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5:57pm PDT |
Skydiver to try again after record bid blows away |
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Summary: French skydiver Michel Fournier's bid for a record-breaking parachute jump from Earth's stratosphere was aborted Tuesday when the balloon that was to carry him into the far reaches of the sky slipped away from his flight crew.
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5:40pm PDT |
'Andy Griffith' whistler, composer dies |
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5:39pm PDT |
China "quake lake" fears trigger new evacuation
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Summary: Reuters - China has evacuated more than
150,000 people living below a swollen lake formed by this
month's devastating earthquake in the mountainous province of
Sichuan, state media said on Wednesday. |
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5:34pm PDT |
Oxford seeks £1.25bn in donations |
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Summary: Oxford University wants to match the major US universities with a major fundraising drive. |
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5:24pm PDT |
State media: Aftershocks raze 420,000 homes |
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Summary: Two aftershocks struck quake-ravaged China on Tuesday, injuring at least 63 people and razing more than 420,000 homes, according to state-run news agency Xinhua. The aftershocks rattled the area as authorities were evacuating thousands of people so they c |
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5:22pm PDT |
'Farmer Wants a Wife' brings country life to CW
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The glossy, big-city world of "Gossip Girls" is far afield of the modest, small-town doings of "Farmer Wants a Wife." |
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5:22pm PDT |
Berlin unveils 'crewed spaceship' |
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Summary: A model of a proposed European manned spaceship goes on show at the Berlin Air Show. |
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5:20pm PDT |
Space station's lone toilet is broken |
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5:20pm PDT |
Computer generated abuse 'banned' |
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Summary: Computer-generated images and drawings of child sex abuse would be made illegal under new proposals. |
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5:20pm PDT |
Plan to close child porn loophole |
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Summary: Computer-generated images and drawings of child sex abuse would be made illegal under new proposals. |
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5:18pm PDT |
Stroke patients 'need more help' |
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Summary: Many stroke patients with speech problems are being left isolated once they are discharged from hospitals, campaigners say. |
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5:01pm PDT |
Obama mistaken on name of Nazi death camp
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Barack Obama campaign said Tuesday the candidate mistakenly referred to the wrong Nazi death camp when relating the story of a great uncle who helped liberate the camps in World War II. |
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4:54pm PDT |
Guinean army to receive back pay |
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Summary: Guinea's authorities agree to pay soldiers salaries they claim not to have received since 1996. |
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4:54pm PDT |
Guinea army to 'receive back pay' |
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Summary: Guinea's authorities agree to pay soldiers salaries they claim not to have received since 1996. |
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Cnn.com |
4:33pm PDT |
Martin: No graceful bow-out for Clinton |
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Summary: Join Roland Martin for his weekly sound-off segment on CNN.com Live at 11:10 a.m. Wednesday. If you're passionate about politics, he wants to hear from you.
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Cnn.com |
4:33pm PDT |
State media: Aftershocks raze 420,000 more homes |
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Summary: Two aftershocks struck quake-ravaged China on Tuesday, injuring at least 63 people and razing more than 420,000 homes, according to state-run news agency Xinhua. The aftershocks rattled the area as authorities were evacuating thousands of people so they c |
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4:32pm PDT |
Lebanese MPs want Siniora for PM |
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Summary: Lebanon's parliament agrees to nominate Prime Minister Fouad Siniora to lead a new government. |
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4:29pm PDT |
1.5m more to get cholesterol drug |
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Summary: The number of adults prescribed statins in England and Wales is set to soar under new national guidelines. |
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4:22pm PDT |
Reds call up Jay Bruce, designate Hatteberg
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Summary: AP - Outfielder Jay Bruce, the Cincinnati Reds' top prospect, was called up from the minors Tuesday in a move that represents another step toward the franchise's future. |
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4:18pm PDT |
Class size policy 'to cost £400m' |
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Summary: The Scottish government's flagship policy of cutting class sizes could amount to more than £400m. |
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4:18pm PDT |
Massive bill for smaller classes |
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Summary: The Scottish Government's policy of cutting class sizes could cost hundreds of millions of pounds, it emerges. |
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4:15pm PDT |
Mental health bill 'will spiral' |
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Summary: The bill for caring for people with mental disorders is expected to more than double in the next 20 years. |
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4:08pm PDT |
US on track to break record for tornadoes
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Summary: AP - Another week, another rumbling train of tornadoes that obliterates entire city blocks, smashing homes to their foundations and killing people even as they cower in their basements. |
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4:02pm PDT |
Michael fired from The Apprentice |
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Summary: Telesales executive Michael Sophocles is the latest candidate to be kicked off BBC One's reality show. |
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Cnn.com |
4:01pm PDT |
City offers tax break for hiring ex-cons |
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3:58pm PDT |
Peru's progress |
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Summary: The economy is booming, but the poor are left behind |
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3:53pm PDT |
Blackouts after Sizewell shutdown |
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Summary: An unplanned shutdown at the Sizewell B nuclear power plant in Suffolk leaves hundreds of thousands without electricity. |
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3:25pm PDT |
McCain edges away from Bush but seeks his help
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Republican candidate John McCain edged
further away from U.S. President George W. Bush on foreign
policy on Tuesday even as he accepted Bush's help in raising
much-needed campaign dollars for his White House bid. |
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Cnn.com |
3:15pm PDT |
Drug raid leaves seven Mexican officers dead |
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Summary: Five federal police officers and a civilian were killed Tuesday in northwest Mexico in the latest in a series of drug-related violence, the federal police said.
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3:13pm PDT |
Short jail sentences 'pointless' |
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Summary: A former prison governor calls for prison sentences of less than six months to be scrapped. |
