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BBC News |
2:32pm PDT |
Tax staff breach data security |
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Summary: More than 600 HM Revenue and Customs staff have been disciplined for accessing personal or sensitive data. |
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BBC News |
2:31pm PDT |
Beijing is to impose smoking ban |
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Summary: Officials in China's capital are set to impose a ban smoking in most public buildings in the run-up to the Olympics. |
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BBC News |
2:21pm PDT |
Chelsea beat Liverpool in dramatic semi |
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Summary: Didier Drogba and Frank Lampard strike as Chelsea beat Liverpool 4-3 on aggregate to reach their first Champions League final. |
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Cnn.com |
2:21pm PDT |
State Dept. details global terror threats |
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Summary: Venezuela's associations with terror states, Iran's meddling in Iraq and the resurgence of al Qaeda in Afghanistan top the concerns in a new State Department report on terrorism threats in countries around the world. Venezuela's ambassador to the U.S. tol |
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Cnn.com |
2:17pm PDT |
Israel kills an Islamic Jihad chief, sources say |
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Summary: One person was killed and three were wounded Wednesday in Israeli airstrike targeting a metal shop in Rafah, according to Palestinian security and medical sources.
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Cnn.com |
2:10pm PDT |
5 killed in Sydney Harbor boat collision |
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Summary: Five people were killed and nine were injured, two seriously, early Thursday when two boats collided in Sydney Harbor, police said.
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Yahoo News |
2:05pm PDT |
Fed cuts rates as economy slumps, hoping to stop recession
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Scrambling to shore up the faltering economy, the Federal Reserve cut interest rates to the lowest point in nearly four years Wednesday as the nation teetered on the edge of recession. |
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Yahoo News |
1:48pm PDT |
DNA confirms IDs of czar's children, ending mystery
(AP)
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Summary: AP - For nine decades after Bolshevik executioners gunned down Czar Nicholas II and his family, there were no traces of the remains of Crown Prince Alexei, the hemophiliac heir to Russia's throne. |
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ChristianPost |
1:37pm PDT |
'God Bless America' Celebrates Anniversary; Many More to Come |
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Summary: As religion and issues of faith become more important than ever in the decision that voters will make in the upcoming presidential election, it’s hard to imagine that it was just 35 years ago that a sitting president used the words 'God Bless America' for |
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BBC News |
1:36pm PDT |
Brazil's shares at all-time high |
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Summary: Brazilian shares rise on the news that government debt has been upgraded to investment grade. |
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ChristianPost |
1:35pm PDT |
Divorce – Yet More Costs to Society |
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Summary: Serious and important studies such as "Why Marriage Matters: Twenty-One Conclusions from the Social Sciences" (2002) and "Hardwired to Connect" (2003) have documented the ravages of divorce and single parenthood on children as well as their mothers and fa |
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BBC News |
1:24pm PDT |
Blaine sets breathtaking record |
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Summary: Magician David Blaine breaks a world record by holding his breath for more than 17 minutes on a live TV show. |
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BBC News |
1:24pm PDT |
Magician Blaine breaks breath-holding record |
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Summary: Magician David Blaine breaks breath-holding record |
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Yahoo News |
1:23pm PDT |
Documents show US considered using nuclear weapons
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Summary: AP - President Dwight D. Eisenhower overruled some of his military commanders in the summer of 1958, ordering them not to use nuclear weapons against China if communist forces blockaded the Taiwan Strait, according to declassified Air Force documents. |
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Yahoo News |
1:20pm PDT |
Rangers' Sean Avery hospitalized after lacerating spleen
(AP)
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Summary: AP - New York Rangers forward Sean Avery has been hospitalized after lacerating his spleen during a playoff loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins. In a statement Wednesday, the team said the noted agitator was taken to St. Vincent's Medical Center after New Yor |
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Cnn.com |
1:17pm PDT |
Federal contracting chief quits under fire |
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Summary: The head of the U.S. government's top contracting agency has resigned amid accusations of misuse of authority, including allegations she tried to enlist agency officials to assist Republican political hopefuls.
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Yahoo News |
12:58pm PDT |
Zimbabwe's Tsvangirai wins vote: sources
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai beat
Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe's presidential election, winning 47
percent of the vote against the president's 43 percent, senior
government sources said on Wednesday. |
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Yahoo News |
12:50pm PDT |
Obama, Clinton court working families
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Barack Obama teamed up with wife Michelle on Wednesday to court working families with a little kitchen table conversation about tax cuts. Rival Hillary Rodham Clinton hitched a ride in a pickup truck to a gas pump to illustrate the pain inflicted on |
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Yahoo News |
12:47pm PDT |
Officials say Pentagon easing security clearance screening
(AP)
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Summary: AP - U.S. troops won't have to reveal all their mental health counseling when applying for security clearances under a change the Pentagon hopes will ease the stigma of seeking help for combat stress, The Associated Press has learned. |
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Cnn.com |
12:42pm PDT |
Fed cuts rates, hints at pause |
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Summary: The Federal Reserve has cut its key interest rate by a quarter percentage point, but the central bank's statement signaled it may be the last rate cut for at least a while, CNNMoney.com reports. It is the seventh cut since September, and it comes as the F |
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Yahoo News |
12:42pm PDT |
US report says al-Qaida gaining strength
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Al-Qaida has rebuilt some of its pre-Sept. 11 capabilities from remote hiding places in Pakistan, leading to a major spike in attacks last year in that country and neighboring Afghanistan, the Bush administration said Wednesday. |
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Yahoo News |
12:41pm PDT |
Fed lowers rates, hints cuts may be at end
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The Federal Reserve lowered a key
U.S. interest rate by a modest quarter percentage point on
Wednesday and hinted the move could be the last in a series
dating to mid-September. |
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Yahoo News |
12:33pm PDT |
April Iraq's deadliest month since last August
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Fighting in Baghdad's Shi'ite slum of
Sadr City made April the deadliest month for Iraqi civilians
since last August and for U.S. troops since last September,
figures obtained on Wednesday showed. |
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Yahoo News |
12:33pm PDT |
Fed cuts key rate by a quarter-point
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Federal Reserve cut a key interest rate by a quarter-point Wednesday, a smaller move than the aggressive easing it undertook earlier this year. There were signs the Fed may believe it has done enough to prevent a deep recession. |
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BBC News |
12:32pm PDT |
Civil servants 'paid too much' |
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Summary: Public sector wages are too high, according to a report on the competitiveness of NI's economy. |
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BBC News |
12:30pm PDT |
Zimbabwe police accuse opposition |
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Summary: Zimbabwe's opposition is behind electoral fraud and violence, the influential police chief says. |
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Yahoo News |
12:24pm PDT |
Rangers forward Sean Avery hospitalized
(AP)
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Summary: AP - New York Rangers forward Sean Avery has been hospitalized after lacerating his spleen during a playoff loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins. In a statement Wednesday, the team said the noted agitator was taken to St. Vincent's Medical Center after New Yor |
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ChristianPost |
12:23pm PDT |
50 Governors Proclaim National Day of Prayer |
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Summary: The governors of all 50 U.S. states as well as the Virgin Islands have signed proclamations for the 57th annual National Day of Prayer on May 1, officials of the day of prayer announced ... |
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Yahoo News |
12:22pm PDT |
US troop deaths push monthly toll to 7-month high in Iraq
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The killings of five U.S. soldiers in separate attacks in Baghdad pushed the American death toll for April up to 49, making it the deadliest month since September. One soldier died when his vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb. The second died of wo |
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Yahoo News |
12:19pm PDT |
Texas officials looking at possible abuse among FLDS boys
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Texas officials told legislators Wednesday that they're investigating the possible sexual abuse of some young boys taken from a polygamist sect's ranch, as well as broken bones among other children. |
