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Cnn.com |
8:07am PDT |
Dad: 'I felt like I had just been crucified' |
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Summary: Blair Holt wanted his mother to have a pendant for Mother's Day. His father, Ronald Holt, was purchasing the gift when his cell phone rang: Blair, 16, had just been shot on a Chicago bus. "I felt like I had just been crucified."
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Cnn.com |
8:07am PDT |
'I felt like I had just been crucified' |
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Summary: Blair Holt wanted his mother to have a pendant last Mother's Day. But he was gunned down before he got a chance to give it to her. His dad has since dedicated his life to fighting violence. But in the last two weeks alone, 15 people have been killed in Ch |
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BBC News |
7:58am PDT |
Afghan 'health link' to uranium |
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Summary: The BBC hears that rising rates of child health issues in Afghanistan may be linked to depleted uranium weapons. |
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Yahoo News |
7:55am PDT |
Fed expected to cut rates one more time, then pause
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Federal Reserve, which began the year aggressively fighting a severe credit crunch and economic weakness, may push the pause button after delivering perhaps one more quarter-point cut in interest rates. |
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BBC News |
7:50am PDT |
Austria 'sex captor' stays silent |
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Summary: Josef Fritzl, the Austrian man accused of keeping his daughter in a cellar for 24 years, refuses to answer questions. |
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CTI News |
7:42am PDT |
The Desert Gospel |
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Summary: The desert fathers and mothers would know instantly why our gospel is too small.
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BBC News |
7:37am PDT |
Belarus orders out US diplomats |
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Summary: Belarus orders a number of US diplomats to leave the country, amid a row over human rights. |
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Cnn.com |
7:36am PDT |
'CSI's' Gary Dourdan arrested for drugs |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
7:34am PDT |
Budget car tax rise 'not hidden' |
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Summary: The government denies claims it concealed the full extent of car tax changes. |
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Yahoo News |
7:22am PDT |
People of Lesbos take gay group to court over term 'Lesbian'
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A Greek court has been asked to draw the line between the natives of the Aegean Sea island of Lesbos and the world's gay women. |
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Yahoo News |
7:14am PDT |
Economy grows by only 0.6 percent in first quarter
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The bruised economy limped through the first quarter, growing at just a 0.6 percent pace as housing and credit problems forced people and businesses alike to hunker down. |
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Yahoo News |
7:13am PDT |
Fed expected to cut rates 1 more time, then pause
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Federal Reserve, which began the year aggressively fighting a severe credit crunch and economic weakness, may push the pause button after delivering perhaps one more quarter-point cut in interest rates. |
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Yahoo News |
7:09am PDT |
Afghan forces kill 2 Taliban, woman, child in siege
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Afghan security forces surrounded a house
in the capital Kabul on Wednesday and traded gunfire with
Taliban insurgents before blowing up the building and killing
two militants as well as a woman and child inside, officials
said. |
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BBC News |
7:06am PDT |
Pakistan parties seek judges deal |
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Summary: The leaders of Pakistan's new government hold crucial talks about sacked judges, in the coalition's first real test. |
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Cnn.com |
7:05am PDT |
Officials: Sadr City battles killed hundreds |
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Summary: The fighting that erupted in Baghdad's Sadr City last month killed 925 people and wounded 2,605, a top government official said. Most of the casualties were civilians and "criminal elements attacked by us," said Tahseen al-Sheikhly, a spokesman for the Ba |
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Yahoo News |
7:03am PDT |
Famine fears for N.Korea, Egypt raises salaries
(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 |
6:58am PDT |
Things your body can do after you die |
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Summary: From getting hitched to saving the environment, here's proof you can still be a busybody long after you kick the bucket.
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Yahoo News |
6:52am PDT |
Clinton-McCain gas tax holiday slammed as bad idea
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A gas tax holiday proposed by U.S.
presidential hopefuls John McCain and Hillary Clinton is viewed
as a bad idea by many economists and has drawn unexpected
support for Clinton rival Barack Obama, who also is opposed. |
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Cnn.com |
6:40am PDT |
Amanpour: Color, hope back in war-torn city |
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Summary: Markale market is awash in the lush oranges, reds, greens and yellows of fresh fruit and vegetables. But 16 years ago when the Bosnian war broke out, produce disappeared from the stalls of Sarajevo and some days the only color was blood red.
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Cnn.com |
6:40am PDT |
Amanpour: Standing where blood once flowed |
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Summary: Markale market is awash in the lush oranges, reds, greens and yellows of fresh fruit and vegetables. But 16 years ago when the Bosnian war broke out, produce disappeared from the stalls of Sarajevo and some days the only color was blood red.
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BBC News |
6:36am PDT |
Child aged eight 'abused alcohol' |
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Summary: Children as young as eight have been treated for alcohol-related health problems in Scottish hospitals. |
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BBC News |
6:36am PDT |
Eight-year-olds 'abuse alcohol' |
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Summary: Children as young as eight have been treated in hospital for alcohol-related health problems, a study shows. |
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BBC News |
6:34am PDT |
UK 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, says the UK's biggest building society. |
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BBC News |
6:31am PDT |
TB outbreak hits 30 schoolgirls |
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Summary: An outbreak of tuberculosis is affecting 30 pupils at a Birmingham school, the BBC learns. |
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Yahoo News |
6:24am PDT |
Army did not know it was firing at TV crew: Israel
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Israeli troops were unable to
identify Reuters News cameraman Fadel Shana as a journalist
before they fired at him from a tank, the Israeli army said on
Wednesday, citing the preliminary results of an investigation. |
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BBC News |
6:23am PDT |
Brown seeks to keep sharks at bay |
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Summary: BBC political correspondent Ben Wright watches as Gordon Brown and David Cameron clash in the Commons. |
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Cnn.com |
6:15am PDT |
Economy continues to sputter |
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Summary: The nation's economy continued its sluggish growth in the first quarter, according to a government report Wedneday that showed a slightly better-than-expected gain in economic activity.
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Yahoo News |
6:14am PDT |
Economy grows by only 0.6 percent in 1st quarter of 2008
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The bruised economy limped through the first quarter of this year at only 0.6 percent as housing and credit problems forced people and businesses alike to hunker down. |
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Cnn.com |
6:11am PDT |
Martin: How Obama can get beyond Rev. Wright |
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Summary: Let's not kid ourselves, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright was going to be a part of this presidential campaign through November, whether Sen. Barack Obama smacked his former pastor upside the head, or not.
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Yahoo News |
6:11am PDT |
U.S. deaths in Iraq at seven-month high in April
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The death toll for U.S. troops in Iraq
reached a seven month high in April, with the reported deaths
of three more soldiers on Wednesday bringing the monthly toll
to 47, the highest since last September. |
