| • |
BBC News |
3:15pm PDT |
Syria 'had covert nuclear scheme' |
| |
Summary: The United States accuses North Korea of helping Syria build a nuclear reactor "not intended for peaceful purposes". |
| • |
Yahoo News |
3:08pm PDT |
Lobbyist Lott takes advantage of old Senate campaign cash
(AP)
|
| |
Summary: AP - Trent Lott had nearly $1.3 million in political donations left over when he quit the Senate to become a lobbyist. Now the former majority leader is doling it out to lawmakers who hold sway over his clients. |
| • |
Yahoo News |
2:54pm PDT |
Legally blind man teaches alleged intruder a lesson
(AP)
|
| |
Summary: AP - A legally blind man beat up an intruder and held him at knifepoint until police arrived at the man's eastside home, authorities said. Allan Kieta, 49, told police he was at home Monday morning when his small dog began barking and he encountered the m |
| • |
Cnn.com |
2:53pm PDT |
Tax rebates to start arriving Monday |
| |
Summary: The federal government, eager to boost the flagging economy, will start distributing special tax rebates on Monday - five days earlier than expected, the Treasury Department said Thursday.
|
| • |
Cnn.com |
2:50pm PDT |
Gun seller offering discounts to 'save lives' |
| |
Summary: The owner of a company that sold firearm merchandise to both the Virginia Tech University and Northern Illinois University shooters announced Wednesday that he will sell his guns at cost for the next two weeks in hopes that "law-abiding" citizens will buy |
| • |
Yahoo News |
2:41pm PDT |
Cook and Rockies beat Cubs 4-2 to end four-game slide
(AP)
|
| |
Summary: AP - Aaron Cook pitched eight strong innings and Brian Fuentes earned his first save in 10 months to help the Colorado Rockies end a four-game skid with a 4-2 win over the Chicago Cubs on Thursday. |
| • |
Yahoo News |
2:39pm PDT |
Jennifer Lopez to star in a TLC reality series
(AP)
|
| |
Summary: AP - Jennifer Lopez is no stranger to reality television: She's made cameos on Fox's "American Idol" and MTV's "DanceLife," which she produced, about six aspiring dancers struggling to make it. |
| • |
Cnn.com |
2:35pm PDT |
U.S.: Syria reactor likely wasn't for peaceful aims |
| |
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 |
| • |
ChristianPost |
2:35pm PDT |
Wright Says Controversy Over Sermons 'Unfair' |
| |
Summary: The Rev. Jeremiah Wright, former pastor to Barack Obama, said that publicizing sound bites of sermons in which he condemned U.S. policies was "unfair" and "devious," and done by people who know nothing about his church, according to excerpts of a PBS inte |
| • |
BBC News |
2:34pm PDT |
Mayor rivals' second votes battle |
| |
Summary: Lib Dem mayoral hopeful Brian Paddick warns his rivals he will not endorse either for second preference votes. |
| • |
BBC News |
2:29pm PDT |
NI can be world beater - Paisley |
| |
Summary: Northern Ireland can "once again become a world leader" in business, First Minister Ian Paisley says. |
| • |
Yahoo News |
2:25pm PDT |
Texas officials believe another 25 moms at sect are under 18
(AP)
|
| |
Summary: AP - The number of children in Texas custody after being taken from a polygamist retreat now stands at 462 because officials believe another 25 mothers from the compound are under 18. |
| • |
Yahoo News |
2:25pm PDT |
White House: North Korea gave Syria nuclear help
(Reuters)
|
| |
Summary: Reuters - The United States is convinced that
North Korea helped Syria build a secret nuclear reactor, the
White House said on Thursday. |
| • |
Yahoo News |
2:24pm PDT |
Wall Street rises after drop in jobless claims, Ford results
(AP)
|
| |
Summary: AP - Wall Street rallied Thursday after the government's jobless claims data and Ford Motor Co.'s first-quarter results helped reinject some optimism about the economy into the market. |
| • |
Yahoo News |
2:22pm PDT |
NKorea-Syria nuclear work had military aims: White House
(AFP)
|
| |
Summary: AFP - The White House on Thursday publicly accused North Korea of helping Syria build a nuclear reactor able to produce plutonium and said the facility was "not intended for peaceful purposes." |
| • |
Yahoo News |
2:19pm PDT |
White House says Syria 'must come clean' about nuclear work
(AP)
|
| |
Summary: AP - The White House said Thursday that North Korea's secret work on a nuclear reactor with Syria was "a dangerous and potentially destabilizing development for the world," raising doubts about Pyongyang's intention to carry through with a promised disclo |
| • |
Yahoo News |
2:17pm PDT |
USDA's Schafer reassures no rice shortage
(Reuters)
|
| |
Summary: Reuters - U.S. Agriculture
Secretary Ed Schafer on Thursday sought to calm the frayed
nerves of consumers, saying there was no shortage of rice in
the United States even as a major outlet limited sales. |
| • |
Yahoo News |
2:16pm PDT |
McCain to New Orleans: Never again
(AP)
|
| |
Summary: AP - Republican presidential candidate John McCain took stock of still-hurricane-damaged areas of New Orleans on Thursday and declared that if the disaster had happened on his watch, he would have immediately landed at the nearest Air Force base, drawing |
| • |
Yahoo News |
2:05pm PDT |
Al-Sadr may restart full-scale fight against US in Iraq
(AP)
|
| |
Summary: AP - Muqtada al-Sadr is considering setting aside his political ambitions and restarting a full-scale fight against U.S.-led forces — a worrisome shift that may reflect Iranian influence on the young cleric and could open the way for a shadow state protec |
| • |
Cnn.com |
1:57pm PDT |
Report ties U.S. retailers to sweatshop shrimp |
| |
Summary: Americans on average eat three pounds of shrimp a year, but can U.S. shoppers be sure the shrimp they love was produced without slave labor?
|
| • |
Yahoo News |
1:42pm PDT |
AP Exclusive: US alleges baby-selling in Vietnam
(AP)
|
| |
Summary: AP - Vietnam has failed to police its adoption system, allowing corruption, fraud and baby-selling to flourish, the U.S. Embassy says in a new report obtained by The Associated Press. |
| • |
ChristianPost |
1:39pm PDT |
Russia's De-Facto State Religion |
| |
Summary: Former communist Russia now upholds freedom of religion on paper, but practices a different policy in real ... |
| • |
BBC News |
1:35pm PDT |
Rangers held by Fiorentina |
| |
Summary: Rangers and Italian side Fiorentina produce a goalless draw in the first leg of their Uefa Cup semi-final. |
| • |
BBC News |
1:35pm PDT |
Rangers hold Fiorentina to tame draw |
| |
Summary: Rangers hold Italian side Fiorentina to a goalless draw in the first leg of their Uefa Cup semi-final. |
| • |
BBC News |
1:35pm PDT |
Rangers hold Fiorentina |
| |
Summary: Rangers hold Italian side Fiorentina to a goalless draw in the first leg of their Uefa Cup semi-final. |
| • |
Yahoo News |
1:28pm PDT |
Florida lawmakers debate offering a Christian license plate
(AP)
|
| |
Summary: AP - Florida drivers can order more than 100 specialty license plates celebrating everything from manatees to the Miami Heat, but one now under consideration would be the first in the nation to explicitly promote a specific religion. |
| • |
Yahoo News |
1:26pm PDT |
Scientists study evidence modern birds came from dinosaurs
(AP)
|
| |
Summary: AP - It looks like chickens deserve more respect. Scientists are fleshing out the proof that today's broiler-fryer is descended from the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex. And, not a surprise, they confirmed a close relationship between mastodons and elephants. |
| • |
Yahoo News |
1:25pm PDT |
Keys cancels Cleveland concert with swollen vocal chords
(AP)
|
| |
Summary: AP - Alicia Keys has scrapped a concert in Cleveland after canceling her show in Pittsburgh earlier this week. A message posted on her Web site says the 27-year-old R&B singer has swollen vocal cords. She was scheduled to perform Thursday night at Clevela |
| • |
Cnn.com |
1:25pm PDT |
Lawyer: Waterboarding is 'mock execution' |
| |
Summary: Prescott Prince's client is the man accused of being the mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks. Now, this Navy reservist must defend the al Qaeda loyalist at a military commission. He's most disturbed that evidence gained through waterboarding may be allowed |
| • |
Yahoo News |
1:21pm PDT |
Ordonez homers twice to lead Tigers over Rangers 8-2
(AP)
|
| |
Summary: AP - Magglio Ordonez hit two of Detroit's five homers to lead the Tigers to an 8-2 victory over the hapless Texas Rangers on Thursday. Detroit outscored Texas 37-10 in the three-game series, and has now won a season-best four straight. The Rangers have lo |
