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Cnn.com |
10:40am PDT |
Report: Robbers shoot 6 in airport heist |
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BBC News |
10:39am PDT |
'Grinning' man left bomb in Omagh |
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Summary: One of the Omagh bombers grinned as the car carrying the device was parked at the scene, a court hears. |
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Cnn.com |
10:38am PDT |
Dating service, $13K dinner on government's tab |
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Summary: Federal employees charged millions of dollars to government credit or debit cards, according to a Government Accountability Office study released Wednesday.
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Yahoo News |
10:35am PDT |
San Francisco braces for protest-plagued Olympic relay
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Thousands of protestors were expected here Wednesday on the US leg of the Olympics global torch relay amid heavy security after violent anti-China rallies disrupted the flame's earlier stops. |
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ChristianPost |
10:32am PDT |
Chuck Colson Diagnoses 'Heart' of Church Problem |
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Summary: Healthy churches breed a healthy culture, but church problems can lead to social woes, contended political strategist turned ministry leader Chuck Colson on ... |
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Cnn.com |
10:32am PDT |
Flaw turned plane into 'popsicle,' pilot says |
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Summary: Capt. Sam Mayer says he knew he was in trouble when he heard a noise minutes after takeoff from the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport on a frigid day last December. The American Airlines pilot says malfunctioning nose gear disabled the plane's an |
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BBC News |
10:17am PDT |
Phorm warned about web data rules |
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Summary: The Information Commissioner warns Phorm that it must get permission from users to show them targeted ads. |
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Yahoo News |
10:17am PDT |
Economy, debt weighing on middle class
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Growing numbers of middle-class Americans say they aren't better off than they were five years ago, reflecting economic pressures amid growing debt, a study released Wednesday shows. Their short-term assessment of personal progress, according to the |
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Yahoo News |
10:08am PDT |
Oil jumps to record on U.S. inventory drop
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Oil surged nearly $4 to a record over
$112 a barrel on Wednesday after a government report showed a
sharp drop in U.S. inventories ahead of the summer driving
season. |
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Yahoo News |
10:05am PDT |
World Bank warns higher food prices to persist
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Surging global food prices are not a
temporary phenomenon and prices are likely to stay well above
2004 levels through 2015 for most crops, the World Bank said on
Wednesday. |
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BBC News |
10:03am PDT |
Police ordered to re-examine rape |
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Summary: Police are ordered by prosecutors to reopen a rape case after the alleged victim refused to let it drop. |
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BBC News |
10:03am PDT |
San Francisco awaits torch demos |
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Summary: Streets are sealed off in San Francisco as police try to provide a smooth passage for the Olympic torch. |
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Yahoo News |
10:00am PDT |
Florida lawmakers pass take-your-guns-to-work law
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Most Florida residents
would be allowed to take guns to work under a measure passed by
Florida lawmakers on Wednesday. |
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BBC News |
9:59am PDT |
Move to end 'student ghost towns' |
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Summary: The government may use planning laws to end concentrations of student houses in England. |
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Yahoo News |
9:46am PDT |
Olympics torch moves to U.S. but no plan to cut relay
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The Olympic torch reaches San
Francisco on Wednesday and although pro-Tibet protests made
laps in London and Paris chaotic, Olympics chief Jacques Rogge
said there are no plans to cut short a global relay. |
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BBC News |
9:44am PDT |
Police warning to Shannon estate |
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Summary: Police warn neighbours of Shannon Matthews' family against taking the law into their own hands. |
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Yahoo News |
9:42am PDT |
Iran warns West of "bloody nose" over nuclear issue
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Iran's president on Wednesday warned the
West to expect a "bloody nose" over mounting pressure on Iran
to halt its sensitive uranium enrichment activities, state
television reported. |
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Yahoo News |
9:33am PDT |
Frank Zappa's widow sues German fan club
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The widow of Frank Zappa is trying to stop a German fan club from using the legendary musician's name for its annual "Zappanale" festival. |
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Yahoo News |
9:27am PDT |
Democrats say Iraq diverts focus from al Qaeda
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The United States cannot defeat the
real threat to its security posed by al Qaeda in Pakistan and
Afghanistan while it remains tied down in Iraq, Democrats told
the top U.S. officials on Iraq on Wednesday. |
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Yahoo News |
9:25am PDT |
Clinton attacks Obama and McCain 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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BBC News |
9:25am PDT |
Kosovo adopts a new constitution |
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Summary: Kosovo has adopted a new constitution, due to come into force in June after an expected UN handover of powers. |
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Yahoo News |
9:16am PDT |
Middle-class progress said to be limited
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Growing numbers of middle-class Americans say they aren't better off than they were five years ago, reflecting economic pressures amid growing debt, a study released Wednesday shows. Their short-term assessment of personal progress, according to the |
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BBC News |
9:11am PDT |
Al-Qaeda leader al-Masri 'dead' |
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Summary: The US says Abu Obaida al-Masri, reputedly al-Qaeda's mastermind in Afghanistan, has died. |
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Yahoo News |
9:09am PDT |
EU report urges search data deletion
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A European Union privacy panel wants Internet search engine providers like Google and Yahoo to delete data taken from users after six months, even when they operate abroad. |
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BBC News |
9:08am PDT |
Fighting return |
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Summary: The Parachute Regiment goes back to Afghanistan |
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BBC News |
9:06am PDT |
Bush 'may back Iraq pullout halt' |
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Summary: The White House signals that President Bush is likely to back a call for a freeze in US troop withdrawals from Iraq. |
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Yahoo News |
9:01am PDT |
Bush and Democrats push ahead with housing plans
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - President George W. Bush proposed on
Wednesday expanding a program to help homeowners meet mortgage
payments while Democratic lawmakers pressed ahead with a
broader plan, setting the stage for a political showdown over
how best to aid the ho |
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Cnn.com |
8:55am PDT |
China commentaries: Protest ! |
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Summary: The Olympics are an appropriate forum for political gestures; I would argue, in fact, that the Olympics are a necessary forum for political speech.
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Cnn.com |
8:47am PDT |
Bill, Hillary Clinton disagree about trade pact |
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Summary: Sen. Hillary Clinton and her husband Bill don't see eye-to-eye when it comes to a controversial free trade pact, her campaign says.
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Yahoo News |
8:43am PDT |
With US in crisis, global economy in peril: IMF
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The global economic outlook is becoming increasingly grim as the United States appears unable to escape recession from a housing meltdown whose effects are still spreading, the IMF said Wednesday. |
