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BBC News |
9:37pm PDT |
'Witness deals' to cut gang crime |
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Summary: Witnesses could be given immediate anonymity if they offer to testify against gangs under government plans, it is reported. |
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Yahoo News |
9:31pm PDT |
WITNESS: At quake epicenter, they fed me noodles
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Emma Graham-Harrison has been a correspondent in Beijing
for over three years, mostly covering energy and environment
stories. She previously reported for Reuters from Madrid and
London. In the following story, she describes her day-long hike |
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Yahoo News |
9:26pm PDT |
Record 'Idol' vote is also a landslide
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The grown-up rocker triumphed over the smooth-voiced kid as David Cook claimed the "American Idol" title Wednesday, and it wasn't as much of a surprise as it seemed. |
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Yahoo News |
9:26pm PDT |
Senate proposal seeks $165B for war
(AP)
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Summary: AP - In a move that could doom billions of dollars that Democrats had sought for domestic programs, Senate leaders agreed Wednesday night to allow separate votes on President Bush's request for Pentagon operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and a proposal to |
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Yahoo News |
9:02pm PDT |
Georgia's Saakashvili leads in early election results
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Georgia's National Movement of
President Mikheil Saakashvili was leading with 60.92 percent of
the vote in the country's parliamentary election, early
official results showed on Thursday. |
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BBC News |
8:59pm PDT |
Man Utd fans enjoy European win |
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Summary: Manchester United fans celebrate in Moscow and at home after beating Chelsea in the Champions League final. |
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Yahoo News |
8:50pm PDT |
Daughter of Christian music star killed by car
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The 5-year-old daughter of Grammy-winning Christian music star Steven Curtis Chapman was struck and killed Wednesday by a sport utility vehicle driven by her brother, authorities said. |
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BBC News |
8:27pm PDT |
Paperwork 'hampering court cases' |
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Summary: Court cases are being dropped because prosecutors are failing to keep paperwork up to date, a report says. |
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BBC News |
8:26pm PDT |
Witness friend 'in R Kelly video' |
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Summary: A witness at the trial of US R&B star R Kelly says her friend is in the child sex video he is accused of making. |
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Yahoo News |
8:26pm PDT |
UN's Ban in Myanmar to push for cyclone relief
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Myanmar on Thursday in a high-profile bid to convince the regime to welcome a major international relief operation three weeks after the cyclone disaster. |
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Yahoo News |
8:17pm PDT |
Deal allows for Senate vote on war funding
(AP)
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Summary: AP - In a move likely to doom billions of dollars that Democrats had sought for domestic programs, Senate leaders agreed Wednesday night to focus a funding bill on Pentagon operations in Iraq and Afghanistan but allow a vote on a huge expansion of veteran |
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Yahoo News |
8:16pm PDT |
A David wins big: 'Idol' vote is a landslide
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The grown-up rocker triumphed over the smooth-voiced kid as David Cook claimed the "American Idol" title Wednesday, and it wasn't as much of a surprise as it seemed. |
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Yahoo News |
8:12pm PDT |
Daughter of gospel star hit, killed by car
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The 5-year-old daughter of contemporary Christian music star Steven Curtis Chapman was struck and killed Wednesday by a sport utility vehicle driven by her brother, authorities said. |
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Cnn.com |
8:07pm PDT |
Dig finds no bodies at Manson ranch |
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Summary: A dig for buried bodies at the ranch where murderous cult leader Charles Manson and his followers once lived ended Wednesday with no human remains found, authorities said.
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Cnn.com |
8:07pm PDT |
Dig turns up no bodies at Manson ranch site |
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Summary: A dig for buried bodies at the ranch where murderous cult leader Charles Manson and his followers once lived ended Wednesday with no human remains found, authorities said.
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Cnn.com |
7:56pm PDT |
Civil rights school on list of 11 endangered sites |
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Summary: An elementary school at the center of a civil rights battle, a hospital ravaged by Hurricane Katrina and a hangar that once housed U.S. Navy dirigibles are among 11 sites on this year's National Trust for Historic Preservation's endangered list.
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Yahoo News |
7:49pm PDT |
Federal court rules against military gays policy
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The military cannot automatically discharge people because they're gay, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday in the case of a decorated flight nurse who sued the Air Force over her dismissal. |
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Yahoo News |
7:40pm PDT |
UN's Ban arrives in cyclone-hit Myanmar
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - UN chief Ban Ki-moon arrived Thursday in Myanmar to press the junta to accept a full-scale relief operation for cyclone survivors, according to an AFP reporter at the airport. |
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BBC News |
7:32pm PDT |
UN head arrives in Burma |
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Summary: UN chief Ban Ki-moon arrives in Burma to urge military leaders to accept more aid for cyclone survivors. |
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Cnn.com |
7:07pm PDT |
And the 'American Idol' winner is ... |
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BBC News |
7:06pm PDT |
Online campaign |
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Summary: Have Democrats stolen a march with the internet? |
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Yahoo News |
7:04pm PDT |
Senate reaches deal to advance Iraq funding
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Senate plans to vote Thursday on providing $165 billion to fund Pentagon operations in Iraq and Afghanistan until the new administration takes over next year. |
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Yahoo News |
6:57pm PDT |
Mbeki calls in troops as South Africa mob deaths double
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - South African President Thabo Mbeki has called in troops to halt attacks on foreigners as the death toll from more than a week of violence nearly doubled and attacks began to spread. |
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Cnn.com |
6:57pm PDT |
Smiley face killers stalking college men? |
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Summary: About 40 male college students have vanished in recent years and turned up drowned. At some scenes: creepy spray-painted smiley faces. One student was Christopher Jenkins, 21. "He was murdered and thrown away like a piece of trash," his mom told CNN. But |
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Yahoo News |
6:55pm PDT |
Mix-up throws House veto override in doubt
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The House overwhelmingly rejected President Bush's veto Wednesday of a $290 billion farm bill, but what should have been a stinging defeat for the president became an embarrassment for Democrats. |
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BBC News |
6:52pm PDT |
Japan to probe whale meat 'theft' |
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Summary: Investigations begin into claims that meat from Japan's whaling programme is being stolen with official knowledge. |
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BBC News |
6:50pm PDT |
Accused 'seen killing McCartney' |
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Summary: A woman driving in Belfast city centre saw Robert McCartney being attacked and identified the killer, a court is told. |
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Yahoo News |
6:30pm PDT |
Seacrest says 'American Idol' vote not even close
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The "American Idol" finale got under way Tuesday with a startling revelation: the contest between David Archuleta and David Cook wasn't even close. |
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Yahoo News |
6:29pm PDT |
Alaska to sue to block polar bear listing
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The state of Alaska will sue
the U.S. government to stop the listing of the polar bear as a
threatened species, arguing the designation will slow
development in the state, Gov. Sarah Palin said on Wednesday. |
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Cnn.com |
6:28pm PDT |
Mixup negates House override of veto |
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