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BBC News |
8:12am PDT |
Flying solo |
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Summary: Battle to keep eerie calm of iconic Berlin airport |
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ChristianPost |
8:07am PDT |
The Biblical Plan for Spiritual Renewal |
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Summary: During my over fifty years of ministry I have heard many calls for spiritual renewal. The results often have been conferences on renewal, programs on evangelism and gatherings of Christians. Some of these actions have led to localized renewal movements, b |
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Yahoo News |
8:04am PDT |
U.S.-contracted ship fires toward Iranian boat
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A cargo ship contracted by the U.S
Military Sealift Command has fired at least one shot toward an
Iranian boat, a U.S. defense official said on Friday. |
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BBC News |
8:03am PDT |
Ferguson & Grant set for decider |
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Summary: Chelsea are determined to stop Man Utd from all but retaining the Premier League crown with a win at Stamford Bridge on Saturday. |
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ChristianPost |
7:56am PDT |
Disciplined Pharmacist Takes Religious Discrimination Case to Wis. High Court |
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Summary: A Wisconsin pharmacist who was punished with over $20,000 in court fines and restrictions on his license for refusing to hand a patient prescription that could be used for an abortion is appealing his case to the State Supreme Court, according to an annou |
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BBC News |
7:48am PDT |
Langham debate cancelled amid row |
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Summary: The Oxford Union withdraws its invitation for actor Chris Langham to address students next month. |
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Cnn.com |
7:47am PDT |
Dying for lack of insurance |
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Summary: Mark Windsor looks exhausted. For a week he's been undergoing radiation treatment on a cancerous tumor in his neck. A metal rod fused to his spine keeps his head stable. His muscles there are gone, the result of multiple failed surgeries to rid him of his |
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BBC News |
7:46am PDT |
No charges over neighbour killing |
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Summary: A man will not face charges after a stabbing to death a drunk neighbour who tried to force his way into his house thinking it was his home. |
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BBC News |
7:27am PDT |
'Assault' questions for Winehouse |
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Summary: Singer Amy Winehouse is to "voluntarily" speak to police about an alleged assault in London, her spokesman says. |
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BBC News |
7:26am PDT |
Strike refinery shutdown complete |
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Summary: The shutdown of the Ineos oil refinery at Grangemouth is complete ahead of a planned strike, the company has said. |
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Cnn.com |
7:24am PDT |
Student 'Twitters' his way out of jail |
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Summary: James Karl Buck helped free himself from an Egyptian jail with a one-word blog post from his cell phone.
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BBC News |
7:23am PDT |
Lampard set to miss Man Utd clash |
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Summary: Frank Lampard is set to miss Chelsea's Premier League showdown against Man Utd following his mother's death. |
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BBC News |
7:22am PDT |
Police acquitted over NY shooting |
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Summary: A judge in New York acquits three police officers over the fatal shooting of an unarmed man in 2006. |
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Yahoo News |
7:10am PDT |
3 NYPD detectives acquitted in 50-shot killing
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Three detectives were acquitted of all charges Friday in the 50-shot killing of an unarmed groom-to-be on his wedding day, a case that put the NYPD at the center of another dispute involving allegations of excessive firepower. |
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Cnn.com |
7:07am PDT |
Amanpour: Is U.S. trying to force nuke standoff? |
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Summary: New U.S. claims that North Korea may have assisted in developing a covert nuclear reactor in Syria could be a bid by White House hardliners to derail talks with Pyongyang and force confrontation, says CNN's Christiane Amanpour.
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Cnn.com |
7:03am PDT |
Stimulus checks to go out early |
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Summary: The Treasury Department will start distributing its tax rebate checks on Monday, thanks to a new computer program that updates records daily instead of weekly. Last month, the department said it would begin giving rebates on May 2.
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Yahoo News |
6:58am PDT |
Bush says rebates going out Monday should help economy
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Bush says the economic-stimulus tax rebates will begin going out Monday and will help people cope with lofty energy and food prices, as well as giving the economy a jolt. |
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BBC News |
6:48am PDT |
Hackers warn high street chains |
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Summary: High street chains will be the next victims of cyber terrorism, some of the world's elite hackers warn. |
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BBC News |
6:42am PDT |
Sexy or sexist |
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Summary: Nordic neighbours split over sexually-loaded ads |
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BBC News |
6:40am PDT |
Zimbabwe police in election raids |
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Summary: Armed riot police raid the offices of Zimbabwe's main opposition party and independent poll monitors. |
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Yahoo News |
6:37am PDT |
Zimbabwe police raid opposition, election offices
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Heavily armed police swooped down on opposition headquarters and independent election observers' offices on Friday, arresting hundreds and beating and shoving scores of people. |
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Yahoo News |
6:36am PDT |
Microsoft 2009 outlook rosy, but investors trip on near-term
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Microsoft Corp. is looking ahead to a strong fiscal 2009, with or without Yahoo. |
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Cnn.com |
6:35am PDT |
Cops acquitted in groom's shooting |
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Summary: Three NYPD detectives were acquitted today in the shooting death of an unarmed man hours before his wedding. As the verdict was read, Nicole Paultre Bell -- Sean Bell's fiancee -- ran from the courtroom, saying, "I've got to get out of here."
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ChristianToday |
6:33am PDT |
Rising food prices are global crisis un chief |
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Summary: Rising food prices have developed into a global crisis United Nations SecretaryGeneral Ban Kimoon said on Friday |
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ChristianToday |
6:33am PDT |
Rising food prices are |
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Summary: Rising food prices have developed into a global crisis United Nations SecretaryGeneral Ban Kimoon said on Friday |
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ChristianToday |
6:32am PDT |
Malaysia Catholic paper turns to court over |
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Summary: A Roman Catholic newspaper asked the court on Friday to overturn a government ruling prohibiting it from using the word Allah in its publication |
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ChristianToday |
6:32am PDT |
Malaysia Catholic paper turns to court over Allah |
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Summary: A Roman Catholic newspaper asked the court on Friday to overturn a government ruling prohibiting it from using the word Allah in its publication |
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ChristianToday |
6:31am PDT |
Archbishop attacks Britains growing debt culture |
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Summary: Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams echoing growing unease over debtridden Britain said on Friday the poor are being crippled by personal debt and called for greater scrutiny of doorstep loan companies |
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ChristianToday |
6:29am PDT |
UK inflation expectations hits record high in April |
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Summary: Britons expectations of inflation in the next 12 months hit a record high in April according to a survey released on Friday which will worry Bank of England policymakers concerned about rising price pressures |
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ChristianToday |
6:28am PDT |
Innocent schoolboy machinegunned in bed |
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Summary: An innocent 15yearold schoolboy was sprayed with bullets from a machine gun as he lay in his own bed after becoming the victim of mistaken identity during a gang war a London court heard on Friday |
