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Cnn.com |
7:56pm PDT |
Body of missing Vermont girl found |
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Summary: Investigators have found the body of a 12-year-old Vermont girl missing for a week in a case that led to separate sexual assault charges against her uncle and stepfather, state police announced Wednesday.
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Yahoo News |
7:44pm PDT |
Last-minute deal lets Sonics move to Oklahoma City
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Summary: AP - Clay Bennett finally found a dollar amount that would sever his contentious relationship with the city of Seattle — $75 million. |
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BBC News |
7:43pm PDT |
Tories to unveil latest tax plans |
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Summary: The Conservatives are to unveil their plans for taxation, designed to simplify the system and bring an end to stealth taxes. |
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ChristianPost |
7:43pm PDT |
Mass. Pregnancy Pact Stirs Debate Over Child Care |
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Summary: The high school where the principal claimed girls formed a pact to get pregnant is one of the few in Massachusetts with a day care center, leading some to wonder whether that sent a message that teen motherhood is OK. |
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BBC News |
7:42pm PDT |
Murdered men found in flat fire |
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Summary: Fire crews find the bodies of two murdered students in the burned out remains of a flat in south-east London. |
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ChristianPost |
7:37pm PDT |
Religious Leaders: Immigrants Suffering After Raid |
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Summary: Religious leaders and immigration reform advocates said the human suffering caused by a raid on an Iowa meatpacking plant continues and officials are ignoring the problem. |
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Yahoo News |
7:36pm PDT |
Movie productions keep rolling despite uncertainty
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Summary: AP - On-location movie shoots are on the rise in Los Angeles, despite repeated warnings from Hollywood studios that the possibility of an actors strike had stalled moviemaking, a permitting group said Wednesday. |
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Cnn.com |
7:23pm PDT |
U.S., Poland strike missile deal; Russia objects |
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Summary: The United States and Poland have reached a tentative deal to place part of a ballistic missile defense system on its territory, a plan that has drawn sharp objections from Russia, a senior administration official said Wednesday.
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Yahoo News |
7:04pm PDT |
Colombian army rescues hostages from rebels in daring raid
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Summary: AFP - French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt, three US nationals and 11 other hostages were rescued from Marxist FARC rebels Wednesday, freed from years in captivity by a daring Colombian military raid. |
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Cnn.com |
6:57pm PDT |
Sonics to pay up to $75M to leave Seattle |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
6:57pm PDT |
Report: Microsoft seeks help for another Yahoo bid
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Summary: AP - Unable to strike a deal on its own, Microsoft Corp. reportedly is hoping to snap up Yahoo's online search operations with the help of News Corp. and Time Warner Inc. |
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BBC News |
6:55pm PDT |
Letters go to music file-sharers |
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Summary: The music industry says thousands of UK broadband users who share tracks illegally will be getting letters warning them of the consequences. |
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BBC News |
6:13pm PDT |
Kylie to attend Palace for honour |
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Summary: Singer Kylie Minogue is to be formally appointed OBE by Prince Charles at a Buckingham Palace ceremony. |
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Yahoo News |
6:02pm PDT |
Fire danger, economic woes cancel fireworks shows
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Summary: AP - Those seeking the oohs and aahs of traditional Fourth of July fireworks could be sadly disappointed this year: Public displays and sales of boxed firecrackers are being canceled or scaled back across the nation, victims of a sluggish economy, wildfir |
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Yahoo News |
5:43pm PDT |
Police find body of missing Vt. 12-year-old
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Summary: AP - The body of a missing 12-year-old Vermont girl was found Wednesday, hours after documents surfaced that accused her uncle of planning to initiate her into a child sex ring, authorities said. |
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Cnn.com |
5:42pm PDT |
Missing Vermont girl found dead |
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BBC News |
5:42pm PDT |
Piper memories |
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Summary: Wives of offshore rig fire victims recall the tragedy |
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Yahoo News |
5:39pm PDT |
Alleged police car joyride lands SC teen in jail
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Summary: AP - Call him the short arm of the law. Police in Dillon, a small town near the North Carolina border, say a 13-year-old with an interest in law enforcement twice stole a police cruiser and took it out to do some patrolling. |
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Cnn.com |
5:33pm PDT |
Hostages freed in 'miracle' operation |
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Summary: The Colombian military infiltrated the FARC rebel group and deceived its members into handing over 15 hostages today, including former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt and three Americans, Colombia's defense ministry said. It was an "abs |
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Cnn.com |
5:31pm PDT |
McCain shakes up staff amid concerns |
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Summary: Sen. John McCain's campaign announced a shakeup at the top Wednesday, in the wake of growing Republican concern about its ability to compete against Sen. Barack Obama.
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BBC News |
5:28pm PDT |
Firefox download record official |
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Summary: The creators of Firefox 3.0 celebrate the news they have set a new world record for software downloads. |
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Cnn.com |
4:58pm PDT |
Groups try to fetch bite of Helmsley fortune |
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Cnn.com |
4:58pm PDT |
Dog groups hope to fetch Helmsley fortune |
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BBC News |
4:55pm PDT |
Ocean robbery |
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Summary: Illegal fishing is a blight on nature and the poor |
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ChristianPost |
4:51pm PDT |
Conservative Evangelicals Discuss Backing McCain |
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Summary: Conservative evangelical leaders, who have been slow to warm to John McCain, met privately this week to discuss coalescing around the Republican's presidential bid. |
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Yahoo News |
4:44pm PDT |
Salacious details launch Brinkley divorce trial
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Summary: AP - A $300,000 payoff to a teenage mistress. Thousands of dollars worth of online porn. Extramarital trysts in the office and his supermodel wife's Hamptons homes. |
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Yahoo News |
4:43pm PDT |
SuperSonics, Seattle reach last-minute settlement
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Summary: AP - The city of Seattle and the SuperSonics reached a settlement Wednesday just before a federal judge was to rule in their KeyArena lease dispute. |
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BBC News |
4:42pm PDT |
Police 'fear bully accusations' |
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Summary: Police sergeants are afraid to challenge scruffy constables because they fear being accused of bullying. |
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Cnn.com |
4:30pm PDT |
Rescued hostage: 'We couldn't believe it' |
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Summary: The Colombian military infiltrated the FARC rebel group and deceived its members into handing over 15 hostages today, including former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt and three Americans, Colombia's defense ministry said. It was an "abs |
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Yahoo News |
4:22pm PDT |
Watchdog group targets Justice Department hiring
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Summary: AP - A government watchdog wants to see whether it can discipline Justice Department officials who improperly rejected liberal Ivy Leaguers and other top law students for plum jobs — or take action against those who benefited from having GOP roots. |
