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9:11pm PDT |
Hopes as Pakistan talks continue |
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Summary: Pakistan's new ruling coalition will resume talks on sacked judges, with one minister saying agreement is likely. |
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9:05pm PDT |
AT&T launches TV service on new phones, rivaling Verizon
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Summary: AP - AT&T Inc. is launching its new video service for cell phones Sunday on two phones, and will charge $15 per month for 10 channels. |
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8:45pm PDT |
Pierce, Celtics top Hawks 110-85 and take 3-2 lead in series
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Summary: AP - Takedowns and menacing gestures. Double technicals and flagrant fouls. And the Boston Celtics are heading to Atlanta to try to deliver the knockout punch. Paul Pierce scored a playoff-high 22 points and Ray Allen hit three 3-pointers in the middle of |
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8:43pm PDT |
'American Idol' boots another finalist; 4 singers remain
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Summary: AP - Diamond wasn't Brooke White's best friend on "American Idol" Wednesday night. The tearful 24-year-old folkster from Mesa, Ariz., was eliminated as the Fox show trimmed the competition to the top four finalists. |
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Cnn.com |
8:36pm PDT |
Let's move past Wright, Michelle Obama says |
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Summary: Michelle Obama said Wednesday that her husband's move to distance himself from his controversial former minister has been "painful," but that she's pleased with the way he's handled the situation.
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8:11pm PDT |
Next decade 'may see no warming' |
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Summary: Global temperatures may not rise for 10 years as natural cooling masks greenhouse warming, research suggests. |
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Cnn.com |
7:50pm PDT |
130-million-year-old poop sells for $960 |
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7:31pm PDT |
Israel marks Holocaust Memorial Day
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Summary: AFP - Israel began marking its annual Holocaust Remembrance Day with President Shimon Peres vowing the Jewish state would never allow the Jewish genocide to be repeated. |
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7:01pm PDT |
Obama hurt by furor over ex pastor: polls
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Summary: Reuters - Democratic presidential candidate
Barack Obama's loss in the Pennsylvania primary and the
political firestorm over his former pastor have cut into his
lead over rival Hillary Clinton among Democratic voters,
according to polls released on We |
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7:01pm PDT |
Zimbabwe to verify election results amid turmoil
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Summary: AFP - Zimbabwe braced on Thursday for the latest twist in a political crisis that has racked the southern African state, with election officials set to verify results from a presidential election on March 29. |
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BBC News |
6:59pm PDT |
Identity 'at risk' on Facebook |
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Summary: The personal details of Facebook users could potentially be stolen by malicious hackers, the BBC's technology programme Click has found. |
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6:29pm PDT |
Butler's basket helps Wizards win Game 5 in Cleveland
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Summary: AP - Caron Butler saved Washington's season. |
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6:28pm PDT |
Zimbabwe prepares to verify count |
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Summary: Zimbabwe's Electoral Commission is due to start verifying the country's long-delayed presidential results. |
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Cnn.com |
6:19pm PDT |
Fight for dollars: 'Grand Theft Auto' vs 'Iron Man' |
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Summary: Who would win in a fight: a police-killing, rampage-driven thug or a superhero encased in a technologically advanced suit of armor? The answer comes this weekend when violent, top-selling video game "Grand Theft Auto IV" could steal glory and revenue from |
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Cnn.com |
6:16pm PDT |
N.M. takes 3 kids from apocalyptic church |
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6:11pm PDT |
Indictment: Missing girl was beaten, denied medical care
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Summary: AP - A young girl who is missing and presumed dead had been repeatedly beaten and locked in a closet for hours because she wet herself, according to an indictment released Wednesday. |
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6:10pm PDT |
McCready back to recording after Clemens report
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Mindy McCready has "caught her breath" and gone back to work on a new album following her admission of a long-standing relationship with Roger Clemens, a representative for the country star said Wednesday. |
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Cnn.com |
6:06pm PDT |
Spy court OKs record eavesdropping requests |
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6:06pm PDT |
Leaders agree plan to save Niger |
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Summary: Nine West African countries agree an $8bn, 20-year plan to save Africa's third-largest river, the Niger. |
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Cnn.com |
5:53pm PDT |
CIA director: China not 'inevitable enemy' |
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Summary: The director of the CIA told an audience at Kansas State University Wednesday that China is "not the inevitable enemy" of the United States.
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Cnn.com |
5:53pm PDT |
CIA director says China not 'inevitable enemy' |
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Summary: The director of the CIA told an audience at Kansas State University Wednesday that China is "not the inevitable enemy" of the United States.
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BBC News |
5:52pm PDT |
Bluetongue vaccine for UK farms |
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Summary: The first vaccinations against the animal disease bluetongue are to take place later on a farm in Norfolk. |
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5:37pm PDT |
Obama tries to move beyond controversy over pastor
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Democratic presidential candidate
Barack Obama tried on Wednesday to move past a controversy over
racially charged remarks by his former pastor and refocus his
message on kitchen-table economic issues. |
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BBC News |
5:36pm PDT |
Women's voices are sexier when they are fertile |
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Summary: A woman's voice becomes more alluring when she is at her most fertile, according to US research. |
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Cnn.com |
5:18pm PDT |
Native Hawaiians blockade historic palace |
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5:18pm PDT |
Tree-lined streets 'cut asthma' |
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Summary: Children who live in tree-lined streets have lower rates of asthma, a New York-based study suggests. |
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5:06pm PDT |
Duffy leads Mojo awards shortlist |
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Summary: Welsh soul singer Duffy receives three nominations, the most for any act, in this year's Mojo Honours List. |
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5:04pm PDT |
Heart disease warning for women |
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Summary: Fears are being raised that obesity may be affecting the fall in heart disease deaths in women aged under 50. |
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Cnn.com |
4:55pm PDT |
iReporters document Hollywood fire |
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4:55pm PDT |
Cher says she dated Tom Cruise when he was a 'shy boy'
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Summary: AP - Cher says she dated Tom Cruise when he was just a "shy boy." The singer-actress discussed the relationship on an episode of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" taped Saturday in Las Vegas before a crowd of 4,000 people, according to Harpo Productions. |
