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Yahoo News |
4:21pm PDT |
Entire town of Big Sur, Calif., evacuated for fire
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Authorities ordered the remaining residents of this scenic coastal community to leave Wednesday because an out-of-control wildfire, one of hundreds in California, had jumped a fire line and was threatening more homes. |
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BBC News |
4:13pm PDT |
Oldest women hit hard by dementia |
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Summary: Almost half of all women in their 90s are suffering from dementia, research conducted in California suggests. |
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Yahoo News |
4:08pm PDT |
Colombia rescues Betancourt, 3 U.S. hostages
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Summary: Reuters - French-Colombian politician Ingrid
Betancourt, three Americans and 11 other hostages held for
years in jungle captivity were rescued on Wednesday from
leftist guerrillas by Colombian troops posing as aid workers. |
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BBC News |
4:05pm PDT |
Minister says GPs blocking choice |
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Summary: A health minister says GPs operate "gentlemen's agreements" to block movement of patients between practices. |
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BBC News |
4:03pm PDT |
MPs set to vote on their expenses |
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Summary: MPs are set to vote on changes to expenses and how their pay is decided - part of efforts to boost the public's faith in the system. |
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BBC News |
4:00pm PDT |
GP contracts in £160m overspend |
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Summary: Audit Scotland says new contracts for GPs should have been better planned but there are some benefits for patients. |
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BBC News |
4:00pm PDT |
Paper trail |
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Summary: Nigeria makes progress on getting back stolen cash |
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Cnn.com |
3:40pm PDT |
Body thought to be missing Vermont girl |
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Yahoo News |
3:37pm PDT |
Police say missing Vt. 12-year-old's body found
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Summary: AP - Vermont State Police say they have found a body believed to be that of a missing 12-year-old girl. |
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Yahoo News |
3:31pm PDT |
Factory orders see 0.6 percent gain in May
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Orders to U.S. factories turned in the slowest performance in three months in May as a surge in demand for commercial aircraft was not enough to offset weakness in autos, heavy machinery and steel. |
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BBC News |
3:29pm PDT |
Colombia hostage Betancourt freed |
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Summary: The ex-presidential candidate is freed after being held hostage by rebels for six years, officials say. |
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Yahoo News |
3:24pm PDT |
Colombian army rescues hostages from rebels
(AFP)
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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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BBC News |
3:23pm PDT |
Bill passes after rethink on duty |
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Summary: The government has said it will re-examine controversial plans to raise vehicle excise duty (VED) on the most polluting cars |
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Yahoo News |
3:15pm PDT |
Betancourt: Rescue in Colombia was 'impeccable'
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Rescued hostage Ingrid Betancourt says the military operation that freed her from Colombian rebels was "absolutely impeccable" and took her completely by surprise. |
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ChristianPost |
3:10pm PDT |
World Religious Leaders Meet Ahead of G-8 Summit |
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Summary: Some 300 people of various religions met in Japan on Wednesday to kick-off the two-day World Religious Summit for Peace ahead of the G-8 summit. |
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Cnn.com |
3:07pm PDT |
Biz-school exam maker seeks Web cheaters |
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ChristianPost |
2:56pm PDT |
Church Council Urges Seoul to Ease N. Korea Policy |
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Summary: The head of the World Council of Churches has urged the president of South Korea to ease his policy towards North Korea to better enable peace and reunification of the peninsula. |
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Yahoo News |
2:53pm PDT |
Most residents told to evacuate town of Big Sur
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Authorities ordered most of the remaining residents of this scenic coastal community to leave Wednesday because an out-of-control wildfire, one of hundreds of California, had jumped a fire line and was threatening more homes. |
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Yahoo News |
2:50pm PDT |
TMZ allowed to repost portion of actor's sex tape
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The woman in a sex tape featuring Verne Troyer — best known for his role in the "Austin Powers" movies — says she allowed celebrity Web site TMZ to broadcast snippets of the tape. |
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BBC News |
2:48pm PDT |
Scots Lib Dem leader quits post |
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Summary: Nicol Stephen resigns as Scottish Liberal Democrat leader, blaming the stresses and strains of the job. |
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Cnn.com |
2:46pm PDT |
McCain shakes up staff amid GOP 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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Cnn.com |
2:39pm PDT |
New U.S. coin has readable Braille |
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Yahoo News |
2:38pm PDT |
Headline correction: Missing girl story
(AP)
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Summary: AP - An earlier version of the Missing Girl story moved with headlines that incorrectly attributed allegations about a missing girl's uncle to an indictment. He has not been indicted. The allegations were listed in an affidavit. |
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Yahoo News |
2:35pm PDT |
ESPN: Brett Favre considers returning to football
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Brett Favre is considering coming out of retirement, according to an ESPN report. ESPN's Chris Mortensen said Wednesday that a Packers source told him the 38-year-old Favre told coach Mike McCarthy in the past two weeks that he has the itch to play. |
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Yahoo News |
2:34pm PDT |
Bush says US to send more troops to Afghanistan
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Grappling with a record death toll in an overshadowed war, President Bush promised Wednesday to send more U.S. troops into Afghanistan by year's end. He conceded that June was a "tough month," in fact, the deadliest for U.S. troops in Afghanistan sin |
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Cnn.com |
2:29pm PDT |
The bear is back on Wall Street |
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Summary: Stocks slumped Wednesday, with the Dow and Nasdaq ending in bear market territory on record oil prices, a 15% slump in GM stock and worries ahead of the June jobs report and ECB interest-rate decision, both due Thursday.
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Yahoo News |
2:26pm PDT |
McCain aide takes over day-to-day campaign duties
(AP)
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Summary: AP - John McCain put a top adviser in control of day-to-day campaign operations Wednesday after weeks of private concerns among Republicans that the GOP presidential campaign had not made the transition for the general election. |
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BBC News |
2:09pm PDT |
Scots Lib Dem Leader quits post |
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Summary: Nicol Stephen resigns as Scots Lib Dem leader, blaming the stresses and strains of the job. |
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Cnn.com |
2:09pm PDT |
Colombian rebels tricked into giving up hostages |
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Summary: Fifteen hostages held by Colombian rebels -- including former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt and three Americans -- were rescued today, the country's defense minister said. Juan Manuel Santos said security forces infiltrated the FARC r |
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BBC News |
2:08pm PDT |
Williams sisters home in on final |
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Summary: Venus and Serena will attempt to set up a third all-Williams Wimbledon final on Thursday. |
