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Yahoo News |
6:43pm PDT |
James' triple-double helps Cavs beat Wiz to end series
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Summary: AP - LeBron James was everywhere and did a little bit of everything. And, just as he seems to do every spring, he led the Cleveland Cavaliers past the Washington Wizards in the first round of the playoffs. |
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6:42pm PDT |
Bush predicts the economy is going to 'come on'
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Summary: AP - President Bush, buoyed by a batch of economic news that wasn't as bad as expected, predicted Friday that consumers are on their way to better days. "I know it's tough times, and I know you're having to pay more at the fuel pump than you want," Bush s |
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6:42pm PDT |
Guam to hold Democratic caucus |
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Summary: The Pacific territory of Guam is to hold a caucus to choose between the US Democratic Party presidential candidates. |
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Cnn.com |
6:22pm PDT |
Inmates in 2 states have dates with executioner |
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Summary: Earl Wesley Berry came within 21 minutes of dying at the hands of the state of Mississippi in October, before the Supreme Court issued a last-minute stay.
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6:08pm PDT |
AP Newsbreak: Evangelicals say faith is now too political
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Conservative Christian leaders who believe the word "evangelical" has lost its religious meaning plan to release a starkly self-critical document saying the movement has become too political and has diminished the Gospel through its approach to the c |
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Yahoo News |
6:04pm PDT |
It's senior year as 'HSM3' begins filming in Salt Lake City
(AP)
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Summary: AP - In real life, Zac Efron is just as cute — maybe cuter — than he is dancing and singing as Troy Bolton in Disney's wildly popular "High School Musical" movies. That's the assessment from 10-year-old Eden Withers, who got a close look at Efron during a |
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6:02pm PDT |
Mugabe rivals reject poll result |
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Summary: Zimbabwe's opposition rejects presidential poll results that put it in the lead, but not by enough to avoid a run-off. |
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Cnn.com |
5:45pm PDT |
Provocative maverick elected London mayor |
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Cnn.com |
5:31pm PDT |
Labour Party loses London mayor's seat |
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Summary: Conservative Boris Johnson has defeated the ruling Labour Party's two-term mayor of London, election officials announced Friday.
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Yahoo News |
5:04pm PDT |
Lawyer: Clemens 'pummeled' with unpleasant publicity
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Roger Clemens' lawyer says he will talk with his client about whether to press ahead with a defamation suit following a wave of unpleasant publicity in the wake of reports linking the pitcher to numerous women. "He's getting pummeled," attorney Rusty |
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Cnn.com |
4:59pm PDT |
$38 million deal reached in Minn. bridge collapse |
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Summary: Two Minnesota state lawmakers said Friday they have reached a deal to compensate victims of the Interstate 35 bridge collapse in Minneapolis last year that killed 13 people.
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4:54pm PDT |
A year on |
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Summary: How the Madeleine case has affected Portuguese police |
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BBC News |
4:50pm PDT |
Johnson wins London mayoral race |
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Summary: Conservative Boris Johnson is the new mayor of London - ending Ken Livingstone's eight-year reign at City Hall. |
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BBC News |
4:44pm PDT |
Spam reaches 30-year anniversary |
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Summary: The first junk e-mail or spam message was sent across Arpanet 30 years ago this weekend. |
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ChristianPost |
4:43pm PDT |
Why We Whisper |
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Summary: Imagine the following social experiment: You divide up Americans into two groups. Those who agreed to live by traditional moral values live in certain states. Those who reject traditional values take up residence in other states that would allow them to d |
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Yahoo News |
4:39pm PDT |
Man stuck in machinery uses big toe to call 911
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Summary: AP - Even with his arms stuck in a piece of machinery, one northwest Florida man was able to call 911 using his big toe. Police said the unidentified man was at the DRS Technologies building early Thursday morning when he became trapped in a press-like ma |
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BBC News |
4:37pm PDT |
Boris's big win |
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Summary: What does it mean for the Tories and for London? |
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BBC News |
4:35pm PDT |
Prayers mark McCann anniversary |
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Summary: Church services will be held in Portugal and Britain on Saturday to mark a year since the disappearance of Madeleine McCann. |
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4:34pm PDT |
Brown's party loses London as routed in UK elections
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Summary: Reuters - Britain's Labour Party suffered its
worst local election defeat on record and lost control of
London on Friday, forcing Prime Minister Gordon Brown to
rethink his strategy to avoid losing the next national poll. |
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Yahoo News |
4:20pm PDT |
McCain clarifies remark about oil, Iraq war
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Summary: AP - Republican John McCain was forced to clarify his comments Friday suggesting the Iraq war involved U.S. reliance on foreign oil. He said he was talking about the first Gulf War and not the current conflict. |
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BBC News |
4:19pm PDT |
Fat fighting fits |
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Summary: Why a special diet offers hope for children like Ella |
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BBC News |
4:19pm PDT |
Fit-fighting fats |
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Summary: Why a special diet offers hope for children like Ella |
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BBC News |
4:17pm PDT |
Diet treatment call for epilepsy |
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Summary: A special high-fat diet helps to control fits in children with epilepsy, a UK trial suggests. |
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Yahoo News |
4:15pm PDT |
Gates says U.S. could eye expanded Afghanistan role
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert
Gates said on Friday the United States could consider taking
over NATO's command in southern Afghanistan, where some NATO
allies have been reluctant to provide combat forces. |
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Yahoo News |
4:03pm PDT |
Lindsay Lohan mugshot used in liquor industry ad
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Summary: AP - Lindsay Lohan is not exactly toasting her latest public appearance. A mugshot of the 21-year-old actress, who has been in and out of rehab after two arrests last year on drunken driving and cocaine charges, was prominently featured Friday in an adver |
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Yahoo News |
3:47pm PDT |
Twisters tear up parts of 4 states; 7 die in Arkansas
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Violent storms rolling across the nation's midsection unleashed tornadoes, high winds and hail in four states and killed seven people in Arkansas on Friday, including a teenager who died when a tree fell into her bedroom as she slept. |
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Yahoo News |
3:10pm PDT |
Police: Colts' Harrison interviewed about Philly shooting
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Summary: AP - Indianapolis Colts star receiver Marvin Harrison was interviewed by police about a shooting near his North Philadelphia bar this week. Lt. Frank Vanore said the investigation of Tuesday's shooting was continuing. Harrison has not been arrested or cha |
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Yahoo News |
2:58pm PDT |
Clinton seeks on gas tax vote, Obama calls it 'shell' game
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton called for a vote Friday in the Democratic-controlled Congress on a summertime suspension of the federal gasoline tax, a plan that Barack Obama dismissed as a political stunt that would cost thousands of construction jobs. |
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ChristianPost |
2:48pm PDT |
Nation's Oldest Ecumenical Council of Churches Installs New Head |
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Summary: The Rev. A.R. Bernard, founding senior pastor of Christian Cultural Center, was officiated as the new president of the Council of Churches of the City of New York Thursday night, during an installation service where speakers called for the revival of the |
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2:37pm PDT |
High costs see late bus withdrawn |
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Summary: High costs mean a late-night bus service along the route of Glasgow's subway is to be withdrawn. |
