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Cnn.com |
5:37am PDT |
Fresh fighting flares in al-Sadr stronghold |
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Summary: Clashes erupted Friday in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriya, a stronghold of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said
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Yahoo News |
5:34am PDT |
Personal income up more than expected
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. personal income rose more than
expected in February as the economy teetered on the brink of a
possible recession, while both personal spending and a key
price measure increased only slightly, a government report
showed on Friday |
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Cnn.com |
5:31am PDT |
Obama: Had pastor not retired, I'd have left |
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Summary: Sen. Barack Obama says in an interview scheduled to air on TV Friday that he would have left his church if his pastor had not retired and had not acknowledged making comments that "deeply offended people."
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Cnn.com |
5:24am PDT |
Asperger's: My life as an Earthbound alien |
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Summary: Recently, at 48 years of age, I was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome. For most of my life, I knew that I was "other," not quite like everyone else. I searched for years for answers and found none, until an assignment at work required me to research auti |
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5:19am PDT |
More Arab leaders boycott summit |
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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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Yahoo News |
5:14am PDT |
Police close off Lhasa's Muslim quarter
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Police closed off Lhasa's Muslim quarter on Friday, two weeks after Tibetan rioters burned down the city's mosque during the largest anti-Chinese protests in nearly two decades. |
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BBC News |
5:03am PDT |
Rig tragedy vessel 'not suitable' |
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Summary: A tug was not suitable for the job it was performing when it sank with the loss of eight lives, a report finds. |
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Yahoo News |
5:03am PDT |
US jets drop bombs in Basra
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A British military spokesman in Basra says U.S. warplanes have carried out at least two airstrikes overnight in Iraq's southern oil port. |
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Yahoo News |
4:59am PDT |
Dean: Bickering Democrats may hurt party
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Democratic Party chief Howard Dean says Barack Obama, Hillary Rodham Clinton and their supporters should beware of tearing each other down, demoralizing the base and damaging the party's chances of winning the White House in November. |
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4:58am PDT |
North Korea tests short-range missiles
(AP)
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Summary: AP - North Korea underscored its anger over South Korea's tough new stance toward the communist country with the test-firing of short-range missiles. |
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4:56am PDT |
Memphis takes on Michigan St. tonight
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The NCAA men's basketball tournament resumes tonight with Memphis, the top seed in the South, taking on Michigan State and Texas going against Stanford. In the Midwest, top-seed Kansas plays Villanova and Wisconsin takes on Davidson. |
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BBC News |
4:45am PDT |
Zimbabwe forces 'on full alert' |
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Summary: Zimbabwe's security chiefs say forces are on full alert amid fears of violence after Saturday's election. |
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4:44am PDT |
Clinton walks tightrope on strength and emotion
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Be strong or show
some emotion? Stick to policy or share your private life? |
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BBC News |
4:42am PDT |
Football: Keane slams managers |
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Summary: Sunderland manager Roy Keane hits out at the "hypocrisy" of his colleagues over their demand for respect for referees. |
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4:40am PDT |
Senator Casey endorses Obama
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania
endorsed on Friday Barack Obama's campaign for the Democratic
nomination for president in a boost for the Illinois senator. |
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BBC News |
4:37am PDT |
T5 chaos 'not BA's finest hour' |
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Summary: The disruption on the opening day Heathrow's new terminal affected Britain's reputation, BA chief executive admits. |
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Cnn.com |
4:37am PDT |
College student missing almost two months |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
4:37am PDT |
France bans some mozzarella |
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Summary: France tells shops to withdraw some Italian mozzarella cheese from sale amid a dioxins scare. |
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Cnn.com |
4:31am PDT |
Indian 'witch' tied to tree, beaten by mob |
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Summary: An Indian woman accused of being a witch was tied to a tree and beaten by a mob, with television footage of the incident aired in India on Friday.
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BBC News |
4:27am PDT |
Gay men risk of HIV 'still high' |
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Summary: The number of new cases of HIV among gay men in the UK remains stubbornly high, figures for 2007 show. |
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ChristianPost |
4:22am PDT |
Progressive Evangelicals Look to Reshape Political Image |
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Summary: An evangelical group that wants to reshape the movement's political reputation for being focused on opposing abortion and same-sex marriage is hoping that a series of meetings stressing its roots in women's suffrage and abolition will help it break out of |
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BBC News |
4:16am PDT |
Report warns of UK recession risk |
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Summary: There is a one in three chance of the UK going into a recession over the next two years, a report says. |
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ChristianPost |
4:11am PDT |
Muslim Militants Free Filipino Catholic School Teacher |
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Summary: Muslim militants in the southern Philippines have released a teacher kidnapped in a January school attack that killed a Roman Catholic priest, police ... |
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Yahoo News |
4:10am PDT |
Pennsylvania senator to endorse Obama
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Barack Obama will be endorsed by Pennsylvania Senator Bob Casey. |
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ChristianPost |
4:03am PDT |
Web Tip Leads Mom to Asia, Abducted Son |
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Summary: Tiffany Rubin had all but given up hope of ever seeing her abducted child again when she received an anonymous tip through her MySpace ... |
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BBC News |
3:54am PDT |
Tutu wants SA arms deal inquiry |
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Summary: South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu calls for an inquiry into a controversial 1999 arms deal. |
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ChristianPost |
3:46am PDT |
Light in the Shadows |
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Summary: There is a certain type of film that has captivated audiences for decades. It is dark and eerie. There is mystery, and always something lurking around the next corner. I am talking about films like The Maltese Falcon starring Humphrey Bogart, Double Indem |
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Yahoo News |
3:40am PDT |
Dalai Lama makes fresh appeal for talks with Beijing on Tibet
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The Dalai Lama appealed to China's leaders Friday to enter into "meaningful dialogue" over the crisis in Tibet, according to a statement from the exiled spiritual leader. |
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Yahoo News |
3:39am PDT |
U.S. forces drawn deeper into Iraq crackdown
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. forces were drawn deeper into
Iraq's four day-old crackdown on Shi'ite militants on Friday,
launching air strikes in Basra for the first time and battling
militants in Baghdad. |
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BBC News |
3:28am PDT |
Dead girl's rent 'must be paid' |
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Summary: A County Armagh couple whose daughter died at university are told they must pay her rent. |
