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BBC News |
8:41am PDT |
Mother guilty over heroin death |
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Summary: A mother is found guilty of killing through negligence her teenage daughter, who died from a heroin overdose. |
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BBC News |
8:37am PDT |
S Africa's Zimbabwe role attacked |
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Summary: South Africa joins international calls for Zimbabwe to release results of last month's disputed presidential elections. |
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BBC News |
8:35am PDT |
Healing hands |
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Summary: Can Kenya's new PM solve its problems? |
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Yahoo News |
8:25am PDT |
U.S. could drop N.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 |
8:25am PDT |
German police probe animal beheadings |
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Yahoo News |
8:23am PDT |
Ravens quarterback Steve McNair retires after 13 seasons
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Baltimore Ravens say quarterback Steve McNair is retiring from the NFL. |
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Yahoo News |
8:18am PDT |
Leading economic indicators rise after 5 months of declines
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A private business groups says that its index of leading economic indicators rose Thursday, reversing five months of decline. But the indicators are down significantly from a year ago, leaving recession fears festering. |
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Yahoo News |
8:18am PDT |
Britain's Brown looks past Bush presidency
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown
held talks with presidential candidates on Thursday before
seeing President George W. Bush, a stark reminder that world
leaders are looking to his successor. |
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ChristianPost |
8:15am PDT |
Iraqi Christian Pleas for Disabled Husband |
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Summary: A tragedy-laden Iraqi refugee pleaded Tuesday night to be reunited with her disabled husband whom she was forced to leave behind when she was granted asylum in the United ... |
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Yahoo News |
8:13am PDT |
Pope celebrates first public Mass of US trip in Washington
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Pope Benedict XVI praised America as a land of opportunity and hope Thursday as he celebrated the first public Mass of his U.S. pilgrimage, but he lamented that the nation's promise fell short for Indians and blacks. |
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BBC News |
8:13am PDT |
Jail for sex abuse Olympic coach |
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Summary: A former Irish Olympic coach is sentenced to two years' imprisonment for sexually abusing a charge. |
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BBC News |
8:11am PDT |
Six guilty of terrorism support |
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Summary: A Muslim preacher who heckled the home secretary is among six men convicted of supporting terrorism. |
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BBC News |
8:10am PDT |
Mbeki 'must quit Zimbabwe role' |
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Summary: South Africa joins international calls for Zimbabwe to release results of last month's disputed presidential elections. |
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Yahoo News |
8:08am PDT |
Sexual abuse caused indescribable pain: Pope
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Pope Benedict, celebrating a stadium
Mass for 45,000 people, acknowledged on Thursday that the U.S.
pedophile priests scandal caused "indescribable pain and harm"
to victims but asked Catholics to love their pastors. |
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BBC News |
8:02am PDT |
Aide 'stunned by royal blackmail' |
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Summary: A royal aide was "stunned" when she received a telephone call relating to a gay sex blackmail plot, a court hears. |
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Yahoo News |
7:52am PDT |
Suicide bomber kills 50 at Iraq funeral
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A suicide bomber struck a funeral in
northern Iraq on Thursday, killing 50 mourners and wounding 55
in an attack that suggests militants have launched a new
campaign of violence in the north. |
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BBC News |
7:51am PDT |
Ex-MP cautioned in assault claim |
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Summary: Ex-Tory MP Rod Richards is cautioned by police for giving what he calls a "clip around the ear" to a party canvasser. |
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Cnn.com |
7:51am PDT |
Kim Cattrall makes a 'Masterpiece' |
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ChristianToday |
7:51am PDT |
HOPE ACADEMY The Final |
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Summary: The search for a new generation of Christian artists reaches its zenith |
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ChristianPost |
7:50am PDT |
Settlement Allows Presbyterian Church to Leave Denomination |
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Summary: The Pittsburgh Presbytery and a large breakaway congregation reached a settlement that will allow the church to leave the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) along with its ... |
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Yahoo News |
7:49am PDT |
U.S. criticizes Africa over Zimbabwe
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The United States criticized Africa for
lack of action on Zimbabwe on Thursday and South Africa shifted
its stance to express concern for the first time over a
post-election deadlock. |
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Cnn.com |
7:27am PDT |
Stunted kids facing another famine, U.N. says |
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Summary: North Korea may be on the brink of another famine as a result of last year's devastating floods, the recent worldwide increase in food prices, and an already malnourished population, the United Nations World Food Programme warned on Thursday.
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Cnn.com |
7:20am PDT |
Faithful travel thousands of miles to see pope |
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Summary: Pope Benedict XVI ascended the altar to celebrate Mass Thursday morning at Washington's baseball park after taking a lap in the "popemobile" around the field.
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Cnn.com |
7:20am PDT |
Pope circles stadium, begins D.C. Mass |
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Summary: People began arriving at Washington's baseball stadium at 5 a.m. Thursday for a 10 a.m. Mass to be celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI.
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Cnn.com |
7:16am PDT |
For sale: Land next to HOLLYWOOD sign |
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Yahoo News |
7:09am PDT |
Bush climate plan said too little, too late
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A U.S. plan to cap greenhouse gases only
in 2025 was dismissed as too little, too late by some
environmental officials on Thursday but others saw it as a
starting point for a new round of climate change talks. |
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Cnn.com |
7:09am PDT |
Decode online reviews to find best doctors |
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Summary: Traditionally, people have found doctors by word of mouth: Find someone you trust, and ask whom they use.
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Cnn.com |
7:04am PDT |
US Airways to add fee on some coach seats |
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Yahoo News |
7:01am PDT |
Pope arrives at Washington Nationals stadium for Mass
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Pope Benedict XVI arrived at Washington Nationals stadium on Thursday for his first public Mass in the United States, waving to the crowd as he stood in the back of a white popemobile. |
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Cnn.com |
7:00am PDT |
Sex offenders in child care centers, audit says |
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