am PDT |
Bush sees Iraq violence as defining
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Bush said Friday that the flare up in violence in oil-rich southern Iraq and parts of Baghdad presents "a defining moment in the history of Iraq" as the government there seeks to rout out Shiite militias. |
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Cnn.com |
9:28am PDT |
After 2 Iraq tours, Marine finally an American |
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Summary: U.S. Marine Cpl. Mario Ramos-Villalta put on his freshly pressed uniform early Thursday as a citizen of El Salvador. By the end of the day, he would be a citizen of the United States of America.
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Yahoo News |
9:25am PDT |
Consumers, inflation weaken as slowdown drags on
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Consumer confidence fell further into
recessionary territory in March, hitting a 16-year low, even as
other data showed incomes rose and inflation dipped in
February, which should support the Fed's efforts to bolster the
economy. |
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Cnn.com |
9:24am PDT |
Smiley faces open new world for autistic |
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Summary: David Savill finds it hard to know if people are happy or sad. But in Second Life, members of the online community use smiley faces or angry signs so even people with some form of autism -- like Savill -- know what others are feeling. Now Savill has built |
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Yahoo News |
9:24am PDT |
1 inmate dead in Texas prison riot
(AP)
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Summary: AP - One inmate was killed and 15 others were hospitalized after a riot at a federal prison in South Texas early Friday. |
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BBC News |
9:21am PDT |
Iraq extends Shia arms deadline |
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Summary: Iraq extends a deadline for militias in Basra to hand over weapons, as aid agencies fear a humanitarian crisis. |
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Cnn.com |
9:16am PDT |
Police: 16-year-old confesses to 12 killings |
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CTI News |
9:11am PDT |
Review: '21' |
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Summary: Inspired by a true story, MIT students learn to beat blackjack?and Vegas--by counting cards. But is the film as interesting as the book? Don't bet on it.
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CTI News |
9:11am PDT |
Review: 'Stop-Loss' |
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Summary: A reliance on exaggerated melodrama sabotages what should be an important and thought-provoking discussion on this country's treatment of its brave war veterans.
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Cnn.com |
9:11am PDT |
Police: 16-year-old boy confesses to 12 killings |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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CTI News |
9:11am PDT |
Postmodern L'Abri |
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Summary: The Swiss retreat now tends less to philosophical skeptics than to disaffected evangelicals.
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Cnn.com |
9:07am PDT |
One arrested in interstate shootings |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
8:59am PDT |
Muslim countries, Europeans condemn anti-Islam film
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - An anti-Islam film posted online by a far-right Dutch deputy drew fire Friday from Muslims and European officials, and a call for calm from Muslims in The Netherlands fearing a violent response. |
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BBC News |
8:54am PDT |
Terrorism convict released early |
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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 |
8:51am PDT |
Cuba ends restriction on cellular phones
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Cuba said on Friday it will allow all
Cubans to buy and use mobile telephones for the first time in
the latest step by new President Raul Castro to improve access
to consumer goods. |
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BBC News |
8:51am PDT |
UN says 'criminals' killed Hariri |
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Summary: A UN inquiry says a "criminal network" was behind the 2005 killing of former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri. |
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BBC News |
8:48am PDT |
PM says 'we'll stand up to SNP' |
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Summary: Prime Minister Gordon Brown attacks the SNP saying it is the party of separation which Labour must stand up to. |
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Yahoo News |
8:41am PDT |
Pelosi opposes Olympic boycott
(AP)
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Summary: AP - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a longtime critic of China's human rights policies, said Friday it would be wrong to boycott the Beijing Olympics. |
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Yahoo News |
8:36am PDT |
Suspect arrested in Va. highway gunfire
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Police in Virginia say they have arrested a suspect in a series of shootings along a mountain highway. |
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Yahoo News |
8:30am PDT |
Pa. Sen. Bob Casey endorses Obama
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey has endorsed Democrat Barack Obama. Casey said Friday at a boisterous rally, "I believe in my heart that there is one person whose uniquely qualified to lead us in that new direction and that is Barack Obama." |
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Yahoo News |
8:19am PDT |
Swan reunited with beloved paddleboat
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Petra the black swan has been reunited with her beloved swan-shaped paddleboat after a failed romance with a real bird. |
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BBC News |
8:17am PDT |
US warns N Korea on missile tests |
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Summary: The US urges North Korea to focus on nuclear disarmament, after Pyongyang test-fires several short range missiles. |
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BBC News |
8:02am PDT |
Monks serve papers on RSPCA |
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Summary: Hindu monks serve legal papers on the RSPCA over the killing of a sacred cow at a Hertfordshire temple. |
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Theophiles |
7:57am PDT |
Radio Silence |
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Summary: From The Wall Street Journal:
Usually radio hosts have to offend sacred moral sensibilities to be thrown off the air. Opie and Anthony were fired after they encouraged a couple to have sex in St. Patrick's Cathedral. Don Imus lost his job after using raci |
