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Cnn.com |
9:38am PDT |
Clinton: Why can't Obama win big states? |
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Summary: Sen. Hillary Clinton Wednesday said her much-needed victory in Pennsylvania raises fresh questions about Sen. Barack Obama's electability.
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Yahoo News |
9:37am PDT |
Gen. Petraeus picked to lead Iraq and Afghan wars
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Defense Secretary Robert Gates on
Wednesday picked Gen. David Petraeus, widely praised as the top
commander in Iraq, to lead all Middle East operations,
including the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. |
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Yahoo News |
9:33am PDT |
U.S. thinks North 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 that it believes North Korea
was helping Syria build a plutonium-based nuclear program, a
U.S. official said on Wednesday. |
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BBC News |
9:27am PDT |
Refinery shutdown moves forward |
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Summary: The shutdown of Grangemouth oil refinery continues despite talks to halt a two-day strike. |
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Cnn.com |
9:18am PDT |
$100 fill-ups arrive at gas pumps |
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Summary: Noel Bosse's head spins about as fast as the numbers at the gas pump. Her fill-up costs $101. A man driving a pint-sized Prius spends 43 bucks to fill up. AAA says the worst is yet to come: $4 a gallon nationwide is expected this summer. "It's absolutely |
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ChristianPost |
9:13am PDT |
United Methodists Try for 'Holy Conferencing' Amid Debates |
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Summary: Following past conferences of heated debates and protests, delegates from the largest mainline denomination open their quadrennial meeting today in Fort Worth, Texas, with a commitment to civil and 'holy conferencing.... |
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ChristianPost |
9:13am PDT |
United Methodists Call for Civil Debates at Meeting |
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Summary: Following past conferences of heated debates and protests, delegates from the largest mainline denomination open their quadrennial meeting today in Fort Worth, Texas, with a commitment to civil and 'holy conferencing.... |
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CTI News |
9:12am PDT |
CT Classic: J.I. Packer on Text Criticism and Inerrancy |
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Summary: How can I reconcile my belief in the inerrancy of Scripture with comments in Bible translations that state that a particular verse is not 'in better manuscripts?'
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CTI News |
9:12am PDT |
New Testament Manuscript Haul in Albania |
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Summary: The executive director at the Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts sent a team to Tirana, Albania, last June to photograph ancient manuscripts in its National Archive.
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CTI News |
9:12am PDT |
Is 'Let Him Who Is without Sin Cast the First Stone' Biblical? |
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Summary: Scholars are cautious about the story of the woman caught in adultery.
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Yahoo News |
9:12am PDT |
Petraeus picked to lead Mideast command
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Army Gen. David Petraeus, the four-star general who led troops in Iraq for the past year, will be nominated by President Bush to be the next commander of U.S. Central Command, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday. |
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BBC News |
9:11am PDT |
Planes diverted after hole found |
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Summary: Edinburgh Airport is closed to incoming flights after a hole is found in its main runway. |
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Yahoo News |
9:09am PDT |
Clinton and Obama face long White House fight
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama
entered the final phase of an increasingly nasty U.S.
presidential fight on Wednesday, and Clinton said her decisive
Pennsylvania win showed she had the broad support needed to
lead Democrats back to the Whit |
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Cnn.com |
9:08am PDT |
Shrimp plant likened to medieval fortress |
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Summary: Workers in Southeast Asia's shrimp industry suffer regular abuse and sometimes live in what amounts to virtual slavery, a human-rights organization said Wednesday.
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BBC News |
9:06am PDT |
Man Utd wait on Vidic after scare |
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Summary: Man Utd's Nemanja Vidic was taken to hospital with a stomach complaint on Tuesday and is now a doubt to face Barcelona. |
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Yahoo News |
9:06am PDT |
Democrats brace for more pain after Clinton win
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Democrats braced Wednesday for weeks more fighting after Hillary Clinton's solid win in the Pennsylvania presidential primaries, as pressure mounted on party elders key to ending their agony. |
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Yahoo News |
9:02am PDT |
Supreme Court says police may search even if arrest invalid
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Supreme Court affirmed Wednesday that police have the power to conduct searches and seize evidence, even when done during an arrest that turns out to have violated state law. |
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BBC News |
9:02am PDT |
Consumers face 30% gas rate hike |
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Summary: Consumers in Northern Ireland face a £200 increase in their gas bills, blamed on rising costs. |
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Yahoo News |
9:02am PDT |
Mom's diet seen as factor in whether baby is boy or girl
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Snips and snails and puppydog tails ... and cereal and bananas? |
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BBC News |
8:53am PDT |
Two charged with private eye murder |
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Summary: Two men are charged with the murder of a private detective in a London car park in 1987. |
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BBC News |
8:53am PDT |
Lecturers prepare for strike day |
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Summary: Further education college lecturers holding a one-day strike on the same day as school teachers. |
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Cnn.com |
8:53am PDT |
Analysis: Did Clinton win come in time? |
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Summary: Hillary Clinton scored a big victory in Pennsylvania to keep her hopes for the Democratic nomination alive. The question is whether the win came soon enough. The victory does little to cut into Barack Obama's lead among pledged delegates or his advantage |
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Yahoo News |
8:47am PDT |
Ministers to discuss Arctic claims in Greenland
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Denmark has invited high-ranking
officials from Norway, Russia, the United States and Canada to
meet in Greenland next month to discuss competing claims to the
Arctic, it said on Wednesday. |
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BBC News |
8:41am PDT |
Thieves set up data supermarkets |
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Summary: Cyber criminals are setting up web shops that sell stolen data for a knock-down price, say security experts. |
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BBC News |
8:38am PDT |
Clinton 'best to take on McCain' |
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Summary: Hillary Clinton says she is the best placed Democrat candidate to beat Republican John McCain in the November elections. |
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ChristianToday |
8:32am PDT |
Clinton claims broad support after Pennsylvania win |
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Summary: Hillary Clinton said Wednesday her victory over rival Barack Obama in Pennsylvania showed she had the broad support needed to recapture the White House for Democrats in Novembers presidential election
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ChristianToday |
8:32am PDT |
Scotland urges EU to keep salmon trade protection |
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Summary: Scottish authorities appealed to the European Commission on Wednesday not to axe antidumping measures that protect its salmon farmers from fierce Norwegian competition
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Yahoo News |
8:31am PDT |
Gen Petraeus picked to lead Iraq and Afghan wars
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Defense Secretary Robert Gates named
his top commander in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus, on Wednesday to
lead U.S. Central Command, responsible for all Middle East
operations, including the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. |
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ChristianToday |
8:31am PDT |
Confusion increases over Zimbabwe election |
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Summary: Uncertainty increased in Zimbabwe on Wednesday over a disputed election as pressure intensified for results to be announced from a presidential vote more than three weeks ago
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ChristianToday |
8:30am PDT |
Jury shown new footage of July 7 London bombers |
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Summary: Previously unseen surveillance footage of two of the July 7 London suicide bombers meeting a committed terrorist was shown on Wednesday to a court where three men accused of helping them are on trial
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