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Yahoo News |
10:06am PDT |
Wildfire burns toward Grand Canyon
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Firefighters are battling a forest fire
burning out of control toward the Grand Canyon, fanned by
strong winds and dry conditions, authorities said on Wednesday. |
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BBC News |
10:04am PDT |
Belarus expulsions 'unjustified' |
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Summary: The US says a decision by Belarus to order the expulsion of 10 of its diplomats in Minsk is "unwarranted". |
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BBC News |
10:03am PDT |
David Blaine breaks record by holding breath for 17 mins 4 secs |
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Summary: Magician David Blaine breaks record by holding breath for 17 mins 4 secs. |
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Yahoo News |
10:00am PDT |
AP Source: Durant to be selected NBA rookie of the year
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Kevin Durant of the Seattle SuperSonics has been chosen as the NBA Rookie of Year, The Associated Press has learned. |
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BBC News |
9:57am PDT |
Window on China |
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Summary: An interactive guide to following the Olympic torch relay |
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BBC News |
9:56am PDT |
Nuclear's CO2 cost 'will climb' |
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Summary: The case for nuclear power as an alternative, low carbon source of energy is challenged in a new report. |
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Yahoo News |
9:54am PDT |
Famine fears for North Korea
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The chances of famine in North Korea have
increased in line with the soaring price of rice on global
markets, a Washington-based institute said on Wednesday. |
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Cnn.com |
9:50am PDT |
Incest dad vacationed while kids locked up |
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Summary: Family members at the center of a bizarre incest and imprisonment case spanning 24 years held an "astonishing" reunion, medical officials say. "The children came together and also it was astonishing how easy it happened that the grandmother and the mother |
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Cnn.com |
9:48am PDT |
NFL cheerleaders too sexy for cricket |
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BBC News |
9:47am PDT |
BT rolls out 'faster broadband' |
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Summary: Faster broadband speeds could soon be on offer to a limited number of people in the UK as BT rolls out ADSL2. |
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BBC News |
9:41am PDT |
Schools could monitor well-being |
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Summary: Schools in England could be asked to keep track of pupils' drug use and obesity under plans being considered. |
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Cnn.com |
9:37am PDT |
Love, then marriage, then hubby in baby carriage |
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Summary: Kristen Rounds, 26, admits that she's a little gaga over her man. "I'm like his mommy," the Monterey Park, California, resident says with a laugh about her fiancé, a first-year medical student.
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Yahoo News |
9:37am PDT |
Rangers forward Sean Avery hospitalized with lacerated 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. |
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Yahoo News |
9:25am PDT |
Zimbabwe opposition leader 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 |
9:07am PDT |
GM loses $3.3 billion in 1Q, 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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Yahoo News |
9:05am PDT |
NATO warns Russia not to interfere in Georgia
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - NATO warned Russia Wednesday to stop taking action to undermine Georgia's territorial integrity, after Moscow announced it would send more peacekeepers to two rebel Georgian regions. |
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BBC News |
9:03am PDT |
Digital revolution |
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Summary: How a US man was able to grow back his finger |
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BBC News |
9:00am PDT |
House prices in 1% annual fall |
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Summary: House prices in the UK have recorded their first year-on-year fall for 12 years, the Nationwide says. |
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ChristianPost |
8:58am PDT |
United Methodists OK Full Communion with Lutherans |
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Summary: United Methodists declared Monday a "banner day" as they approved a full communion agreement with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in ... |
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BBC News |
8:56am PDT |
UB40 singer replaced by brother |
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Summary: Duncan Campbell replaces his brother Ali as UB40's singer, while reggae star Maxi Priest will tour with the band. |
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BBC News |
8:55am PDT |
Leeds set to hear points verdict |
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Summary: Leeds United will find out the result of their appeal against their 15-point deduction on Thursday at 1700 BST. |
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BBC News |
8:50am PDT |
Cellar father refuses to explain |
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Summary: The Austrian man accused of keeping his daughter in a cellar for 24 years, refuses to explain his acts. |
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BBC News |
8:50am PDT |
Russia warned over Georgia move |
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Summary: Nato says Russia's troop build-up in Georgia's two breakaway regions risks escalating tension in the area. |
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Cnn.com |
8:37am PDT |
Shell Oil chief: Cut price with more U.S. gas |
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Summary: Gasoline prices set a record for the 16th consecutive day Wednesday. A gallon of gas cost an average of $3.62, according to AAA, and much more in some markets.
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Yahoo News |
8:27am PDT |
Al Qaeda, cohorts remain worst terrorism threat: U.S.
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Nearly seven years after the
September 11 attacks, al Qaeda remains the biggest terrorist
threat to the United States and its allies, the U.S. State
Department said in an annual report on Wednesday. |
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BBC News |
8:16am PDT |
Silverjet wins $25m investment |
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Summary: Loss-making business class airline Silverjet says an investor is to inject cash into the firm to help it keep flying. |
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ChristianPost |
8:15am PDT |
New Methodist High Court Shifts Left |
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Summary: Five members were newly elected to the United Methodist Church's highest court, but some say the new group may tilt the denomination's Judicial Council to the left on highly debated issues such as homosexual ... |
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BBC News |
8:13am PDT |
Scarlett organ repatriation delay |
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Summary: The mother of murdered teenager Scarlett Keeling is to collect her daughter's missing organs in India. |
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Yahoo News |
8:12am PDT |
Sadr City bloodshed kills 925 Iraqis
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Clashes between Shiite militiamen and security forces have killed more than 900 people in Baghdad's Sadr City, Iraqi officials said Wednesday, as Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki vowed to press the offensive to its conclusion. |
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BBC News |
8:12am PDT |
Increase in mobile-using drivers |
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Summary: The number of drivers caught using mobile phones at the wheel has increased by nearly a third. |
