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BBC News |
7:37pm PDT |
Labour suffers in Welsh heartland |
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Summary: Rhodri Morgan says the tide has turned strongly against Labour as his party is battered in the Welsh council elections. |
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Yahoo News |
7:26pm PDT |
Palestinian donors meet amid doubts on peace moves
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Donor nations meet on Friday to discuss
aid to the Palestinian Authority among recriminations that some
have been slow to provide promised money and doubts about a
U.S.-backed Middle East peace effort. |
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Cnn.com |
7:21pm PDT |
T-38C jets grounded after fatal crashes |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Cnn.com |
7:16pm PDT |
Protesters across U.S. push immigration issue |
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Summary: Thousands of demonstrators -- but not as many as in past years -- are gathering in U.S. cities today to protest federal immigration raids and deportations and to call for comprehensive immigration legislation, including citizenship opportunities for illeg |
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Yahoo News |
7:10pm PDT |
USGS reports 6.5 magnitude quake near Alaska
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The U.S. Geological Survey on
Thursday reported a 6.5 magnitude earthquake in a sparsely
inhabited area near the tip of the Aleutian island chain, 45
miles WNW of Adak, Alaska. |
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Yahoo News |
7:02pm PDT |
Jagr and Lundqvist keep Rangers alive in 3-0 win over Pens
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Jaromir Jagr was flat on his stomach after scoring and cheers echoed through Madison Square Garden in what might have been his last home game with the New York Rangers. |
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Yahoo News |
6:56pm PDT |
Key powers to discuss Mideast, Iran
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will hold talks with key counterparts in London Friday on the stalled Middle East peace process and the West's nuclear standoff with Iran. |
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Cnn.com |
6:56pm PDT |
Lowe's ex-nanny says wife sexually harassed |
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Cnn.com |
6:51pm PDT |
Cameraman freed from Guantanamo Bay |
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Summary: Al-Jazeera cameraman Sami al-Hajj has been released after nearly six years in the U.S. Navy prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a senior Pentagon official aware of the details of the release told CNN on Thursday.
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Cnn.com |
6:38pm PDT |
Ex-track star reportedly faces heroin charge |
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Yahoo News |
6:33pm PDT |
Oprah's couch is safe: Cruise more subdued during taping
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Tom Cruise didn't jump on Oprah Winfrey's couch this time. |
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Yahoo News |
6:29pm PDT |
Corruption trial hears of plot to fire prosecutor
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A witness at the trial of political
fundraiser Antoin Rezko testified on Thursday that then-White
House aide Karl Rove was asked to replace the federal
prosecutor in Chicago to abort a probe of Illinois corruption. |
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BBC News |
6:25pm PDT |
Tories make strong council gains |
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Summary: The Conservatives make strong gains as the results of local elections in England and Wales are announced. |
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BBC News |
6:19pm PDT |
US rebuke over Palestinian funds |
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Summary: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice implies Arab states could do more to help with aid for the Palestinians. |
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Cnn.com |
6:17pm PDT |
Bush's popularity lowest in U.S. history, poll shows |
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Summary: A new poll suggests President Bush is the most unpopular president in modern American history. The CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey indicates that 71 percent of the American public disapprove of how Bush is handling his job. The poll also indicates that |
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Cnn.com |
6:17pm PDT |
Bush's popularity lowest in history |
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Summary: A new poll suggests President Bush is the most unpopular president in modern American history. The CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey indicates that 71 percent of the American public disapprove of how Bush is handling his job. The poll also indicates that |
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Cnn.com |
6:17pm PDT |
Poll: Bush disapproval rating highest on record |
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Summary: A new poll suggests President Bush is the most unpopular president in modern American history. The CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey indicates that 71 percent of the American public disapprove of how Bush is handling his job. The poll also indicates that |
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Cnn.com |
5:58pm PDT |
Distraught mom finds 'D.C. Madam' hanged |
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Summary: Deborah Jeane Palfrey, known as the "D.C. Madam," was found dead in Florida today, according to police. Palfrey hanged herself in a storage shed and was found by her mother, police said. Palfrey was convicted last month on charges related to a high-end pr |
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Cnn.com |
5:58pm PDT |
Police: Mom found 'D.C. Madam,' suicide note |
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Summary: Deborah Jeane Palfrey, known as the "D.C. Madam," was found dead in Florida today, according to police. Palfrey hanged herself in a storage shed and was found by her mother, police said. Palfrey was convicted last month on charges related to a high-end pr |
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BBC News |
5:57pm PDT |
Delusions 'haunt' sick children |
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Summary: One in three children admitted to intensive care will have powerful hallucinations, say British researchers. |
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BBC News |
5:40pm PDT |
Labour worries on council losses |
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Summary: Labour figures suggest that the party could have lost control of two south Wales heartland councils. |
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BBC News |
5:38pm PDT |
Tories make early council gains |
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Summary: Results are coming in for the local elections in England and Wales, with the Conservatives making early gains. |
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Cnn.com |
5:30pm PDT |
Air Force grounds T-38C jets after deadly crash |
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Cnn.com |
5:30pm PDT |
Air Force grounds T-38Cs after deadly crash |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
5:10pm PDT |
Turkish planes 'bomb Iraqi Kurds' |
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Summary: The Turkish air force launches attacks against separatist Kurds in northern Iraq, a Turkish news agency says. |
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BBC News |
5:07pm PDT |
Plan for greener dairy industry |
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Summary: The dairy industry and environment ministers are to give details on how they can reduce the effects milk production has on climate change. |
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Cnn.com |
5:05pm PDT |
Bush wants $770 million more food aid |
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Summary: President Bush urged Congress on Thursday to approve $770 million in new global food aid to be made available beginning in October.
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Cnn.com |
5:05pm PDT |
Al-Jazeera: Cameraman out of Gitmo |
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Summary: Al-Jazeera cameraman Sami al-Hajj has been released after nearly six years in the U.S. Navy prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a senior Pentagon official aware of the details of the release told CNN on Thursday.
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BBC News |
4:55pm PDT |
'Key lessons' in charity collapse |
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Summary: Charity regulators say lessons can be learned after a major childcare provider went into liquidation last year. |
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BBC News |
4:53pm PDT |
London poll results on knife edge |
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Summary: Londoners wait to find out who will be their next mayor after polls closed on a fiercely fought campaign. |
