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BBC News |
5:27am PDT |
Tax probe led to football arrests |
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Summary: Birmingham City say the arrest of two club directors centred on tax investigations involving two players. |
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BBC News |
5:16am PDT |
'Spitting vicar' sacked by bishop |
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Summary: A Church of England vicar accused of intimidating and spitting at his parishioners is ordered to leave his post. |
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BBC News |
5:15am PDT |
Rapist 'too dangerous to release' |
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Summary: A convict who abducted and raped a teenager is too dangerous ever to be freed, says a top prosecutor. |
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ChristianPost |
5:13am PDT |
Biblical Authority and the Preacher |
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Summary: The inaugural issue of Christianity Today, dated October 15, 1956, featured an article by Billy Graham entitled, "Biblical Authority in Evangelism." The thrust of the article was clear – without an unhesitant "thus saith the Lord" authority in preaching a |
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BBC News |
5:13am PDT |
Bin Laden 'inspired bomb plotter' |
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Summary: Osama Bin Laden inspired a man accused of plotting to bomb transatlantic planes, his trial hears. |
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Yahoo News |
5:11am PDT |
Retailers post sluggish sales in March
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Summary: AP - Most retailers reported sluggish sales in March when consumers — fretting about mounting economic problems — limited their shopping to food and other essentials. |
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Yahoo News |
5:08am PDT |
IOC strips medals from Jones' teammates
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The IOC stripped the medals Thursday from Marion Jones' U.S. relay teammates at the 2000 Olympics because of her doping history. |
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BBC News |
5:06am PDT |
Flag a taxi |
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Summary: Think it's hard finding a cab? Try it in a wheelchair |
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Cnn.com |
5:04am PDT |
'Squirrelman' booted from tree gets RV |
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Yahoo News |
5:04am PDT |
McCain turns to economy with housing, job proposals
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Republican presidential candidate John
McCain, criticized by his Democratic rivals for being soft on
economic issues, lays out a set of proposals on Thursday to
address the U.S. housing crisis and ease the burden of
unemployment. |
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Cnn.com |
5:01am PDT |
Tornadoes hit Texas, Oklahoma |
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Yahoo News |
5:00am PDT |
American cancels 900 more flights
(AP)
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Summary: AP - American Airlines canceled more than 900 flights Thursday to fix faulty wiring in hundreds of jets, marking the third straight day of mass groundings as company executives offered profuse apologies and travel vouchers to calm angry customers. |
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BBC News |
4:58am PDT |
Accused husband ashamed of affair |
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Summary: The husband of a special constable stabbed at her home tells the Old Bailey he was embarrassed about his affair with a prostitute. |
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ChristianPost |
4:57am PDT |
U.S. Leg of Olympic Torch Relay Dodges Protestors |
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Summary: Heavily guarded Olympic torchbearers were re-routed during the flame’s U.S. run in San Francisco Wednesday to evade thousands of protestors assembled to denounce China’s record on human ... |
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BBC News |
4:54am PDT |
Nepal votes in historic election |
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Summary: People in Nepal complete voting in mostly peaceful elections that will decide the future of the country. |
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ChristianToday |
4:54am PDT |
UK lenders cut mortgage rates after BoE move |
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Summary: Several of Britains top lenders cut their variable lending rates by 25 basis points on Thursday matching a move by the Bank of England to pass on some relief to homeowners facing a jump in mortgage costs |
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Cnn.com |
4:54am PDT |
Torch relay to go on despite protests |
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Summary: The controversial Olympic torch relay will go on, but organizers will reconsider holding such international relays for future Olympic Games, President Jacques Rogge of the International Olympic Committee said Thursday.
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Yahoo News |
4:51am PDT |
Frog without lungs found in Indonesia
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A frog has been found in a remote part of Indonesia that has no lungs and breathes through its skin, a discovery that researchers said Thursday could provide insight into what drives evolution in certain species. |
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ChristianToday |
4:51am PDT |
Turkey court convicts Kurdish politician for speech |
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Summary: A Turkish court on Thursday sentenced Kurdish politician Leyla Zana a former Nobel Peace Prize nominee to two years in prison for spreading terrorist propaganda court officials said |
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Yahoo News |
4:50am PDT |
Nepal polls close, UN praises elections
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Voting in landmark elections in Nepal ended Thursday, with the United Nations praising the "overwhelming enthusiasm" for the polls that will define the country's political future. |
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Yahoo News |
4:49am PDT |
China says foils "terrorist" plot to kidnap Olympians
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Chinese authorities have detained 45
East Turkestan "terrorist" suspects, and foiled plots to carry
out suicide bomb attacks and kidnap athletes to disrupt the
Beijing Olympics, a police spokesman said on Thursday. |
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BBC News |
4:47am PDT |
Cameron Olympic 'dithering' claim |
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Summary: David Cameron says Gordon Brown would win gold for "dithering" after confusion over his Olympic plans. |
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BBC News |
4:46am PDT |
Over the fence |
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Summary: Why can't we stop drugs getting into prisons? |
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ChristianToday |
4:46am PDT |
Two killed delivering food aid to south Sudan |
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Summary: Two workers delivering food aid to south Sudan have been killed in the third fatal attack on World Food Programme trucks in three weeks the UN organisation said on Thursday |
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ChristianPost |
4:44am PDT |
Bush Presence at Olympic Gala Uncertain |
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Summary: President Bush has said he plans to attend the Beijing Olympics, but the White House has not ruled out the possibility that he may miss the opening ceremony, which China hopes to use as an international ... |
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ChristianToday |
4:38am PDT |
China says UKs Brown never down for Olympic start |
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Summary: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown was never expected to attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics in August China said on Thursday |
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ChristianToday |
4:34am PDT |
Pope Benedict is coming to America |
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Summary: Pope Benedict is coming to America and American Catholics may be in for some surprises |
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ChristianPost |
4:33am PDT |
Court Tosses Suit Over School's Anti-Gay Speech Policy |
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Summary: A high school student won't be allowed to proceed with a lawsuit against his school district for instituting a policy that barred him from expressing his opposition to homosexuality, a federal appeals court ruled ... |
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BBC News |
4:26am PDT |
Europe-wide food colour ban call |
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Summary: A food safety watchdog calls for an EU ban on six artificial food colourings after research links them with hyperactivity. |
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Cnn.com |
4:24am PDT |
Woman makes gruesome find after mom dies |
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