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BBC News |
6:20pm PDT |
Chaos at polygamy custody hearing |
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Summary: Chaotic scenes disrupt the custody hearings for 416 children removed from a ranch owned by a Texan sect. |
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Yahoo News |
6:16pm PDT |
U.S. attacks Africa on Zimbabwe, S.Africa shifts
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Summary: Reuters - The United States criticized Africa for
lack of action on Zimbabwe on Thursday and South Africa
expressed concern for the first time over a long delay in
issuing results from a March 29 presidential election. |
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Yahoo News |
6:05pm PDT |
Pope meets US victims sexually abused by clergy
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday met for the first time with a small group of US victims sexually abused by clergy, but activists called the step "long overdue" and far short of what is required. |
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Cnn.com |
5:55pm PDT |
Senate seeks inquiry of mystery earmark |
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Summary: The Senate voted Thursday to seek a federal investigation into a 2005 earmark on a highway funding bill that was altered after Congress approved the measure but before President Bush signed it.
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BBC News |
5:37pm PDT |
No longer a taboo |
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Summary: Record immigration has led to a new debate |
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BBC News |
5:26pm PDT |
Diabetes self-tests 'no benefit' |
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Summary: People with type 2 diabetes should not routinely monitor their own blood sugar levels, two studies suggest. |
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Yahoo News |
5:22pm PDT |
Bucks fire Larry Krystkowiak as coach
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Larry Krystkowiak showed up at the Milwaukee Bucks' practice facility early Thursday morning, sweating through his T-shirt during a rigorous workout as Neil Young music blared in the background. |
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BBC News |
5:18pm PDT |
'Black widows' murdered tramps |
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Summary: Two elderly women in Los Angeles are convicted over the murders of two homeless men for life insurance pay-outs. |
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Yahoo News |
5:08pm PDT |
Praying passenger removed from San Francisco-bound flight
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A passenger who left his seat to pray in the back of a plane before it took off, ignoring flight attendants' orders to return, was removed by an airport security guard, a witness and the airline said. |
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Yahoo News |
4:44pm PDT |
Group of Gibraltar's Barbary apes to be killed
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A renegade group of Gibraltar's Barbary apes has annoyed residents so much that authorities announced plans Thursday to kill them. |
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Yahoo News |
4:35pm PDT |
Clinton brings 3 generations to win over female voters
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton stood between her 88-year-old mother and 28-year-old daughter on Thursday to personalize issues for the "sandwich generation" facing the demands of parents and children. |
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4:35pm PDT |
Accused teachers' anonymity call |
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Summary: The Commissioner for Children backs calls for teachers accused of abuse to be given anonymity unless convicted. |
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Yahoo News |
4:28pm PDT |
UCLA All-American Love plans to leave early for the NBA
(AP)
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Summary: AP - UCLA's Kevin Love is NBA-bound. Less than two weeks after leading the Bruins to the Final Four, the All-American freshman announced Thursday that he'll skip his final three college seasons and enter the NBA draft. |
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Cnn.com |
4:26pm PDT |
British PM: Bush owed 'a huge debt of gratitude' |
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Summary: President Bush and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown discussed a range of topics at the White House on Thursday including terrorism, fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, Iran and economic issues, Bush told reporters afterward.
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4:25pm PDT |
Weller joins Girls at island gigs |
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Summary: Paul Weller and Girls Aloud are to headline two shows at Osborne House, Queen Victoria's Isle of Wight home. |
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Yahoo News |
4:25pm PDT |
Bush, British PM stress common ground
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Bush and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown tried to dispel doubts about their relationship Thursday, showcasing personal bonhomie as well as common ground on vexing issues such as the Iraq war, a showdown with Iran, global trade and the c |
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4:18pm PDT |
Cash to boost further education |
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Summary: Millions of pounds will be spent on widening access to further education, it is announced. |
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4:16pm PDT |
Calzaghe Sr warns 'dirty' Hopkins |
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Summary: Joe Calzaghe's father and trainer Enzo says he is confident his charge will come out on top if Bernard Hopkins resorts to dirty tactics in Las Vegas on Saturday. |
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Yahoo News |
4:13pm PDT |
Hasselhoff to pay $25,000 a month to ex-wife, daughters
(AP)
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Summary: AP - David Hasselhoff has agreed to pay $25,000 a month to support his ex-wife and children. |
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Yahoo News |
4:09pm PDT |
Pope, in dramatic move, comforts sex abuse victims
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Pope Benedict, in a dramatic
surprise, held an emotional and tearful meeting on Thursday
with victims of sexual abuse by priests, consoling them and
promising them his prayers. |
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BBC News |
3:59pm PDT |
Veteran MP Dunwoody dies |
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Summary: The longest serving female MP Gwyneth Dunwoody has died, aged 77, the Labour party has confirmed. |
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Yahoo News |
3:59pm PDT |
Pope prays with victims of clergy sex abuse scandal
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Pope Benedict XVI prayed with tearful victims of clergy sex abuse in a chapel Thursday, an extraordinary gesture from a pontiff who has made atoning for the great shame of the U.S. church the cornerstone of his first papal trip to America. |
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ChristianPost |
3:48pm PDT |
The Price of Family Fragmentation |
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Summary: The Institute for American Values and the Georgia Family Council have just released a sobering study titled “The Taxpayer Cost of Divorce and Unwed Childbearing.” The study notes that while the debate on marriage usually focuses on its social, moral, and |
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Yahoo News |
3:43pm PDT |
Congress moves to calm student loan turmoil
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The U.S. Congress moved closer on
Thursday to putting a government safety net under the $85
billion student loan market as millions of young people make
preparations to head to college in the autumn. |
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BBC News |
3:30pm PDT |
Mugabe's party 'offered deal' |
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Summary: Zimbabwe's opposition leader says the ruling Zanu-PF had offered a deal to remove President Mugabe from power. |
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ChristianToday |
3:17pm PDT |
Iran sanctions having impactUS officials |
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Summary: Defending their approach to thwarting Irans nuclear ambitions Bush administration officials on Thursday said US financial sanctions were increasing pressure on Tehran by isolating it from the international business world |
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Cnn.com |
3:14pm PDT |
Carter visits Hamas with 'breakthrough' hopes |
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Summary: Former President Carter is expected to meet with two senior Hamas officials Thursday in the Egyptian capital, an encounter he calls a necessary step toward resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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ChristianToday |
3:14pm PDT |
Zimbabwe government accuses Tsvangirai of treason |
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Summary: Zimbabwes government on Thursday accused opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai of treason and of working with former colonial power Britain to topple President Robert Mugabe in recent elections |
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Cnn.com |
3:12pm PDT |
Al Qaeda still in Pakistan tribal areas, GAO says |
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Summary: Al Qaeda is still operating within Pakistan's mountainous tribal region bordering Afghanistan, and the United States lacks a "comprehensive" plan for meetings its national security goals there, a U.S. government study released Thursday said.
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Yahoo News |
3:06pm PDT |
Pope meets with victims of clergy sex abuse
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Pope Benedict XVI, after urging bishops, priests and parishioners to heal the wounds caused by the clergy sex abuse scandal, talked and prayed privately with survivors Thursday in what was believed to be a first-ever meeting between a pontiff and abu |
