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Yahoo News |
5:33pm PDT |
Calif. jury convicts elderly women in murder conspiracy
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Summary: AP - An elderly woman was convicted Wednesday of murdering two homeless men to collect insurance payouts, and she and a co-defendant were found guilty of counts involving conspiracy to murder for financial gain. |
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BBC News |
5:31pm PDT |
Prime suspect |
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Summary: The parents of a murdered student see her 'killer' |
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Cnn.com |
5:24pm PDT |
Cuba looks to profit to boost food production |
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Summary: President Raúl Castro has moved quickly since taking the reins of power from his ailing brother, Fidel, last year to boost food production by putting more land into the hands of profit-earning farmers.
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BBC News |
5:08pm PDT |
East Timor president returns home |
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Summary: East Timor's president flies back to Dili, after treatment for gun wounds received during a rebel attack. |
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Yahoo News |
4:55pm PDT |
Sect members say life 'normal' on polygamous church ranch
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Members of the embattled polygamist sect said Wednesday life was relatively normal on their West Texas ranch at the center of one of the nation's largest child-custody cases. |
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Cnn.com |
4:54pm PDT |
Pope urges 'moral renewal' to help children |
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Summary: On the second day of his U.S. visit, Pope Benedict XVI urged the media and entertainment industry to take part in a "moral renewal" to protect children. "What does it mean to speak of child protection when pornography and violence can be viewed in so many |
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Cnn.com |
4:54pm PDT |
Pope: Sex abuse scandal a 'deep shame' |
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Summary: Pope Benedict XVI today addressed issues ranging from the sex abuse scandal in the Roman Catholic Church to the "alarming decrease" in Catholic marriages in the U.S. Speaking to U.S. bishops, he said the abuse of children by priests has caused a "deep sha |
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Cnn.com |
4:54pm PDT |
Pope urges 'moral renewal' |
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Summary: On the second day of his U.S. visit, Pope Benedict XVI urged the media and entertainment industry to take part in a "moral renewal" to protect children. "What does it mean to speak of child protection when pornography and violence can be viewed in so many |
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BBC News |
4:51pm PDT |
Wallace and Gromit fan patents one of his inventions |
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Summary: A five-year-old boy is thought to be the UK's youngest person to patent an idea after inventing a labour-saving broom. |
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Cnn.com |
4:42pm PDT |
Pope prays with U.S. bishops in Washington |
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Summary: Pope Benedict XVI moved today from a festive White House visit to a prayer service with U.S. bishops at Washington's Basilica of the National Shrine. The pope, marking his 81st birthday, was serenaded with "Happy Birthday" by a crowd gathered outside the |
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4:41pm PDT |
Call for NHS staff police guard |
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Summary: Police should be deployed in A&E units and ambulances to deal with weekend binge drinkers, NHS staff say. |
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BBC News |
4:41pm PDT |
Day of Gaza unrest leaves 22 dead |
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Summary: At least 22 people are killed in the worst day of violence across the Gaza Strip for more than a month. |
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4:41pm PDT |
Health managers back polyclinics |
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Summary: NHS managers have given their backing to polyclinics and attacked the "knee-jerk" reactions of critics. |
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4:40pm PDT |
Cold War legacy |
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Summary: The Vulcan bomber takes to the skies once again |
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Yahoo News |
4:27pm PDT |
Pope says clergy abuse scandal sometimes 'badly handled'
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Summary: AP - Pope Benedict XVI told America's Roman Catholic leaders Wednesday evening that the clergy sex abuse scandal has sometimes been "very badly handled," his harshest criticism yet regarding the crisis that has badly damaged the U.S. church. |
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4:24pm PDT |
Restraining order extended against Spears friend Lutfi
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A temporary restraining order against Britney Spears' friend Sam Lutfi was extended Wednesday after an attorney told a judge all parties had agreed on the matter. |
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BBC News |
4:20pm PDT |
I name this ship |
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Summary: Why Helen had to call in the Royal Marines |
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4:18pm PDT |
Pope acknowledges sex abuse scandal "badly handled"
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Summary: Reuters - Pope Benedict on Wednesday
acknowledged the Church had handled the pedophile priests
scandal "very badly" and told U.S. bishops to bind up wounds
and seek reconciliation with those who were "so seriously
wronged." |
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BBC News |
4:17pm PDT |
Action urged on child abuse sites |
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Summary: A net watchdog calls for an international effort that could see the end of sites that sell images of child sex abuse. |
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Yahoo News |
4:15pm PDT |
Obama, Clinton to debate as Pennsylvania primary looms large
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Summary: AP - The furor over Sen. Barack Obama's words about bitter voters in small towns looms large as the Democratic front-runner and rival Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton are slated to debate Wednesday just days before the Pennsylvania primary. |
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BBC News |
4:10pm PDT |
Teenagers 'live in fear' of crime |
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Summary: Many Scottish schoolchildren live in fear of violent crime in their own neighbourhoods, a charity claims. |
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Cnn.com |
4:08pm PDT |
Clinton, Obama face off in key primary state |
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Summary: Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama will debate each other Wednesday night for the first time in nearly two months.
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BBC News |
4:07pm PDT |
MSPs urged to reject new tax plan |
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Summary: MSPs are being asked to reject ministers' plans to replace council tax with a local income tax. |
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Cnn.com |
3:59pm PDT |
Ex-mayor convicted in land-for-love case |
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Summary: Former Newark, New Jersey, Mayor Sharpe James and co-defendant Tamika Riley were found guilty Wednesday of charges related to property fraud, the U.S. Attorney's Office in the District of New Jersey told CNN.
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Yahoo News |
3:39pm PDT |
Celebrated in White House visit, pope addresses bishops
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Summary: AP - Pope Benedict XVI moved Wednesday from a jubilant White House visit where he defended religion in the public square to a contemplative prayer service at a national Roman Catholic shrine, where he was expected to tell bishops that they must heal the s |
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Yahoo News |
3:38pm PDT |
Forbes: Yankees worth $1.3 billion, Mets $824 million
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The New York Yankees' value increased to $1.306 billion over the past year, according to the annual estimates by Forbes magazine, a rise of 9 percent over the past year. |
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Cnn.com |
3:37pm PDT |
Bush climate change shift gets cool reception |
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Summary: President Bush on Wednesday called for halting the growth of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 2025 and said Congress -- not judges or regulators -- should take the lead role in grappling with global warming.
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3:36pm PDT |
Obama reports income of $4.2 million in 2007 tax returns
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Democratic Sen. Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, made $4.2 million last year as widespread interest in the presidential candidate pushed the sales of his two books. |
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Yahoo News |
3:30pm PDT |
Woods to miss at least 4 weeks after undergoing knee surgery
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The U.S. Open figured to be the closest to a sure thing for Tiger Woods in the majors this year, but maybe not anymore. Two days after his quest for a Grand Slam fizzled at the Masters, Woods had arthroscopic surgery on his left knee for the second t |
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Yahoo News |
3:18pm PDT |
Feds to collect DNA from every person they arrest
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Summary: AP - The government plans to begin collecting DNA samples from anyone arrested by a federal law enforcement agency — a move intended to prevent violent crime but which also is raising concerns about the privacy of innocent people. |
