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4:51pm PDT |
Former Dodgers GM Buzzie Bavasi dies in San Diego at 93
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Buzzie Bavasi, who built Dodgers teams that won four World Series titles in Brooklyn and Los Angeles, died Thursday at his home in La Jolla, outside San Diego. He was 93. His death was announced by the Seattle Mariners, whose general manager is Bill |
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4:51pm PDT |
Immigrants march in U.S. but rallies lose steam
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Thousands of immigrants marched
through cities across the United States on Thursday, but the
smaller crowds suggested their cause had lost momentum in this
election year. |
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Yahoo News |
4:47pm PDT |
Man arrested in Texas for trying to cash $360 billion check
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Charles Ray Fuller must have been planning one big record company. The 21-year-old North Texas man was arrested last week for trying to cash a $360 billion check, saying he wanted to start a record business. Tellers at the Fort Worth bank were immedi |
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4:41pm PDT |
Top job |
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Summary: Who is ready for Europe's first presidential race? |
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Cnn.com |
4:39pm PDT |
Video shows horror of London transit bombs |
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Summary: Videos of the chaos and horrified reactions after the July 7, 2005, London transit bombings were shown to jurors Thursday in the trial of three men charged with conspiracy in the case.
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Yahoo News |
4:30pm PDT |
Thousands rally in May Day effort for immigration reform
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Thousands of chanting, flag-waving immigrants and activists rallied in cities across the country Thursday, attempting to reinvigorate calls for immigration reform in a presidential election year in which the economy has taken center stage. |
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4:29pm PDT |
Coal scars |
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Summary: Why the end of mining still hampers Welsh economy |
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Yahoo News |
4:24pm PDT |
Obama-Wright rift reveals divided loyalties in black church
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Sen. Barack Obama's break with the Rev. Jeremiah Wright is putting black pastors and their congregations in a difficult position, their loyalties divided between a politician who could be the first black president and a celebrated preacher who many b |
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BBC News |
4:21pm PDT |
First local poll results declared |
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Summary: The first results are in for the local elections in England and Wales, with counting set to continue all night. |
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4:10pm PDT |
Counting begins in council polls |
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Summary: Welsh council election results start to arrive, with suggestions Labour may have lost Blaenau Gwent in its valley heartlands. |
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4:09pm PDT |
Promoted clubs 'net £60m prize' |
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Summary: Promotion to the Premier League is worth £60m per club, the most lucrative prize in English football, a report says. |
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Cnn.com |
3:53pm PDT |
Al-Jazeera: Cameraman released from 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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3:51pm PDT |
Miley Cyrus to skip scheduled Disney red carpet event
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Miley Cyrus won't be attending her first scheduled public appearance since Vanity Fair published photos that have thrown her status as a role model for young girls into question, Disney said Thursday. |
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Cnn.com |
3:46pm PDT |
Police: Mom finds 'D.C. Madam' hanging |
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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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3:38pm PDT |
Bush proposes $770 million for world food crisis
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - President George W. Bush on Thursday
called for $770 million in new U.S. food aid donations and
other measures aimed at staving off a deepening global food
crisis. |
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BBC News |
3:33pm PDT |
Smith overjoyed with Uefa semi win |
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Summary: Rangers manager Walter Smith says reaching the Uefa Cup final is an incredible achievement. |
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3:33pm PDT |
Smith joy over shoot-out victory |
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Summary: Rangers manager Walter Smith says reaching the Uefa Cup final is an incredible achievement. |
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BBC News |
3:27pm PDT |
Tsvangirai 'wins' Zimbabwe vote |
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Summary: Zimbabwe's electoral commission tells parties Morgan Tsvangirai won almost 48% in the presidential poll. |
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3:27pm PDT |
Tsvangirai 'leads' Zimbabwe vote |
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Summary: Zimbabwe's Morgan Tsvangirai gained more votes than President Mugabe but a run-off is needed, officials say. |
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3:23pm PDT |
Bush calls for approval of $770 million in food aid
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Bush urged Congress Thursday to approve $770 million to help alleviate dramatically escalating food prices that threaten widespread hunger and increasing social unrest around the world. |
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3:21pm PDT |
Sonics' Durant honored as rookie of the year
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Kevin Durant became the first Seattle player to win the NBA Rookie of the Year award — and perhaps the last. Durant, the national college player of the year at Texas and the No. 2 pick last year, averaged 20.3 points for the SuperSonics. |
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BBC News |
3:14pm PDT |
Counting under way in local polls |
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Summary: Political parties face a nervous night waiting for results, after polls close in local elections in England and Wales. |
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Cnn.com |
3:08pm PDT |
Michael Moore explains Obama support |
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Summary: "Larry King Live" has devoted lots of time to the views of all the presidential candidates and their backers. Last week, King spoke to Sen. Hillary Clinton, and there's a standing invitation to all three candidates to appear as guests on his show any nigh |
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BBC News |
2:55pm PDT |
Cameraman freed from Guantanamo |
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Summary: A cameraman from the al-Jazeera television station has been freed from Guantanamo Bay, the channel says. |
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Yahoo News |
2:53pm PDT |
Brewers score 3-runs in 9th to defeat Cubs 4-3
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Ryan Braun hit a two-run double off Kerry Wood during Milwaukee's three-run ninth inning and the Brewers rallied to beat the Chicago Cubs 4-3 on Thursday. |
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Yahoo News |
2:42pm PDT |
Treasure trove found in 500-year-old shipwreck off Africa
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The ship was laden with tons of copper ingots, elephant tusks, gold coins — and cannons to fend off pirates. But it had nothing to protect it from the fierce weather off a particularly bleak stretch of inhospitable African coast, and it sank 500 year |
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Yahoo News |
2:41pm PDT |
Senators ready dueling energy plans
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Democrats and Republican lawmakers
in the U.S. Senate on Thursday set the stage for a divisive
energy policy debate with two dueling party-line bills to
combat high gasoline prices. |
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Cnn.com |
2:41pm PDT |
Dow finish is highest in 4 months |
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Summary: Stocks surged Thursday, starting off the new month with a bang, as investors hailed better-than-expected readings on manufacturing and consumer spending, one day after the Fed hinted the economic outlook seems to have stabilized.
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Cnn.com |
2:41pm PDT |
Dow close highest in 4 months |
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Summary: Stocks surged Thursday, starting off the new month with a bang, as investors hailed better-than-expected readings on manufacturing and consumer spending, one day after the Fed hinted the economic outlook seems to have stabilized.
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2:36pm PDT |
Obama-Wright Rift Reveals Divided Loyalties in Black Church |
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Summary: Sen. Barack Obama's break with the Rev. Jeremiah Wright is putting black pastors and their congregations in a difficult position, their loyalties divided between a politician who could be the first black president and a celebrated preacher who many believ |
