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Yahoo News |
3:17pm PDT |
Pope prays with Bush, urges more just society
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Pope Benedict, making only the
second visit by a pontiff to the White House, on Wednesday
urged Americans and their leaders to base social and political
decisions on moral principles to create a more just society. |
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BBC News |
3:08pm PDT |
Man City triumph in FA Youth Cup |
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Summary: Manchester City beat Chelsea 3-1 in the second leg of the FA Youth Cup final, to claim a 4-2 aggregate win. |
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BBC News |
3:00pm PDT |
Win keeps hopes alive - Strachan |
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Summary: Manager Gordon Strachan is delighted to see Celtic stay in the title race after a dramatic 2-1 win over Rangers. |
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Yahoo News |
2:59pm PDT |
Judge to decide restraining order in Spears case
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A Los Angeles court commissioner has transferred a hearing on a restraining order against Britney Spears' friend Osama "Sam" Lutfi to a Superior Court judge. |
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BBC News |
2:41pm PDT |
Child doctors express 'concerns' |
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Summary: Paediatricians are being put off appearing as expert witness in court cases, doctors say. |
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Cnn.com |
2:37pm PDT |
Hungry slither under fence as artist sings |
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Summary: Singer Eli Amor is a Zimbabwean who has found work in South Africa. Like 13 million of his countrymen, Eli hopes the political and economic situation in his homeland will improve. He offered up a song about a greedy man who refuses to give up power to his |
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BBC News |
2:28pm PDT |
Weak dollar boosts eBay profits |
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Summary: Quarterly profits at online auction site eBay rise 22% as the weak dollar boosts the value of overseas sales. |
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Cnn.com |
2:26pm PDT |
Teen guilty in 'thrill kill' beheading case |
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Summary: A jury rejected an 18-year-old's claim that he acted in self-defense, finding him guilty of murder in the stabbing, beheading and torching of a Michigan man. The jury deliberated for more than 10 hours over two days before finding Jean Pierre Orlewicz gui |
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ChristianToday |
2:24pm PDT |
Mediterranean tsunami warning system set for 2011 |
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Summary: Scientists are developing a tsunami warning system for the Mediterranean region which they said on Wednesday should be ready in 2011 and could save thousands of lives |
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Yahoo News |
2:23pm PDT |
Cleveland zoo researchers find rare giant turtle in Vietnam
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Researchers from the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo have discovered a rare giant turtle in northern Vietnam — a find that carries great scientific and cultural significance. Swinhoe's soft-shell turtle was previously thought to be extinct in the wild. Thre |
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ChristianToday |
2:21pm PDT |
Shannons mother faces November trial |
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Summary: Karen Matthews is to go on trial in November over the disappearance of her 9yearold daughter Shannon a court official said on Wednesday |
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Yahoo News |
2:21pm PDT |
Study: Gender, other factors guide preemies' survival
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Doctors now have a better way of helping parents make an agonizing decision — whether to take heroic steps to save a very premature baby. |
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Yahoo News |
2:21pm PDT |
U.S. hopes Saudi Arabia, others to offer Iraq help
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The United States is hopeful Saudi
Arabia and other Arab nations will offer diplomatic and
financial help to Iraq at a conference of its neighbors next
week, said a senior U.S. official on Wednesday. |
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ChristianToday |
2:16pm PDT |
Israel kills 17 in Gaza after troops die in clash |
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Summary: Israeli forces killed 17 Palestinians most of them civilians including a Reuters cameraman in the Hamascontrolled Gaza Strip on Wednesday medical officials and witnesses said |
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Yahoo News |
2:15pm PDT |
Top court clears way for executions to resume
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The Supreme Court on Wednesday
rejected a challenge to the lethal three-drug cocktail used in
most U.S. executions, clearing the way for a resumption of
capital punishment halted since last September. |
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ChristianToday |
2:10pm PDT |
Police charge 17yearold with Rhys Jones murder |
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Summary: Police charged a 17yearold on Wednesday with the murder of Liverpool schoolboy Rhys Jones in August last year |
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Yahoo News |
2:09pm PDT |
Nearly 300 arrested in immigration raids at poultry plants
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Nearly 300 people were arrested Wednesday in immigration and identity theft raids at Pilgrim's Pride poultry plants in five states. |
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Yahoo News |
2:08pm PDT |
Murtha says McCain too old to be president
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Democratic Rep. John Murtha said Wednesday that Republican Sen. John McCain is too old to be president. Murtha is 75, four years older than McCain. He says they are nearly the same age, and the rigors and stress of running the country is too much for |
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Yahoo News |
2:07pm PDT |
Man at center of Las Vegas ricin case arrested, charged
(AP)
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Summary: AP - An unemployed graphic designer who authorities believe was nearly killed by ricin was arrested Wednesday on federal charges that he possessed the deadly toxin as part of an "exotic idea," never carried out, to poison his enemies. |
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BBC News |
1:54pm PDT |
Oil scales new record above $115 |
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Summary: The price of oil has hit a new peak after a US government inventory report raised concerns about supplies. |
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BBC News |
1:47pm PDT |
Late Celtic winner stuns Rangers |
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Summary: Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink's injury-time winner sees Celtic beat Rangers 2-1 and narrow the gap on them to one point. |
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BBC News |
1:47pm PDT |
Celtic win thrilling Old Firm game |
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Summary: Celtic's Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink scores an injury-time header to narrow the gap on Rangers to one point. |
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Yahoo News |
1:44pm PDT |
With a wounded left knee, Woods has surgery and sits
(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. |
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Cnn.com |
1:43pm PDT |
No 2007 deaths on scheduled U.S. airlines |
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ChristianPost |
1:35pm PDT |
Executions to Resume after High Court OK's Lethal Injections |
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Summary: U.S. executions are all but sure to resume soon after a nationwide halt, cleared Wednesday by a splintered Supreme Court that approved the most widely used method of lethal ... |
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Cnn.com |
1:31pm PDT |
High court split over execution of child rapists |
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Summary: The Supreme Court focused Wednesday on whether "evolving standards of decency" in the United States forbid a resumption of capital punishment for any felony but murder. But the justices offered no clear indication of how they will rule in the case of a ma |
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ChristianToday |
1:18pm PDT |
Pope meets Bush urges more just society |
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Summary: Pope Benedict making only the second visit by a pontiff to the White House on Wednesday urged Americans and their leaders to base social and political decisions on moral principles to create a more just society |
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Yahoo News |
1:17pm PDT |
Pope meets Bush, urges more just society
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Pope Benedict, making only the
second visit by a pontiff to the White House, on Wednesday
urged Americans and their leaders to base social and political
decisions on moral principles to create a more just society. |
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Yahoo News |
1:07pm PDT |
Bush revises strategy on curbing greenhouse gases
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Bush on Wednesday called for a halt in the growth of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 2025 and urged other major polluting nations to develop national goals to address climate change. |
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Yahoo News |
1:03pm PDT |
Bush, big crowd greet pope on birthday
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Bush and Pope Benedict XVI agreed Wednesday that terrorism is an unacceptable weapon for any cause or religion, standing strongly united on that issue but divided on others during a day of substance and symbolism at the White House. |
