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Yahoo News |
2:20pm PDT |
U.S. strikes kill 10 in Iraq, Bush to halt troop cuts
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - President George W. Bush on Thursday
announced a suspension of U.S. troop withdrawals from Iraq this
summer to allow the military to reassess the security
situation, as U.S. air strikes killed 10 people in a Baghdad
slum where dozens of peop |
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2:19pm PDT |
Poulter's ace, Johnson's defense
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Zach Johnson went on the defensive at the Masters, as if trying to show last year's win was hardly a fluke. |
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2:18pm PDT |
Virginia Tech families agree deal |
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Summary: Families of those killed and hurt in the Virginia Tech campus massacre agree an $11m deal with US state of Virginia. |
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Yahoo News |
2:16pm PDT |
Guantanamo defendant praises bin Laden at hearing
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - An alleged
al Qaeda conspirator from Sudan praised Osama bin Laden and the
September 11 attacks during a hearing in the Guantanamo war
court on Thursday and said he did not recognize the court's
authority to try him. |
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1:59pm PDT |
IMF admits late to act on crunch |
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Summary: The boss of the International Monetary Fund admits it was late to warn on the risk of the continuing global credit woes. |
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Cnn.com |
1:57pm PDT |
Mischa Barton pleads no contest to DUI |
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ChristianPost |
1:53pm PDT |
Va. Tech Families Reach $11M Settlement |
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Summary: Most families of victims of the mass shootings at Virginia Tech have agreed to an $11 million state settlement that will compensate families who lost loved ones, pay survivors' medical costs and avoid a court battle over whether anyone besides the gunman |
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Yahoo News |
1:44pm PDT |
Civil rights leader convicted of incest
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A jury convicted an iconic civil-rights figure of incest Thursday after concluding that he had sex with his teenage daughter 15 years ago. The Rev. James L. Bevel, 71, a top lieutenant to Martin Luther King Jr. who also helped organize the Million Ma |
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ChristianToday |
1:43pm PDT |
Three women bailed in Shannon case |
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Summary: Detectives bailed three women on Thursday after they were arrested in connection with the disappearance of schoolgirl Shannon Matthews police said
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ChristianToday |
1:43pm PDT |
Pentecost Festival to let London know the church is alive |
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Summary: The church is about to leave the building and fill London with worship praise and celebration for the first ever Pentecost Festival to be held in the capital from
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BBC News |
1:42pm PDT |
Safety worries on Shannon estate |
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Summary: Residents voice safety fears as senior officers in the Shannon Matthews case address the community. |
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ChristianToday |
1:40pm PDT |
Zuma urges respect for Zimbabwe election results |
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Summary: South African ruling party leader Jacob Zuma urged Zimbabwes government and opposition parties on Thursday to respect the results of the March 29 elections and pursue disputes legally |
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BBC News |
1:39pm PDT |
Brilliant Rangers into Uefa semis |
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Summary: Rangers beat Sporting Lisbon 2-0 in Portugal to set up a Uefa Cup semi-final against Fiorentina. |
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Cnn.com |
1:38pm PDT |
U.S. military trainers to head to Pakistan |
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Summary: Defense Secretary Robert Gates has signed deployment orders that will send U.S. military trainers to Pakistan this summer, CNN has learned.
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Yahoo News |
1:34pm PDT |
Judges impose limits on frequent filer
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A jail inmate who recently filed more than 60 lawsuits in a day will no longer be able to flood Lancaster County courts with lawsuits. All six Lancaster County District judges signed off on an order limiting Eric Lewis to six filings a year unless he |
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ChristianToday |
1:33pm PDT |
McCanns seek EU child kidnap alert system |
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Summary: The parents of missing British girl Madeleine McCann urged the European Union on Thursday to implement a crossborder alert system for abducted children similar to one used in the United States |
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1:33pm PDT |
Senate backs housing bill heavy on tax breaks
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The U.S. Senate on Thursday voted
overwhelmingly to approve a $15 billion bill tackling the
nation's housing market crisis with tax breaks for corporations
and some assistance for distressed homeowners. |
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1:31pm PDT |
Drug experiment blocks radiation damage
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Scientists mimicked one of cancer's sneaky tricks to create a drug that promises to prevent a serious side effect of cancer treatment — radiation damage — or offer an antidote during a nuclear emergency. |
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Yahoo News |
1:30pm PDT |
Don't forget Mickelson at Augusta
(AP)
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Summary: AP - When Ian Poulter walked off the 18th green, he wasn't No. 2 to anyone in the clubhouse. |
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Yahoo News |
1:27pm PDT |
Rogge says Olympics in 'crisis'
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Crisis. Disarray. Sadness. Four months before the opening of what was supposed to be the grandest Olympics in history, the head of the International Olympic Committee is using words that convey anything but a sense of joyous enthusiasm. |
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ChristianToday |
1:25pm PDT |
Burma cracks down on no campaign opposition |
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Summary: Burmas main opposition party urged on Thursday that there be international observers of the May 10 constitutional referendum saying its No campaigners were being assaulted and their materials seized in the runup to the vote |
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Yahoo News |
1:23pm PDT |
Jurors shown bomb plotter 'martyr' video
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Jurors saw video Thursday of a man accused of plotting to blow up trans-Atlantic aircraft praising Osama bin Laden and vowing to wage a holy war against nonbelievers. |
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ChristianToday |
1:19pm PDT |
UN says markets are to blame for world food crisis |
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Summary: Global investment funds and the weak dollar are largely to blame for high world food prices a senior official of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation said on Thursday |
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Yahoo News |
1:15pm PDT |
Neil Patrick Harris: Say no to Britney!
(AP)
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Summary: AP - If Neil Patrick Harris had his way, Britney Spears would be banned from the set of "How I Met Your Mother." Nothing against the pop singer personally — he just doesn't think the show should bring guests aboard for a ratings boost alone. |
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Yahoo News |
1:10pm PDT |
Ian Poulter takes early lead at Masters
(AP)
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Summary: AP - When Ian Poulter walked off the 18th green, he wasn't No. 2 to anyone. Not even Tiger Woods. Poulter, a flamboyant Englishman who's always been known as much for his garish outfits and eccentric hairstyles as his shotmaking, knocked in a hole-in-one |
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Cnn.com |
12:58pm PDT |
Zimbabwe opposition rejects runoff vote |
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Summary: President Robert Mugabe will attend a summit of southern African leaders this Saturday to discuss the electoral and political crisis in his beleaguered country.
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Cnn.com |
12:25pm PDT |
Teen video-beating suspects could get life terms |
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Summary: Eight Florida teenagers -- six of them girls -- will be tried as adults and could be sentenced to life in prison for their alleged roles in the videotaped beating of another teen, the state attorney's office said Thursday.
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Cnn.com |
12:24pm PDT |
A dark history repeats for religious sect |
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Summary: A monument stands in a park near the Utah-Arizona border commemorating 263 children taken from their families during a predawn polygamy raid in 1953. Now, some 800 miles away, history appears to be repeating itself for the descendants of Short Creek. It i |
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BBC News |
12:17pm PDT |
Asian states feel rice pinch |
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Summary: A look at some of the Asian countries where rice is a staple as the price of the food soars on global markets. |
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ChristianPost |
12:16pm PDT |
Bush Gives Prisoners Second Chance to Better Life |
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Summary: President Bush signed the Second Chance Act Wednesday to fund programs that can help inmates become productive citizens when they come out of ... |
