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3:01pm PDT |
Congress marks King anniversary |
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Summary: The US Congress holds a ceremony on the eve of the 40th anniversary of Martin Luther King's assassination. |
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Yahoo News |
2:55pm PDT |
Clinton says she will defend gay rights
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said she would defend gay rights as president and eliminate disparities for same-sex couples in federal law, including immigration and tax policy. |
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2:50pm PDT |
Alitalia announces new chairman |
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Summary: Ailing airline Alitalia announces a new chairman, after takeover talks with Air France-KLM collapse. |
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CTI News |
2:42pm PDT |
Cedarville's Tenure Tremor |
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Summary: The Baptist university is embroiled in a long-running dispute over the firing of two professors.
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Cnn.com |
2:34pm PDT |
Lincoln letter from 1864 fetches $3.4 million |
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Summary: A rare Lincoln manuscript sold for $3.4 million on Thursday at Sotheby's auction house. The 1864 letter in which Abraham Lincoln replies to the abolitionist pleas of 195 young boys and girls was bought by a private American collector over the phone.
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2:29pm PDT |
Zimbabwe police 'raid MDC office' |
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Summary: Zimbabwe police reportedly raid an opposition office and arrest foreign journalists, as the country awaits poll results. |
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Yahoo News |
2:29pm PDT |
More poll results come in for crisis-hit Zimbabwe
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - More delayed election results started
trickling in on Thursday as crisis-stricken Zimbabwe anxiously
awaited a leadership meeting expected to discuss the biggest
challenge to President Robert Mugabe's 28-year rule. |
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2:23pm PDT |
Report says 90,000 U.S. infants maltreated a year
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - About one of every 43 U.S. infants
is physically abused or neglected annually, and those babies
are especially at risk in the first week of their lives, U.S.
health officials said on Thursday. |
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Yahoo News |
2:20pm PDT |
New evidence of earliest North Americans
(AP)
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Summary: AP - New evidence shows humans lived in North America more than 14,000 years ago, 1,000 years earlier than had previously been known. Discovered in a cave in Oregon, fossil feces yielded DNA indicating these early residents were related to people living i |
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Yahoo News |
2:19pm PDT |
Zimbabwe opposition offices ransacked
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Intruders ransacked offices of the main opposition party and police detained foreign journalists Thursday in an ominous sign that President Robert Mugabe might turn to intimidation and violence in trying to stave off an electoral threat to his 28-yea |
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Yahoo News |
2:11pm PDT |
'Goldilocks' found asleep at Wash. home
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A "Goldilocks" was found sleeping in a Chehalis home. Deputy Police Chief Randy Kaut said when the family woke up Wednesday they found an 18-year-old stranger asleep in a bed. |
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Yahoo News |
2:08pm PDT |
Phils nick Nats 8-7 on bases-loaded walk
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Jesus Colome walked Jayson Werth to force in the winning run in the bottom of the 10th inning, giving the Philadelphia Phillies an 8-7 victory over the Washington Nationals on Thursday. |
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Cnn.com |
1:57pm PDT |
Judge calls NFL player 'one-man crime wave' |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Cnn.com |
1:54pm PDT |
Crackdown in Zimbabwe |
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Summary: Zimbabwe government forces today began cracking down on the main opposition party and foreign journalists, raising fears of a political crisis, said witnesses and an opposition spokesman. With election results delayed, the crackdown raised fears that long |
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Cnn.com |
1:51pm PDT |
Agency head: We're not the FEMA of 2005 |
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Summary: Some skeptical senators questioned Thursday whether the agency much maligned for its response to Hurricane Katrina is better prepared today to respond to another major hurricane season.
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Yahoo News |
1:49pm PDT |
Iraq PM to expand crackdown on militias
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Iraq's prime minister pledged Thursday to expand his crackdown on Shiite militias to Baghdad, despite a mixed performance so far against militants in the southern city of Basra. |
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Cnn.com |
1:48pm PDT |
More say U.S. ready for black president |
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Summary: The number of Americans who believe the country is ready for a black president is rising, a poll out Thursday suggested.
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1:40pm PDT |
Senate kills bankruptcy revamp in housing bill
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The Senate on Thursday voted to
reject a Democratic proposal to give bankruptcy judges the
power to ease mortgage payment terms for some distressed
borrowers as it began debating a housing market rescue plan. |
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Yahoo News |
1:39pm PDT |
Regulators and bankers defend Bear Stearns rescue
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Bear Stearns could not be allowed to
collapse because it could have shattered confidence in
financial markets and caused lasting damage to the economy, top
regulators said on Thursday in defending the rescue of what was
once the fifth-larges |
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BBC News |
1:38pm PDT |
Football: Rangers in goalless draw |
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Summary: Sporting Lisbon restrict Rangers to a goalless draw in the Uefa Cup quarter-final first leg at Ibrox. |
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1:38pm PDT |
Rangers 0-0 Sporting Lisbon |
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Summary: Sporting Lisbon restrict Rangers to a goalless draw in the Uefa Cup quarter-final first leg at Ibrox. |
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BBC News |
1:35pm PDT |
Google to make first big job cuts |
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Summary: Google announces its first sizeable lay-offs, with 300 jobs to go at its online advertising unit DoubleClick. |
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Yahoo News |
1:35pm PDT |
Bush wins NATO backing on missile shield
(AP)
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Summary: AP - NATO allies gave President Bush strong support Thursday for a missile defense system in Europe and urged Moscow to drop its angry opposition to the program. The unanimous decision strengthened Bush's hand for weekend talks with Russian President Vlad |
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Yahoo News |
1:30pm PDT |
Senate rejects bankruptcy revamp on housing
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The U.S. Senate on Thursday voted
against adding an amendment to a housing market rescue bill
that would have given bankruptcy judges the power to ease
mortgage payment terms for some distressed borrowers. |
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Yahoo News |
1:29pm PDT |
AP IMPACT: States could release inmates
(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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Yahoo News |
1:29pm PDT |
Campbell reportedly arrested at Heathrow
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Naomi Campbell was arrested at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5 on Thursday for allegedly spitting at a police officer, Sky Newsreported. Police said a 37-year-old woman was arrested at the terminal on suspicion of assaulting police. |
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BBC News |
1:19pm PDT |
Symbolic Cyprus crossing closed |
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Summary: An historic crossing in the divided city of Nicosia is reopened, but closed hours later as a policing dispute flares. |
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BBC News |
1:19pm PDT |
Grieving family's red tape dismay |
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Summary: A family lose their pub licence after failing to apply for a new permit within seven days of the landlord's death. |
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BBC News |
1:19pm PDT |
Armed men rob city jewellery shop |
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Summary: Police appeal for information after an armed gang rob a jewellery store in Belfast city centre. |
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Yahoo News |
1:19pm PDT |
Zimbabwe opposition offices raided
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Robert Mugabe's government raided the offices of the main opposition movement and rounded up foreign journalists Thursday in an ominous indication that he may use intimidation and violence to keep his grip on power. |
