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BBC News |
7:58pm PDT |
Exams system faces health check |
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Summary: A new body set up to boost confidence in the exams system is to stage a public debate about standards. |
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BBC News |
7:58pm PDT |
Exam marking 'cannot be perfect' |
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Summary: A new body set up to boost confidence in the exams system is to stage a public debate about standards. |
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Yahoo News |
7:50pm PDT |
Flyers hold off Penguins 4-2, force Game 5
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Pittsburgh Penguins' road to the Stanley Cup finals along the Pennsylvania Turnpike took an unexpected detour. |
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Cnn.com |
7:47pm PDT |
Police: Florida arson suspect lit decoy fires |
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Cnn.com |
7:36pm PDT |
U.N.: U.S. a drag on world economy |
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Cnn.com |
7:33pm PDT |
Woman indicted in MySpace suicide case |
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Summary: A Missouri woman who allegedly posed as a 16-year-old boy on the social networking Web site MySpace.com was indicted Thursday on conspiracy and other charges. A federal indictment accuses Lori Drew of using the site to feign romantic interest in a girl wh |
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BBC News |
7:31pm PDT |
Wildlife populations 'plummeting' |
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Summary: Between a quarter and a third of the world’s wildlife has been lost since 1970, says the Living Planet Index. |
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BBC News |
7:23pm PDT |
Burma storm aid frustrations grow |
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Summary: Top aid officials ramp up pressure on Burma, as the military government insists it has cyclone aid under control. |
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Yahoo News |
7:13pm PDT |
New bin Laden message to focus on Israel: monitors
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden will
address the 60th anniversary of Israel's founding in a Web
message expected to underscore a growing focus on the Jewish
state, U.S.-based Internet monitors said on Thursday. |
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Yahoo News |
7:02pm PDT |
Chief: Man prime suspect in Florida fires
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A man accused of throwing a Molotov cocktail into the woods as firefighters battled large blazes nearby set several other small fires to throw off officers who were pursuing him, police said Thursday. |
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Cnn.com |
7:00pm PDT |
Attendant charged with setting fire on plane |
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Yahoo News |
6:53pm PDT |
Hamels pitches shutout, Phils top Braves 5-0
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Cole Hamels pitched his first career shutout, Ryan Howard homered and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Atlanta Braves 5-0 on Thursday night. |
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Cnn.com |
6:38pm PDT |
Woman indicted in deadly MySpace hoax |
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Summary: A Missouri woman who allegedly posed as a 16-year-old boy on the social networking Web site MySpace.com was indicted Thursday on conspiracy and other charges. A federal indictment accuses Lori Drew of using the site to feign romantic interest in a girl wh |
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BBC News |
6:36pm PDT |
Lagos pipeline blast 'kills 100' |
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Summary: At least 100 people are killed in an oil pipeline explosion in the Nigeria's city of Lagos, the local Red Cross says. |
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Yahoo News |
6:33pm PDT |
Gates names troop protection and care as top priority
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Defense Secretary Robert Gates said
on Thursday he wants to see major changes in three areas before
he leaves the Pentagon -- unmanned aircraft, protective gear
for troops and medical care for the wounded. |
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Yahoo News |
6:19pm PDT |
Senators say have accord on housing rescue
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Leaders of the U.S. Senate Banking
Committee said on Thursday they have agreed to the
underpinnings of a housing rescue plan that will create a
federal backstop for failing loans. |
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Yahoo News |
6:09pm PDT |
Tennessee GOP mocks Michelle Obama's 'proud' remark
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Tennessee Republican Party "welcomed" Michelle Obama's visit for a fundraiser Thursday night with an online video that takes the Democratic presidential front-runner's wife to task for a comment some considered unpatriotic. |
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Yahoo News |
6:07pm PDT |
Vitamin D may help curb breast cancer, study finds
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Breast cancer patients with low levels of vitamin D were much more likely to die of the disease or have it spread than patients getting enough of the nutrient, a study found — adding to evidence the "sunshine vitamin" has anti-cancer benefits. The re |
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BBC News |
5:55pm PDT |
'1m more' on housing waiting list |
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Summary: Five million people could be on the waiting list for social housing within two years, councils warn. |
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Yahoo News |
5:53pm PDT |
China races to bury quake dead, manage survivors
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - China struggled on Friday to
bury the dead and offer relief to those left injured, homeless
and without food and water by the earthquake that may have
killed more than 50,000 people. |
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Yahoo News |
5:51pm PDT |
Clinton scolds McCain for opposing farm bill
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton scolded John McCain Thursday for opposing the farm bill, attempting to maintain the sense that she is already competing against the certain Republican presidential nominee even as her chances of winning the Democratic nominatio |
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BBC News |
5:50pm PDT |
By-election watch |
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Summary: Can the Tories or Lib Dems derail Labour in Crewe? |
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OneNewsNowPress |
5:14pm PDT |
Religious freedom in Vietnam? |
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About 4,000 Buddhist leaders are in Vietnam for a major conference being held under the auspices of the United Nations.
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OneNewsNowPress |
5:13pm PDT |
Vietnam officials confiscate home of evangelist |
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HANOI, May 16 (Compass Direct News) ? Local officials in Lao Cai province have confiscated the land and home of a former opium addict because of his phenomenal success as an evangelist, local Christian sources said.
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OneNewsNowPress |
5:11pm PDT |
Youngsters attend Boston homosexual pride event |
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Boston was the site for a recent homosexual youth rally designed to bring awareness of oppression by the alleged "homophobic" society.
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OneNewsNowPress |
5:08pm PDT |
Natural disasters: Reminder to repent |
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The senior pastor of Chicago's Moody Church says the natural disasters that have struck places like Myanmar and China are symptoms of a whole world that's under judgment of sin ? and not just a swipe by God at any particular sinners.
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BBC News |
5:08pm PDT |
Hillary's endgame |
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Summary: Who could tell Clinton if and when the party's over? |
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BBC News |
5:07pm PDT |
Gun smuggling |
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Summary: How British army weapons are falling into criminal hands |
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Yahoo News |
4:58pm PDT |
Flight attendant accused of setting fire on airplane
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A 19-year-old flight attendant angry at having to work a route set a fire in an airplane bathroom, forcing the plane to make an emergency landing, authorities say. |
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BBC News |
4:40pm PDT |
Water sector competition proposed |
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Summary: Watchdog Ofwat is recommending that the water and sewerage sector be opened to competition. |
