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Cnn.com |
6:55pm PDT |
Red Sox slugger joins 500-homer club |
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BBC News |
6:55pm PDT |
Democrats deal is Clinton setback |
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Summary: US Democrats reach a decision on disputed votes from Florida and Michigan, leaving Barack Obama ahead. |
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Yahoo News |
6:43pm PDT |
Obama breaks with controversial church
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Democratic presidential
front-runner Barack Obama said on Saturday he quit his Chicago
church in the aftermath of inflammatory sermons that could
become a lightning rod in the November election. |
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Cnn.com |
6:40pm PDT |
Obama quits church, citing controversies |
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Summary: Sen. Barack Obama said today that he has resigned from the church where controversial sermons by his former pastor and others created headaches for his campaign. The resignation comes days after a visiting Catholic priest mocked Sen. Hillary Clinton for c |
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BBC News |
6:31pm PDT |
In Pictures: |
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Summary: The booze on the Tube party that went wrong |
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Yahoo News |
6:31pm PDT |
Florida, Michigan restored in blow to Clinton
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Summary: AFP - The Democratic Party dealt a severe blow to Hillary Clinton's fading White House hopes, restoring renegade states Michigan and Florida to its presidential convention, but with halved voting power. |
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Yahoo News |
6:24pm PDT |
Democrats compromise on Florida and Michigan
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The Democratic Party backed a
compromise to seat the disputed Michigan and Florida
delegations at reduced strength on Saturday, sparking anger
from Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign and threats to
press the issue at the August nominati |
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BBC News |
6:06pm PDT |
McCartney set for Liverpool show |
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Summary: Sir Paul McCartney will play to 36,000 fans in Liverpool as a highlight of the city's year as European Capital of Culture. |
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BBC News |
5:40pm PDT |
Wards evacuated in hospital fire |
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Summary: Forty-six patients are evacuated from two wards after a fire breaks out at Manchester Royal Infirmary. |
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BBC News |
5:39pm PDT |
Bolivia states to vote on split |
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Summary: Two provinces in Bolivia will vote in a referendum on whether to declare autonomy from the central government. |
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Yahoo News |
5:28pm PDT |
Griffey's 599th career homer helps Reds top Braves
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Ken Griffey Jr. hit his 599th career homer Saturday, leaving him one shy of a seldom-reached mark, and Jay Bruce extended his amazing weeklong debut with a 10th-inning homer that lifted the Cincinnati Reds to an 8-7 victory over the Atlanta Braves. |
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BBC News |
5:20pm PDT |
Last boarders |
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Summary: The party to toast the end of booze on the tube |
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Yahoo News |
4:49pm PDT |
Colombia landslide kills at least 6, more missing
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Colombian emergency workers and
residents used spades and rescue dogs to hunt for victims on
Saturday after rains trigged a landslide that killed at least
six people when it swept over a poor Medellin neighborhood. |
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Yahoo News |
4:37pm PDT |
Democrats seat half Florida and Michigan delegates
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The Democratic Party backed a
compromise to seat half the disputed delegations from Michigan
and Florida on Saturday, rejecting Hillary Clinton's call for a
full seating and dealing another blow to her faltering U.S.
presidential campaign. |
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Yahoo News |
4:28pm PDT |
Democrats restore Michigan, Clinton may challenge
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Democratic Party officials restored renegade state Michigan to its presidential convention Saturday with halved voting rights, but Hillary Clinton's camp said it may challenge the ruling. |
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Yahoo News |
4:27pm PDT |
Democrats approve seating half of Florida delegation
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A Democratic Party panel backed a
compromise plan to seat the delegates from Florida with a
half-vote each on Saturday, dealing a blow to U.S. presidential
candidate Hillary Clinton and backing a plan approved by her
rival, Barack Obama. |
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Yahoo News |
4:26pm PDT |
Officials say Fla., Mich. delegates will get half-votes
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Democratic Party officials agreed Saturday to seat Michigan and Florida delegates with half-votes, ruling on a long-running dispute that has threatened the party's chances in November and maintaining Barack Obama's front-runner status as he moves clo |
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BBC News |
4:24pm PDT |
Immune block tackles Alzheimer's |
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Summary: The body's immune system could be harnessed to fight Alzheimer's disease, research suggests. |
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Yahoo News |
4:24pm PDT |
Democrats restore Florida delegation, with reduced voting rights
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The US Democratic Party Saturday restored Florida's delegation to its presidential convention, but halved its voting power to punish the state over a dispute over scheduling its primary vote. |
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Yahoo News |
4:21pm PDT |
Tropical Storm Arthur, 1st of hurricane season, hits Yucatan
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A weak tropical storm formed Saturday off the Yucatan Peninsula and quickly made landfall at the Belize-Mexico border, dumping rain and kicking up surf. |
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Cnn.com |
4:15pm PDT |
Dems decide on Florida, Michigan delegates |
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Summary: Members of a Democratic rules committee voted today to seat all of Florida's and Michigan's delegation to the party's convention and give the delegates a half vote each. The panel heard the two states' appeals on the earlier decision to strip all of their |
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Yahoo News |
4:07pm PDT |
Obama quits Chicago church after long controversy
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Barack Obama has resigned his 20 year membership in the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago in the aftermath of inflammatory remarks by his longtime pastor the Rev. Jeremiah Wright and more recent fiery remarks at the church by another ministe |
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Yahoo News |
4:05pm PDT |
FEMA finishing closure of Louisiana trailer parks
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Cleveland Stampley grinned as he locked the door to his FEMA trailer one last time. Out front, a case worker's pickup truck waited to take him to his new home at a nearby apartment complex. |
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BBC News |
4:03pm PDT |
Stab baby 'critical but stable' |
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Summary: A six-month-old girl badly injured when her brother and sister were stabbed to death is in a critical but stable condition. |
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BBC News |
4:00pm PDT |
US Democrats reach delegate deal |
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Summary: US Democratic Party officials take a compromise decision on disputed delegates from Florida and Michigan. |
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Yahoo News |
3:59pm PDT |
Obama resigns from controversial church
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Democratic presidential
front-runner Barack Obama has resigned from Trinity United
Church of Christ, his spokesman said on Saturday, further
distancing himself from a source of controversy. |
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Cnn.com |
3:58pm PDT |
Shuttle lifts off with toilet fix, $1 billion lab |
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Cnn.com |
3:58pm PDT |
Shuttle lifts off with toilet fix |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
3:52pm PDT |
Tornado tears up homes, trees in Indianapolis
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Residents cleaned up Saturday after a tornado plowed a trail of destruction through the east side of Indianapolis, but they gave thanks that nobody was killed and that the only injuries were minor. |
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Cnn.com |
3:37pm PDT |
Shuttle blasts with toilet fix |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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