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Yahoo News |
6:06pm PDT |
Anger after few in San Francisco see torch
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The Olympic torch's only stop in
North America turned into the mystery of the missing flame on
Wednesday, as San Francisco abruptly changed the route,
angering both China supporters and protesters. |
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Yahoo News |
5:51pm PDT |
Clemens' lawyer fights removal attempt
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Brian McNamee's lawyers told a federal judge on Wednesday that Roger Clemens' lead lawyer should be removed from the case because he might be forced to attack the credibility of Andy Pettitte, a former client of the same attorney. |
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BBC News |
5:50pm PDT |
Prisons drug trade 'worth £100m' |
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Summary: Drugs worth £100m could be being traded in prisons every year, a former prison service manager tells the BBC. |
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Cnn.com |
5:45pm PDT |
FCC OKs emergency texting system |
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Summary: A nationwide alert system will use cell phones or other mobile devices to send text messages to Americans when an emergency occurs, the Federal Communications Commission will announce Wednesday, according to an FCC representative.
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BBC News |
5:42pm PDT |
New appeal to identify Islay body |
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Summary: A fresh plea is made for help in identifying a man's body which washed up on Islay two years ago. |
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Yahoo News |
5:42pm PDT |
Torch concludes topsy-turvy tour of S.F.
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Olympic torch played hide and seek with thousands of demonstrators and spectators crowding the city's waterfront Wednesday before being spirited away without even a formal goodbye on its symbolic journey to the Beijing Games. |
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BBC News |
5:29pm PDT |
Three share £2.2m Lottery jackpot |
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Summary: Three ticket holders are each £753,154 richer after sharing a £2.2m jackpot in Wednesday's main Lotto draw. |
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BBC News |
5:17pm PDT |
Stem cell pioneer backs research |
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Summary: The scientist who first isolated stem cells more than 25 years ago has hit back at critics of embryo research. |
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Yahoo News |
5:12pm PDT |
Top Bush aides approved interrogation tactics: report
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. President George W. Bush's most
senior advisers approved "enhanced interrogation techniques" of
top al Qaeda suspects by the Central Intelligence Agency, ABC
News reported on Wednesday, citing sources it did not name. |
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BBC News |
4:56pm PDT |
Google and Yahoo to share web ads |
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Summary: Yahoo and Google agree to share advertising space during a two week trial. |
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Yahoo News |
4:51pm PDT |
AMR cancels nearly 1,100 flights for inspections
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - American Airlines canceled almost 1,100
flights, or nearly half its schedule, on Wednesday to reinspect
aircraft, a disruption that affected about 100,000 passengers
and triggered chaos at the busiest U.S. airports. |
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Yahoo News |
4:49pm PDT |
Thomas to finish season as Knicks coach
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Isiah Thomas will finish the season as the Knicks' coach, but needs a good explanation for why things went so horribly wrong for any chance to last beyond that. |
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Yahoo News |
4:37pm PDT |
Torch rerouted away from S.F. protests
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Olympic torch was rerouted away from thousands of demonstrators and spectators who crowded the city's waterfront Wednesday to witness the flame's symbolic journey to the Beijing Games. |
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Yahoo News |
4:28pm PDT |
San Francisco torch route switch angers spectators
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The Olympic torch's only stop in
North America turned into the mystery of the missing flame on
Wednesday, as San Francisco abruptly changed the torch route,
angering both China supporters and protesters who had waited
hours to see it. |
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Cnn.com |
4:25pm PDT |
Protests alter Olympic torch closing ceremony |
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Summary: The threat of violent protests in San Francisco prompted officials to make unannounced changes in the Olympic torch relay and closing ceremony. After a lighting ceremony, the torch vanished from public view for about 45 minutes as it was taken to a nearby |
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Yahoo News |
4:24pm PDT |
New photos of Elvis in 1972 surface
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Never-before-seen photos have surfaced of Elvis Presley rocking Madison Square Garden in all his jumpsuited glory. The images were taken in 1972 by George Kalinsky, the official photographer of the famed arena, the singer's estate said Wednesday. |
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BBC News |
4:12pm PDT |
Popular appeal...why did British PM show up on American Idol? |
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Summary: Gordon Brown appears on the US talent show American Idol to promise to buy 20 million mosquito nets for malaria-hit countries. |
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BBC News |
4:12pm PDT |
Popular appeal... why did British PM show up on American Idol? |
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Summary: Gordon Brown appears on the US talent show American Idol to promise to buy 20 million mosquito nets for malaria-hit countries. |
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BBC News |
4:11pm PDT |
NHS migrant rules face legal bid |
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Summary: Rules banning some migrants in England from hospital treatment are to be challenged in the High Court. |
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BBC News |
4:10pm PDT |
Cleaning 'improves mental health' |
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Summary: Working up a sweat while performing household chores could benefit your mental health, a study suggests. |
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BBC News |
4:09pm PDT |
Judges to rule in Saudi BAE probe |
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Summary: Judges are to rule whether the scrapping of a probe into a controversial UK-Saudi arms deal was illegal. |
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BBC News |
4:09pm PDT |
Judges rule in Saudi arms inquiry |
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Summary: Judges are to rule whether the scrapping of a probe into a controversial UK-Saudi arms deal was illegal. |
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BBC News |
4:02pm PDT |
Alarm bells |
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Summary: Could the McCanns' idea of an EU-wide alert save children? |
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BBC News |
3:40pm PDT |
Bank tipped to cut interest rates |
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Summary: The Bank of England is widely expected to cut interest rates to 5% as the credit crisis hits the UK. |
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Yahoo News |
3:37pm PDT |
Clinton, Obama skirmish over Iraq
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Democratic presidential
candidate Hillary Clinton on Wednesday attacked her rivals over
Iraq, saying Democrat Barack Obama is all talk when it comes to
ending the war and Republican John McCain would keep it going. |
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Yahoo News |
3:24pm PDT |
Napoli powers Angels past Indians 9-5
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Mike Napoli hit his first career grand slam, powering the Los Angeles Angels over the Cleveland Indians 9-5 Wednesday. |
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Yahoo News |
3:22pm PDT |
S.F. closing torch ceremony canceled
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Officials say the planned closing ceremony for the Olympic torch at the San Francisco Bay waterfront is canceled and another one will take place at an undisclosed location. |
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ChristianPost |
3:16pm PDT |
High Court Justice Says Right to Abortion Nowhere in Constitution |
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Summary: During a visit to law students at Roger Williams University this week, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said that the right to an abortion exists no where in the ... |
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Yahoo News |
3:10pm PDT |
McCain won't rule out pre-emptive war
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Republican Sen. John McCain refused Wednesday to rule out a pre-emptive war against another country, although he said one would be very unlikely. |
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BBC News |
3:10pm PDT |
Confusion strikes US torch relay |
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Summary: Protesters gather in San Francisco, where the Olympic torch is on the latest leg of its world relay. |
