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Cnn.com |
9:01am PDT |
Sources: U.S. attacks al Qaeda allies in Somalia |
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Summary: An airstrike has killed the military leader of an Islamic militant group in Somalia with close ties to al Qaeda, a spokesman for the group said Thursday.
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Cnn.com |
8:56am PDT |
Commentary: Marches won't bring reform |
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Summary: They're baaaack.
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Cnn.com |
8:55am PDT |
Incest dad allegedly threatened to gas kids |
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Summary: A 73-year-old man accused of holding his daughter captive in his cellar for 24 years often spent many hours in the cellar during the day, his sister-in law said in an interview published Thursday.
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ChristianPost |
8:55am PDT |
Christians Worry about Gujarat Anti-Conversion Law |
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Summary: Christians in the western state of Gujarat, India, are worried about the recent enactment of an anti-conversion law that threatens to imprison missionaries if they are convicted of 'forcibly converting' someone to ... |
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Cnn.com |
8:49am PDT |
Is the future of TV on the Web? |
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Summary: The future of television is changing before our eyes, as media giants scramble to stake their claims in the wilderness of Internet video.
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Yahoo News |
8:49am PDT |
Pentagon confirms strike on Al-Qaeda leader in Somalia
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The Pentagon confirmed Thursday a US military attack against an Al-Qaeda military leader in Somalia but declined to identify him. |
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BBC News |
8:45am PDT |
Set for invasion |
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Summary: Moscow confident of Champions League cup success |
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BBC News |
8:37am PDT |
Judges attack adoption 'disgrace' |
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Summary: A father suffered a "manifest injustice" in the adoption of his young child against his wishes, judges rule. |
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BBC News |
8:29am PDT |
US expels six Belarus diplomats |
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Summary: The US orders the expulsion of the remaining six Belarus diplomats as relations deteriorate further. |
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BBC News |
8:27am PDT |
'Second man' at Austrian cellar |
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Summary: A lodger tells the BBC he saw another man go to the cellar where Josef Fritzl is accused of abusing his daughter. |
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BBC News |
8:26am PDT |
Mission drift |
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Summary: Five years on from Iraq's 'Mission Accomplished' |
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Yahoo News |
8:24am PDT |
Obama's wife joins push to court working class
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - If Michelle Obama had her way, her
husband Barack would be a teacher, a writer, a singer, a dancer
-- anything but a politician with the chance to make history as
the first black president of the United States. |
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Yahoo News |
8:22am PDT |
Ex-Guantanamo inmate in Iraq suicide bombing: TV
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A Kuwaiti man released from the U.S.
prison in Guantanamo Bay in 2005 has carried out a suicide
bombing in Iraq, his cousin told Al Arabiya television on
Thursday. |
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Yahoo News |
8:15am PDT |
Senate panel votes to block money for Iraq reconstruction
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A Senate panel has agreed to block U.S. funding for Iraq reconstruction projects worth more than $2 million and to try to force Baghdad to cover the costs of training and equipping the country's security forces. |
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Cnn.com |
8:13am PDT |
Mystery quakes confuse experts |
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Summary: Experts are mystified by what they call a "swarm" of earthquakes hitting Reno, Nevada. Tremors aren't uncommon in Reno, but analysts just do not know what has caused 344 quakes in the area in the past week, the strongest of which was magnitude 4.7.
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Yahoo News |
8:09am PDT |
US orders Belarus embassy closed in widening diplomatic rift
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The State Department on Thursday ordered Belarus to close its embassy in Washington and its consulate in New York and said it will shut down the U.S. Embassy in the Belarusian capital. |
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ChristianPost |
7:58am PDT |
Why We're Losing Our Right to Speak Out |
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Summary: David Woodward is a political science professor at Clemson University—one who has first-hand experience on how dangerous it can be to speak out in favor of traditional values: He almost lost his job over ... |
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Cnn.com |
7:54am PDT |
Shipwreck loaded with treasure found |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
7:51am PDT |
Uma Thurman at NYC courthouse for trial of accused stalker
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Uma Thurman is at a lower Manhattan courthouse, where she is expected to testify against the man accused of stalking her. |
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BBC News |
7:44am PDT |
Italy posts income details on web |
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Summary: Italians are outraged after the government publishes every citizen's declared taxable income on the internet. |
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ChristianPost |
7:38am PDT |
Obama Says Public Tired of Hearing about Former Pastor |
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Summary: Democrat Barack Obama and his wife said Thursday the public is tired of hearing about incendiary remarks by their former pastor, as they sought to put the controversy that has rocked his presidential campaign to ... |
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Cnn.com |
7:28am PDT |
Parents plead for missing son |
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Summary: Growing more anxious with each passing day, the parents of a suspected kidnap victim in Florida are increasing the reward for their son's return from $10,000 to $250,000. "We want him back. We love him. We miss him," Thomas Wiles said of his son, weeping. |
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Yahoo News |
7:25am PDT |
Cuba urges economic gain, work at May Day rally
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Hundreds of thousands of Cubans marched
through Havana's Revolution Square on Thursday for a
red-splashed May Day celebration that urged economic gains and
increased productivity from workers. |
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BBC News |
7:12am PDT |
Ronson teams up with Duran Duran |
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Summary: Mark Ronson is to rework Duran Duran's classic hits in a one-off concert with the pop legends in Paris. |
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BBC News |
7:09am PDT |
'Deal reached' on Pakistan judges |
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Summary: One of Pakistan's ruling coalition leaders says a deal has been reached over how to deal with sacked judges. |
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Yahoo News |
7:05am PDT |
Hundreds evacuated in Maine amid record flood
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A river swollen by heavy rain and
melting snow overflowed its banks along the U.S.-Canadian
border, forcing hundreds of people to flee homes and businesses
in Fort Kent, Maine, and closing two border crossings. |
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BBC News |
7:04am PDT |
S Africa 'must fight xenophobia' |
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Summary: South Africans are urged by ruling party leader Jacob Zuma to fight against the ill-treatment of Zimbabweans. |
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Cnn.com |
7:01am PDT |
No catheter, use own toys to stop hospital bugs |
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Summary: Like many young men, Josh Nahum loved a thrill. That's why he took up skydiving. But on Labor Day weekend in 2006, he had an accident while skydiving in Colorado, fracturing his femur and skull.
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ChristianPost |
7:01am PDT |
Miley Cyrus Photo Flap Prompts Calls for Action Against Harmful Media Messages |
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Summary: Miley Cyrus, the extremely popular 15-year-old star of Disney’s Hannah Montana, became the focus of a national controversy this week after photos of her appearing topless and covered only in a bed sheet were published in Vanity Fair ... |
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ChristianPost |
6:45am PDT |
Methodists Reject Changes to Gay Stance, Oppose Homophobia |
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Summary: After a lengthy debate, United Methodists voted Wednesday to reject changes to its constitution that would have liberalized the church's stance on ... |
