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Yahoo News |
2:36pm PDT |
GOP uses Obama to boost Republican candidates
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Turns out Louisiana and Mississippi weren't quite finished with the Democratic presidential campaign. Sen. Barack Obama won each state's primary earlier this year. But these days his face still appears in television ads in both states, this time from |
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Yahoo News |
2:33pm PDT |
U.S. ponders Guantanamo closure as Bush term ends
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The Bush administration could
announce plans by the end of its term in January to close
Guantanamo prison and an upcoming Supreme Court ruling might be
the impetus for this, senior U.S. officials and experts say. |
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Yahoo News |
2:20pm PDT |
After scandal, students are leaving Oral Roberts University
(AP)
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Summary: AP - As Oral Roberts University prepares to hand out diplomas to its Class of 2008, Anna Siebring, a junior, will be mailing out applications to transfer to another school. Siebring, a government major, is among many students having second thoughts about |
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BBC News |
2:19pm PDT |
Pair jailed for royal blackmail |
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Summary: Two men are jailed for five years for blackmailing a Royal Family member over tapes featuring gay sex claims. |
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Yahoo News |
2:18pm PDT |
Doctors to reassess antibiotics for 'chronic Lyme' disease
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Patients who believe they suffer long-term problems from Lyme disease are claiming victory over a national doctors group. The Infectious Diseases Society of America has agreed to review its guidelines, which say there's no evidence long-term antibiot |
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Yahoo News |
2:17pm PDT |
'American Idol' top boss: Paula Abdul isn't going anywhere
(AP)
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Summary: AP - For starters, Paula Abdul isn't going anywhere. "Why would we get rid of Paula?" wonders Cecile Frot-Coutaz matter-of-factly, when questioned about possibly nixing the wacky "American Idol" judge now infamous for — among other things — critiquing bot |
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Yahoo News |
2:17pm PDT |
Winner of Barbaro Stakes breaks down on Oaks day
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A horse coming off three straight victories — including the Barbaro Stakes — threw his jockey and broke down Friday in an undercard race for the Kentucky Oaks. Veterinarian Larry Bramlage compared the horse's injury to that of 2006 Kentucky Derby win |
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Yahoo News |
2:08pm PDT |
Bush details extra $70 billion for wars in next fiscal year
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. President George W. Bush on
Friday laid out a detailed request for $70 billion to partially
fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan while providing more aid
to tackle an unfolding global food crisis. |
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Yahoo News |
2:05pm PDT |
Mugabe to contest Zimbabwe run-off, MDC cries foul
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe accepted
that the opposition's Morgan Tsvangirai won more votes in the
presidential election and will contest a run-off in a political
battle that has raised fears of bloodshed. |
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BBC News |
2:02pm PDT |
Livingstone win 'highly unlikely' |
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Summary: Minister for London Tessa Jowell says she does not think Ken Livingstone will win the London mayoral contest. |
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ChristianPost |
1:52pm PDT |
Megachurch Feels Hunger Pangs, Ups Compassion |
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Summary: Members of Willow Creek Community Church have been challenged to join an unprecedented season of compassion by fighting the pervasive problem of hunger around the ... |
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BBC News |
1:52pm PDT |
US jobs data eases economy fears |
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Summary: The US economy lost a fewer than expected 20,000 jobs in April, official figures from the Labor Department show. |
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Yahoo News |
1:42pm PDT |
Economy shows resilience; jobless rate falls as dollar rises
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The economy showed off unexpected signs of resilience Friday as job losses slowed, the dollar gained a bit of muscle for a change and there were even indications that food prices may be easing. The unemployment rate dipped, though that may not last. |
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Cnn.com |
1:40pm PDT |
'Miracle Marine' dies after beating odds |
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Summary: A Marine who survived being burned over more than 95 percent of his body in Iraq and established a charity to help burned children has died, the military has announced.
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DJ Chuang |
1:37pm PDT |
96% don?t want to know expiration date |
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Summary: Watched ‘The Bucket List’ on the UA flight 405 from LGA to DEN, Jack Nicholson + Morgan Freeman.. I blog this as I watch it to the end. Love hearing Morgan narrate. Masterful.
Morgan’s character’s a trivia buff, cited a stat- of a |
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Yahoo News |
1:29pm PDT |
Microsoft reportedly raises offer for Yahoo
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Microsoft Corp. is reportedly in active talks with Yahoo Inc. Friday and has increased its bid for the Web pioneer. Microsoft upped its offer "by several dollars" per share, according to a New York Times report, which relies on unnamed sources. |
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Yahoo News |
1:22pm PDT |
Ohio attorney general admits to affair with employee
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Ohio's attorney general admitted an extramarital affair with an employee Friday, soon after three of his aides were fired or forced out after an investigation found evidence of sexual harassment and other misconduct. |
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Yahoo News |
1:19pm PDT |
White House hopefuls battle over gas tax holiday
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Democratic
presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and Republican John
McCain hammered Democrat Barack Obama on Friday for refusing to
support a proposal to suspend the federal gasoline tax. |
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Yahoo News |
1:11pm PDT |
Major Arctic sea ice melt is expected this summer
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Arctic will remain on thinning ice, and climate warming is expected to begin affecting the Antarctic also, scientists said Friday. |
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Yahoo News |
1:05pm PDT |
Storms kill 7, injure 13 in northern Arkansas
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Severe storms tore
through northern Arkansas on Friday, killing at least seven
people and injuring 13 in the southern U.S. state. |
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Cnn.com |
1:03pm PDT |
Hunt for oil heats up under Alaska ice |
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Summary: The combination of falling reserves and $100-plus oil is sparking a frenzy of oil and gas activity in Alaska the likes of which hasn't been seen since the state's initial oil boom more than three decades ago, fortune.com reports.
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BBC News |
1:00pm PDT |
Brilliant O'Sullivan into final |
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Summary: Ronnie O'Sullivan destroys Stephen Hendry 17-6 in their World Championship semi-final. |
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Cnn.com |
12:57pm PDT |
Disabled heroes dive with gentle giants |
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Yahoo News |
12:53pm PDT |
Major powers agree new incentives offer to Iran
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Major powers agreed on Friday to make a
new offer of incentives to Iran to halt its sensitive nuclear
work and a European diplomat said helping Tehran develop civil
atomic power remained at the heart of the proposal. |
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BBC News |
12:46pm PDT |
Is this man Veronica Guerin's killer? |
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Summary: Patrick "Dutchy" Holland has been jailed for his part in a "honey trap" kidnap plot. But is he the man who pulled the trigger on Veronica Guerin? |
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Yahoo News |
12:39pm PDT |
U.S. rejects Canadian's "child soldier" defense
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A Canadian captured in Afghanistan at age
15 can be tried for murder in the Guantanamo war crimes court,
a U.S. military judge ruled in rejecting claims that he was a
child soldier who should be rehabilitated rather than
prosecuted. |
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ChristianPost |
12:26pm PDT |
Christian Radio Station Broadcasts in Narrow '10/40 Window' |
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Summary: Hosanna Broadcasting Network (HBN), a 24-hour Christian radio station, celebrated its 10th month in operation this week as a testament to the grace that God has poured down on their ... |
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Yahoo News |
12:23pm PDT |
Tom Cruise not sure he would take back couch-jumping
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Tom Cruise says his couch-jumping on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" seemed to set off a "confluence" of bad publicity for him, but he's not sure he would take it back. |
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Yahoo News |
12:22pm PDT |
Fed OKs plan to rein in unfair, deceptive credit cards
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Federal Reserve and other regulators initiated steps Friday to end "unfair and deceptive" credit card industry practices assailing consumers who are already struggling to cope in a bad economy. |
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Yahoo News |
12:18pm PDT |
Ohio judge to decide man's fate for sharing snack cake
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A judge in southern Ohio must decide whether to send a man to prison for sharing a Little Debbie snack cake. The case involves 21-year-old Timothy Caudill, who last year was held in a residential community corrections program in Nelsonville for break |
