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BBC News |
6:08pm PDT |
No sex please |
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Summary: Have US teen abstinence programmes failed? |
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Yahoo News |
5:58pm PDT |
Authorities: Semi rams Chicago train station, killing 2
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A tractor trailer rammed into a Chicago Transit Authority train station during the evening rush hour on Friday, killing two people and injuring more than a dozen others, authorities said. |
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BBC News |
5:37pm PDT |
Bid to reduce jury numbers |
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Summary: The number of people serving on a jury could be reduced as part of a review by the Scottish Government. |
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Yahoo News |
5:26pm PDT |
Mugabe's ZANU-PF struggles in partial vote recount
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - President Robert Mugabe appeared
unlikely on Saturday to win back control of parliament in a
partial vote recount after a police crackdown on members of the
opposition, which accuses him of stealing the poll. |
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Yahoo News |
5:10pm PDT |
Torch supporters, protesters mark Japan relay leg
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Hundreds of Chinese students
waving red flags and signs such as "One World, One Dream, One
China" gathered in Nagano for the next leg of the Olympic torch
relay in Japan on Saturday, chanting and blowing whistles as
they vied for attention w |
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BBC News |
4:59pm PDT |
School pay strikes then and now |
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Summary: Mike Baker compares this week's teachers' pay strike with the last one, in February 1985. |
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Yahoo News |
4:56pm PDT |
Threat of an actors strike boosts movie production
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Feature film production in the Los Angeles area jumped 11 percent in the first three months of the year as studios moved to get ahead of a possible actors strike. |
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Cnn.com |
4:55pm PDT |
Pentagon halts controversial briefings |
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Summary: The secretary of defense will no longer brief retired military officers-turned-network television analysts, the chief Pentagon spokesman said Friday.
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Yahoo News |
4:55pm PDT |
Pacman-to-Cowboys deal still not done
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Dallas Cowboys and Tennessee Titans are on the clock with their Adam "Pacman" Jones trade. |
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BBC News |
4:52pm PDT |
Three people bitten by rabid dog |
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Summary: Three people are treated for rabies exposure after being bitten by an infected puppy which was being held in quarantine. |
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BBC News |
4:51pm PDT |
Japan leg of torch relay begins |
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Summary: The Japanese leg of the Olympic torch relay starts amid tight security in the city of Nagano. |
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Cnn.com |
4:48pm PDT |
Snow: McCain distancing self from Bush |
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Summary: Tony Snow, former White House press secretary for President Bush, joins CNN as a political contributor. Snow talked with Wolf Blitzer on "The Situation Room" to discuss Sen. John McCain's relationship with Bush.
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Cnn.com |
4:43pm PDT |
Two dead as semi rams Chicago train station |
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Yahoo News |
4:38pm PDT |
Accused September 11 planner meets his U.S. lawyer
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The Guantanamo prisoner accused of
masterminding the September 11 attacks has met for the first
time with the U.S. military lawyer assigned to defend him on
war crimes charges that could lead to his execution, the
attorney said on Friday. |
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Yahoo News |
4:26pm PDT |
U.S. warns about higher risk of attacks in China
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The U.S. government on Friday issued
a travel alert for China, citing a higher risk of attacks
within the country in the near future, including possibly at
the Olympic Games in August. |
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Cnn.com |
4:23pm PDT |
Commentary: Testimony of Bell's pals sank case |
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Summary: None of us was there that fateful night when a young man lost his life on his wedding day, the night three New York Police detectives lost their careers and lives as they knew it.
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Cnn.com |
4:19pm PDT |
Acquittals in groom shooting spark outrage |
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Summary: Nicole Paultre Bell bolted from the courtroom as a judge acquitted three New York City detectives of all charges today in the shooting death of her fiance. "I've got to get out of here," she said. Outside the courthouse, there was shock. "Fifty shots is m |
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Yahoo News |
4:13pm PDT |
Fatal shark attack forces beach closures near San Diego
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A shark believed to be a great white killed a 66-year-old swimmer with a single, giant bite across both legs Friday as the man trained with a group of triathletes, authorities and witnesses said. |
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Yahoo News |
4:11pm PDT |
NYPD officers cleared in killing; rights leaders want probe
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Civil rights leaders demanded a federal investigation and vowed to march through the streets in protest after three police officers were cleared of all charges Friday in the killing of an unarmed man cut down in a hail of 50 bullets on his wedding da |
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BBC News |
4:03pm PDT |
Junior doctors to attack NHS reforms |
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Summary: Junior doctors will warn patient care could suffer as a result of NHS reforms at their annual conference. |
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BBC News |
4:03pm PDT |
Junior doctors attack NHS reforms |
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Summary: Junior doctors will warn patient care could suffer as a result of NHS reforms at their annual conference. |
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BBC News |
4:01pm PDT |
Microsoft shares fall on forecasts |
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Summary: Microsoft sees shares fall 6%, a day after posting a fall in profits and disappointing earnings forecasts. |
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Yahoo News |
3:40pm PDT |
Dow ends up 43 as many investors overcome economic worries
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Wall Street ended its second straight winning week with a moderate advance Friday, overcoming concerns about consumer confidence and inflation. |
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Yahoo News |
3:24pm PDT |
Nuclear talks with North Korea "productive": U.S.
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The United States and
North Korea had "productive" talks in Pyongyang this week about
a long-overdue declaration of North Korean nuclear programs, a
senior U.S. official said on Friday. |
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Cnn.com |
3:22pm PDT |
All sect children now in foster care |
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Summary: All of the more than 460 children and youths removed from a polygamist sect's ranch earlier this month are now in foster homes, a Texas Child Protection Services representative said Friday.
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BBC News |
3:19pm PDT |
Voting starts in Nauru's election |
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Summary: Elections seen as crucial to ending months of political deadlock are underway in the South Pacific island of Nauru. |
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Yahoo News |
3:03pm PDT |
Iraq militia leader: 'open war' threat only against US
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called for an end to Iraqi bloodshed on Friday and said his threat of an "open war" applies only to U.S.-led foreign troops — stepping back from a full-blown confrontation with the government over a crackdown aga |
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BBC News |
2:58pm PDT |
Security tight for torch in Japan |
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Summary: The Japanese leg of the Olympic torch relay is due to be held amid tight security in the city of Nagano. |
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Cnn.com |
2:57pm PDT |
FDA advisers urge clearer LASIK warnings |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
2:45pm PDT |
3 NYPD officers cleared in 50-shot killing of groom-to-be
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Civil rights leaders demanded a federal investigation and vowed to march through the streets in protest after three police officers were cleared of all charges Friday in the killing of an unarmed man cut down in a hail of 50 bullets on his wedding da |
