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8:11pm PDT |
U.S. Marine faces court-martial over Okinawa rape
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A U.S. Marine faces a court martial on
charges of kidnapping and raping a 14-year-old schoolgirl on
Japan's southern island of Okinawa in February, U.S. military
officials said on Friday. |
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Cnn.com |
8:03pm PDT |
McCain draws contrast with Bush on Katrina tour |
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Summary: Sen. John McCain blasted the Bush administration and all levels of government for a failed response to Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. McCain was in New Orleans on the fourth day of a tour through Democratic strongholds in economically struggling states |
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8:03pm PDT |
McCain criticizes Bush on Katrina response |
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Summary: Sen. John McCain blasted the Bush administration and all levels of government for a failed response to Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. McCain was in New Orleans on the fourth day of a tour through Democratic strongholds in economically struggling states |
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8:03pm PDT |
Wizards get off ropes, dominate Cavaliers 108-72 in Game 3
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Summary: AP - LeBron James went up for the shot and had the ball stripped cleanly by Caron Butler, who went the length of the court for a dunk that gave the Washington Wizards a 29-point lead. |
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7:50pm PDT |
Inmates 'spurn escape from jail' |
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Summary: Inmates are so comfortable in jail that they do not want to escape, a prison officer union leader says. |
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7:50pm PDT |
Jails 'too comfy' to merit escape |
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Summary: Inmates are so comfortable in jail that they do not want to escape, a prison officer union leader says. |
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7:41pm PDT |
Israel's UN ambassador calls Jimmy Carter 'a bigot'
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Summary: AP - Israel's ambassador to the United Nations on Thursday called former President Jimmy Carter "a bigot" for meeting with the leader of the militant Hamas movement in Syria. |
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7:37pm PDT |
Hold on to your couch: Cruise returning to 'Oprah'
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Oprah might want to nail down her furniture. Tom Cruise is scheduled to return to "The Oprah Winfrey Show," nearly three years after a couch-jumping appearance that spawned countless YouTube parodies and late-night jokes. |
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7:30pm PDT |
Wesley Snipes jailed for 3 years
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A "very sorry" Wesley Snipes,
star of the "Blade" movies, was sentenced to three years in
prison on Thursday for willfully failing to file U.S. income
tax returns for 1999 through 2001. |
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Yahoo News |
7:28pm PDT |
Senate approves top U.S. honor for Myanmar's Suu Kyi
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The U.S. Senate voted on Thursday to
award detained Myanmar democracy advocate Aung San Suu Kyi the
Congressional Gold Medal, America's top civilian honor. |
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Cnn.com |
7:21pm PDT |
FDA takes closer look at Lasik complaints |
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Cnn.com |
7:21pm PDT |
U.N. chief to announce malaria plan |
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7:07pm PDT |
Raptors roll past Magic 108-94, cut Orlando's lead to 2-1
(AP)
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Summary: AP - T.J. Ford scored 21 points, Jose Calderon had 18 points and 13 assists, and the Toronto Raptors beat the Orlando Magic 108-94 on Thursday night in Game 3 of their first-round playoff series. |
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Cnn.com |
7:02pm PDT |
U.S. Marine charged with rape in Japan |
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Cnn.com |
6:37pm PDT |
U.S. Marine in Japan charged with rape |
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6:33pm PDT |
Co-pilot's final words revealed |
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Summary: The last words of a co-pilot of the plane which crashed into a Kent house, killing five, are published in a report. |
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Cnn.com |
6:23pm PDT |
Ethics committee scolds GOP senator |
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Summary: The Senate Ethics Committee issued a letter of admonition Thursday to New Mexico Republican Sen. Pete Domenici for his role in contacting the U.S. attorney in his state about a pending federal grand jury investigation into public corruption.
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6:22pm PDT |
Wesley Snipes to serve 3 years in prison for tax convictions
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Wesley Snipes called on famous friends to vouch for him, highlighted his clean criminal record and even wrote the government $5 million in checks — all in an effort to convince a judge that his conviction on tax charges should cost him nothing more t |
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6:14pm PDT |
Prosecutors: Ind. student planned Columbine-like attack
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A 16-year-old boy is accused of plotting an attack on his high school, prosecutors said Thursday, alleging that he discussed plans by e-mail with another person to carry out simultaneous "Columbine-like mass murders" in two states on Sept. 11, 2008. |
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Yahoo News |
6:13pm PDT |
More teenage mothers emerge in Texas polygamy probe
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Texas authorities said on
Thursday they identified 25 more mothers below age 18 among
those removed from a polygamist compound, raising to about 460
the number of minors at the heart of a huge abuse probe. |
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6:01pm PDT |
Third of girls 'have self-harmed' |
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Summary: A third of UK girls and a fifth of boys aged 11 to 19 have tried to harm themselves, a survey suggests. |
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6:00pm PDT |
Fighting back |
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Summary: France's president appears on air to assert his authority |
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6:00pm PDT |
Fighting Back |
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Summary: France's president appears on air to assert his authority |
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5:53pm PDT |
Port immigration offences surge |
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Summary: More than 1,000 people have been identified as illegal immigrants at ports in southern Scotland. |
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5:53pm PDT |
Study: Illegal worker crackdown would cost employers $1B
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The government's plan to crack down on illegal workers could cost employers more than $1 billion a year and legal workers billions in lost wages, a study commissioned by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce says. |
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BBC News |
5:48pm PDT |
Sarkozy admits he made mistakes |
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Summary: France's President Nicolas Sarkozy says he made some mistakes in his first year in office, in a live TV interview. |
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Cnn.com |
5:46pm PDT |
Cosby, judge who expelled whites team up |
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5:26pm PDT |
Police review ethnic recruitment |
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Summary: A police force reviews job applications from ethnic minority candidates to see if they were unfairly rejected. |
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Yahoo News |
5:25pm PDT |
Senators ask Pentagon to reopen Air Force contract probe
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Two senators have asked the Pentagon to reopen the investigation into Air Force officials' efforts to influence the award of a $50 million contract, urging investigators to focus on the actions of key service leaders, The Associated Press has learned |
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Cnn.com |
5:14pm PDT |
U.S.: Syria reactor likely had non-peaceful aims |
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Summary: A covert nuclear reactor destroyed last year in Syria would have been capable of producing plutonium and likely was "not intended for peaceful purposes," the White House said today. A senior U.S. official said the reactor had been weeks or months away fro |
