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Yahoo News |
3:18am PDT |
AP-Yahoo Poll: Obama overtaking Clinton despite bruises
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Summary: AP - Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton are both sustaining dents and dings from their lengthy presidential fight. The former first lady is clearly suffering more as Democratic voters no longer see her as the party's strongest contender for the |
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Yahoo News |
3:12am PDT |
South Korea relaxes U.S. beef import rules
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Summary: Reuters - South Korea on Friday agreed to open up
to U.S. beef imports after Washington pledged to raise safety
standards, boosting prospects for a sweeping trade deal ahead
of a summit between leaders of the allies later in the day. |
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Cnn.com |
2:54am PDT |
Texas polygamy ranch probe moves to Colorado |
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Summary: The investigation into alleged abuse at a polygamist ranch in Texas has shifted to Colorado, where police said Thursday that they have arrested a woman for making a false report to police.
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Cnn.com |
2:54am PDT |
Polygamist ranch probe shifts to Colorado |
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Summary: The investigation into alleged abuse at a polygamist ranch in Texas has shifted to Colorado, where police said Thursday that they have arrested a woman for making a false report to police.
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BBC News |
2:53am PDT |
Fears for 290 tinplate plant jobs |
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Summary: Up to 290 jobs could be lost at the Trostre tinplate factory in Llanelli as Corus cuts production. |
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ChristianToday |
2:48am PDT |
Use your vote Christians told |
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Summary: Church leaders in the Black Country are urging parishioners to turn out and vote in the May Local Elections They are also issuing a list of questions for voters to think about |
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Yahoo News |
2:36am PDT |
France says climate outlook gloomy, urges action
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Summary: Reuters - French President Nicolas Sarkozy called
on all major economies on Friday to act faster to fight global
warming, saying new scientific evidence was confirming the
"most gloomy scenarios." |
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BBC News |
2:35am PDT |
Russia swaps Libya debt for deals |
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Summary: Russia agrees to cancel $4.5bn (£2.3bn) of Libyan debt in exchange for major contracts for Russian firms. |
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BBC News |
2:30am PDT |
Mixed news for mortgage lending |
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Summary: Gross mortgage lending was up slightly in March but the Council of Mortgage Lenders predicts future falls. |
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ChristianToday |
2:30am PDT |
US Methodists defer key Israeli divestment measure |
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Summary: United Methodist Church officials on Thursday put aside a proposal that called for the church to divest some of its holdings in companies profiting from Israels West Bank occupation |
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BBC News |
2:29am PDT |
RBS to ask shareholders for cash |
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Summary: The Royal Bank of Scotland is reportedly set to seek up to £12bn of extra cash to improve its financial position. |
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Yahoo News |
2:26am PDT |
Tulowitzki's double gives Rockies 22-inning win
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Summary: AP - Let's play 2 1/2! |
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BBC News |
2:25am PDT |
'I howled in pain' |
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Summary: Zimbabwean tells of assault as violence returns |
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Cnn.com |
2:21am PDT |
Pope to visit New York, address United Nations |
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Summary: After a dramatic three days in which he put the country's clergy sexual abuse scandal front and center, Pope Benedict XVI turned his attention Friday to the original purpose of his first U.S. visit as leader of the Roman Catholic Church.
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ChristianToday |
2:18am PDT |
Popes baseball park mass mixes sacred and secular rituals |
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Summary: A lone man waved from the lip of the dugout at Washingtons new baseball field on Thursday basking in the adulation of the 46000 who had come to see him knock one out of the park |
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ChristianToday |
2:05am PDT |
No priority for Christian Iraqi refugees EU Presidency |
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Summary: The EU presidency said on Friday there could be no priority for Christian Iraqi refugees after German ministers said Europe should take them in |
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BBC News |
2:04am PDT |
Emlyn statue set to be unveiled |
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Summary: A statue of former England football captain Emlyn Hughes is to be unveiled in his home town. |
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Yahoo News |
2:00am PDT |
Investigator says girls pregnant in polygamist sect
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Summary: AP - After hours of lawyers popping up with similar objections and questions, a custody hearing for 416 children seized from a polygamist sect finally turned to whether they were abused: A child welfare worker said some women at the sect's ranch may have |
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Cnn.com |
1:57am PDT |
Buddhist temple withdraws from torch relay |
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Summary: Security concerns and sympathy toward Tibetans prompted a Buddhist temple in Nagano, Japan, to withdraw from participation in the Olympic torch relay next week, a temple official said on Friday.
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BBC News |
1:46am PDT |
Stars born in galactic wilderness |
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Summary: Nasa's Galex satellite sees baby stars spawning in the otherwise barren outskirts of the M83 galaxy. |
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BBC News |
1:41am PDT |
Controlled blast after terror arrest |
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Summary: A controlled explosion takes place in Bristol after a 19-year-old man is arrested under the Terrorism Act. |
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BBC News |
1:40am PDT |
Heavy shelling in Burundi capital |
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Summary: Mortars are fired at the Burundi capital, Bujumbura, for several hours by suspected rebels. |
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Yahoo News |
1:38am PDT |
Catch 22: Tulowitzki's double gives Rockies 22-inning win
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Troy Tulowitzki's RBI double with two outs in the 22nd inning scored Willy Taveras and the Colorado Rockies beat the San Diego Padres 2-1 in the longest game in the majors in nearly 15 years, a 6-hour, 16-minute marathon that ended at 1:21 a.m. Frida |
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Yahoo News |
1:35am PDT |
Al-Qaida leader: 5 years of US in Iraq brought 'failure'
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Summary: AP - Al-Qaida's No. 2 leader claimed in an audiotape released Friday that five years of U.S. involvement in Iraq brought only defeat, and said President Bush will be forced to pass the problem to his successor. |
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Yahoo News |
1:33am PDT |
Qaeda's Zawahri says U.S. war on Iraq a failure
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Al Qaeda's second-in-command Ayman
al-Zawahri said in an audio message to mark five years since
the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq that Washington's war had met
with nothing but failure and defeat. |
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Yahoo News |
1:27am PDT |
Philadelphia suburbs hold key to Pa. primary
(AP)
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Summary: AP - To bisect the heart of the Democratic presidential contest, take the Chester exit of I-95 and wend your way to the Pennsylvania Turnpike. If Barack Obama has any chance of cultivating an upset on April 22, this 20-mile stretch is fertile land. |
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BBC News |
1:21am PDT |
Scientists take over flies' brains so females start singing male 'love songs' |
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Summary: Scientists take control of flies' brains to make females behave just like males. |
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BBC News |
1:21am PDT |
Flies get 'mind-control sex swap' |
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Summary: Scientists take control of flies' brains to make females behave just like males. |
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Yahoo News |
1:12am PDT |
Book by metallurgists blames rivets for Titanic tragedy
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The tragic sinking of the Titanic nearly a century ago can be blamed on low grade rivets that the ship's builders used on some parts of the ill-fated liner, two experts on metals conclude in a new book. |
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BBC News |
1:11am PDT |
Mugabe set to mark independence |
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Summary: Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is due to make his first major speech since last month's disputed elections. |
