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Yahoo News |
1:00pm PDT |
Carter calls Gaza blockade a crime and atrocity
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter called
the blockade of Gaza a crime and an atrocity on Thursday and
said U.S. attempts to undermine the Islamist movement Hamas had
been counterproductive. |
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BBC News |
12:56pm PDT |
Police capture escaped rapist |
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Summary: A convicted rapist who escaped from a London hospital for the second time in three years is arrested. |
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Cnn.com |
12:54pm PDT |
Polygamy teen turned to cocaine, rescues |
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Summary: Flora Jessop used cocaine to escape long after she fled the confines of a polygamist community in Colorado City, Arizona. Her story strikes a common theme among those who have fled the fundamentalist Mormon sect that still embraces polygamy as a pathway t |
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BBC News |
12:38pm PDT |
Robinson confirmed as DUP leader |
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Summary: Peter Robinson is confirmed as the new DUP leader by the party's 120-member executive committee. |
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12:38pm PDT |
Robinson confirmed DUP leader |
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Summary: Peter Robinson is confirmed as the next DUP leader at a meeting of the party's executive committee. |
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Cnn.com |
12:21pm PDT |
Baseball star admits he lied about his age |
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BBC News |
12:15pm PDT |
Brown: US link stronger than ever |
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Summary: Gordon Brown says the bond with the United States is "stronger than ever", after talks with President Bush. |
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12:13pm PDT |
Bush says U.S. economy in "rough patch"
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - President George W. Bush said on
Thursday the U.S. economy was in a "rough patch" but noted that
steps have been taken to try to spur growth. |
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BBC News |
11:42am PDT |
Gillett hits back at Hicks in row |
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Summary: Liverpool co-owner George Gillett says he will not sell out to Tom Hicks and accuses him of creating "turmoil" at the club. |
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Cnn.com |
11:39am PDT |
Lawmakers take aim at credit card industry |
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Summary: A pair of Democratic lawmakers today urged Congress to pass legislation aimed at remedying what they view as questionable practices of the credit card industry that keep consumers mired in debt. Sens. Carl Levin and Ron Wyden called for action as American |
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Yahoo News |
11:26am PDT |
US Airways pilots oust union over seniority issues
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Union officials say US Airways pilots have voted to oust their union of 59 years and be represented by another group after frustration over an internal dispute over seniority. |
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BBC News |
11:22am PDT |
Rhys parents see murder accused |
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Summary: A teenager appears in court charged with the murder of schoolboy Rhys Jones who was shot in Liverpool last August. |
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ChristianPost |
11:22am PDT |
Faith Vote at Play in Pennsylvania Primary |
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Summary: Pennsylvania faith voters are being heavily courted by the Democratic presidential candidates ahead of next week’s primary, when this voting bloc is expected to play a significant role in the contest ... |
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Yahoo News |
11:17am PDT |
Bulls fire coach Jim Boylan; Bucks ax coach Larry Krystkowiak
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Chicago Bulls fired interim coach Jim Boylan and the Milwaukee Bucks fired Larry Krystkowiak just after his first full season as an NBA head coach. |
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Yahoo News |
11:17am PDT |
Hearing for children at polygamist retreat resumes
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A court hearing to decide the fates of hundreds of children seized from a polygamist retreat ground to a halt almost as soon as it began Thursday as hundreds of lawyers demanded to study the first piece of evidence before it could be introduced. |
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Yahoo News |
11:15am PDT |
Study says 300,000 U.S. troops suffer mental problems
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - About 300,000 U.S. troops returning
from Iraq and Afghanistan suffer symptoms of post-traumatic
stress disorder or depression, but about half receive no care,
an independent study said on Thursday. |
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BBC News |
11:12am PDT |
Sisters celebrate court bingo win |
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Summary: Two women who sued their sister for a share of a £50,000 bingo win are awarded more than £17,000 each. |
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BBC News |
11:11am PDT |
Nano switch hints at future chips |
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Summary: The world's smallest transistor is made out of a material that could one day replace silicon, say scientists. |
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Cnn.com |
11:07am PDT |
Mugabe must face criminal trial, says opposition |
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Summary: Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has called for the United Nations to set up a criminal court to help solve the election crisis in his country.
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BBC News |
11:07am PDT |
Bomb kills many at Afghan mosque |
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Summary: A suicide bomb outside a mosque in the south Afghan city of Zaranj kills at least 20 people and injures 30. |
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Yahoo News |
11:05am PDT |
SAG signs interim pact with independent film company
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Screen Actors Guild has cut a deal that would let its members work for an independent film company regardless of a future strike against the major studios. |
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Cnn.com |
11:05am PDT |
New hazardous shipping rules slammed |
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Summary: The Bush administration has proposed a new rule that will require railroads to ship hazardous materials on their safest and most secure routes, but critics immediately attacked the measure as an anemic regulation that will not result in any changes to exi |
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BBC News |
11:02am PDT |
Live - Everton 0-1 Chelsea |
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Summary: Chelsea seek to keep their Premier League title hopes alive by beating Everton at Goodison Park. |
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BBC News |
11:02am PDT |
Live - Everton v Chelsea |
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Summary: Chelsea seek to keep their Premier League title hopes alive by beating Everton at Goodison Park. |
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BBC News |
10:44am PDT |
Inquiry into business CO2 output |
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Summary: An inquiry is launched into how to lower carbon dioxide emissions from Britain's offices, shops and factories. |
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Yahoo News |
10:29am PDT |
Carter meets Hamas leaders from Gaza in Egypt
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter met
leaders from the Islamist movement Hamas from the besieged Gaza
Strip at a Cairo hotel on Thursday, his second meeting with
Hamas members in three days. |
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Yahoo News |
10:25am PDT |
Economy sends signals of more weakness to come
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Higher unemployment claims and weak readings from two economic indexes reinforced recession worries Thursday. |
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Yahoo News |
10:19am PDT |
Suicide bomber hits funeral north of Baghdad, killing 50
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A suicide bomber struck the funeral of two anti-al-Qaida Sunni tribesmen in a town north of Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 50 people and wounding dozens, police said. |
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Yahoo News |
10:15am PDT |
U.S. could drop North Korea sanctions before verification
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
said on Thursday that verifying any North Korean nuclear
declaration would take time and suggested Washington may drop
some sanctions on Pyongyang before this is complete. |
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Cnn.com |
10:14am PDT |
Snow helps Colorado firefighting effort |
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