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BBC News |
4:12pm PDT |
Brown's first year school report |
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Summary: Mike Baker asks how much Gordon Brown has altered the course of Labour's education policy. |
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Cnn.com |
4:08pm PDT |
U.S., Libya discussing terrorism settlement |
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Summary: Negotiations between the United States and Libya that could result in compensation for past acts of state-sponsored terrorism by Libya are under way, a senior State Department official said Friday.
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BBC News |
4:07pm PDT |
Challenger blasts Mugabe's rule |
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Summary: Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai says his country is an "unmitigated embarrassment" to Africa. |
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Cnn.com |
3:59pm PDT |
Climate-change bill's chances dim |
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Summary: An influential coalition of Fortune 500 companies and environmental groups that was formed to support climate-change legislation has splintered over the Lieberman-Warner bill that is headed next week to the Senate floor.
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Cnn.com |
3:46pm PDT |
A race to harvest solar power from space? |
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Summary: Power plants on the ground may one day be replaced by massive sun-gathering satellites in orbits 22,000 miles up in the sky. Since they would be unaffected by the earth's shadow virtually 365 days a year, the floating power plants could provide round-the- |
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Cnn.com |
3:37pm PDT |
30 tons of lobster lost in Boston fire |
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Yahoo News |
3:37pm PDT |
Priest who mocked Clinton again draws spotlight
(AP)
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Summary: AP - He's a white priest at a largely black church. He's held hands with Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan. He's been arrested dozens of times and battled anyone he thinks has wronged his parish — from gun dealers to a local Catholic sports league. N |
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BBC News |
3:37pm PDT |
Ponting passes Test run milestone |
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Summary: Ricky Ponting becomes the seventh batsman and the third Australian to score 10,000 Test runs. |
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Yahoo News |
3:33pm PDT |
12 set for finals at National Spelling Bee
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Matthew Evans heard the bell, slumped his shoulders, lowered his head and slowly walked offstage. He stayed in the comfort room for more than a half-hour, and his eyes were still red when he emerged, his hopes of winning the Scripps National Spelling |
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Yahoo News |
3:31pm PDT |
"Sex and the City" tickets sell at brisk pace
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - With Friday's opening of "Sex and
the City" shaping up as a big girls-night-out event at U.S.
movie theaters, industry analysts say the film seems poised to
set a new box office standard for "chick flicks." |
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Yahoo News |
3:31pm PDT |
Phoenix Mars Lander has short-circuit problem
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Scientists for the Phoenix Mars Lander are wrestling with an intermittent short circuit on the spacecraft. |
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Yahoo News |
3:28pm PDT |
Iran's foreign minister slams US foreign policy
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Iran's foreign minister said Friday that the United States should conduct a "serious review" of its foreign policy after the presidential election — a signal that Iran is leaving open the possibility of improved relations with Washington. |
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BBC News |
3:23pm PDT |
Hungry continent |
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Summary: Are GM crops the solution to Africa's food crisis? |
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BBC News |
3:11pm PDT |
US imposes sanctions on PKK |
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Summary: President Bush uses a US drug trafficking law to impose financial sanctions on a Kurdish rebel group. |
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Yahoo News |
3:08pm PDT |
NYC crane collapses into street, kills 2 workers
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A construction crane snapped and smashed into an apartment building with a thunderous roar Friday, killing two workers in the city's second such tragedy in 2 1/2 months and renewing fears about the safety of hundreds of cranes towering over the New Y |
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ChristianPost |
2:57pm PDT |
Pro-Family Group Blasts Colo. Anti-Sexual Discrimination Law |
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Summary: Pro-family advocates criticized a new Colorado law, calling it the 'Pandora’s box' of what they said would be a stream of future cases involving sexual ... |
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Yahoo News |
2:56pm PDT |
Plane skids off runway in Honduras, 5 dead
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A Salvadoran passenger plane
skidded off a rain-soaked runway on landing at Tegucigalpa
airport in Honduras on Friday, killing five people and injuring
38 as it veered onto a road and smashed into cars and a
building. |
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Yahoo News |
2:54pm PDT |
U.S., Libya in deal to try to resolve terrorism claims
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The United States and Libya have
reached a deal to try to resolve claims from the 1988 Lockerbie
bombing and other incidents Washington views as Libyan acts of
"terrorism," people familiar with the plan said on Friday. |
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Yahoo News |
2:47pm PDT |
Edmonds, DeRosa help Cubs rally, beat Rockies 10-9
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Jim Edmonds and Mark DeRosa delivered key hits and the Chicago Cubs overcame an eight-run deficit, rallying past the Colorado Rockies 10-9 Friday for their fifth straight victory. |
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Cnn.com |
2:27pm PDT |
McClellan 'happy' to testify about White House |
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Summary: Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan said Friday he would be willing to comply with a possible congressional subpoena to discuss the administration's handling of pre-war intelligence, telling CNN's Wolf Blitzer he'd be "happy to talk if I am |
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Yahoo News |
2:24pm PDT |
Brangelina rents French villa; twin births denied
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Brangelina clan began settling into a villa in the south of France as reports that the couple's twins had been born were refuted by other celebrity news outlets. |
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BBC News |
2:20pm PDT |
DUP bids farewell to Ian Paisley |
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Summary: First Minister Ian Paisley marks the end of his political career with a speech at the King's Hall in Belfast. |
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ChristianPost |
2:20pm PDT |
Blair Launches Faith Foundation to Overcome Global Problems |
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Summary: Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair launched a faith foundation Friday to confront the growing challenges of religious conflict and to mobilize churches to tackle global ... |
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Cnn.com |
2:15pm PDT |
3 dead after airliner overshoots runway |
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Cnn.com |
2:08pm PDT |
Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt new parents? |
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Yahoo News |
2:03pm PDT |
Texas gets DNA sample from polygamist leader Jeffs
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - State officials investigating
allegations of sexual abuse of young girls at a polygamist
ranch in Texas said on Friday they obtained a DNA sample from
Warren Jeffs, the leader of the breakaway Mormon sect. |
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Cnn.com |
2:03pm PDT |
Seat all delegates, Clinton lawyer urges |
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Summary: A day before the Democratic National Committee's Rules and Bylaws Committee is set to determine how to seat the delegations of Florida and Michigan, the Clinton campaign's chief lawyer said the committee is compelled to seat both delegations fully and not |
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BBC News |
2:01pm PDT |
Tributes for helicopter victims |
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Summary: Two Army pilots who died after their helicopter crashed on a training exercise are named. |
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Cnn.com |
1:58pm PDT |
Record gas prices fuel commuting alternatives |
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Summary: Americans are seeking new ways to get to work, with record gas prices making their cars less comfortable. But changing habits can be hard in cities where public transport hasn't kept up with suburban growth. iReporters say going car-less just takes a litt |
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Cnn.com |
1:57pm PDT |
Will FL, MI delegates bring endgame for Democrats? |
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Summary: The Democratic National Committee's Rules and Bylaws Committee meets Saturday in Washington to consider what to do with Florida and Michigan, which broke ranks to hold primaries earlier than party rules allowed.
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