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BBC News |
7:50am PDT |
US court backs lethal injection |
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Summary: The US Supreme Court rejects a challenge to the use of lethal injections to execute prisoners. |
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Yahoo News |
7:46am PDT |
Iran nuclear talks in China fall short of agreement
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Six-nation talks looking to revive
nuclear negotiations with Iran fell short on Wednesday of
agreeing on a new package to present Tehran, while Iran's
president said he was open to talks within limits. |
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Yahoo News |
7:41am PDT |
Pope Benedict XVI visits Bush, thrills crowd
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Pope Benedict XVI paid an historic and emotional visit to the White House Wednesday, meeting US President George W. Bush and thrilling thousands of well-wishers on the pontiff's 81st birthday. |
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BBC News |
7:39am PDT |
Bird's nest |
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Summary: Inside Beijing's new Olympic stadium as it nears completion |
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ChristianPost |
7:36am PDT |
The Pope Comes to America: Evangelical Thoughts |
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Summary: Pope Benedict XVI arrived in the United States yesterday, and a flood of media attention has arrived with him. I was asked by editors at The Washington Post and Newsweek to write a special column for "On Faith" which would represent an evangelical voice [ |
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Yahoo News |
7:36am PDT |
Bruce Springsteen endorses Obama for president
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Rock star Bruce Springsteen endorsed Democratic Sen. Barack Obama for president Wednesday, saying "he speaks to the America I've envisioned in my music for the past 35 years." |
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BBC News |
7:29am PDT |
Quelle horreur! How can a French Eurovision song be in English? |
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Summary: France's decision to enter a song with English lyrics into the Eurovision song contest sparks a row |
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BBC News |
7:26am PDT |
Olympic torch relay in Pakistan |
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Summary: Ceremonies to mark the arrival of the Olympic torch in Pakistan have been taking place amid tight security. |
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BBC News |
7:18am PDT |
George Best's father dies aged 88 |
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Summary: The father of Northern Ireland football legend George Best dies in hospital at the age of 88. |
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Yahoo News |
7:12am PDT |
Ex-Newark mayor and mistress convicted in corruption trial
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A federal jury has convicted former Newark Mayor Sharpe James and his ex-mistress of corruption stemming from the cut-rate sale of city land. |
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Cnn.com |
7:08am PDT |
Pilot dies during wildfire; state hopes for snow |
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Yahoo News |
7:08am PDT |
AP photographer freed by US military after 2 years
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The U.S. military released Associated Press photographer Bilal Hussein on Wednesday after holding him for more than two years without filing formal charges. |
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BBC News |
7:03am PDT |
White House ready to greet Pope |
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Summary: Thousands of guests gather at the White House where President Bush will meet visiting Pope Benedict. |
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BBC News |
7:03am PDT |
Brown in Zimbabwe talks at UN |
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Summary: Gordon Brown is in talks with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon as he begins a three-day visit to the United States. |
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Cnn.com |
7:02am PDT |
Va. Tech student reports on life after tragedy |
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Summary: On the anniversary of the Virginia Tech shootings, students at the school are remembering those lost in the violence and looking ahead to their futures. Freshman Caleb Fleming interviewed his peers and found that through the tragedy, Virginia Tech student |
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Cnn.com |
7:02am PDT |
Slaughter will not define Va. Tech, freshman pens |
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Summary: The killer's bullets found Derek O'Dell and Katelyn Carney while they were in class at Virginia Tech, but getting shot didn't make their lives worse. Derek's family connection deepened. "I appreciate things a lot more, looking back and seeing how close to |
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Cnn.com |
7:02am PDT |
Killings won't define Va. Tech, freshman pens |
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Summary: The killer's bullets found Derek O'Dell and Katelyn Carney while they were in class at Virginia Tech, but getting shot didn't make their lives worse. Derek's family connection deepened. "I appreciate things a lot more, looking back and seeing how close to |
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Yahoo News |
6:59am PDT |
Zimbabwe doctors say 157 beaten in post-election violence
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - A coalition of Zimbabwean doctors said Wednesday its members had seen and treated more than 150 patients who had been beaten and tortured since the elections at the end of March. |
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Yahoo News |
6:59am PDT |
Bush to urge halting CO2 emission growth by 2025
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. President George W. Bush plans
on Wednesday to call for halting the growth of greenhouse gas
emissions by 2025, an administration official said, but he will
offer few ideas on how to do so before his term ends early next
year. |
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Yahoo News |
6:56am PDT |
U.S. military frees AP photographer in Iraq
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer
working for the Associated Press in Iraq was freed from U.S.
military custody on Wednesday after being held for two years,
the news agency said. |
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Cnn.com |
6:56am PDT |
'E'- word won't stick on Obama, author says |
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Summary: Sen. Barack Obama is saddled with a potentially toxic image problem -- that he has an elitist attitude.
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ChristianToday |
6:45am PDT |
Double chart success for Jeremy Camp |
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Summary: Jeremy Camp returns home from hit tour with TobyMac headlining Festivals and ppreparing for studio time |
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BBC News |
6:43am PDT |
Basra security leaders removed |
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Summary: Iraq's government replaces the heads of the army and police forces in Basra after a failed assault on militias. |
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BBC News |
6:29am PDT |
Ofcom ponders future of fast net |
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Summary: Water and electricity pipes could be utilised to deliver superfast broadband, says Ofcom. |
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Yahoo News |
6:23am PDT |
Olympic torch run has sparse Pakistani crowd, tight security
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Runners carried the Olympic flame around the outside of a sports stadium Wednesday — an invitation-only event in front of an elite, sparse crowd with heavy security to deter any anti-China protesters or terrorist attacks. |
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Cnn.com |
6:22am PDT |
Sources: Hamas reps en route to Jimmy Carter |
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Summary: Two senior Hamas leaders based in Gaza arrived in the Egyptian capital on Wednesday in hopes of meeting with former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, Hamas political sources told CNN.
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Yahoo News |
6:16am PDT |
Iran nuclear talks end in China without resolution
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Six-nation talks about Iran's nuclear
program on Wednesday failed to secure full agreement on a new
package aimed a restarting negotiations with Tehran, but the
Iranian president said the country was open for discussions. |
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Yahoo News |
6:11am PDT |
March consumer prices up despite big drop in clothing costs
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Consumer prices pushed higher last month as increases in energy, food and airline tickets overwhelmed the biggest drop in clothing prices in nearly a decade. |
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BBC News |
6:10am PDT |
Redknapp taking police to court |
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Summary: Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp starts a legal action against police for arresting him in a corruption inquiry. |
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ChristianToday |
6:05am PDT |
PM endorses new Micah Challenge book on church responsibility to poor |
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Summary: Prime Minister Gordon Brown Tory leader David Cameron and Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg endorse new book tackling churchs responsibility to the poor |
