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ChristianToday |
8:29am PDT |
UKs Brown heads off tax rebellion |
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Summary: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown made concessions on tax reform on Wednesday to end a rebellion by members of his own party which had threatened to further erode his authority
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Yahoo News |
8:24am PDT |
King of Jordan tells Bush timetables needed for Mideast talks
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Jordan's King Abdullah II told President Bush on Wednesday that stalled negotiations between Palestinians and Israelis should be based on "clear grounds and fixed timetables" as the United States pushes for reaching a Mideast peace agreement by next |
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Cnn.com |
8:16am PDT |
Cops: Gangster video stars gun-waving granny |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Cnn.com |
8:11am PDT |
Petraeus to lead Central Command |
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Summary: Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, has been tapped to become chief of U.S. Central Command, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday.
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Yahoo News |
8:08am PDT |
Clinton's Pennsylvania victory comes with cash prize
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Turns out Hillary Rodham Clinton 's victory Tuesday came with a cash prize. In the hours after winning Pennsylvania's Democratic presidential primary, Clinton said she had raised $3 million. The campaign said it was her best overnight performance eve |
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BBC News |
8:08am PDT |
Holy Spirit: Vicar applies for drinks licence for his church |
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Summary: A vicar is to apply for a drinks licence so he can serve wine and beer at his small village church. |
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BBC News |
8:08am PDT |
Holy Spirit: Vicar applies for drinks license for his church |
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Summary: A vicar is to apply for a drinks licence so he can serve wine and beer at his small village church. |
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BBC News |
8:07am PDT |
Petraeus set for Central Command |
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Summary: The US military commander in Iraq, Gen David Petraeus, is set to become the head of US Central Command, officials say. |
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Yahoo News |
8:07am PDT |
Gen. Petraeus named as next commander of Mideast command
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Gen. David Petraeus, the four-star general whose led troops in Iraq for the past year, has been tapped to become the next commander of U.S. Central Command, according to officials familiar with the decision. |
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ChristianPost |
8:05am PDT |
Pro-Family Groups Make Way for Calif. Gay 'Marriage' Ban |
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Summary: A coalition of pro-family groups have achieved their goal of gathering 1.1 million signatures to petition for a measure that would effectively outlaw same-sex “marriage” in the state of ... |
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Yahoo News |
7:57am PDT |
Gates to pick Petraeus to lead Central Command
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Defense Secretary Robert Gates on
Wednesday will recommend the top U.S. commander in Iraq, Gen.
David Petraeus, to lead Central Command, the military command
responsible for Middle East operations. |
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Yahoo News |
7:56am PDT |
Iran to address nuclear arms allegations: IAEA
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Iran has agreed to answer intelligence
allegations that it studied how to design nuclear bombs, the
chief of the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Wednesday. |
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ChristianPost |
7:55am PDT |
Values and Moral Truth are Not the Same |
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Summary: No discussion of our national ills is complete without some mention of slippery "values" in the public square. Indeed, though talk of moral absolutes is portrayed as outdated and simplistic, the debate concerning national values has never been more ... |
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Yahoo News |
7:50am PDT |
Kansas City Chiefs trade Jared Allen to Minnesota Vikings
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Pro Bowl defensive end Jared Allen was traded from Kansas City to the Minnesota Vikings in a blockbuster deal, making the Chiefs one of the major players in this weekend's NFL draft. |
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BBC News |
7:46am PDT |
Banks braced for charges defeat |
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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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BBC News |
7:40am PDT |
First results in Zimbabwe recount |
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Summary: Recounts in two disputed parliamentary seats in Zimbabwe confirm the initial results. |
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Yahoo News |
7:25am PDT |
Calls for unity govt as Mugabe wins first recount
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - A unity government led by President Robert Mugabe may be the best way to break Zimbabwe's post-election deadlock, state media said Wednesday, as the first result from a recount of votes was declared. |
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Yahoo News |
7:24am PDT |
Toyota takes 1Q world sales lead from General Motors
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Toyota has taken the global automotive sales lead from General Motors, selling 2.41 million vehicles to GM's 2.25 million over the first three months of the year. |
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Yahoo News |
7:20am PDT |
Carter denies State Dept. told him to shun Hamas
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter
denied on Wednesday that the State Department warned him not to
meet with leaders of the Islamist group Hamas before he made a
recent trip to the Middle East. |
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Yahoo News |
7:18am PDT |
Delta, Northwest report combined $10.5B loss on fuel costs
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Delta Air Lines Inc., the nation's third-largest carrier, said Wednesday its loss widened in the first quarter to a whopping $6.39 billion because of soaring fuel prices and the steep decline in the company's market value. |
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Cnn.com |
6:56am PDT |
Analysis: Did Clinton victory 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. Clinton's Pennsylvania win does little to cut into Barack Obama's lead among pledged delegates or |
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Yahoo News |
6:53am PDT |
Clinton claims broad support after Pennsylvania win
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - 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 November's presidential election. |
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Cnn.com |
6:48am PDT |
$20M 'virtual fence' scrapped |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Cnn.com |
6:48am PDT |
$20M 'virtual fence' not catching illegals |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
6:45am PDT |
Court sees footage of 7/7 bombers |
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Summary: A jury sees previously unreleased surveillance footage of the 7 July suicide bomber Mohammed Siddique Khan. |
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BBC News |
6:41am PDT |
Bomb plot accused 'wanted baby on jet' |
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Summary: A man accused of plotting to blow up aircraft wanted to obtain a passport for his baby son, a court hears. |
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BBC News |
6:41am PDT |
'Plotter wanted passport for son' |
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Summary: A man accused of plotting to blow up aircraft wanted to obtain a passport for his baby son, a court hears. |
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Cnn.com |
6:41am PDT |
Al Wilson dies |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Cnn.com |
6:39am PDT |
The real Charlie Wilson: 'War' got it right |
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Summary: "Good Time Charlie's" recovering from the blues.
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Cnn.com |
6:34am PDT |
Arranged marriage gets high-tech twist |
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Summary: When it was time for Sabiha Ansari to get married, her parents flew her to India. She met her husband-to-be for less than 20 minutes, with family, then was asked whether she liked him.
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