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3:17pm PDT |
Europe launches sat-nav tester |
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Summary: A spacecraft for Europe's proposed Galileo sat-nav system is launched from Kazakhstan. |
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Cnn.com |
3:13pm PDT |
45 people missing after 'suspicious' fire |
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2:56pm PDT |
Dutch bill to ban magic mushrooms |
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Summary: The Dutch cabinet proposes a bill to ban the sale of hallucinogenic mushrooms. |
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Cnn.com |
2:48pm PDT |
Quake, 50 aftershocks rumble through Reno |
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2:36pm PDT |
Seven killed in Iraq bomb attacks |
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Summary: Insurgents in Iraq carry out a series of co-ordinated bomb attacks in the northern city of Mosul, killing at least seven people. |
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2:33pm PDT |
'Ten hurt' in motorcycle accident |
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Summary: Up to 10 people are injured when a motorcyclist strikes pedestrians in the centre of Aberdeen, say police. |
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Cnn.com |
2:33pm PDT |
Clinton to Obama: Let's debate like Lincoln |
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Summary: Sen. Hillary Clinton called for a Lincoln-Douglas-style debate with no moderator against her rival, Sen. Barack Obama, who says no more debates are needed before the May primaries.
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Cnn.com |
2:22pm PDT |
Raw Politics: Candidates and the space race |
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Summary: One issue the presidential candidates are not saying much about is space exploration. But some scientists, military experts and intelligence analysts say the next president may well determine whether America keeps an edge in space.
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Cnn.com |
2:18pm PDT |
55 killed in matress factory fire |
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2:12pm PDT |
Fire in Connecticut apartment complex leaves 150 homeless
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Summary: AP - A fast-moving fire destroyed a large apartment complex early Saturday, and authorities were looking for dozens of people reported unaccounted for. |
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2:11pm PDT |
Colombia says FARC rebels fire mortars from Ecuador
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Summary: Reuters - Colombia's army on Saturday said FARC
guerrillas opened fire on its troops with home-made mortars
from across Ecuador's border in the latest incident to test
frayed relations between the Andean neighbors. |
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1:58pm PDT |
Obama and Clinton clash over gas tax as Indiana looms
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Democrats Barack
Obama and Hillary Clinton touted their economic agendas and
sparred over fuel taxes on Saturday as they crisscrossed
Indiana ahead of its must-win presidential nominating contest
in May. |
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1:42pm PDT |
Sharpton vows to 'close this city' after officer acquittals
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Hundreds of angry people marched through Harlem on Saturday after the Rev. Al Sharpton promised to "close this city down" to protest the acquittals of three police detectives in the 50-shot barrage that killed a groom on his wedding day and wounded t |
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1:41pm PDT |
Jake Long goes to Dolphins, Rams select Chris Long at No. 2
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Summary: AP - The shortened NFL draft immediately went long Saturday when Miami officially selected Michigan tackle Jake Long, then St. Louis grabbed Virginia defensive end Chris Long. |
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1:34pm PDT |
More legal wrangling probably ahead in police shooting case
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The family of an unarmed man killed in a hail of police gunfire on his wedding day pledged Saturday to continue its fight to have someone held accountable for his death, a day after a judge acquitted three officers in the slaying. |
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Cnn.com |
1:29pm PDT |
45 missing, 150 homeless after apartment fire |
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1:19pm PDT |
Mugabe parliament loss confirmed |
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Summary: President Robert Mugabe's party fails to regain its majority in Zimbabwe's parliament after a partial recount. |
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1:19pm PDT |
Mugabe party fails to regain majority |
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Summary: President Robert Mugabe's party fails to regain its majority in Zimbabwe's parliament after a partial recount. |
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Yahoo News |
1:01pm PDT |
Clinton challenges Obama to Lincoln-Douglas style debate
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Democratic rivals Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton turned up the rhetoric Saturday in their increasingly heated primary battle as she issued a new debate challenge and he complained of a race that's largely been reduced to trivia while working |
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12:54pm PDT |
Labour always listens, says Brown |
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Summary: The prime minister urges voters to opt for Labour at the local elections, as he bids to limit damage over the 10p tax row. |
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Yahoo News |
12:53pm PDT |
US Marines deploying in Afghanistan for 1st time in years
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Summary: AP - U.S. Marines are crossing the sands of southern Afghanistan for the first time in years, providing a boost to a NATO coalition that is growing but still short on manpower. |
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Cnn.com |
12:47pm PDT |
British radio game show host dead at 86 |
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Summary: Jazz trumpeter and broadcaster Humphrey Lyttelton, host of the surreal British radio game show "I'm Sorry, I Haven't a Clue," died Friday at the age of 86.
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Yahoo News |
12:36pm PDT |
Dolphins select tackle Jake Long; Rams pick Chris Long
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The shortened NFL draft immediately went long Saturday when Miami officially selected Michigan tackle Jake Long to start the proceedings. St. Louis then took another Long, Virginia defensive end Chris, the son of Pro Football Hall of Famer Howie Long |
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12:23pm PDT |
Clinton challenges Obama to debate without moderator
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton takes the debate dispute to a new level, challenging her opponent Barack Obama to face off with her in a debate without a moderator, Lincoln-Douglas style. |
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Yahoo News |
12:19pm PDT |
Medical marijuana patients face transplant hurdles
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Timothy Garon's face and arms are hauntingly skeletal, but the fluid building up in his abdomen makes the 56-year-old musician look eight months pregnant. His liver, ravaged by hepatitis C, is failing. Without a new one, his doctors tell him, he will |
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BBC News |
12:18pm PDT |
Colossal squid out of the freezer |
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Summary: Scientists in New Zealand begin to thaw the colossal squid caught last year, before dissecting it live on the web. |
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Yahoo News |
12:14pm PDT |
NY police acquittal like another death: fiancee
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The fiancee of an unarmed man who died
in a hail of 50 bullets said on Saturday that the acquittal of
three New York City police detectives charged in his death was
like "they killed Sean all over again." |
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BBC News |
12:06pm PDT |
Arrest after park gun incident |
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Summary: A man is arrested in connection with a firearms incident at a holiday park in the south of Scotland. |
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Yahoo News |
12:03pm PDT |
Somali pirates free Spanish boat for ransom
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Somali pirates have freed a Spanish
fishing boat with its 26-member crew for a ransom of $1.2
million, a Somali official said on Saturday. |
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Yahoo News |
11:48am PDT |
Scratching cat in lap blamed for causing accident
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Modesto police are blaming a scratching cat for an accident that toppled a power pole and shut down a street for nearly an hour. A police sergeant said Friday that a woman was driving with a cat in her lap. The animal scratched her, and she drove int |
