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Yahoo News |
12:10pm PDT |
Scientists witness start of star's explosive death
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Summary: AP - In a stroke of cosmic luck, astronomers for the first time witnessed the start of one of the universe's most fiery events: the end of a star's life as it exploded into a supernova. |
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BBC News |
12:09pm PDT |
Thorny issue |
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Summary: Khyra case highlights child protection problems |
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Yahoo News |
12:07pm PDT |
Officials: Peterson charged with weapons violation
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Months after naming a former suburban Illinois police sergeant as a suspect in his wife's disappearance, authorities issued a warrant Wednesday for his arrest on an unrelated weapons charge, officials said. |
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Cnn.com |
12:01pm PDT |
Drew Peterson surrenders on gun rap |
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Yahoo News |
11:52am PDT |
Fed lowers growth forecast, raises inflation view
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The Federal Reserve on Wednesday
slashed its 2008 economic growth forecast and signaled that
mounting concerns over inflation would make further interest
rate cuts unlikely. |
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OneNewsNowPress |
11:45am PDT |
India briefs: Recent incidents of persecution |
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Karnataka, May 21 (Compass Direct News) ? Police on May 4 arrested a pastor on charges of luring Hindu villagers to convert to Christianity in Karnataka state?s Hubli district.
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OneNewsNowPress |
11:40am PDT |
Iranian police arrest 12 Christian converts |
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ISTANBUL, May 21 (Compass Direct News) ? Police in the southern Iran city of Shiraz this month cracked down against known Muslim converts to Christianity, arresting members of three Christian families and confiscating their books and computers.
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ChristianPost |
11:39am PDT |
Calif. Homeschoolers to Battle for Rights in Appeals Court |
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Summary: A coalition of legal and homeschooling advocate organizations are scrambling to argue for the rights of families in California to homeschool their ... |
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ChristianPost |
11:32am PDT |
Creator of 'Davey and Goliath' Dies |
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Summary: The creator of the popular religious children's television show 'Davey and Goliath' has ... |
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Yahoo News |
11:26am PDT |
Oil prices near $133 after report of supply drop
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Runaway oil prices blew past $130 a barrel for the first time Wednesday and kept going, while gasoline prices persisted in their own relentless climb, rising above $3.80 a gallon. Supply worries, rising demand and a slumping dollar are conspiring to |
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Cnn.com |
11:24am PDT |
Oil execs: Record prices not our fault |
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Summary: Amid rising outcry over record-shattering oil and gas prices, senators hauled company executives in to testify today about what's behind the increases. The executives said the fundamental reasons are largely out of their control, CNNMoney.com reports.
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Yahoo News |
11:18am PDT |
Obama says on 'threshold' of White House nod
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Barack Obama Wednesday pledged that Democrats would unite to defeat Republican John McCain in November's presidential election as he celebrated a milestone on the road to his party's nomination. |
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Yahoo News |
11:16am PDT |
Oil hits surges toward $133
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Oil prices surged more than $3 to a
record near $133 a barrel on Wednesday after a U.S. government
report showed a surprise drop in crude stockpiles,
reinvigorating fears of a worsening supply crunch. |
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Yahoo News |
11:11am PDT |
Fed sees slower growth, higher unemployment in `08
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Federal Reserve on Wednesday sharply lowered its projection for economic growth this year, citing blows from the housing and credit debacles along with zooming energy prices. It also expects higher unemployment and inflation. |
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Yahoo News |
11:05am PDT |
Microsoft lures search traffic with cash rebates
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Microsoft Corp. is offering cash rebates when people make purchases after using its search engine as the software maker begins to reveal how it plans to take on Google Inc. following the failure of its $47.5 billion bid for Yahoo. |
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BBC News |
11:02am PDT |
Man charged over Nairac killing |
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Summary: A 57-year-old man is due in court charged with kidnapping and the false imprisonment of Captain Robert Nairac. |
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Cnn.com |
10:44am PDT |
Girl, 3, just 10 lbs.; 120,000 kids near death |
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BBC News |
10:26am PDT |
Exploding star caught in the act by astronomers |
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Summary: Astronomers capture and record the first moments when a massive star blows itself apart. |
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BBC News |
10:26am PDT |
Exploding star caught in the act |
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Summary: Astronomers capture and record the first moments when a massive star blows itself apart. |
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OneNewsNowPress |
10:22am PDT |
Maine's marriage referendum in a battle |
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The Christian Civic League of Maine is facing stiff opposition in its drive to ban homosexual "marriage."
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Yahoo News |
10:14am PDT |
Iraq figures distort terrorism statistics: study
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A study released on Wednesday
reports a decline in fatal attacks of terrorism worldwide and
says U.S. think-tank data showing sharp increases were
distorted due to the inclusion of killings in Iraq. |
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Cnn.com |
10:13am PDT |
Clinton, Obama converge on Florida |
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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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Yahoo News |
10:12am PDT |
Mbeki: Army to help end South Africa violence
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - South Africa's President Thabo
Mbeki gave approval on Wednesday for the army to help end
attacks on foreigners that have killed at least 25 people. |
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BBC News |
10:09am PDT |
Live - Champions League final |
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Summary: Chelsea's Ashley Cole shakes off an ankle injury, and Owen Hargreaves starts for Man Utd in the Champions League final. |
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BBC News |
10:09am PDT |
Panesar savours Manchester return |
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Summary: Monty Panesar believes the Old Trafford surface will suit England's bowlers ahead of the second Test against New Zealand on Friday. |
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ChristianPost |
10:06am PDT |
Survey: Hollywood More Dangerous than Evolution |
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Summary: The impact of Hollywood on America’s spiritual health is more dangerous than that of Darwinism/evolution, said pro-family Christians in a recent ... |
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Yahoo News |
10:02am PDT |
US guards drag Afghan detainee to war-crimes court
(AP)
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Summary: AP - An Afghan detainee was dragged from his cell to his first pretrial hearing at Guantanamo on Wednesday, then refused to participate, telling the judge he felt "helpless." |
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OneNewsNowPress |
9:57am PDT |
Relief denied to Burmese Christians |
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The ruling military government, or junta, in Burma is being accused of denying relief aid to minority Christians.
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BBC News |
9:56am PDT |
Radcliffe waits on hip scan news |
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Summary: Paula Radcliffe is set to discover the severity of a hip injury which has left her on crutches. |
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Yahoo News |
9:53am PDT |
Kennedy leaves hospital and 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. |
