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ChristianPost |
1:39pm PDT |
Why Some Leaders Won't Sign the Evangelical Manifesto |
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Summary: Some prominent Christian leaders said this week that they will not sign the 'An Evangelical Manifesto,' listing reasons such as vague wording and theological ... |
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Cnn.com |
1:28pm PDT |
Girl pulled from quake rubble after 50 hours |
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Summary: A frightened schoolgirl was pulled safely from the rubble of a school dormitory Wednesday evening -- 50 hours after she was buried by Monday's earthquake, state-run media said.
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ChristianPost |
1:26pm PDT |
Kenneth Copeland Takes Senate Probe Battle to Public |
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Summary: Pentecostal preacher Kenneth Copeland is now looking to gain public support as he continues to question and protest a senator's investigation into the spending of six 'prosperity gospel' ministries, including his. This week, his ministry launched a Web si |
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Yahoo News |
1:24pm PDT |
Venezuela's Chavez "anxious" for better U.S. ties
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez hopes
prickly relations with the United States will improve when his
archfoe George W. Bush leaves the Oval Office in January, the
socialist leader said on Wednesday. |
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Cnn.com |
1:24pm PDT |
Thai PM: Myanmar does not want foreign help |
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Summary: The government of Myanmar authorized five more U.S. flights to land in the country with needed aid for survivors of last week's cyclone, a U.S. Marine spokesman told CNN.
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BBC News |
1:22pm PDT |
Husband guilty of car box murder |
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Summary: A man is found guilty of murdering his wife and hiding her body in a car roof top box in the couple's garden. |
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Yahoo News |
1:21pm PDT |
Bush hails Israel as rocket attack wounds 14
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Visiting US President George W. Bush paid a 60th anniversary tribute to Israel as a democracy challenged by "terrorists" on Wednesday just before a rocket attack wounded 14 people in a shopping mall. |
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Yahoo News |
1:16pm PDT |
Galaxy's youngest known supernova is 140 years old
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Astronomers have discovered the youngest known supernova in the Milky Way galaxy, still just a baby at 140 years old. The scientists, who announced their findings Wednesday, used a radio observatory in New Mexico and NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory |
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Yahoo News |
12:57pm PDT |
U.N. says up to 2.5 mln affected in Myanmar cyclone
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The United Nations estimated those
affected by the Myanmar cyclone at up to 2.5 million on
Wednesday and called an urgent meeting of big donors and Asian
states as the Myanmar junta continued to limit foreign aid. |
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Yahoo News |
12:54pm PDT |
Hank Steinbrenner: Yankees must play smarter
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Hank Steinbrenner expects his struggling New York Yankees to focus and turn around their season. "They've got to play smarter and harder," he said Wednesday. |
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BBC News |
12:53pm PDT |
Speedboat sting |
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Summary: Ben Ando tells how a £40m smuggling plot was foiled |
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Yahoo News |
12:50pm PDT |
Clinton presses on, Obama looks ahead
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Hillary Clinton met top donors on
Wednesday to plead for money for her uphill White House bid,
and front-runner Barack Obama courted blue-collar voters in
Michigan with promises of help for the ailing car industry. |
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Yahoo News |
12:50pm PDT |
AP Television News video shows quake's 1st moments
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The moment that a devastating earthquake struck central China, the hills surrounding the city of Chengdu shook, people ran outside in confused panic, and a thick, white cloud of dust enveloped a mountain reserve. |
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Yahoo News |
12:39pm PDT |
Teen sells 17,328 boxes of Girl Scout cookies
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A Girl Scout has financed her trip to Europe with Thin Mints, Samoas and Do-Si-Dos, possibly breaking a national record in the process. Jennifer Sharpe, a 15-year-old from Dearborn, sold 17,328 boxes of Girl Scout cookies this year, which shatters he |
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Yahoo News |
12:27pm PDT |
US probing Iraqi companies for insurance fraud
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Companies working on Iraq reconstruction have been accused of padding their profits through an insurance scam, leading to a criminal probe and hurried changes in the way many contracts are handled by the U.S. Army, according to internal military docu |
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BBC News |
12:25pm PDT |
Bombing at Iraq funeral kills 20 |
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Summary: At least 20 people are killed and 35 wounded in a suicide bombing at a funeral in the Iraqi capital, officials say. |
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Cnn.com |
12:24pm PDT |
Clinton: McCain over Obama would be 'mistake' |
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Summary: Hillary Clinton on Wednesday reiterated her vow to stay in the Democratic presidential race, but she said it would be a "terrible mistake" for her supporters to vote for John McCain over Barack Obama.
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BBC News |
12:18pm PDT |
Speaker's wife claims 'allowed' |
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Summary: A complaint about taxi journeys claimed on expenses by Commons Speaker Michael Martin's wife is dismissed. |
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Yahoo News |
12:18pm PDT |
Jack Black breaks the news: Jolie expecting twins
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Angelina Jolie is indeed expecting twins, and it was Jack Black who let the news slip with a "Brady Bunch" crack. Long rumored to have two children by Brad Pitt on the way, Jolie confirmed the news during a side-by-side "Today" show interview with Bl |
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Cnn.com |
12:17pm PDT |
Moore plans 'Fahrenheit 9/11' sequel |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
12:16pm PDT |
U.S. says Iran security pledge not on table
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The United States said on Wednesday
six world powers had no plans to offer Iran security guarantees
to encourage it to suspend nuclear activity, hours after Russia
floated the idea. |
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Yahoo News |
12:15pm PDT |
Scientists are building database of bite marks
(AP)
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Summary: AP - It has sent innocent men to death row, given defense attorneys fits and splintered the scientific community. For a decade now, attorneys and even some forensic experts have ridiculed the use of bite marks to identify criminals as sham science and glo |
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Cnn.com |
12:14pm PDT |
U.S. lists polar bear as 'threatened' species |
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Summary: The U.S. government will list polar bears as "threatened" under the Endangered Species Act, Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne said today. Scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey predict that two thirds of the world's polar bears will disappear in the |
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Yahoo News |
12:02pm PDT |
Red Cross: Up to 128,000 may have died in Myanmar
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Red Cross on Wednesday boosted its estimate of the cyclone death toll in Myanmar to as many as 128,000 — a much higher figure than the government tally. The U.N. warned a second wave of deaths will follow unless the military regime lets in more a |
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BBC News |
12:01pm PDT |
Slow to arrive |
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Summary: BBC reporter in Burma describes patchy aid efforts |
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Yahoo News |
11:48am PDT |
US lists polar bear as threatened species
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Interior Department has decided to protect the polar bear as a threatened species because of the decline in Arctic sea ice from global warming, officials said Wednesday. |
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BBC News |
11:47am PDT |
Shareholders back RBS cash plan |
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Summary: Shareholders approve Royal Bank of Scotland's request for £12bn in new capital to shore up its finances. |
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BBC News |
11:46am PDT |
Historic night for Rangers fans |
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Summary: Thousands of Rangers football fans watch their club compete in their first European final in 36 years. |
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Cnn.com |
11:41am PDT |
Large cyclone heading to crippled Myanmar |
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Summary: The government of Myanmar authorized five more U.S. flights to land in the country with needed aid for survivors of last week's cyclone, a U.S. Marine spokesman told CNN.
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BBC News |
11:37am PDT |
UN raises Burma cyclone estimate |
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Summary: The UN sharply increases to 2.5m its estimate of those severely affected by Cyclone Nargis in Burma. |
