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BBC News |
8:33pm PDT |
Home searched after Exeter blast |
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Summary: Police are searching a flat linked to a suspected convert to Islam held
after an explosion in a restaurant. |
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BBC News |
8:29pm PDT |
Quebec rejects removing crucifix |
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Summary: The government of the Canadian province of Quebec rejects a proposal to remove a crucifix from parliament. |
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Yahoo News |
8:25pm PDT |
American Axle local OKs contract, ending strike
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Workers at American Axle and Manufacturing Holdings Inc. have voted to end their nearly three-month-old strike, overwhelmingly ratifying a new contract with the company despite steep pay cuts and other concessions. |
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Yahoo News |
8:19pm PDT |
House OKs defense bill despite veto threat
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The House of Representatives on
Thursday passed a $601.4 billion defense spending bill despite
a veto threat by the White House. |
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Yahoo News |
8:10pm PDT |
Oil inches back from profit-taking after $135-high
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Oil edged up on Friday, recovering
from a strong bout of profit-taking in the previous session
when it traded above $135 a barrel for the first time. |
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Cnn.com |
8:04pm PDT |
FLDS mom, 18, says state wanted baby |
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Summary: An 18-year-old who gave birth in state custody after she was incorrectly seized in a raid on a polygamist sect ranch says the state kept her in foster care in an effort to seize her baby.
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Yahoo News |
7:38pm PDT |
Quake death toll in China's Sichuan rises to 55,239: govt
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The death toll in China's Sichuan province from last week's earthquake has risen to 55,239, with another 24,949 missing, a senior government official said here Friday. |
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Yahoo News |
7:36pm PDT |
Hudson, Braves complete 4-game sweep of Mets
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Even Johan Santana couldn't stop Chipper Jones and the Atlanta Braves from completing a four-game sweep of the Mets. |
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Yahoo News |
7:33pm PDT |
American Axle local approves contract, ends strike
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Workers from the largest union local at American Axle and Manufacturing Holdings Inc. approved a new contract Thursday, ending a nearly three-month-old strike. |
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Cnn.com |
7:31pm PDT |
Condemned killer gets last-minute reprieve |
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Summary: Two hours before his scheduled execution Thursday, the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles gave Samuel David Crowe clemency, his lawyer said.
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Yahoo News |
7:30pm PDT |
Senate deals defeat to Bush on Iraq war spending
(AP)
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Summary: AP - In a stunning vote that illustrated President Bush's diminished standing, the Senate on Thursday ignored his veto threat and added tens of billions of dollars for veterans and the unemployed to his Iraq war spending bill. |
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Cnn.com |
7:27pm PDT |
Hunt for VP candidates off to quiet start |
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Summary: Democratic front-runner Barack Obama is starting his search for a running mate, a source says, while John McCain's campaign denies that a gathering of prominent Republicans at his homespeculation he's interviewing vice presidential candidates at his home |
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Yahoo News |
7:23pm PDT |
UN's Ban leaves for Myanmar capital to meet junta chief
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon left early Friday for Myanmar's remote capital of Naypyidaw to meet junta leader Than Shwe and press him to accept a full-scale cyclone relief operation. |
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Yahoo News |
7:21pm PDT |
Workers start to raze hard-hit town in China
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Heavy equipment began toppling the few buildings left standing in this quake-stricken town once home to 30,000 people, and workers in white protective suits sprayed disinfectant Thursday in the silent streets amid roaming dogs and chickens. |
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Cnn.com |
7:15pm PDT |
FLDS mom, 18, says state wanted her baby |
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Summary: An 18-year-old who gave birth in state custody after she was incorrectly seized in a raid on a polygamist sect ranch says the state kept her in foster care in an effort to seize her baby.
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Yahoo News |
7:14pm PDT |
China says quake death toll rises to 55,239
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The death toll in China's worst
earthquake in decades has risen to 55,239, Sichuan's vice
governor Li Chengyun told a news conference in Beijing on
Friday. |
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Cnn.com |
7:10pm PDT |
Death sentence nixed with hours to go |
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Summary: Two hours before his scheduled execution Thursday, the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles gave Samuel David Crowe clemency, his lawyer said.
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Yahoo News |
7:04pm PDT |
Tornadoes rip through Colorado, Kansas; 1 killed
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A large tornado skipped through several northern Colorado towns on Thursday, destroying dozens of homes, flipping tractor-trailers and freight rail cars, and killing at least one person. |
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Yahoo News |
7:00pm PDT |
Rice warns of more U.S. sanctions on Iran
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The United States will
aggressively impose more sanctions on Iran as long as it
refuses to give up sensitive nuclear work and uses the world's
financial system for "terrorism," U.S. Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice said on Thursday. |
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Yahoo News |
6:39pm PDT |
Homes burn as fire spreads in central California
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Gusty winds fanned a wildfire Thursday that burned several homes, forced evacuations and closed schools in the mountains of central California, where rugged terrain frustrated efforts to get a handle on the fast-moving blaze. |
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Cnn.com |
6:37pm PDT |
Olympic gold medalist admits doping |
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Yahoo News |
6:28pm PDT |
California gay marriage opponents seek 5-month delay
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A conservative legal group asked the California Supreme Court on Thursday to put off finalization of its decision legalizing same-sex marriage until voters got a chance to weigh in. |
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BBC News |
6:27pm PDT |
Tories snatch Crewe from Labour |
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Summary: The Conservatives achieve their first by-election gain in 26 years, taking Crewe and Nantwich from Labour. |
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BBC News |
6:13pm PDT |
Medvedev makes key visit to China |
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Summary: Russia's President Medvedev is due in China for talks with President Hu, as he continues his first foreign tour. |
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Cnn.com |
6:06pm PDT |
'Freak' tornado smashes buildings, kills 1 |
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Summary: At least one massive tornado swept across northern Colorado's Front Range today, killing at least one, smashing buildings and dumping large hail, a sheriff's deputy said. Another tornado struck in Laramie, Wyoming.
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Yahoo News |
5:59pm PDT |
Petraeus says by fall he may seek Iraq troop cuts
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Gen. David Petraeus said Thursday he is likely to recommend further troop reductions in Iraq but won't promise more details until fall — timing that plunges the four-star Army general into the heart of this year's presidential elections. |
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Yahoo News |
5:37pm PDT |
Iraq officials: 2 children die in US airstrike
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A U.S. helicopter strike north of Baghdad killed eight people in a vehicle, including at least two children, Iraqi officials said Thursday, insisting all the dead were civilians. The U.S. military said six were al-Qaida militants but acknowledged chi |
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Yahoo News |
5:32pm PDT |
China's 'quake lakes' threaten flood disaster as rains near
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The onset of the rainy season is
swelling dangerous "quake lakes" and compounding the
difficulties of reconstruction after China's worst earthquake
in decades. |
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Yahoo News |
5:30pm PDT |
Gas tops $3.83 average as early holiday travelers hit road
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Americans getting an early start on the Memorial Day weekend found that gasoline prices again sprinted to a new record high overnight, reaching a national average above $3.83 a gallon. Some analysts predict gas will break past $4 as early as next wee |
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Cnn.com |
5:09pm PDT |
Death sentence nixed hours before execution |
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Summary: Two hours before his scheduled execution Thursday, the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles gave Samuel David Crowe clemency, his lawyer said.
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