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BBC News |
7:12am PDT |
Rain and delays set for weekend |
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Summary: Busy roads and rail delays are expected over the Bank Holiday, as forecasters predict a weather divide for the north and south. |
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BBC News |
7:08am PDT |
'I want to be PM of all the UK' |
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Summary: The Tory leader tells his party's Scottish conference he wants to be prime minister for the whole UK. |
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ChristianToday |
7:01am PDT |
Qaeda video berates Saudi king over faith dialogue |
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Summary: An al Qaeda leader has accused Saudi Arabia in an Internet video of giving in to Islams Western enemies by calling for moderation and a dialogue with Jews and Christians |
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Yahoo News |
6:57am PDT |
UN chief: Myanmar will take relief aid
(AP)
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Summary: AP - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Myanmar's junta agreed Friday to allow all aid workers into the country after weeks of refusing access to foreign relief experts seeking to help cyclone survivors. |
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Cnn.com |
6:55am PDT |
Gas prices nip holiday travel |
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Summary: Travelers taking to the road this Memorial Day weekend face soaring costs as prices at the pump maintain their record run. The surge in prices is keeping some drivers home. CNNMoney.com reports that for the first time since 2002, Americans plan to drive l |
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Cnn.com |
6:45am PDT |
Riderless horse adds poignancy to burials |
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Summary: Staff Sgt. Travis Nielsen had no idea when he joined the U.S. Army that his duty would include one of the most solemn and hallowed ceremonies in the military.
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Yahoo News |
6:43am PDT |
UN chief says world watching Myanmar aid effort
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Summary: AFP - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Friday the eyes of the world were now on Myanmar after pushing the secretive military regime to accept foreign aid workers to cope with the cyclone disaster. |
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Cnn.com |
6:41am PDT |
McCain in good health, records show |
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ChristianToday |
6:40am PDT |
Burma aid is reaching needy aid agencies insist |
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Summary: Christian aid agencies are urging people not to be dissuaded from giving to Burma aid appeals despite headlines highlighting the Burmese Governments reluctance to let in foreign aid |
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Yahoo News |
6:31am PDT |
S.African anti-immigrant violence spreads to Cape Town
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - A wave of anti-immigrant violence in South Africa spread to Cape Town on Friday as troops and police appeared to have quelled unrest in the hotspot of Johannesburg. |
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BBC News |
6:19am PDT |
Council begins girl death probe |
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Summary: Birmingham City Council promises to do all it can to find out how a seven-year-old girl apparently starved to death. |
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BBC News |
6:13am PDT |
Exeter bomb loaded with chemicals |
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Summary: A bomb which exploded in an Exeter restaurant contained chemicals and nails, police sources say. |
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Cnn.com |
6:12am PDT |
Portraits of fallen comfort broken hearts |
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Summary: Not long after Marine Lance Cpl. Nicholas Kirven was killed in an insurgent ambush in Afghanistan on Mother's Day in 2005, his family was contacted by a stranger. Could an artist halfway across the country paint his portrait as a gift for his loved ones? |
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Yahoo News |
6:12am PDT |
Junta agreement opens door to more Myanmar aid
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Myanmar's junta agreed on
Friday to admit cyclone aid workers "regardless of
nationalities" to the hardest-hit Irrawaddy Delta, a
breakthrough for delivering help to survivors, U.N. officials
said. |
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BBC News |
6:08am PDT |
Rapper sued over jazz samples |
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Summary: Kanye West is being sued by a woman who claims he sampled her late father's jazz music without permission. |
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BBC News |
5:57am PDT |
Jail sentence for killer driver |
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Summary: A motorist who hit a two-year-old then drove off with the boy trapped under his car is jailed for eight years. |
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Yahoo News |
5:54am PDT |
Sect parents cheer court ruling, await next step
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Summary: AP - Members of a polygamist sect whose children were placed into foster care said Friday they were thrilled by an appellate court decision that upended the custody case and eagerly waiting to find out if and when their children will return home. |
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BBC News |
5:45am PDT |
Nimrod fleet 'should be grounded' |
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Summary: The entire RAF Nimrod fleet should be grounded, a coroner says, concluding the inquest into the deaths of 14 servicemen. |
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Yahoo News |
5:32am PDT |
McCain appears cancer-free and healthy, medical records show
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Three-time melanoma survivor John McCain appears cancer-free, has a strong heart and is in otherwise general good health, according to eight years of medical records reviewed by The Associated Press. |
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ChristianPost |
5:26am PDT |
Activist Judges Undermine Government by the People |
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Summary: Last week the California Supreme Court struck a body blow to the principle of government of the people, by the people and for the ... |
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ChristianPost |
5:24am PDT |
Calif. Schools 'Indoctrinate' Children with Pro-Gay Messages, Claims Resolution |
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Summary: A group of Southern Baptists are lining up behind a resolution condemning the California school system for what they claim is a recent “tolerance” campaign that blatantly endorses ... |
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BBC News |
5:22am PDT |
Brown faces leadership concerns |
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Summary: Gordon Brown says he can steer Britain through "difficult" times amid backbench disquiet over his leadership. |
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BBC News |
5:16am PDT |
Hull & Bristol City set for final |
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Summary: Bristol City and Hull compete in the play-off final for a place in the Premier League. |
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BBC News |
5:13am PDT |
China, Russia condemn US shield plan |
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Summary: China and Russia jointly condemn a US plan for a missile defence shield, saying it harms international disarmament efforts. |
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Cnn.com |
5:13am PDT |
Memorial Day travelers face headwinds |
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Summary: Travelers taking to the road this Memorial Day weekend face soaring costs as prices at the pump maintain their record run. The surge in prices is keeping some drivers home. CNNMoney.com reports that for the first time since 2002, Americans plan to drive l |
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Cnn.com |
5:13am PDT |
Russia, China unite against U.S. defense plan |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
5:13am PDT |
Tories 'don't suck up' to the SNP |
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Summary: Scottish Tory leader Annabel Goldie says her party is not "sucking up" to the new SNP government. |
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Cnn.com |
5:12am PDT |
Northern Californians watch homes burn |
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Summary: A fast-moving wildfire in Northern California's Santa Cruz Mountains has covered 3,000 acres Friday, prompting rescues and evacuations in two counties, officials said.
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ChristianPost |
5:09am PDT |
Pro-Adoption Community Mourns Christian Music Star's Loss |
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Summary: Christian singer-songwriter Steven Curtis Chapman may be well known for his music, but many others recognize him as an advocate who has helped hundreds of couples adopt orphans from other ... |
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BBC News |
5:07am PDT |
Nails and shrapnel in Exeter bomb |
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Summary: A bomb which exploded in an Exeter restaurant contained chemicals and nails, police sources say. |
