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BBC News |
4:05pm PDT |
New fund supports war veterans |
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Summary: A Scottish Veterans' Fund is to be created to support ex-servicemen and women, it is revealed. |
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Yahoo News |
4:03pm PDT |
On Japan's secretive death row, inmate becomes cause celebre
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Iwao Hakamada, Japan's longest serving death row inmate, has insisted for 40 years that he is innocent of the four murders he was convicted of. The evidence was suspect, he says, and his confession was coerced. |
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BBC News |
4:02pm PDT |
Hollyoaks scoops six soap awards |
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Summary: Hollyoaks captures six trophies at the British Soap Awards, while EastEnders is named best soap. |
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Yahoo News |
3:51pm PDT |
Unbeaten Big Brown comes through to win Kentucky Derby
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Big Brown backed up his trainer's boasts with an explosive finishing kick and won the Kentucky Derby on Saturday — a day marred by the fatal breakdown of the filly Eight Belles. |
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Yahoo News |
3:44pm PDT |
Big Brown remains unbeaten with Kentucky Derby win
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Big Brown remained
unbeaten in four races with a dramatic stretch run to win the
Kentucky Derby Saturday. |
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Yahoo News |
3:40pm PDT |
Filly Eight Belles breaks down after 2nd-place Derby finish
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Filly Eight Belles finished second behind favorite Big Brown in the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, then collapsed with two broken front ankles and was euthanized after crossing the wire. |
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Yahoo News |
3:37pm PDT |
Illinois smoking ban tamps down puffing at pipe convention
(AP)
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Summary: AP - There will be no indoor smoking at a large convention for pipe smokers in Illinois. |
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BBC News |
3:27pm PDT |
O'Sullivan plans to avoid upset |
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Summary: Ronnie O'Sullivan goes into Sunday's final against Ali Carter as a strong favourite to win his third world title. |
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Yahoo News |
3:22pm PDT |
Alaska governor sees 'perfection' in son with Down syndrome
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The results of Gov. Sarah Palin's prenatal testing were in, and the doctor's tone was ominous: "You need to come to the office so we can talk about it." |
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Yahoo News |
3:19pm PDT |
Rice to push Israel to lift more West Bank barriers
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
will on Sunday urge Israel to remove more West Bank roadblocks
as she meets Israeli and Palestinian officials to try to
accelerate their peace talks. |
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BBC News |
3:19pm PDT |
Attack on Shell plant in Nigeria |
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Summary: Militants blow up a Shell-owned oil flow station in the Niger Delta, the fifth such attack in recent weeks. |
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Yahoo News |
3:12pm PDT |
Hats, juleps rule; some patrons spend stimulus at Derby
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Skip Koepnick knows where his tax rebate is going — to a weekend of fun at Churchill Downs. |
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Yahoo News |
3:00pm PDT |
Guam chooses between Clinton and Obama
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The tiny US Pacific island of Guam relished a rare moment in the spotlight Saturday, weighing in on the raging Democratic White House battle between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. |
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Yahoo News |
2:58pm PDT |
Zimbabwe opposition still undecided on runoff
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Zimbabwe's main opposition party said on
Saturday it was still undecided on whether its leader, Morgan
Tsvangirai, should take part in a run-off election against
President Robert Mugabe. |
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Cnn.com |
2:54pm PDT |
Analysis: The Wright effect on presidential race |
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Summary: Politics is a business of numbers, and the numbers favor Sen. Barack Obama. But they are changing in ways that give Sen. Hillary Clinton some hope, and have dramatically changed how Republicans look at the presidential election.
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BBC News |
2:52pm PDT |
Rice in Mid-East for fresh talks |
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Summary: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrives in the Middle East for new Israel-Palestinian peace talks. |
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BBC News |
2:17pm PDT |
Vivaldi work revived 278 years on |
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Summary: A long-lost opera by the Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi is performed in Prague for the first time since 1730. |
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BBC News |
2:17pm PDT |
Long-lost Vivaldi opera performed for the first time since 1730 |
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Summary: A long-lost opera by the Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi is performed in Prague for the first time since 1730. |
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BBC News |
2:14pm PDT |
'Pray like mad for our Madeleine' |
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Summary: Kate McCann asks churchgoers to pray for her daughter on the first anniversary of her disappearance. |
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BBC News |
2:05pm PDT |
Two children found dead in a car |
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Summary: Two boys are found dead in a parked car on the outskirts of Glasgow. |
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BBC News |
1:57pm PDT |
Talking music |
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Summary: Black Eyed Peas star Will.i.am is a man in demand |
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BBC News |
1:57pm PDT |
Carter holds nerve to make snooker final |
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Summary: Ali Carter reaches his first World Championship final by sealing an epic 17-15 win over Joe Perry at The Crucible. |
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Yahoo News |
1:41pm PDT |
Officials say New Mexico wildfire has burned nearly 60 homes
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Firefighters worked in cooler, calmer weather Saturday to clear lines around a blaze that has burned nearly 60 homes and more than 20 square miles in the mountains of central New Mexico. |
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Yahoo News |
1:40pm PDT |
Iraq delegation says Iran backs militant crackdown
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Iran supports the Iraqi government in
its fight against militants, the head of a delegation from
Iraq's ruling Shi'ite alliance said on Saturday after returning
from a visit to Tehran. |
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Cnn.com |
1:34pm PDT |
Iraqi lawmaker: Iran 'hurt' by accusations |
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Summary: An Iraqi delegation that arrived in Tehran on Wednesday confronted Iranian officials with "evidence" that Iran is smuggling weapons and explosive devices into Iraq and training Iraqi militants, charges that the Iranians vehemently denied, an Iraqi politic |
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Yahoo News |
1:31pm PDT |
Survivors search for belongings amid Ark. tornado wreckage
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Smoke rose from burning heaps of wreckage Saturday as residents of rural Arkansas cleaned up what was left of their homes after deadly tornadoes scoured a state that has been plagued by severe weather this year. |
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Yahoo News |
1:18pm PDT |
Friends ask how Austrian could have abused captive daughter
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Nearly a week after news of a 73-year-old Austrian's alleged incest and rape rattled this Alpine nation, friends of the family still grapple with how Josef Fritzl's crime could have happened in their midst — and gone unnoticed. |
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Cnn.com |
1:18pm PDT |
0 to 60 in 4 seconds, and it's electric |
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Yahoo News |
1:12pm PDT |
Officials say New Mexico fire has burned nearly 60 homes
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Authorities have confirmed a total of nearly 60 homes burned after a human-caused fire jumped containment lines in New Mexico. |
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Cnn.com |
12:58pm PDT |
U.S. diplomats leave Belarus as tensions rise |
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