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Yahoo News |
2:07pm PDT |
Drew Peterson faces charge for weapons violation
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Former police Sgt. Drew Peterson turned himself in Wednesday on a weapons charge unrelated to the disappearance of his wife, a high-profile case in which he has been named as a suspect. |
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Yahoo News |
2:04pm PDT |
Clinton invokes ghosts of Florida recount
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Hillary Clinton Wednesday invoked Democratic nightmares of the 2000 Florida presidential recount to demand the revival of two voided primaries vital to her fast-fading White House hopes. |
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Cnn.com |
2:03pm PDT |
Smiley face killers may be 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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Cnn.com |
2:03pm PDT |
Brace yourself for barbecue shock |
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ChristianPost |
1:56pm PDT |
Presbyterians Advertise to Reverse Declining Membership |
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Summary: Presbyterians in Tennessee are the latest group of mainline Protestants to plaster ads about their denomination in a push to reverse declining ... |
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Cnn.com |
1:45pm PDT |
Clinton, Obama hit Florida with different goals |
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Summary: The two Democratic presidential candidates are campaigning Wednesday in Florida but in pursuit of different goals.
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BBC News |
1:37pm PDT |
Police free former al-Qaeda man |
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Summary: Police release former al-Qaeda recruiter Hassan Butt without charge after 12 days. |
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Cnn.com |
1:34pm PDT |
Fed sees economy getting worse |
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Summary: The Federal Reserve sees worse economic problems ahead, according to new forecasts from the central bank released Wednesday.
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Cnn.com |
1:34pm PDT |
Fed sees more tough times ahead |
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Summary: The Federal Reserve sees worse economic problems ahead, according to new forecasts from the central bank released today. The Fed lowered its economic growth forecast for the year. At the same time, it raised its projections for inflation and unemployment. |
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BBC News |
1:28pm PDT |
Ten women attacked by one man |
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Summary: A series of violent attacks on women and teenage girls in a seaside town are linked to one offender. |
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BBC News |
1:27pm PDT |
No father figures |
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Summary: Churches unhappy at change in law on IVF treatment |
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ChristianPost |
1:18pm PDT |
IRS Clears Pastor in Huckabee Endorsement Suit |
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Summary: The Internal Revenue Service recently cleared a Southern Baptist pastor in California of wrongdoing for his endorsement of former Republican presidential candidate Mike ... |
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Yahoo News |
1:04pm PDT |
Calif. quake scientists detail impact of 'Big One'
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The "Big One," as earthquake scientists imagine it in a detailed, first-of-its-kind script, unzips California's mighty San Andreas Fault north of the Mexican border. In less than two minutes, Los Angeles and its sprawling suburbs are shaking like a b |
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Yahoo News |
1:03pm PDT |
Ties between Dolphins, Jason Taylor all but severed
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The feud between Jason Taylor and Bill Parcells intensified Wednesday, making it likely the six-time Pro Bowl defensive end has played his last game for the Miami Dolphins. |
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Yahoo News |
12:53pm PDT |
Bush signs genetics anti-discrimination law
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - President George W. Bush on
Wednesday signed a law that prohibits discrimination against
anyone whose genetic information shows a predisposition to
illnesses such as cancer or heart disease. |
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Yahoo News |
12:52pm PDT |
Clinton may take delegate fight to convention
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton says she is willing to take her fight to seat Florida and Michigan delegates to the convention if the two states want to go that far. In an interview with The Associated Press, Clinton was asked whether she would support the st |
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BBC News |
12:49pm PDT |
Microsoft offers cashback search |
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Summary: Microsoft is offering shoppers cash rebates to use its new service in a bid to close the gap on market leader Google |
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BBC News |
12:49pm PDT |
Microsoft offers cash back search |
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Summary: Microsoft is offering shoppers cash rebates to use its new service in a bid to close the gap on market leader Google |
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BBC News |
12:42pm PDT |
Inquiry into Tory e-mail blunder |
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Summary: The Information Commissioner launches an inquiry after the Tories accidentally send out details of 8,000 voters. |
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ChristianToday |
12:38pm PDT |
Christians disappointed with abortion vote |
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Summary: The Evangelical Alliance has expressed sadness and concern following the House of Commons rejection last night of efforts to reduce Britains record levels of abortion |
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ChristianPost |
12:37pm PDT |
Catholic Church Reports Biggest Growth in Africa |
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Summary: Africa is the region where the Catholic Church is experiencing the biggest growth, announced the Vatican ... |
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Yahoo News |
12:36pm PDT |
Sen. Kennedy goes home after cancer diagnosis
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Sen. Edward Kennedy, an elder statesman
of U.S. liberal politics and brother of slain President John
Kennedy, was released from hospital on Wednesday after being
diagnosed with a deadly brain tumor. |
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BBC News |
12:34pm PDT |
Jersey home |
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Summary: How important is the latest news in the abuse inquiry? |
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Yahoo News |
12:25pm PDT |
Israel holding peace talks with Syria
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Israel and Syria unexpectedly announced Wednesday the resumption of peace talks after an eight-year break, saying they have been speaking indirectly through Turkish mediators "in order to achieve the goal of comprehensive peace." |
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Yahoo News |
12:21pm PDT |
Snipes seeks bond as he appeals tax convictions
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Wesley Snipes must surrender to prison authorities June 3 if he isn't granted bail to appeal three federal tax convictions, defense lawyers said in a court filing. |
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Yahoo News |
12:20pm PDT |
Kennedy leaves hospital, returns to Cape Cod
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Sen. Edward M. Kennedy gave a thumbs up to well-wishers and kisses to relatives as he walked out of the hospital Wednesday, a day after learning he has a cancerous brain tumor. |
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BBC News |
12:18pm PDT |
Olmert warns of Syria concessions |
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Summary: Israeli PM Ehud Olmert says that newly revealed peace talks with Syria might involve "painful concessions". |
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BBC News |
12:15pm PDT |
Call to settle ocean care dispute |
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Summary: Governments are urged to agree measures to protect oceans and the sea floor at a UN conservation meeting. |
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Yahoo News |
12:11pm PDT |
AP IMPACT: Leaky New Orleans levee alarms experts
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Despite more than $22 million in repairs, a levee that broke with catastrophic effect during Hurricane Katrina is leaking again because of the mushy ground on which New Orleans was built, raising serious questions about the reliability of the city's |
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Yahoo News |
12:10pm PDT |
Obama focuses on McCain during Florida stop
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Barack Obama sounded like the
probable Democratic presidential nominee on a visit to the
November election battleground of Florida on Wednesday,
praising rival Hillary Clinton and focusing his criticism on
Republican foe John McCain. |
