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BBC News |
5:47am PDT |
Increase in unqualified teachers |
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Summary: The number of people teaching in state schools without qualified teacher status has risen five-fold in 10 years, figures suggest. |
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Yahoo News |
5:45am PDT |
Torch ceremony under way in Pakistan
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Pakistan's leg of the Olympic torch relay got under way Wednesday for the country's elite as tight security resulted in an invitation-only event. |
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Yahoo News |
5:41am PDT |
U.S. and North Korea envoys think key row cleared: sources
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Negotiators from the United States and
North Korea believe they have settled a thorny dispute over
Washington's allegations that Pyongyang had a program to enrich
uranium for weapons and proliferated nuclear technology to
Syria, diplomatic s |
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ChristianPost |
5:37am PDT |
Salvation Army: Needs of Kenyan Refugees Still Great |
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Summary: Media interest may have waned but the needs facing many of the Kenyan refugees who fled to Uganda to escape post-election violence are still great, report according to The Salvation Army’s International Emergency Services ... |
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BBC News |
5:31am PDT |
Quelle horreur! How can the 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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ChristianPost |
5:29am PDT |
Study Reveals Decline in Teen Pregancies, Abortions |
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Summary: In what is perhaps the most comprehensive study produced in a decade, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released results Monday that revealed record drops in the rates of teenage pregnancies and ... |
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Yahoo News |
5:24am PDT |
Hamas says Carter will meet two of its leaders
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Hamas said on Wednesday former U.S.
President Jimmy Carter would meet two of its leaders from Gaza
in Egypt, in further defiance of Israeli leaders, who have
shunned him over his contacts with the Islamist group. |
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Cnn.com |
5:23am PDT |
Note on goggles honors dead Va. Tech lab partner |
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Summary: "Mike may you rest in peace," reads the note. It's scribbled on eye gear stored away after last year's slaughter at Virginia Tech. A letter from President Bush is in the same archive. But it's the scrawled notes from children and painted eggs that make th |
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Cnn.com |
5:23am PDT |
Teddy bears, letters remember Virginia Tech |
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Summary: Erin Sheehan played dead in her German class last year at Virginia Tech. A madman meticulously went through the room killing nearly everybody. "I still understand I could have been killed so easy, and there is no explanation why I wasn't," she says. Sheeh |
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Yahoo News |
5:17am PDT |
Torch tours Pakistan amid tight security
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Thousands of Pakistani police and
paramilitary soldiers were deployed in Islamabad on Wednesday
for the Olympic torch relay, as Australia braced for clashes
between pro-Tibet supporters and Chinese students. |
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Yahoo News |
5:15am PDT |
Va. Tech begins day of mourning a year after mass shooting
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A white candle lit at the stroke of midnight began a day of mourning Wednesday on Virginia Tech's campus, exactly one year after the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history left 32 people and the gunman dead. |
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BBC News |
5:13am PDT |
TV star Speight left suicide note |
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Summary: A suicide note was found on the body of children's TV presenter Mark Speight, a coroner's court hears. |
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ChristianPost |
5:08am PDT |
U.S. Muslim Group Declines to Meet Pope |
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Summary: Unease with Pope Benedict XVI's approach to Islam has led a U.S. Muslim group to decline joining in an interfaith event with him later this ... |
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BBC News |
5:04am PDT |
Virginia Tech remembers shootings |
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Summary: Students and staff at Virginia Tech begin a day of mourning a year since 32 people died in a campus massacre. |
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BBC News |
5:03am PDT |
Bald teacher loses disability claim |
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Summary: A retired teacher loses his claim that he was a victim of disability discrimination because he is bald. |
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Yahoo News |
5:00am PDT |
Comcast wants 'bill of rights' for file-sharers and ISPs
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Comcast Corp., under federal investigation for interfering with the traffic of its Internet subscribers, said Tuesday it wants to develop a "Bill of Rights and Responsibilities" for file sharing. |
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Cnn.com |
4:59am PDT |
The essential ingredients of a man cave |
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4:56am PDT |
Bush plans target to stop greenhouse gas emission growth
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Revising his stance on global warming, President Bush will propose a new target for stopping the growth of the nation's greenhouse gas emissions by 2025. |
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Yahoo News |
4:52am PDT |
Food, energy expected to lead hike in inflation rate
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Labor Department's Consumer Price Index, due out this morning at 8:30 a.m. EDT, is expected to show that consumer prices resumed an upward climb in March due mainly to higher energy and food costs. Inflation at the wholesale level soared in March |
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ChristianPost |
4:48am PDT |
Police Arrest 3 Islamic Militants Linked to Killings of 7 Christian Charity Workers |
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Summary: Pakistani police say they have arrested three Islamic militants allegedly involved in killing seven Christian charity workers in Karachi ... |
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BBC News |
4:43am PDT |
Web wot wins it? |
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Summary: How London's mayor battle is shaping up online |
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Cnn.com |
4:39am PDT |
Three killed in Colorado wildfires |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Cnn.com |
4:36am PDT |
Will 'elitist' label stick to Obama? |
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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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BBC News |
4:35am PDT |
Further arrest over Rhys murder |
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Summary: Police arrest another man in connection with the murder of 11-year-old schoolboy Rhys Jones in Liverpool. |
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Cnn.com |
4:34am PDT |
Euro hits all-time high against U.S. dollar |
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BBC News |
4:30am PDT |
Increase in unqualified teachers |
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Summary: The number of people teaching in state schools without qualified teacher status has risen five-fold in 10 years, figures suggest. |
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BBC News |
4:21am PDT |
New voice |
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Summary: New US Jewish lobby challenges establishment |
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BBC News |
4:14am PDT |
Seriously McEnroe |
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Summary: Tennis line-judges' eye-sight "better than players" |
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Yahoo News |
4:06am PDT |
Priscilla Presley booted from `Dancing With the Stars'
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Despite committing to the cause and calming her nerves each week with yoga and candles, Priscilla Presley became the latest celebrity casualty Tuesday on "Dancing With the Stars." |
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Yahoo News |
4:03am PDT |
McCain even with Obama, leads Clinton: Reuters poll
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Republican presidential candidate
John McCain runs even with Democratic rival Barack Obama and
narrowly leads Hillary Clinton in potential match-ups in
November, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on
Wednesday. |
