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Cnn.com |
3:35pm PDT |
Obama resigns from controversial church |
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Summary: Sen. Barack Obama's campaign confirmed Saturday that he has resigned from the Chicago church where controversial sermons by his former pastor and other ministers created repeated political headaches for the Democratic frontrunner.
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Cnn.com |
3:31pm PDT |
Sharon Stone says she misspoke on quake |
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Summary: Actress Sharon Stone said in a statement Saturday that she "could not be more regretful" of her comments this month regarding the earthquake in China, in which she suggested that the quake was an act of "karma."
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3:10pm PDT |
Space shuttle carries Japanese lab into orbit
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Space shuttle Discovery
blasted off a seaside launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in
Florida on Saturday to deliver Japan's huge new research
laboratory to the International Space Station. |
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2:53pm PDT |
Shuttle Discovery blasts off for space station
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Space shuttle Discovery and a crew of seven blasted into orbit Saturday, carrying a giant Japanese lab addition to the international space station along with something more mundane — a toilet pump. |
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2:52pm PDT |
Ken Griffey Jr. hits career home run No. 599
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Ken Griffey Jr. hit his 599th career homer Saturday off Atlanta's Jair Jurrjens, a two-run shot that left him one away from an elite mark. |
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2:48pm PDT |
Space shuttle carries Japanese lab into space
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The U.S. space shuttle
Discovery lifted off from its Florida launch pad on Saturday on
a mission to deliver a bus-sized Japanese laboratory to the
International Space Station. |
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Cnn.com |
2:45pm PDT |
Prince to start Royal Navy attachment |
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Summary: Britain's Prince William is starting a two-month attachment with the Royal Navy on Monday, part of the future king's continued experience with various branches of the military, the Ministry of Defense said Saturday.
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Cnn.com |
2:40pm PDT |
Shuttle Discovery blasts off carrying toilet fix |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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2:40pm PDT |
Democrats wrestle with Florida and Michigan dispute
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The Democratic Party searched for a
compromise over disputed convention delegates from Florida and
Michigan on Saturday at a raucous meeting marked by pleas for
party unity and warnings about the consequences in November's
presidential elect |
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2:38pm PDT |
Breakdancer wins ITV Talent show |
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Summary: Breakdancer George Sampson is announced the winner of ITV show Britain's Got Talent. |
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2:34pm PDT |
Iraqi, American death tolls drop in May |
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Summary: Some Shiite and Sunni Muslim leaders in Iraq -- able to agree on little else -- are united in their opposition to a prospective long-term security agreement between their country's government and the United States.
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BBC News |
2:22pm PDT |
Tube revels shut Liverpool Street |
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Summary: A London station is shut after it is mobbed by hundreds of revellers marking the last night of drinking on the Tube. |
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Cnn.com |
2:16pm PDT |
Pictures boost hopes for Mars ice discovery |
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2:03pm PDT |
Shuttle leaves for space station |
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Summary: Discovery blasts off for the space station with part of a Japanese science lab, and a new toilet pump, aboard. |
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Cnn.com |
1:50pm PDT |
Astronauts board shuttle as launch nears |
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1:39pm PDT |
New pics boost feelings Mars lander has bared ice
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Sharp new images received Saturday from the Phoenix lander largely convinced scientists that the spacecraft's thrusters had uncovered a large patch of ice just below the Martian surface, team members said. |
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1:38pm PDT |
Jodie takes West End Nancy role |
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Summary: Actress Jodie Prenger will play Nancy in the West End musical Oliver! after winning talent show I'd Do Anything. |
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1:34pm PDT |
Taking to the sea |
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Summary: Nicholas Witchell anticipates Prince William's Navy stint |
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1:32pm PDT |
Iraqi checkpoint 'hit by bomber' |
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Summary: A suicide bomber reportedly kills at least nine people at a police checkpoint in Anbar province, western Iraq. |
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1:14pm PDT |
Suicide bomber kills at least 10 west of Baghdad
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A suicide bomber blew himself up at a police checkpoint west of Baghdad on Saturday, killing at least 10 people including the local police chief, an official said. |
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1:12pm PDT |
French minister's visit shows new stance on Iraq
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - French Foreign Minister Bernard
Kouchner met Iraq's president on Saturday during a visit
officials said showed Paris's renewed commitment to a country
whose 2003 invasion by U.S.-led troops it strongly opposed. |
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1:04pm PDT |
William's Navy posting revealed |
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Summary: Prince William could find himself chasing Caribbean drug smugglers on an attachment to the Royal Navy starting on Monday. |
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Yahoo News |
12:47pm PDT |
Ginepri prevents US shutout in Paris; Sharapova wins
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Robby Ginepri is easy to spot at the French Open in his oh-so-American getup: black baseball cap turned backward and sleeveless T-shirt. |
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BBC News |
12:37pm PDT |
Giant trees 'to clear excess CO2' |
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Summary: The scientist who coined the term "global warming" calls for millions of artificial trees to pull CO2 from the air. |
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Yahoo News |
12:36pm PDT |
Brangelina buzz sweeps south of France
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Brangelina must be cocooning. |
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Cnn.com |
12:32pm PDT |
Tropical Storm Arthur ahead of its time |
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Summary: Tropical Storm Arthur formed today near the coast of Belize but was already over land and was expected to weaken later in the day, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. Bringing up to 15 inches of rain, Arthur is the first named storm of the 2008 Atlan |
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12:19pm PDT |
Vote aimed at curbing pot growing in Calif. county
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Voters here took the state's official permissiveness on marijuana to new heights in 2000, allowing residents to grow up to 25 pot plants for medical, recreational or personal use. |
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Yahoo News |
12:16pm PDT |
Students skip slime, stink with virtual dissection
(AP)
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Summary: AP - It's not just concern for the squeamish biology students who wince at the feel and smell of cutting into a formaldehyde-soaked animal. |
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Yahoo News |
12:13pm PDT |
Chinese authorities prepare to drain swelling lake
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Chinese authorities prepared on Saturday to drain a swelling lake formed by a devastating earthquake, completing work on a drainage channel to divert water that threatens hundreds of thousands downstream. |
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Yahoo News |
12:07pm PDT |
Suicide bomber kills 10 in Iraq
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The top official in a town west of Baghdad says 10 people have been killed when a suicide bomber struck a police checkpoint. |
