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Yahoo News |
2:54pm PDT |
5th-grader finds mistake at Smithsonian
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Is fifth-grader Kenton Stufflebeam smarter than the Smithsonian? The 11-year-old boy, who lives in Allegan but attends Alamo Elementary School near Kalamazoo, went with his family during winter break to the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum o |
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Cnn.com |
2:38pm PDT |
Autistic kids linked to same sperm donor |
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Summary: He's only 5½ years old, yet he's practically memorized the entire New York City subway grid.
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Yahoo News |
2:37pm PDT |
Zawahri says U.N. is enemy, vows attacks on Jews
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Al Qaeda's second-in-command Ayman
al-Zawahri described the United Nations as an enemy to Muslims
and vowed attacks on Jews both inside and outside Israel in a
statement posted on the Internet on Wednesday. |
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Yahoo News |
2:33pm PDT |
Experts dubious of Ga. 3rd-grader plot
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Allegations that third-graders hatched an elaborate plot to knock out, handcuff and stab their teacher were met with shock by neighbors and with doubt by psychiatry experts who said it is unlikely that children that young seriously intended to hurt a |
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Yahoo News |
2:29pm PDT |
Obama trims Clinton's lead in Pa.
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Sen. Barack Obama received endorsements Wednesday from a labor union and two Democratic superdelegates, as a poll showed he has cut Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's lead in Pennsylvania almost in half since mid-February as he strives to deny her a resou |
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CTI News |
2:27pm PDT |
Study: Conservative Theology Means Smaller Bank Accounts |
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Summary: Duke sociologist says conservative Protestants save less and accumulate fewer assets.
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Yahoo News |
2:25pm PDT |
Obama and Clinton focus on economy in Pennsylvania
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Democrat Barack Obama on Wednesday
disputed presidential rival Hillary Clinton's claims to be a
champion of the middle class and promised to fight corporate
interests that he said rigged the economy against working
families. |
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Yahoo News |
2:22pm PDT |
Man tells FBI explosives were for show
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A Jamaican accused of trying to check a bag containing pipe bomb-making materials onto a plane told the FBI he wanted to show friends how to build explosives like he saw in Iraq, according to documents released Wednesday. |
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BBC News |
2:20pm PDT |
New French force for Afghanistan |
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Summary: France has agreed to send an extra battalion of troops to Afghanistan, a Nato spokesman has said. |
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Yahoo News |
2:18pm PDT |
Senate leaders agree on housing relief
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Momentum built Wednesday for a bipartisan Senate bill designed to ease the slumping housing market and help millions of families threatened by foreclosure, though economists are skeptical that it will help much. |
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2:17pm PDT |
Burglar plays dead at funeral home
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A burglar who broke into a funeral home tried to fool police by playing dead, but two things gave him away. First, he breathed. Plus, he wore grungy clothes rather than the Sunday best of those settling in for eternal rest. |
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Cnn.com |
2:02pm PDT |
McCain draws up list of possible VPs |
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Summary: A prominent Christian conservative leader has reproached Sen. John McCain for not reaching out to conservatives and accused him of dividing the Republican Party.
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BBC News |
1:56pm PDT |
United grounds Boeing 777 fleet |
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Summary: United Airlines cancels 31 flights after grounding its entire fleet of Boeing 777 aircraft. |
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Yahoo News |
1:52pm PDT |
Bernanke says recession possible
(AP)
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Summary: AP - For the first time, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke acknowledged the U.S. could reel into recession from the powerful punches of housing, credit and financial crises. Yet, he was coy about the Fed's next move. |
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1:51pm PDT |
NATO aide: No deal on Ukraine, Georgia
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A NATO official said Wednesday he did not expect that Georgia and Ukraine would be placed on track for membership in the military alliance at the organization's summit. |
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Yahoo News |
1:50pm PDT |
Mugabe's party loses grip on parliament
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Robert Mugabe's long-ruling party lost its parliamentary majority Wednesday, bolstering opposition claims that impoverished Zimbabweans voted for change in this struggling southern African nation. |
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BBC News |
1:43pm PDT |
Liverpool clinch draw at Arsenal |
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Summary: Liverpool frustrate Arsenal as they hold them to a 1-1 draw in the Champions League quarter-final first leg at the Emirates. |
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BBC News |
1:38pm PDT |
Fenerbahce 2-1 Chelsea |
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Summary: Fenerbahce mount a stunning comeback to shock Chelsea in their Champions League quarter-final first leg. |
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Yahoo News |
1:35pm PDT |
Labor union, superdelegate endorse Obama
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Sen. Barack Obama received endorsements Wednesday from a labor union and a Democratic superdelegate, as he tried to regain the presidential campaign momentum he enjoyed before Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton won two large states last month. |
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ChristianPost |
1:35pm PDT |
Habitat to Build Thousands of Green Homes |
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Summary: Habitat for Humanity International, in partnership with The Home Depot Foundation, recently announced a national green building initiative to build thousands of homes that are more energy efficient and ... |
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Yahoo News |
1:31pm PDT |
King slaying stained Memphis for years
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Joe Warren dropped his head to his hands, sobbing as he remembered back 40 years to the bitter garbage workers strike that drew Martin Luther King Jr. to Memphis — and to his death. |
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Yahoo News |
1:30pm PDT |
Wall Street pulls back as oil spikes
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Wall Street turned lower Wednesday as investors worried that a sharp jump in oil prices could be another sign that consumers are under stress in an economy that is already showing signs of a recession. |
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BBC News |
1:07pm PDT |
Stones on show at film premiere |
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Summary: The Rolling Stones attend the premiere of their "rockumentary", Shine A Light, in London's West End. |
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ChristianPost |
1:05pm PDT |
Zimbabwe State Media Predict Vote Runoff |
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Summary: Zimbabwe's state newspaper on Wednesday predicted a runoff in last weekend's presidential vote — the first official admission that the country's autocratic leader of 28 years has failed to win ... |
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BBC News |
12:47pm PDT |
Call to reject Burma constitution |
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Summary: Burma's National League for Democracy urges voters to reject the army-backed constitution in a referendum. |
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BBC News |
12:46pm PDT |
Living with autism |
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Summary: What is life like for the people with the condition? |
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Yahoo News |
12:46pm PDT |
U.S. troop cut in Iraq to continue
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Violence in Baghdad and southern
Iraq will not derail U.S. plans to withdraw combat troops from
the war zone through July, the top U.S. military officer said
on Wednesday. |
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ChristianPost |
12:37pm PDT |
Protestors Kick Off Prayer Effort Against China's Handling of N. Korean Refugees |
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Summary: Korean-American churches staged the first of a series of prayer vigils Tuesday at Chinese consulates in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., to protest China’s treatment of North Korean refugees ahead of the Beijing ... |
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Yahoo News |
12:36pm PDT |
Knicks hire Donnie Walsh as president
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Donnie Walsh was hired Wednesday as president of the New York Knicks, and said he would wait a few days before deciding on Isiah Thomas' future with the organization. |
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Yahoo News |
12:35pm PDT |
Obama would consider Gore for major post
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Sen. Barack Obama said Wednesday he would give Al Gore, a Nobel prize winner, a major role in an Obama administration to address the problem of global warming. |
