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ChristianPost |
2:14pm PDT |
Pro-Life Group Posts Photos of Kan. Gov with Abortionist |
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Summary: An anti-abortion group released photos Wednesday of Gov. Kathleen Sebelius with a prominent abortion doctor at what it called a "lavish secret party" at the governor's official residence, but her office said the doctor bought the reception at a political |
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Yahoo News |
2:10pm PDT |
Calif.: Same-sex marriages OK beginning June 17
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Barring a stay of a historic California Supreme Court ruling, same-sex couples will be able to wed in the state beginning June 17, according to a state directive issued Wednesday. |
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BBC News |
1:59pm PDT |
England ease to victory over USA |
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Summary: John Terry puts aside his Champions League troubles to help England to a 2-0 friendly win over a disappointing USA side at Wembley. |
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Cnn.com |
1:46pm PDT |
Bush compares Iraq, Afghanistan to WWII |
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Summary: President Bush told the 2008 graduating class at the U.S. Air Force Academy on Wednesday that the "only way America could lose the war on terror is if we defeat ourselves."
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Cnn.com |
1:46pm PDT |
Bush compares Iraq, Afghan wars to WWII |
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Summary: President Bush told the 2008 graduating class at the U.S. Air Force Academy on Wednesday that the "only way America could lose the war on terror is if we defeat ourselves."
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ChristianPost |
1:42pm PDT |
Michigan House Affirms Partial-Birth Abortion Ban |
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Summary: Pro-life groups in Michigan were encouraged Tuesday after the Democratic-led House voted 74-32 to hand a bill that would ban partial-birth abortions for review in the ... |
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BBC News |
1:40pm PDT |
Third man quizzed over explosion |
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Summary: Police investigating an explosion at a restaurant in Exeter arrest a
third man. |
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BBC News |
1:38pm PDT |
Trains halted over bridge safety |
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Summary: Train services into and out of London's Liverpool Street station are suspended due to problems with a new bridge. |
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Yahoo News |
1:32pm PDT |
McCain, Obama fight for the West
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Call it the political version of how to win the West. |
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Cnn.com |
1:31pm PDT |
Shark attacks hurt tourism in resort area |
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Yahoo News |
1:23pm PDT |
White House puzzled about ex-aide's scathing book
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan writes in a new memoir that President Bush relied on an aggressive "political propaganda campaign" instead of the truth to sell the Iraq war, and that the decision to invade pushed Bush's presidency |
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Cnn.com |
1:21pm PDT |
Sources: Dems' delegate deal could boost Clinton |
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Summary: The Democratic Party is likely to meet rule-breaking Florida and Michigan halfway when it comes to seating their delegates at the convention, two members of the rules panel say. Such a move may help Sen. Hillary Clinton close the delegate gap with Sen. Ba |
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Yahoo News |
1:13pm PDT |
Israeli defense chief says Olmert must step down
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Israel's powerful defense minister on Wednesday called on Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to step down amid a burgeoning corruption scandal and threatened to bring down the government if the Israeli leader does not comply. |
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Cnn.com |
1:13pm PDT |
Rose says he bet $2K per game on Reds |
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Summary: Pete Rose said on The Dan Patrick Show on Tuesday that he bet around $2,000 per game on the Reds while he was managing them.
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Yahoo News |
1:12pm PDT |
Ashlee Simpson will take the Wentz name
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Ashlee Simpson is so over. The newlywed pop singer will go by Ashlee Wentz in private, and be professionally known as Ashlee Simpson-Wentz, according to a report posted Wednesday on People.com. The heretofore Simpson was married on May 17 to Fall Out |
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Yahoo News |
1:10pm PDT |
Garza leads first-place Rays over Rangers 5-3
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Another win, another dismal crowd for the Tampa Bay Rays. Matt Garza pitched a career-high eight innings, leading first-place Tampa Bay over the Texas Rangers 5-3 Wednesday. |
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Yahoo News |
1:09pm PDT |
Ex-White House spokesman says Bush shaded truth on Iraq
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Former White House press secretary
Scott McClellan charges in an explosive new book that President
George W. Bush shaded the truth and manipulated public opinion
to make the case for the "unnecessary" Iraq war. |
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ChristianPost |
1:09pm PDT |
Evangelism Blitz Touches Mexico Shantytown |
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Summary: A large team of American Christians headed south of the border last week to share the Gospel with hundreds of poor Mexicans and to build homes for families who had previously lived in ... |
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Yahoo News |
1:08pm PDT |
Bush: US 'learning as we go' in Iraq, Afghanistan
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Bush said Wednesday that rebuilding Iraq and Afghanistan as the wars rage on is proving difficult and "we're learning as we go." The president harkened back to the patriotic sacrifice of World War II, the deadliest conflict in history, in a |
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Yahoo News |
1:07pm PDT |
Iran strike an unattractive last resort: Bolton
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Military action against Iran would
be a last resort but the United States and its allies have not
done enough to promote the alternative, a former U.S.
ambassador to the United Nations said on Wednesday. |
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Cnn.com |
1:06pm PDT |
Judge: Retry or free death row inmate with MS |
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BBC News |
1:03pm PDT |
Blindfolded teenager sets new Rubik's Cube record |
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Summary: A Leeds teenager sets a new national record for solving the Rubik cube blindfolded. |
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Cnn.com |
12:56pm PDT |
Airline to cut free snacks on domestic routes |
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BBC News |
12:53pm PDT |
New challenge |
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Summary: Parliament speaker could rival Iran's president at polls |
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ChristianPost |
12:53pm PDT |
Thousands of Young Christians Adopt 'Humble Orthodoxy' |
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Summary: Sometimes, Christians get so concerned with what's right and wrong, we lose our humility, said one Washington pastor and ... |
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Yahoo News |
12:44pm PDT |
Democrats tackle Florida and Michigan dispute
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The grueling Democratic presidential
nominating race moves on Saturday from the campaign trail to a
Washington hotel, where party officials will hunt for a
compromise over disputed contests in Michigan and Florida. |
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BBC News |
12:38pm PDT |
Cluster bomb ban treaty approved |
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Summary: Diplomats from more than 100 countries back a treaty banning the controversial weapons. |
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Yahoo News |
12:34pm PDT |
State: Gay marriage to begin June 17 in California
(AP)
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Summary: AP - California officials are telling county clerks that they can start issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples on June 17. The state Office of Vital Records says it chose June 17 because the state Supreme Court has until the end of business on June |
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Yahoo News |
12:28pm PDT |
Preservationists: Gas drilling threatens carvings
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Along Utah's Nine Mile Canyon lies what some call the longest art gallery in the world — thousands of prehistoric rock carvings and paintings of bighorn sheep and other wildlife, hunters wielding spears, and warriors engaged in hand-to-hand combat. B |
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Yahoo News |
12:15pm PDT |
Chris Cagle, girlfriend jailed for domestic assault
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Chris Cagle was arrested for domestic assault Wednesday following a fight with his girlfriend. A police affidavit said the 39-year-old country music singer and his girlfriend, Jennifer Tant, were intoxicated and an argument turned physical early Wedn |
