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BBC News |
10:06pm PDT |
Chilean minister voted out of job |
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Summary: Chile's education minister is impeached by parliament and suspended for alleged corruption. |
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BBC News |
9:29pm PDT |
Gaffes dominate Democratic debate |
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Summary: Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama pick each other up on slips during a debate ahead of the Pennsylvania primary. |
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Yahoo News |
9:06pm PDT |
Federal loans not an option for many junior college students
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Summary: AP - For students who need to borrow for college, federal loans are almost always the best deal. But a new study finds that more than 1 million community college students — a disproportionate number of them minorities — can't get such loans because their |
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Yahoo News |
9:04pm PDT |
Sect members live 'normal' life on polygamous church ranch
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The women who belong to an embattled polygamist sect wear 19th Century-style dresses, but their daily lives don't differ much from their neighbors', including trips to discount super stores and the orthodontist, members said Wednesday. |
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Cnn.com |
9:03pm PDT |
Clinton, Obama skirt backing the other as VP |
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Summary: Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama each declined to commit when asked in a debate whether they would take the other as their running mate should they win the nomination. Six days before the Pennsylvania primary, each did say they thought the ot |
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Cnn.com |
9:03pm PDT |
Clinton, Obama take fire in Philly |
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Summary: Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama each declined to commit when asked in a debate whether they would take the other as their running mate should they win the nomination. Six days before the Pennsylvania primary, each did say they thought the ot |
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Cnn.com |
9:03pm PDT |
Clinton, Obama skirt VP promise |
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Summary: Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama each declined to commit when asked in a debate whether they would take the other as their running mate should they win the nomination. Six days before the Pennsylvania primary, each did say they thought the ot |
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BBC News |
8:56pm PDT |
Brown and Bush to discuss economy |
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Summary: Gordon Brown and President Bush are to meet to discuss ways of avoiding a world recession. |
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Cnn.com |
8:09pm PDT |
Pilot dies during wildfire; state hopes for rain |
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Cnn.com |
8:06pm PDT |
U.N.: N. Korea faces food crisis |
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Summary: North Korea faces a looming food crisis due to floods last year, the U.N. food agency said.
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7:46pm PDT |
Brazil president defends biofuels |
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Summary: President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva rejects allegations that biofuels are responsible for rises in global food prices. |
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Cnn.com |
7:38pm PDT |
Supreme Court upholds lethal injection method |
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Summary: The Supreme Court, in a 7-2 ruling, upheld Kentucky's use of lethal injection as a means of executing prisoners, ruling that the method -- used in some 35 states -- is properly and humanely applied.
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7:31pm PDT |
Rhys murder suspect faces court |
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Summary: A 17-year-old boy charged with the murder of Liverpool schoolboy Rhys Jones will appear in court. |
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Yahoo News |
7:28pm PDT |
Clinton emphatically says Obama can win White House
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton said emphatically Wednesday night that Barack Obama can win the White House this fall, undercutting her efforts to deny him the Democratic presidential nomination by suggesting he would lead the party to defeat. |
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BBC News |
7:24pm PDT |
Plants 'thrive' on Moon rock diet |
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Summary: European Space Agency scientists believe they are nearer to finding a way to grow plants on the Moon. |
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BBC News |
7:24pm PDT |
Moon rock diet |
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Summary: Scientists hope to find way to grow plants on the Moon |
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Yahoo News |
7:21pm PDT |
`American Idol' cuts another finalist, leaving 6 contestants
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Summary: AP - The praise of Mariah Carey couldn't rescue Kristy Lee Cook from elimination on "American Idol." The 24-year-old resident country singer from Selma, Ore., was the latest casualty as the Fox sing-off narrowed the competition to six finalists. |
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Yahoo News |
7:20pm PDT |
Rangers push Devils to brink of elimination with 5-3 win
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Marc Staal pushed the New York Rangers within a win of the second round, and he did it with a good old slap shot. No tricks or funky screens were needed to beat Martin Brodeur and the New Jersey Devils on this night. Staal scored his first NHL playof |
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Cnn.com |
7:11pm PDT |
Candlelight vigil caps Va. Tech anniversary |
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Cnn.com |
7:11pm PDT |
Vigil caps Va. Tech anniversary |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Cnn.com |
7:01pm PDT |
Clinton, Obama decline to back loser as VP |
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Summary: Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama each declined to commit tonight when asked in a debate if they would take the other as their running mate should they win the nomination. Six days before the Pennsylvania primary, each did say they thought the |
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Yahoo News |
7:00pm PDT |
Obama and Clinton on defensive in tense debate
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Summary: Reuters - Democratic presidential rivals
Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton tried to clarify recent
controversial comments during a tense debate on Wednesday, with
Obama accusing Clinton of playing politics with his remarks on
small-town residents. |
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BBC News |
6:42pm PDT |
Mbeki defends record on Zimbabwe |
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Summary: South African President Thabo Mbeki defends his record on Zimbabwe, while playing down the country's crisis. |
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Yahoo News |
6:30pm PDT |
Pressure mounts on Zimbabwe at U.N. council
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Summary: Reuters - Western states joined the United
Nations in urging action to ensure a fair outcome from
Zimbabwe's elections but most African countries avoided the
issue at a summit of the Security Council and the African Union
on Wednesday. |
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BBC News |
6:15pm PDT |
Torch reaches locked-down Delhi |
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Summary: The Olympic flame arrives in India from Pakistan amid tight security on the latest leg of its troubled world tour. |
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Yahoo News |
6:04pm PDT |
Obama, Clinton won't vow to put loser on ticket as VP
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama both declined Wednesday night to pledge a spot on their ticket this fall to the loser of their epic battle for the Democratic presidential nomination. |
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BBC News |
6:03pm PDT |
Pope attacks US sex abuse record |
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Summary: Benedict XVI criticises US bishops' conduct during child sex scandals, saying they were "badly handled". |
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Yahoo News |
5:55pm PDT |
Obama tries to clarify small-town remarks
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Democrat Barack Obama tried to
clarify his remarks about small-town residents during a
Pennsylvania debate on Wednesday and said presidential rival
Hillary Clinton had "beat it to death" on the campaign trail. |
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Cnn.com |
5:45pm PDT |
Elderly women guilty in murder-for-profit case |
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5:37pm PDT |
Pentagon records detail prisoner abuse by US military
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Summary: AP - Military interrogators assaulted Afghan detainees in 2003, using investigation methods they learned during self-defense training, according to Pentagon documents released Wednesday. |
