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Yahoo News |
7:27am PDT |
Obama tries to ride out storms with folksier style
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Facing doubts about his
White House bid after a series of crises, Barack Obama is
trying a folksier, more personal style as he pushes his
economic plans in visits to veterans halls, factories and
country fairs. |
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Yahoo News |
7:26am PDT |
80 mph winds damage hundreds of Mo. homes, businesses
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Hurricane-force winds, hail and heavy rain moving through Missouri have left hundreds of homes and businesses damaged. |
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Cnn.com |
7:21am PDT |
Zimbabwe election results finally official |
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Summary: The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission said today that President Robert Mugabe's opponent, Morgan Tsvangirai, led in the March 29 election with 47.9 percent of the vote. Mugabe received 43.2 percent. Since neither man received 50 percent plus one vote, a runof |
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Cnn.com |
7:21am PDT |
High winds rip through Kansas City |
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Cnn.com |
7:17am PDT |
Student educates himself, loses 180 pounds |
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Summary: Gathering together for old-fashioned, home-cooked meals was just a way of life for Brandon Hollas, who was raised on his family's farm in Cameron, Texas.
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Yahoo News |
7:16am PDT |
Quarterback Ryan Perrilloux is tossed off LSU football team
(AP)
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Summary: AP - LSU quarterback Ryan Perrilloux, who had legal and disciplinary problems throughout his college career, was kicked off the defending national championship team. |
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Yahoo News |
7:15am PDT |
Britain's Brown punished in local elections
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Britain's ruling Labour Party slumped to
its worst local election defeat on record on Friday, dealing a
blow to Prime Minister Gordon Brown in his first test at the
polls since taking over from Tony Blair. |
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Yahoo News |
7:14am PDT |
Stocks jump after payroll report, Fed action
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Wall Street extended its advance Friday after a government employment report showed the nation's employers cut far fewer jobs than expected last month, stirring optimism about the buoyancy of the economy. The Dow Jones industrial average rose more th |
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Yahoo News |
7:07am PDT |
Tsvangirai wins first round of Zimbabwe polls: official
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was finally declared the winner Friday of the March 29 presidential election but fell just short of toppling incumbent Robert Mugabe in the first round. |
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Yahoo News |
7:02am PDT |
Zimbabwe announces poll run-off, MDC cries foul
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan
Tsvangirai beat President Robert Mugabe in the presidential
election but faces a run-off vote after failing to win an
outright majority, the electoral body said on Friday. |
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Cnn.com |
7:02am PDT |
Planes slow down to save fuel |
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Cnn.com |
7:02am PDT |
Making flight 8 mins. longer saved $535 |
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BBC News |
6:59am PDT |
Zimbabwe poll results announced |
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Summary: The long-awaited results of Zimbabwe's presidential poll say opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai won, but not outright. |
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BBC News |
6:55am PDT |
Date for Pakistan judges' return |
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Summary: Ex-Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif says top judges sacked by President Musharraf last year will be reinstated on 12 May. |
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Cnn.com |
6:52am PDT |
'The King' of comic book artists |
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Summary: The nickname was meant as a joke, a little needle from Marvel Comics mainstay Stan Lee to artist Jack Kirby.
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BBC News |
6:52am PDT |
Plane crash kills Sudan minister |
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Summary: South Sudan's defence minister is killed when a plane carrying about 20 people crashes, officials say. |
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6:49am PDT |
Johnson 'ahead' in mayoral race |
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Summary: Early results suggest Tory candidate Boris Johnson is ahead in the race to become the next mayor of London. |
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Cnn.com |
6:49am PDT |
A U.S. military mission: Food and smiles |
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Summary: "Come on let's go!" says Capt. Jeremy Bastian, a U.S. Air Force chaplain.
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6:48am PDT |
Hitler plot survivor dies aged 90 |
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Summary: The last known survivor of a group of German officers who tried to kill Hitler has died aged 90, his family says. |
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Yahoo News |
6:39am PDT |
Reports: Mariah Carey marries actor Nick Cannon
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Nick Cannon is cast as Mariah Carey's lover in her new video — but has the superstar diva given the young actor a considerably bigger role in real life? According to several published reports, Carey, 38, married Cannon, 27, on Wednesday. Neither Care |
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Yahoo News |
6:32am PDT |
Zimbabwe says opposition gets more votes but runoff needed
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Electoral officials say Zimbabwe's opposition leader won 47.9 percent of votes in presidential elections — not enough to avoid a runoff against longtime ruler President Robert Mugabe. |
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ChristianPost |
6:19am PDT |
Florida Ultrasound Bill Dies in Senate |
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Summary: Pro-life groups in Florida said Wednesday was a “day of shame” after a bill that would have required abortion practitioners to give women ultrasounds during all phases of pregnancy prior to an abortion died in a 20-20 tie vote in the ... |
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BBC News |
6:10am PDT |
'Sex pest' seal attacks penguin |
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Summary: A misguided seal is recorded attempting the most extreme case of mammal mating behaviour yet observed. |
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Yahoo News |
6:08am PDT |
Stock poised to rally after payroll report, Fed action
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Wall Street was poised for a sharply higher open Friday after the government reported that the nation's payrolls shrank less than expected and the Federal Reserve injected more liquidity into the financial system. |
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Yahoo News |
6:08am PDT |
Employers cut fewer jobs in April, jobless rate falls
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Employers cut far fewer jobs in April than in recent months and the unemployment rate dropped to 5 percent, a better-than-expected showing that nonetheless still revealed strains in the nation's crucial labor market. |
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Cnn.com |
5:59am PDT |
Panel threatens to subpoena Rove |
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Yahoo News |
5:59am PDT |
Rice price overshadows Southeast Asian trade meeting
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Southeast Asian trade
officials met on Friday for talks on how to respond to soaring
rice prices, after U.S. President George W. Bush proposed $770
million in new U.S. food aid to stave off a global food crisis. |
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Cnn.com |
5:55am PDT |
Jobs report better than expected |
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Summary: Employers trimmed jobs again in April for the fourth straight month, according to a government report Friday that was not as weak as Wall Street's expectations.
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Yahoo News |
5:54am PDT |
Dalai Lama envoys travel to China for talks
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Senior envoys of the Dalai Lama are
traveling to China to meet the government over the crisis in
Tibet, the government-in-exile said on Friday, only three
months before the Beijing Olympics open. |
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Cnn.com |
5:54am PDT |
'Idol' boss: Paula isn't going anywhere |
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