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BBC News |
1:28pm PDT |
Beichuan rescue |
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Summary: Survivors pulled from rubble in China quake town |
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Yahoo News |
1:14pm PDT |
Stocks pare losses to finish mixed after oil spikes
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Summary: AP - Wall Street pulled off its lows to finished narrowly mixed Friday as investors squared concerns about rising oil prices with a surprise jump in home construction. The major indexes ended the week with big gains. |
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BBC News |
12:59pm PDT |
Body confirmed as make-up artist |
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Summary: A body discovered in woodland in East Sussex is identified as that of a missing TV make-up artist. |
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Cnn.com |
12:58pm PDT |
Obama blasts Bush, McCain over 'attacks' |
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Summary: Barack Obama today slammed President Bush for launching "exactly the kind of appalling attack that's divided our country and that alienates us from the world." He also took a shot at John McCain for embracing the president's attacks on Democrats.
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Cnn.com |
12:58pm PDT |
Chemist gets life for hubby's acid vat murder |
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Yahoo News |
12:44pm PDT |
Intel agencies seek help recruiting immigrants
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The U.S. is its own worst enemy when it comes to the desperately important task of recruiting immigrants as spies, analysts and translators in the war on terror, new Americans are telling intelligence officials. The government's policies raise suspic |
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Yahoo News |
12:42pm PDT |
Woman sentenced for having son dress up as Scout
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A former Bethlehem woman will serve up to 23 months in prison for having her 7-year-old son dress as a Cub Scout to collect money for a nonexistent cause. |
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Cnn.com |
12:42pm PDT |
Water is vital, but how much should you drink? |
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Summary: Very few people question the importance of water in a healthy diet, but lately the needed quantity has been called into question.
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Yahoo News |
12:33pm PDT |
Alabama sheriffs feed inmates on $1.75 a day
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Back in the day of chain gangs, Alabama passed a law that gave sheriffs $1.75 a day to feed each prisoner in their jails, and the sheriffs got to pocket anything that was left over. More than 80 years later, most Alabama counties still operate under |
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Yahoo News |
12:30pm PDT |
Saudis slightly increase oil output as Bush visits
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Saudi Arabia announced a modest increase
in oil output on Friday after an appeal from visiting President
George W. Bush but the news did little to douse oil prices that
hit a new record earlier in the day. |
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Yahoo News |
12:17pm PDT |
FDA stresses birth defect risks with Roche drug
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Health regulators warned again Friday that Roche and Novartis drugs prescribed to organ transplant patients can cause miscarriages and birth defects when used by pregnant women. |
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Yahoo News |
12:14pm PDT |
DeGeneres, de Rossi engaged after Calif. ruling
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Ellen DeGeneres and longtime girlfriend Portia de Rossi are jumping at the chance to get married. DeGeneres announced their engagement during a Thursday taping of "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," telling the studio audience the news that the California Su |
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ChristianPost |
12:04pm PDT |
Christian Groups Vow to Fight Calif. Gay 'Marriage' Ruling |
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Summary: Christians of all walks of life are responding to the decision by the California Supreme Court to legalize gay “marriage” Thursday with a rallying cry to fight the ruling by any means ... |
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BBC News |
11:56am PDT |
Zimbabwe attacks 'out of control' |
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Summary: The US ambassador to Zimbabwe warns post-poll violence is "out of control" as a date is set for a run-off. |
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Yahoo News |
11:53am PDT |
China buries dead as new aftershock hits
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - An aftershock brought new havoc
to the earthquake-stricken region of China on Friday, as it
struggled to bury some of its estimated 50,000 dead, dig out
more survivors and help thousands of injured and homeless. |
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BBC News |
11:33am PDT |
Lebanese leaders gather in Qatar |
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Summary: Lebanon's rival leaders start talks in Qatar aimed at pulling the country back from the brink of civil war. |
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OneNewsNowPress |
11:32am PDT |
Pakistani doctor jailed on ?blasphemy? charges |
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Summary:
ISTANBUL, May 16 (Compass Direct News) ? Pakistani police have jailed a Christian doctor after ?blasphemy? charges incited a mob attack on his home last week in Punjab province.
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BBC News |
11:31am PDT |
A cat-and-mouse chase causes 72-hour blackout in Albania |
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Summary: A cat-and-mouse chase causes 72-hour blackout in Albania |
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Cnn.com |
11:04am PDT |
Seacrest: Cheap shots with Cowell are real |
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Summary: "American Idol" host Ryan Seacrest talked with Larry King on Thursday about next week's finale. The show is down to its last two contestants: David Archuleta and David Cook.
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Cnn.com |
10:59am PDT |
Obama blasts Bush, McCain over attacks |
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Summary: Barack Obama today slammed President Bush for launching "exactly the kind of appalling attack that's divided our country and that alienates us from the world." He also took a shot at John McCain for embracing the president's attacks on Democrats.
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Yahoo News |
10:55am PDT |
Motorbike suicide bomber kills 10 in Sri Lanka
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A suicide bomber crashed his motorbike
into a police bus in the Sri Lankan capital on Friday, killing
10 people, and authorities said Tamil Tiger rebels were to
blame. |
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BBC News |
10:50am PDT |
Saudis 'resist Bush oil pressure' |
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Summary: Saudi Arabia rejects a US appeal to raise oil production saying there is no new demand, US officials say. |
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Yahoo News |
10:44am PDT |
Obama criticizes McCain, Bush on appeasement talk
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Barack Obama rebuked Republican rival John McCain and President Bush for "dishonest, divisive" attacks in hinting that the Democratic presidential candidate would appease terrorists, staunchly defending his national security credentials for the gener |
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Cnn.com |
10:39am PDT |
U.S. halts oil reserve shipments |
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Summary: Oil prices retreated from a record high near $128 a barrel Friday after the government said it would halt deliveries to the strategic oil reserves.
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BBC News |
10:38am PDT |
Striking drama |
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Summary: Movie about IRA prisoner Bobby Sands hits Cannes |
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BBC News |
10:28am PDT |
US resumes North Korea food aid |
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Summary: The US announces a resumption of food aid to North Korea, thought to be facing famine this summer. |
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Yahoo News |
10:26am PDT |
Russia hopes for new offers to Tehran soon
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Friday
it hoped the six nations negotiating with Iran to suspend its
uranium enrichment program could meet in Tehran soon to offer
the Islamic Republic new proposals for talks. |
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BBC News |
10:17am PDT |
Kabbah ends honeymoon for trial |
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Summary: Sierra Leone's ex-president cuts short his honeymoon to testify at the trial of former rebel leader Issa Sesay. |
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Cnn.com |
10:14am PDT |
Saudis rebuff Bush; won't pump more oil |
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Summary: Saudi Arabia Friday rebuffed President Bush's request to immediately pump more oil to lower record prices, saying it does not see enough demand to increase production.
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OneNewsNowPress |
10:14am PDT |
Algeria detains Christians leaving prayer meeting |
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Summary:
ISTANBUL, May 15 (Compass Direct News) ? Algerian authorities have charged six Christians with distributing illegal religious material after detaining them as they left a prayer meeting in a western city last week.
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