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BBC News |
12:18pm PDT |
Further cut in US interest rates |
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Summary: The Federal Reserve reduces US interest rates from 2.25% to 2.0% as it attempts to avoid a possible recession. |
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Yahoo News |
12:16pm PDT |
CDC: 3 out of 4 new moms in US now breast-feed their infants
(AP)
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Summary: AP - More than 3 out of 4 new moms now breast-feed their infants, the highest rate in the U.S. in at least 20 years, according to a a government report released Wednesday. About 77 percent of new mothers breast-feed, at least briefly, up from 60 percent i |
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Yahoo News |
12:14pm PDT |
David Blaine breaks world record for holding one's breath
(AP)
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Summary: AP - David Blaine set a new world record Wednesday for breath-holding — 17 minutes and 4 seconds — fulfilling what he said was "a lifelong dream." |
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Yahoo News |
12:13pm PDT |
Chilean town giving free Viagra to senior citizens
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A working class suburb of Chile's capital began handing out free Viagra to senior citizens on Wednesday. Lo Prado Mayor Gonzalo Navarrete said he launched the program because "an active sexuality improves the overall quality of life." |
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Yahoo News |
11:57am PDT |
U.S. trip helped pope, Catholic Church image: poll
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Americans have a more favorable view of
Pope Benedict and the Catholic Church after his U.S. trip but
many believe more must be done to avoid a repetition of a
sexual abuse scandal that rocked the Church, a poll showed on
Wednesday. |
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Yahoo News |
11:52am PDT |
Federal Reserve cuts key interest rate by quarter-point
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Federal Reserve has cut a key interest rate by a quarter-point, a smaller move than the aggressive easing it undertook earlier this year. |
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Cnn.com |
11:51am PDT |
State Department 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 |
11:40am PDT |
Fed cuts rates again, 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 |
11:38am PDT |
Zimbabwe opposition leader on track for victory
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Zimbabwe's opposition leader was on track to win the first round of a presidential election against the incumbent Robert Mugabe, sources told AFP on Wednesday, more than four weeks after voting day. |
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Cnn.com |
11:36am PDT |
Agency: Sect boys may have been abused |
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Summary: At least 41 children taken from a polygamist sect's Texas ranch may have had past broken bones, officials say, and investigators are looking into the possible sexual abuse of some of the sect's young boys.
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Cnn.com |
11:29am PDT |
NHL player lacerates spleen during game |
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Summary: New York Rangers forward Sean Avery has been hospitalized after lacerating his spleen during a playoff loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins.
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Cnn.com |
11:29am PDT |
NHL player lacerated spleen during game |
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Summary: New York Rangers forward Sean Avery has been hospitalized after lacerating his spleen during a playoff loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins.
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Yahoo News |
11:22am PDT |
GM loses $3.3 billion in 1st quarter, lowers sales outlook
(AP)
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Summary: AP - General Motors Corp. struggled to a $3.3 billion first-quarter loss, due in part to a weak U.S. market, a strike at a major parts supplier and plummeting sales of sport utility vehicles and pickups. |
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BBC News |
11:20am PDT |
Trio successful in county appeals |
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Summary: South Africans Andrew Hall, Justin Kemp and Johan van der Wath win appeals against the ECB over county registrations. |
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ChristianPost |
11:20am PDT |
N. Korea Rally Calls for God's Help on Capitol Hill |
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Summary: Hundreds of North Korean defectors, activists, congressmen, and pastors gathered Tuesday on Capitol Hill to hold a rally for North Koreans suffering under the regime of Kim Jung ... |
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BBC News |
11:09am PDT |
Raunchy Lebanese singer causes controversy in Bahrain |
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Summary: A raunchy Lebanese singer is causing controversy in Bahrain, where she is due to perform for the first time. |
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BBC News |
11:03am PDT |
Progress on Pakistan judges deal |
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Summary: The leaders of Pakistan's new ruling coalition have made progress in crucial talks about sacked judges, aides say. |
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10:59am PDT |
Austria appeals for witnesses to incest horror
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Police on Wednesday appealed
to about a hundred people to help them piece together details
of a quarter-century of incarceration of an Austrian woman and
her children by her father and sexual tormentor. |
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Cnn.com |
10:54am PDT |
Hope returns to war-torn city, but threats loom |
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Summary: Esad Pozder bent down to retrieve a cabbage under his Sarajevo market stall. When he stood up, a heavy mortar had landed that would kill 68 people, including his sister. Some 21 months later, after a U.S.-led bombing campaign, the war ended. After 14 year |
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Cnn.com |
10:52am PDT |
State Department details terror threats |
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Summary: Venezuela's associations with other 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.
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BBC News |
10:49am PDT |
Al-Qaeda 'greatest threat' to US |
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Summary: Al-Qaeda remains the greatest terrorist threat to the US, according to a US state department report. |
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Yahoo News |
10:46am PDT |
Tsvangirai on course for Zimbabwe win, no majority: sources
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai is on course to beat Robert Mugabe in the first round of Zimbabwe's presidential election but will fall short of an outright victory, sources close to the electoral commission said Wednesday. |
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BBC News |
10:46am PDT |
Bilic agrees new Croatia contract |
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Summary: Slaven Bilic will stay on as Croatia boss until the 2010 World Cup in a move which will be a blow for interested Premier League clubs. |
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BBC News |
10:42am PDT |
Israel's dilemma |
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Summary: Besieged Gazans find treatment in Israel |
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Yahoo News |
10:38am PDT |
Paula Abdul left 'empty' by song that wasn't
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Paula Abdul must be hearing double. On a night when "American Idol" switched up the judges' format by making them hold their appraisals until every contestant had a turn, Abdul offered feedback Tuesday for two songs by Jason Castro — except that he'd |
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BBC News |
10:34am PDT |
Police raids lead to 400 arrests |
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Summary: Almost 400 people are held as police target drugs, gangs and car crime during a two-day operation. |
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Cnn.com |
10:33am PDT |
NHL's Avery out with lacerated spleen |
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Summary: New York Rangers forward Sean Avery has been hospitalized after lacerating his spleen during a playoff loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins.
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Cnn.com |
10:22am PDT |
Source: Zimbabwe needs run-off vote |
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Summary: A senior official with Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU-PF party said opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai and incumbent President Robert Mugabe must compete in a presidential run-off, based on its election results.
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Cnn.com |
10:10am PDT |
Fed may cut rates |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
10:09am PDT |
Smoking ban 'has closed 100 pubs' |
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Summary: More than 100 bars in Northern Ireland close their doors in the year following the smoking ban, it is claimed. |
