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9:42am PDT |
PM Brown to welcome Olympic torch |
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Summary: Prime Minister Gordon Brown will greet the 2008 Olympic torch outside No 10 Downing Street on Sunday. |
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BBC News |
9:40am PDT |
More mortgage deals are withdrawn |
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Summary: Mortgage deals continue to be withdrawn following First Direct's decision to suspend its entire range. |
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Yahoo News |
9:35am PDT |
NATO expansion rift widens ahead of summit
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The United States stepped up calls for Ukraine and Georgia to be put on track to join NATA ahead of the start of an alliance summit on Wednesday dominated by the alliance's expansion. |
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Yahoo News |
9:31am PDT |
Nearly 40,000 Katrina families still in mobile homes
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Almost three years after
Hurricane Katrina, nearly 40,000 families still are living in
vulnerable mobile homes and trailers across the U.S. Gulf Coast
with another hurricane season just two months away, the top
U.S. disaster official said on |
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9:30am PDT |
Royal Mint unveils coin designs |
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Summary: The Royal Mint has unveiled new designs for seven coins following a public competition. |
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Cnn.com |
9:23am PDT |
Panel says Mugabe's party has lost parliament |
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Summary: The outcome of last weekend's election in Zimbabwe was still in doubt Wednesday as the state-run newspaper reported President Robert Mugabe was headed for a runoff with the leading opposition challenger.
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9:21am PDT |
Bush praises Nato Afghan pledges |
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Summary: US President George W Bush urges Nato allies to send more troops to Afghanistan. |
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9:12am PDT |
Radical reformation plans for NHS |
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Summary: Plans are unveiled to cut the number of health boards in Wales, only five years after they were created. |
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Cnn.com |
9:05am PDT |
Vaccine-autism question lands parents in court |
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Summary: At 13, Michelle Cedillo can't speak, wears a diaper and suffers seizures. Michelle has no idea she is at the center of a court case over the vaccines she was given for measles, mumps and rubella. Her parents say she was a happy, normal toddler until she g |
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Cnn.com |
9:02am PDT |
Jenny McCarthy says autism recovery ignored |
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Summary: In light of the recent Hannah Poling decision, in which the federal court conceded that vaccines could have contributed to her autism, we think the tide is finally turning in the direction of parents like us who have been shouting concerns from our roofto |
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BBC News |
9:01am PDT |
Lots of water 'is little benefit' |
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Summary: A scientific review casts doubt on the health benefits of drinking large amounts of water all day long. |
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BBC News |
9:01am PDT |
Toddler hit by train at rail halt |
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Summary: A two-year-old boy is taken to hospital after he is hit by a train near Bangor in County Down. |
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Yahoo News |
8:54am PDT |
Zimbabwe opposition claims victory over Mugabe
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Zimbabwe's opposition claimed victory on Wednesday over Robert Mugabe in presidential elections, as official results showed the veteran leader's ruling party had lost its parliamentary majority. |
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8:53am PDT |
Beach head had 'distinctive' scar |
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Summary: Police release a description of the woman whose head was found by children playing on a beach in Angus. |
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BBC News |
8:48am PDT |
Fed boss says recession possible |
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Summary: Federal Reserve boss Ben Bernanke warns the US economy may contract in the first six months of 2008. |
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8:42am PDT |
Back from brink |
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Summary: Woman who nearly died from eating disorder has baby |
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Yahoo News |
8:28am PDT |
United cancels flights as 777s grounded for tests
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - United Airlines said it canceled a
number of long-haul flights on Wednesday as it grounded its 52
Boeing 777 jets for checks. |
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Cnn.com |
8:08am PDT |
Mariah Carey one-ups Elvis |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Cnn.com |
8:04am PDT |
Cubans savor new freedoms |
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Summary: In the last week, new President Raul Castro has legalized cell phone use for ordinary Cubans; granted Cubans access to previously off-limits tourist hotels; and legalized the sale within Cuba of microwaves, DVD players and personal computers. Cubans are w |
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Cnn.com |
7:51am PDT |
Reporter recalls 'eerie' night with King's widow |
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Summary: It was eerie. Just hours after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. had been assassinated, I was in his home with his widow and eldest child, watching TV coverage of his death in awed silence.
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Cnn.com |
7:51am PDT |
Reporter recalls 'eerie' night of King's death |
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Summary: "It was eerie. Just hours after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. had been assassinated, I was in his home with his widow and eldest child, watching TV coverage of his death in awed silence. ..." Former Associated Press reporter Kathryn Johnson shares her s |
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Cnn.com |
7:51am PDT |
CNN exclusive: Reporter recalls King's widow, kids |
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Summary: "It was eerie. Just hours after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. had been assassinated, I was in his home with his widow and eldest child, watching TV coverage of his death in awed silence. ..." Former Associated Press reporter Kathryn Johnson shares her s |
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Yahoo News |
7:50am PDT |
Mugabe's party loses control of parliament
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Zimbabwe's ruling party lost control of
parliament on Wednesday and the opposition said it had also
defeated veteran leader Robert Mugabe in a presidential vote. |
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BBC News |
7:48am PDT |
Ronaldo 'is best player in world' |
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Summary: Real Madrid coach Bernd Schuster says Man Utd star Cristiano Ronaldo has replaced Kaka as the best player in the world. |
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Yahoo News |
7:44am PDT |
Bernanke: Recession possible, growth to rebound
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben
Bernanke said on Wednesday the U.S. economy could face a mild
recession but that growth should pick up as the impact of
aggressive interest rates cuts are felt. |
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Cnn.com |
7:44am PDT |
Thief in funeral home, breathing a dead giveaway |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
7:43am PDT |
Mugabe's Zanu-PF loses majority |
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Summary: President Robert Mugabe's party loses its majority in parliament, the Zimbabwe Election Commission says. |
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Cnn.com |
7:42am PDT |
Fed chief sees recession risk |
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Summary: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Wednesday that the U.S. economy could shrink in the first half of the year - the closest that the nation's central bank chief has yet come to proclaiming a recession.
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Yahoo News |
7:38am PDT |
Bush sees NATO backing missile defense
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Bush has expressed confidence NATO will endorse a missile defense system for Europe and pledge additional troops for Afghanistan. |
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Yahoo News |
7:23am PDT |
McCain working on list of VP candidates
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. Republican
presidential candidate John McCain said on Wednesday he has
begun compiling a list of potential vice presidential running
mates as he visited the U.S. Naval Academy on a nostalgia tour. |
