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BBC News |
11:59am PDT |
Brown's stance |
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Summary: How a visit to the Olympics became embarrassing |
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Yahoo News |
11:41am PDT |
China says it foils Olympics terrorist plot
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Chinese authorities foiled plots to
kidnap foreigners and carry out suicide attacks around the
Beijing Olympics, police said on Thursday, in a fresh blow to
the image of harmony China has sought to promote before the
Games. |
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BBC News |
11:40am PDT |
Bush hails 'major shift' in Iraq |
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Summary: US President George W Bush declares a "major strategic shift" in Iraq following the US troop surge. |
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ChristianPost |
11:33am PDT |
Youth Leaders 'Shift' Against Tide of Discontent |
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Summary: During a shift from the modern world to what many call a postmodern world, ministers who lead younger flocks are finding more reason to change their approach to youth ... |
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BBC News |
11:26am PDT |
Holy Islamic key sets sale record |
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Summary: A 12th Century key to the holiest site in Islam sells for a record $18 million at Sotheby's in London. |
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BBC News |
11:26am PDT |
A 12th Century key to Islam's holiest shrine sets a record price |
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Summary: A 12th Century key to the holiest site in Islam sells for a record $18 million at Sotheby's in London. |
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Cnn.com |
11:23am PDT |
Shop sells cat-dung coffee at $100 a shot |
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Summary: A London department store has started selling coffee for $100 a shot.
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BBC News |
11:20am PDT |
IBM races to make hi-tech memory |
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Summary: Research by IBM scientists could result in gadgets with vastly bigger memory capacities from current levels. |
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BBC News |
11:16am PDT |
Boy burned in tanning salon visit |
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Summary: A teenage boy suffers burns to his face after visiting a tanning salon three times in one day. |
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BBC News |
11:07am PDT |
Fixer 'kept gangster off Gerrard' |
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Summary: Steven Gerrard's father says a figure known as The Psycho threatened to shoot the Liverpool star in the legs. |
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Cnn.com |
11:04am PDT |
Settlement in VA Tech shootings, lawyers say |
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Cnn.com |
11:04am PDT |
Settlement in Va. Tech shootings, lawyers say |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
10:55am PDT |
Bernanke: economic woes nothing like Depression
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The current economic
slowdown is nothing like the Great Depression of the 1930s, in
part because the U.S. Federal Reserve is far more proactive,
Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Thursday. |
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Cnn.com |
10:50am PDT |
New storms bear down on Arkansas |
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Yahoo News |
10:48am PDT |
Va. Tech families reach $11M settlement
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Families of the victims in the Virginia Tech shootings have reached a tentative $11 million settlement with the state, Gov. Timothy M. Kaine said Thursday. The deal is designed to prevent future lawsuits. |
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Yahoo News |
10:46am PDT |
Tiger tees off after Masters fog delay
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Tiger Woods teed off under sunny skies Thursday, about an hour behind schedule at the Masters after soupy fog blanketed the course just past sunrise. The world's No. 1 player got off to a shaky start, pulling his drive up against the second cut to th |
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ChristianPost |
10:44am PDT |
Pope Benedict's U.S. Visit to Reshape Image |
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Summary: Pope Benedict XVI will visit the United States next week in a highly anticipated event that many predict will shape, if not define, Benedict in the eyes of ... |
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Yahoo News |
10:33am PDT |
McCain seeks aid for some homeowners
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Sen. John McCain called for federal aid for well-meaning homeowners who can't pay their mortgages, an attempt to fend off criticism that he has been indifferent to the housing crisis and the market upheaval it has spawned. |
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Cnn.com |
10:32am PDT |
Soaring fuel prices hurt kids |
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Summary: The school buses in Dubuque County, Iowa, travel 4,900 miles each day ferrying kids to and from class. That's the equivalent of driving across the entire U.S. and halfway back again.
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ChristianPost |
10:20am PDT |
Rick Warren on Moses' Staff and Book's Success |
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Summary: Megastar Pastor Rick Warren slipped into the conference hall unnoticed Tuesday night, comfortably mingling with the hundreds of pastors gathered, before stepping on stage to deliver a sermon that reminded the audience why Warren is one of the most popular |
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BBC News |
10:19am PDT |
Call girl 'helped husband grieve' |
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Summary: A limousine firm boss has told a court how his Lithuanian prostitute girlfriend comforted him following the death of his wife. |
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Cnn.com |
10:18am PDT |
OutKast's Big Boi, ballerina fuse moves, beats |
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Summary: As half of the famed hip-hop duo OutKast, Antwan "Big Boi" Patton is known for his bass-booming, chart-topping smash hits. His recording studio in Atlanta is lined with plush velvet, stocked with Courvoisier and has a swing hanging from the ceiling -- a p |
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BBC News |
10:18am PDT |
Slovak MPs end row to pass treaty |
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Summary: Slovakia and Poland ratify the Lisbon Treaty, bringing to nine the number of EU countries approving it. |
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Yahoo News |
10:10am PDT |
Bush: Iraq withdrawals to freeze in July
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - US President George W. Bush on Thursday ordered an open-ended halt to US troop withdrawals from Iraq come July, warning that the strife-torn country remains too fragile five years after Baghdad fell. |
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BBC News |
10:00am PDT |
Bank drops interest rates to 5% |
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Summary: Interest rates are cut to 5% from 5.25% by the Bank of England to shore up the UK's slowing economic growth. |
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BBC News |
9:57am PDT |
Orde rebuked for 'tribal' remarks |
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Summary: The Policing Board seeks clarification after NI's chief constable allegedly said it had "gone a bit tribal". |
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Yahoo News |
9:39am PDT |
China tells Olympic boss to stay out of politics
(AFP/File)
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Summary: AFP/File - China bluntly told the world Olympics chief Thursday to keep out of politics, in a tart exchange on human rights following days of protests that have shadowed the Olympic torch around the world. |
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Yahoo News |
9:35am PDT |
Slocumb, Daugherty lead Masters golf
(AP)
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Summary: AP - An early-morning fog delay has backed things up a bit at the Masters. Today's opening round got under way about 40 minutes late. Heath Slocumb made the turn at 2-under and was tied for the lead with Englishman Nick Dougherty, who was minus-2 through |
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Cnn.com |
9:34am PDT |
Senate passes foreclosure bill |
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Yahoo News |
9:33am PDT |
Senate backs tax break-focused housing rescue bill
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The Senate on Thursday voted 84-12
to approve a $15 billion bill aimed at tackling the nation's
housing market crisis with tax breaks for corporations and some
assistance for distressed homeowners. |
