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Yahoo News |
5:40pm PDT |
Pads edge Astros 3-2, Hoffman earns save
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Trevor Hoffman kept up his seesaw season Thursday when he earned the save in the San Diego Padres' 3-2 win over the Houston Astros. Hoffman pitched a perfect ninth less than 24 hours after blowing the save and taking the loss by giving up four runs i |
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BBC News |
5:32pm PDT |
Pupils to get university mentors |
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Summary: A new scheme will see university students mentoring school pupils on entering higher education. |
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BBC News |
5:28pm PDT |
As dust settles |
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Summary: Just who is to believed over battle for Basra? |
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BBC News |
5:20pm PDT |
Families 'planning spending cuts' |
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Summary: Nearly three quarters of households plan to cut their spending this year, according to a survey. |
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BBC News |
5:15pm PDT |
King's killer? |
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Summary: Questions linger about Martin Luther King's assassin |
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Yahoo News |
5:07pm PDT |
All eyes on Mugabe leadership meeting
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Zimbabweans hoping elections will bring
relief from an economic catastrophe anxiously awaited a
leadership meeting expected to discuss the biggest challenge to
President Robert Mugabe's 28-year rule. |
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Yahoo News |
5:07pm PDT |
Congress honors Martin Luther King Jr.
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Congress marked the 40th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s death Thursday with tributes by House and Senate leaders and words of remembrance by lawmakers who once worked alongside the civil rights leader. |
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BBC News |
5:00pm PDT |
Commons to publish some expenses |
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Summary: A detailed breakdown of expenses claimed by Gordon Brown and six other MPs are expected to be published. |
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BBC News |
4:53pm PDT |
7 days quiz |
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Summary: They're back - who was first to bark 'RICKY' |
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BBC News |
4:45pm PDT |
Colombia rebels demand exchange |
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Summary: Colombia's Farc rebels rule out releasing a high-profile sick hostage unless there is a prisoner exchange. |
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BBC News |
4:39pm PDT |
Lockerbie bomber 'should stay' |
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Summary: The US State Department says it expects the Lockerbie bomber to serve his sentence in Scotland. |
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BBC News |
4:39pm PDT |
US wants Lockerbie bomber to stay |
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Summary: The US State Department says it expects the Lockerbie bomber to serve his sentence in Scotland. |
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Cnn.com |
4:31pm PDT |
Man accused of arming cartels arrested |
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Summary: The alleged leader of a firearms trafficking network believed to be smuggling guns into Mexico -- where police say they are used against law enforcement officers by members of Mexican drug cartels -- was arrested Thursday in Arizona, authorities said.
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Yahoo News |
4:29pm PDT |
Diplomats: Iran assembling centrifuges
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Iran has assembled hundreds of advanced machines reflecting a possible intention to speed up uranium enrichment, diplomats have told The Associated Press. |
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BBC News |
4:29pm PDT |
Bid to find beach victim's family |
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Summary: Police try to contact the family of a woman whose severed head and hands were found on a beach. |
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BBC News |
4:25pm PDT |
Rice pinch |
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Summary: Asia hit by rising prices and supply shortages |
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Yahoo News |
4:21pm PDT |
Blackwater VP: Too soon to judge Baghdad shootings
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A top official in the U.S. private
security firm Blackwater said on Thursday it was too soon to
pass judgment on the killing of 17 Iraqi civilians by its
employees last September and urged critics to await an FBI
report. |
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BBC News |
4:19pm PDT |
Strike 'may shut half of schools' |
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Summary: A poll of teachers suggests a planned one-day strike could close half of schools in England and Wales. |
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BBC News |
4:12pm PDT |
Hundreds trapped on Tube |
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Summary: Hundreds of commuters are stuck on the Tube for three hours as a power cut affects the entire Jubilee Line. |
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BBC News |
4:11pm PDT |
Binge drinking 'damages memory' |
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Summary: Teenagers who binge drink are at risk of short-term memory problems days later, a study suggests. |
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BBC News |
4:11pm PDT |
Rise in women doctors 'worrying' |
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Summary: The rising number of female doctors is "bad for medicine", and universities should recruit more men, a GP warns. |
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4:04pm PDT |
Cranford star wins critics award |
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Summary: Dame Eileen Atkins wins best TV actress for BBC drama Cranford at the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards. |
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BBC News |
4:01pm PDT |
Why it may be better not to speak up if you're a Brummie |
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Summary: A new study finds that your accent could affect how intelligent other people think you are. |
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Yahoo News |
3:48pm PDT |
States may free inmates to save millions
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Lawmakers from California to Kentucky are trying to save money with a drastic and potentially dangerous budget-cutting proposal: releasing tens of thousands of convicts from prison, including drug addicts, thieves and even violent criminals. |
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Cnn.com |
3:45pm PDT |
What if the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. had lived? |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Cnn.com |
3:35pm PDT |
Slayings rattle laid-back campus |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
3:35pm PDT |
Bomb parts at U.S. airport could have exploded: FBI
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The liquid packed in an Air
Jamaica passenger's suitcase could have caused a disastrous
explosion if it had ignited in mid-air, an FBI agent said on
Thursday at a hearing for a man charged with trying to take
bomb parts on a plane. |
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Cnn.com |
3:25pm PDT |
State Dept. to Zimbabwe: Free seized Americans |
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Summary: Zimbabwe government forces today began cracking down on the main opposition party and foreign journalists -- including a New York Times reporter -- hours after officials announced another delay in releasing election results. A State Department spokesman c |
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Yahoo News |
3:25pm PDT |
Obama outraises Clinton 2-1 in March
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Barack Obama raked in $40 million in March, leaving Hillary Rodham Clinton and her $20 million in the fundraising dust and stuffing his campaign treasury so he can outspend her in the crucial Pennsylvania primary. |
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Cnn.com |
3:11pm PDT |
Cannibal fantasy child killer sent to death row |
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