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Cnn.com |
4:57pm PDT |
More protests as torch reaches Australia |
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Summary: Police arrested a man and a woman who were trying to unfurl a banner on Sydney's Harbour Bridge shortly before the Olympic flame arrived in Australia Wednesday morning.
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Yahoo News |
4:47pm PDT |
Petraeus promotion keeps nation on its war course
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Bush is promoting his top Iraq commander, Army Gen. David Petraeus, and replacing him with the general's recent deputy, keeping the U.S. on its war course and handing the next president a pair of combat-tested commanders who have relentless |
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ChristianPost |
4:29pm PDT |
Tough Questions for Islam |
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Summary: Zakaria Botros is a conservative television star with a huge audience. He is even more hated by his political enemies than Rush Limbaugh and Hillary Clinton put together, if you can believe that. At least one newspaper has labeled Botros: “Public Enemy Nu |
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Yahoo News |
4:26pm PDT |
Titans agree to swap Pacman to Dallas
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Tennessee Titans finally washed their hands of suspended cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones on Wednesday, agreeing in principle to trade him to the Dallas Cowboys. |
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BBC News |
4:15pm PDT |
Ruling due over bank charges |
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Summary: The UK's biggest banks are bracing themselves for defeat in the High Court test case over their overdraft charges. |
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Yahoo News |
4:13pm PDT |
Sam's Club, Costco limit rice purchases as prices rise
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The two biggest U.S. warehouse retail chains are limiting how much rice customers can buy because of what Sam's Club, a division of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., called on Wednesday "recent supply and demand trends." |
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BBC News |
4:12pm PDT |
Simpler rail fares to take effect |
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Summary: Measures to make buying rail tickets simpler and easier to understand will be introduced from May 18. |
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BBC News |
4:03pm PDT |
Pay flashpoints |
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Summary: The other public sector workers taking action |
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BBC News |
4:03pm PDT |
Summer disputes? |
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Summary: The other public sector workers taking action |
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BBC News |
4:01pm PDT |
Strike disrupts third of schools |
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Summary: The first national teachers' strike in two decades will mean empty classrooms in more than 8,000 schools in England and Wales. |
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BBC News |
3:57pm PDT |
End of cheap |
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Summary: Clothes prices set to rise as cost of oil starts to hurt |
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Yahoo News |
3:56pm PDT |
Republicans block pay discrimination bill
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. Senate Republicans on Wednesday
blocked legislation to reverse a Supreme Court ruling that
makes it tougher for workers to sue for pay discrimination. |
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Yahoo News |
3:50pm PDT |
U.S. thinks N.Korea aided Syria on plutonium program
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The Bush administration is expected
to tell U.S. lawmakers on Thursday it believes North Korea was
helping Syria build a nuclear reactor that could produce
plutonium, a U.S. official said on Wednesday. |
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Yahoo News |
3:19pm PDT |
Protesters in Australian capital for Olympic torch relay
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Scuffles erupted Thursday as pro-Tibet activists and China supporters gathered in Australia's capital for the start of the Olympic torch relay. Police manned crowd-control barriers and vowed that nothing would stop the flame from completing its trip. |
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Yahoo News |
3:02pm PDT |
Clinton's donations surge after Pennsylvania victory
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton parlayed her campaign-saving primary victory into a fundraising bonanza Wednesday in the Democratic presidential race. Rival Barack Obama, his delegate lead intact, said, "We just keep on plugging away." |
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ChristianPost |
3:01pm PDT |
Hannah Montana Star's New Book to Focus on Family Relationship |
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Summary: Miley Cyrus, 15-year-old teen star who attributes her family and Christian faith for keeping her grounded in her fast-pace lifestyle, will write about her life before becoming Hannah Montana in a book deal that was confirmed by the publisher for Disney on |
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Cnn.com |
2:54pm PDT |
Organized crime targets energy, financial markets |
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Summary: Organized criminal networks have penetrated portions of the international energy market and tried to control energy resources, Attorney General Michael Mukasey warned. Mukasey said similar efforts have targeted financial systems, and he vowed to beef up U |
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Cnn.com |
2:54pm PDT |
Organized crime targets energy resources |
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Summary: Attorney General Michael Mukasey warned Wednesday that organized criminal networks have penetrated portions of the international energy market and tried to control energy resources.
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BBC News |
2:48pm PDT |
Mayor 'ensnared' Olympics cash |
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Summary: London mayor Ken Livingstone says he "ensnared" ministers over the bid to host the 2012 Olympics in an effort to get money for redevelopment. |
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Cnn.com |
2:47pm PDT |
Bill to ban genetic discrimination backed |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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ChristianPost |
2:46pm PDT |
Judge Orders La. School District to Stop Bible Giveaways |
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Summary: A federal judge ordered a public school system to stop allowing in-school Bible giveaways, saying the practice violates the First Amendment separation of church and ... |
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BBC News |
2:45pm PDT |
Mac sales push up Apple profits |
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Summary: Apple reports a 36% jump in quarterly profit to over $1bn as consumers snap up its MacBooks and iPods. |
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Cnn.com |
2:36pm PDT |
Greenhouse gases gather at faster pace |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
2:36pm PDT |
Ferguson content with Barca draw |
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Summary: Man Utd manager Sir Alex Ferguson backs his side to make the Champions League final after a 0-0 draw in Barcelona. |
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Cnn.com |
2:34pm PDT |
Source: Intel shows N. Korea-Syria nuclear link |
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Summary: U.S. intelligence officials will tell members of Congress on Thursday that North Korea was helping Syria build a nuclear facility, according to a source familiar with internal administration discussions on the matter.
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BBC News |
2:19pm PDT |
Four on detective murder charge |
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Summary: Four men are charged with the murder of a private detective found with an axe in his head in a London car park in 1987. |
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BBC News |
2:19pm PDT |
Men freed in speedboat tot death |
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Summary: Three men accused of killing a British toddler who was struck by a speedboat are cleared by a judge in the Bahamas. |
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BBC News |
2:19pm PDT |
Men freed in speedboat child death |
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Summary: Three men accused of killing a British toddler who was struck by a speedboat are cleared by a judge in the Bahamas. |
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BBC News |
2:19pm PDT |
Men freed in boat boy death |
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Summary: Three men accused of killing a British toddler who was struck by a speedboat are cleared by a judge in the Bahamas. |
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Yahoo News |
2:17pm PDT |
Abbas appeals for more US help in peace process
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas appealed to the Bush administration Wednesday for more support in peace talks with Israel that have bogged down five months after both sides pledged to reach a deal by January. |
