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BBC News |
10:08am PDT |
FA ask Grant to explain comments |
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Summary: The FA ask Avram Grant to explain his remarks which claimed that Premier League referees favour Manchester United. |
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OneNewsNowPress |
10:01am PDT |
Arizona court rules against school choice |
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Summary:
An Arizona court has ruled against school choice for parents, forcing them to continue sending their children to failing public schools.
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Yahoo News |
10:01am PDT |
Obama says Bush policies strengthened Iran, Hamas
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Democratic presidential
front-runner Barack Obama said on Friday President George W.
Bush's "failed policies" had strengthened U.S. enemies like
Iran and Hamas. |
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Yahoo News |
10:01am PDT |
US will stop sending oil into strategic reserves
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Energy Department says it has canceled oil shipments into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve beginning in July when the current purchase contract expires. |
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BBC News |
9:57am PDT |
Man United parade off after riots |
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Summary: Man United's parade after the Champions League final is cancelled following violence in the city on Wednesday. |
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OneNewsNowPress |
9:50am PDT |
Religious Americans are generous |
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Summary:
A new study shows that people of faith in America have a huge heart in terms of giving to Third World countries -- and the study cites a surprising dollar figure.
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Yahoo News |
9:45am PDT |
Obama accuses Bush of 'appalling attack'
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Barack Obama has called President Bush's comments on appeasement "exactly the kind of appalling attack that's divided our country and alienates us from the rest of the world." |
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ChristianPost |
9:44am PDT |
Christians Launch Campaign against Global Warming Hype |
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Summary: While it may seem like everyone believes in global warming and the impending catastrophe it will bring, a group of conservative Christians countered that message Thursday by launching a national campaign to gather one million signatures for a statement th |
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OneNewsNowPress |
9:38am PDT |
Bush won't negotiate with terrorists |
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Summary:
Jim Hutchens, the head of a Christian Zionist group, agrees wholeheartedly with President Bush's contention that talking with Iran is equivalent to trying to appease the Nazis in 1939. But he wishes the president would apply that same standard when deali |
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BBC News |
9:30am PDT |
Dead babies 'possibly twins' |
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Summary: The remains of two babies at a house in Greater Manchester may have been twins, a post mortem examination finds. |
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Yahoo News |
9:28am PDT |
Bush in Saudi Arabia to press king on oil and Iran
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. President George W. Bush asked
Saudi King Abdullah on Friday to help tame record oil prices
but secured no concrete promises for an immediate increase in
output. |
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Cnn.com |
9:23am PDT |
McCain camp denies 'flip-flop' on Hamas |
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Summary: John McCain's campaign said Friday that claims by a former State Department official that McCain had advocated unconditional dialogue with the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas were misleading.
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BBC News |
9:20am PDT |
No, I'm greatest |
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Summary: Why the British had to learn how to boast |
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BBC News |
9:20am PDT |
Nailed down |
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Summary: An expert analyses what your hands say about you |
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Cnn.com |
9:19am PDT |
Saudis rebuff Bush's request to 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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BBC News |
9:16am PDT |
Nelson inquiry disc goes missing |
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Summary: A disc containing personal and protectively marked material relating to the Rosemary Nelson Inquiry is lost. |
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BBC News |
9:09am PDT |
Rangers chief 'deplores' violence |
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Summary: Rangers chairman Sir David Murray condemns fans involved in violent clashes with police in Manchester. |
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Yahoo News |
9:06am PDT |
Myanmar says more than 133,000 dead, missing in cyclone
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Myanmar said Friday that more than 133,000 people were dead or missing in the cyclone disaster, nearly doubling the toll from the worst disaster in the country's history, which hit two weeks ago. |
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Yahoo News |
9:04am PDT |
Zimbabwe sets run-off date, Tsvangirai to return
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Zimbabwe said on Friday it would hold a
delayed presidential election run-off on June 27, when the
opposition hopes to oust veteran leader Robert Mugabe after
nearly three decades in power. |
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Yahoo News |
9:00am PDT |
Amputee runner wins right to try for Olympic spot
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius won his appeal Friday and can compete for a place in the Beijing Olympics. |
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BBC News |
8:59am PDT |
'$100 laptop' platform moves on |
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Summary: An independent effort to develop the software originally designed for the $100 laptop is launched. |
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BBC News |
8:56am PDT |
Naked Ugg boot ram-raider jailed |
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Summary: A man who ram-raided a supermarket dressed only in his girlfriend's boots and a sheet is jailed. |
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Yahoo News |
8:38am PDT |
Saudis see no reason to raise oil production now
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Saudi Arabian leaders made clear Friday they see no reason to increase oil production until their customers demand it, apparently rebuffing President Bush amid soaring U.S. gasoline prices. |
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BBC News |
8:35am PDT |
New rail ticket system to start |
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Summary: Rail passengers will see the first phase of changes to the ticketing system introduced on 18 May. |
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Cnn.com |
8:31am PDT |
Study: Vitamin D helps breast cancer survival |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Cnn.com |
8:30am PDT |
Woman's dead body lies in flat for 35 years |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Cnn.com |
8:30am PDT |
Woman's body lies in apartment for 35 years |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
8:29am PDT |
Universities face survey warning |
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Summary: Tougher guidelines are to be issued following attempts at falsifying a survey for a university league table. |
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BBC News |
8:29am PDT |
Burma death toll jumps to 78,000 |
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Summary: The official death toll for Burma's cyclone disaster jumps to nearly 78,000 with 56,000 missing, state TV says. |
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Cnn.com |
8:25am PDT |
Tiger victim's kin file claim against city |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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