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Yahoo News |
8:38am PDT |
Fire breaks out at Mich. apartments
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Firefighters on ladders are helping senior citizens evacuate from a fire at a Michigan apartment complex. |
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BBC News |
8:34am PDT |
Militant attack on Israeli border |
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Summary: Two Israelis and at least one Palestinian militant die in a militant attack on a Gaza border crossing, reports say. |
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BBC News |
8:30am PDT |
American Air cancels more flights |
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Summary: American Airlines cancels more flights after grounding its MD-80 aircraft to inspect their wiring. |
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Yahoo News |
8:22am PDT |
Petraeus: New troop buildup unlikely
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The top U.S. military commander in Iraq said Wednesday that he is unlikely to call for another troop buildup in Iraq, even if security deteriorates after the extra American soldiers return home this summer. |
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Yahoo News |
8:19am PDT |
Oil climbs ahead of U.S. stocks data
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Oil climb above $109 on Wednesday, ahead
of the release of weekly U.S. stocks data that is expected to
show lower gasoline inventories ahead of the high demand
season. |
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BBC News |
8:05am PDT |
Confident Ferguson eyes last four |
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Summary: Manager Sir Alex Ferguson says Man Utd have "one foot" in the Champions League semi-finals ahead of the second leg against Roma. |
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BBC News |
7:58am PDT |
Ex-soldier who shot family jailed |
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Summary: A former soldier who killed his aunt, uncle and cousins with a silenced pistol is given four life sentences. |
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Yahoo News |
7:57am PDT |
EU panel: delete Internet data promptly
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A European Union privacy panel on Wednesday urged Internet search engine providers like Google Inc., Yahoo and MSN to delete data taken from users after six months. |
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ChristianToday |
7:53am PDT |
French govt lowers ambition on antipoverty measure |
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Summary: The cashstrapped French government is scaling back plans for a national rollout of cash incentives for people to go back to work to the dismay of the cabinet member fighting for the measure |
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ChristianToday |
7:52am PDT |
UK loses bid to deport Jordanian |
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Summary: A Jordanian man described by Britain as a significant international terrorist won a court appeal on Wednesday against deportation |
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ChristianToday |
7:50am PDT |
At least 7 die in Pakistan political violence |
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Summary: At least seven people were killed in clashes between supporters and opponents of President Pervez Musharraf in the southern city of Karachi on Wednesday hospital officials said |
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ChristianToday |
7:49am PDT |
Missing TV hosts family extremely concerned |
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Summary: Police searching for missing childrens television presenter Mark Speight said on Wednesday his family are extremely concerned for his welfare following his disappearance two months after his fiancees death |
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ChristianToday |
7:49am PDT |
Missing TV hosts family |
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Summary: Police searching for missing childrens television presenter Mark Speight said on Wednesday his family are extremely concerned for his welfare following his disappearance two months after his fiancees death |
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BBC News |
7:49am PDT |
Zimbabwe emergency talks called |
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Summary: Zambia announces a regional emergency meeting to discuss Zimbabwe's post-election impasse. |
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ChristianToday |
7:48am PDT |
SKorea conservatives win parliament majority |
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Summary: The conservative party of South Koreas new president won a slim a majority in a Wednesday parliamentary election which should give him the political muscle to push through reforms for Asias fourth largest economy |
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Cnn.com |
7:47am PDT |
American cancels 850 more flights |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
7:45am PDT |
Bush administration widens homeowner aid
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The Bush administration will loosen
rules that underpin the largest U.S. homeowner aid program in
order to help more borrowers who have seen their home drop in
value and are facing foreclosure, a senior administration
official said on Wednes |
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Yahoo News |
7:44am PDT |
Security high for torch's US stop
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Security was being tightened around the city Wednesday as officials mobilized for protests in response to the Olympic torch's only North American stop on its journey to Beijing. |
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BBC News |
7:43am PDT |
Postcode gangs |
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Summary: What led to the killing of teenager Paul Erhahon? |
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Yahoo News |
7:38am PDT |
American cancels more flights
(AP)
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Summary: AP - American Airlines canceled 850 flights Wednesday — more than one-third of its schedule — as it spent a second straight day inspecting the wiring on some of its jets, the same issue that caused the nation's biggest airline to scrub hundreds of flights |
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Yahoo News |
7:33am PDT |
With US in crisis, IMF warns of global economic slowdown
(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. |
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Cnn.com |
7:30am PDT |
China commentaries: Protest OK |
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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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BBC News |
7:30am PDT |
Mosley future hinges on key vote |
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Summary: Max Mosley's future as FIA president will be decided by a secret ballot on 3 June. |
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BBC News |
7:28am PDT |
Ex-soldier family killer jailed |
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Summary: A former soldier who killed his aunt, uncle and cousins with a pistol is sentenced to life in prison. |
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Cnn.com |
7:24am PDT |
U.S. near recession, report says |
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Cnn.com |
7:24am PDT |
Forecast: U.S. near recession |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
7:24am PDT |
Militant attack on Israel border |
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Summary: Two Israelis and at least one Palestinian militant die in a militant attack on a Gaza border crossing, reports say. |
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ChristianPost |
7:21am PDT |
American Baptists Not Predominantly White, Leaders Argue |
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Summary: American Baptists have challenged a widely reported survey for labeling the mainline Protestant group as predominantly white in its ethnic ... |
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Cnn.com |
7:19am PDT |
Feds want early alert system for cyber attacks |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
7:16am PDT |
Burma generals release constitution |
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Summary: A constitution drafted by Burma's military rulers goes on sale in government shops, ahead of a May referendum. |
