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5:19pm PDT |
Jewish leader calls Hagee 'extremist'
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Summary: AP - The leader of the largest branch of American Judaism said Wednesday that synagogues in the movement shouldn't work with the Rev. John Hagee, a Christian Zionist, calling him an "extremist" on Israeli policy who disparages other faiths. |
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5:14pm PDT |
Head on beach face to be revealed |
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Summary: Police hope to issue an artist's impression of the woman whose head and hands were found on a beach. |
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5:11pm PDT |
Al-Qaida's No. 2 defends deadly attacks
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Al-Qaida No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri, rejecting criticism of attacks by the terror network's followers that have killed thousands, maintained Wednesday that it does not kill innocent people. |
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5:05pm PDT |
Admiral: Iraq has troops; Afghanistan waits |
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Summary: The U.S. military has too many troops tied down in Iraq to send needed reinforcements to Afghanistan this year, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs said Wednesday.
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4:49pm PDT |
Grieving family lobby Downing St |
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Summary: The family of a British student who died in Germany five years ago are petitioning the government to intervene. |
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4:47pm PDT |
Memo justified warrantless surveillance
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Summary: AP - For at least 16 months after the Sept. 11 terror attacks in 2001, the Bush administration believed that the Constitution's protection against unreasonable searches and seizures on U.S. soil didn't apply to its efforts to protect against terrorism. |
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4:46pm PDT |
Ricin-exposed man's cousin indicted |
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Summary: A Utah man whose cousin was believed exposed to the deadly poison ricin was accused Wednesday of failing to report its production and possession, authorities said.
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4:31pm PDT |
Vets 'at risk from miscarriage' |
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Summary: Female vets over-exposed to the gases they use could be raising their chances of miscarriage, claims research. |
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4:29pm PDT |
Zimbabwe awaits end to silence on presidential vote
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Summary: AFP - Zimbabweans waited anxiously on Thursday for an end to a deafening official silence over the outcome of their presidential election, after the opposition took control of parliament. |
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4:27pm PDT |
Daily caffeine 'protects brain' |
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Summary: Coffee may cut the risk of dementia by blocking the damage cholesterol can inflict on the body, research suggests. |
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4:27pm PDT |
Train crush man's legs amputated |
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Summary: Paramedics amputate a man's legs after they are crushed by a train at a mainline station. |
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4:23pm PDT |
Final results in Zimbabwe parliament poll issued
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Final results of Zimbabwe's
parliamentary election have been issued after President Robert
Mugabe lost control of the assembly for the first time since
taking power after independence, the electoral commission said. |
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4:22pm PDT |
Bank urges 'new deal' on hunger |
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Summary: World Bank President Robert Zoellick calls for a 'new deal' to fight hunger, with a focus on sub-Saharan Africa. |
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4:18pm PDT |
Tennis player's bloody tantrum a YouTube hit |
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4:18pm PDT |
Stepfather on child porn charges |
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Summary: The stepfather of former missing schoolgirl Shannon Matthews is charged with possessing indecent images of children. |
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4:08pm PDT |
United cancels flights, grounds 777s for checks
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - United Airlines, a unit of UAL Corp,
became on Wednesday the latest major U.S. carrier to ground
planes and cancel flights due to a lapse in maintenance work. |
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4:06pm PDT |
Space truck's big moment arrives |
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Summary: Europe's sophisticated new space freighter, the ATV, is set to dock with the International Space Station. |
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4:06pm PDT |
Lester, Ortiz lead Red Sox past A's
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Jon Lester pitched three-hit ball into the seventh inning, David Ortiz broke open a scoreless game with a two-run homer and the Boston Red Sox beat the Oakland Athletics 5-0 Wednesday. |
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4:05pm PDT |
Explosion destroys Wis. church; 7 hurt
(AP)
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Summary: AP - An explosion in a Milwaukee suburb demolished a church and damaged two homes Wednesday, injuring seven people, including three firefighters, authorities said. |
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4:03pm PDT |
Revenue tactics 'more effective' |
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Summary: HMRC has become more effective at tackling tax evasion in the hidden economy, says the NAO. |
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4:03pm PDT |
Blair to urge key role for faith |
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Summary: Former prime minister Tony Blair is to call for faith to be given a central role in tackling the world's problems. |
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4:03pm PDT |
Taxing problem |
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Summary: Authorities' growing success in counter evasion work |
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3:50pm PDT |
NATO seeks solace for Ukraine and Georgia
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - NATO leaders will seek ways to
console Ukraine and Georgia at a summit on Thursday after
failing to agree to open the door of the Western military
alliance to the former Soviet republics. |
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3:42pm PDT |
Al-Qaeda deputy defends attacks |
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Summary: Al-Qaeda's deputy leader Ayman Zawahiri defends attacks on UN offices, describing the body as an enemy to Muslims. |
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3:36pm PDT |
Sotheby's to sell 1864 Lincoln letter |
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Summary: Among the rare manuscripts to be offered for sale at Sotheby's auction house Thursday is an 1864 letter in which Abraham Lincoln replies to the abolitionist pleas of 195 young boys and girls.
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3:35pm PDT |
Site safety |
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Summary: Parents strive to protect children on social networks |
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3:33pm PDT |
Cops: Girl, 7, slain while hundreds searched |
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3:26pm PDT |
TSA touts bomb arrest at Fla. airport
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Summary: AP - A Jamaican arrested after trying to check luggage containing pipe bomb-making materials onto a flight home explained that he wanted to show his friends there how to make them, authorities said Wednesday. |
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3:10pm PDT |
NATO to invite in Albania, Croatia but little hope for others
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - NATO leaders agreed late Wednesday to invite Albania and Croatia into their military alliance, but the hopes of three other aspiring nations appeared to have been put on the back-burner. |
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3:04pm PDT |
Suppan leads Brewers past Cubs 8-2
(AP)
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Summary: AP - So much for the Chicago Cubs getting off to a fast start in their quest to win the World Series for the first time in 100 years. Jeff Suppan held Chicago to two runs and six hits in 6 1-3 innings, Rickie Weeks homered on the game's first pitch and Ja |
