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BBC News |
3:58pm PDT |
Direct China-Taiwan flights begin |
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Summary: China and Taiwan launch their first regular direct flights since the two sides split in civil war in 1949. |
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ChristianPost |
3:50pm PDT |
Obama Advised to Avoid 'Failure' of Past Faith-Based Program |
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Summary: A leading progressive Christian leader warned Barack Obama of the ?failure? of the faith-based program under President Bush which he hopes the Democratic presidential candidate will avoid if elected to the White House. |
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Yahoo News |
3:36pm PDT |
Obama wades into controversy with Iraq comments
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Democratic presidential
candidate Barack Obama waded into controversy on Thursday over
his plans to withdraw U.S. combat troops from Iraq, first
saying he might "refine" his views but later declaring his
stance had remained unchanged for mor |
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BBC News |
3:34pm PDT |
Russian risk |
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Summary: Has the TNK-BP row spooked foreign investors? |
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Cnn.com |
3:17pm PDT |
Stars' passport files viewed repeatedly |
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Summary: The State Department inspector general Thursday blasted the security of U.S. passport files, saying the repeated access of over 100 celebrities' files had gone undetected and unpunished.
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Yahoo News |
3:16pm PDT |
Report: Passport snooping likely rampant
(AP)
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Summary: AP - An internal State Department investigative report suggests that employees may have been snooping on the passport records of celebrities far more than previously disclosed. It urges new steps to secure the files. |
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ChristianPost |
3:16pm PDT |
U.S. Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Anti-Abortion Displays |
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Summary: The first and fourth amendment rights of two pro-life activists were violated when law enforcement officers ordered them to remove their truck from an area near to a school and ?unreasonably? detained them for too long, according to a federal appellate co |
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Yahoo News |
3:15pm PDT |
McCain: Staff shake-up part of 'natural evolution'
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Republican presidential candidate John McCain said Thursday that a shake-up in the leadership of his campaign was part of a "natural evolution" as the organization becomes more national in scope. |
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Yahoo News |
3:14pm PDT |
Larry Harmon, longtime Bozo the Clown, dead at 83
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Larry Harmon, who turned the character Bozo the Clown into a show business staple that delighted children for more than a half-century, died Thursday of congestive heart failure. He was 83. |
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BBC News |
3:11pm PDT |
Top spy seriously ill in hospital |
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Summary: Britain's top spy, Alex Allan, the chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee, is unconscious and seriously ill in hospital. |
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BBC News |
3:10pm PDT |
US 'pregnant man' gives birth to baby girl |
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Summary: An American man who was born female but underwent gender realignment surgery, gives birth, US media report. |
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Yahoo News |
3:08pm PDT |
Obama says McCain camp misstates his Iraq policy
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Democrat Barack Obama says he's always been open to refining his Iraq policy but blamed Republican John McCain's campaign for suggesting "we were changing our policy when we haven't." |
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ChristianToday |
3:00pm PDT |
Obamas take on Bible continues to raise doubts among conservatives |
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Summary: Several conservative commentators this week defended prominent US evangelical Dr James Dobson after he criticised Democrat Barack Obamas Bible interpretation |
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BBC News |
2:57pm PDT |
B&B fund-raising effort rescued |
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Summary: Efforts by Bradford & Bingley to raise £400m have been rescued after a would-be US investor pulled out. |
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Cnn.com |
2:53pm PDT |
YouTube ordered to reveal its viewers |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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ChristianPost |
2:53pm PDT |
Vacation Bible Schools Adapt to Changing Times |
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Summary: It's a wonder vacation Bible school made it out of the 1960s. |
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Cnn.com |
2:44pm PDT |
Probe: Stars' passport files viewed repeatedly |
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Summary: The State Department inspector general Thursday blasted the security of U.S. passport files, saying the repeated access of over 100 celebrities' files had gone undetected and unpunished.
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Yahoo News |
2:38pm PDT |
Venus and Serena set up final date
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The Williams name will once again be
engraved on the Wimbledon trophy in 2008. |
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Cnn.com |
2:35pm PDT |
Zimbabweans take refuge at U.S. Embassy |
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Summary: About 220 Zimbabweans have fled to the U.S. Embassy in Harare seeking refuge from election-related violence, according to U.S. Embassy spokesman Mark Weinberg. A journalist with the crowd, speaking to CNN on condition of anonymity for his own safety, s |
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Yahoo News |
2:28pm PDT |
Military: Freed American hostages in good shape
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Three U.S. hostages rescued from Colombian rebels after more than five years in captivity are in good condition and undergoing the transition back to normal life, military officials said Thursday. |
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Cnn.com |
2:19pm PDT |
19th Dallas County inmate freed by DNA |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
2:18pm PDT |
Selig: Drug program threatened by prosecutors
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Baseball's drug-testing program was threatened when federal prosecutors seized player records and samples four years ago, baseball commissioner Bud Selig and union head Donald Fehr said in letters to Congress released Thursday. |
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Yahoo News |
2:14pm PDT |
Obama says he might "refine" his Iraq position
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Democratic presidential
candidate Barack Obama left open the possibility on Thursday of
revising his 16-month timetable for withdrawing U.S. combat
forces from Iraq, saying he could "refine" his stance after he
visits the country. |
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Yahoo News |
2:14pm PDT |
Texas man freed by DNA after 15 years in prison
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A Texas man who spent more than 15 years in prison after being wrongly convicted of kidnapping and robbery raised both arms skyward and collapsed in his mother's embrace Thursday after being told he was a free man. |
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BBC News |
2:09pm PDT |
UK treatment of Iraqis 'shameful' |
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Summary: A former defence chief says he feels ashamed at the treatment of an Iraqi family who sought safety in the UK. |
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BBC News |
2:09pm PDT |
Safety 'shame' |
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Summary: Concern raised over treatment of Iraqi refugees |
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Cnn.com |
1:55pm PDT |
Poll: McCain, Obama are likable flip-floppers |
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Summary: How do voters feel about the two major-party presidential candidates this year?
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BBC News |
1:53pm PDT |
US 'pregnant man' has baby girl |
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Summary: An American man who was born female but underwent gender realignment surgery, gives birth, US media report. |
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Yahoo News |
1:48pm PDT |
Obama opens door to refining his Iraq policy
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Democrat Barack Obama opened the door Thursday to refining his plan to bring U.S. troops home from Iraq in 16 months based on what he hears from military commanders during his upcoming trip there. |
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Yahoo News |
1:43pm PDT |
Marines to stay longer in southern Afghanistan
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Some 2,200 U.S. Marines battling
insurgents in southern Afghanistan have had their tour of duty
extended by 30 days, U.S. officials said on Thursday. |
