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Yahoo News |
4:22pm PDT |
John Lennon 'Peace' lyrics sell at auction for $833,654
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Summary: AP - Christie's auction house has sold John Lennon's handwritten lyrics to "Give Peace a Chance" for $833,654. |
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4:22pm PDT |
Lennon 'Peace' lyrics sell at auction for $833,654
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Christie's auction house has sold John Lennon's handwritten lyrics to "Give Peace a Chance" for $833,654. |
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Yahoo News |
4:19pm PDT |
Astronauts handle explosives on daring spacewalk
(AP)
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Summary: AP - In a daring spacewalk, two space station astronauts cut into the insulation of their descent capsule Thursday and removed an explosive bolt that could have blown off their hands with firecracker force. |
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BBC News |
4:16pm PDT |
Black gold |
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Summary: Giant Saudi Arabian oil field set to boost production |
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Yahoo News |
4:14pm PDT |
Judge wants to decide Guantanamo cases this year
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Summary: Reuters - A U.S. federal judge said on
Thursday he wanted to decide by the end of the year 12 cases
involving 35 Guantanamo Bay prisoners who seek their release. |
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BBC News |
4:12pm PDT |
Credit crunch 'hits pocket money' |
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Summary: People are using savings to pay rising bills and cutting children's pocket money, surveys suggest. |
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Cnn.com |
3:59pm PDT |
DNA yields clues to feet found on shore |
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Summary: Two of five feet that have washed up on the shores of British Columbia are from the same person, but authorities admitted Tuesday they are a long way from solving the mystery of where they came from.
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3:56pm PDT |
UN says it will investigate Bhutto killing
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The U.N. chief has agreed to Pakistan's request to establish an independent commission that will investigate the killing of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. |
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Cnn.com |
3:47pm PDT |
Ex-hostage: Rebels 'don't recognize humanity' |
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Summary: The three Americans rescued last week from captivity in the Colombian jungle carried with them simple mementos of their 5½ years as hostages -- a metal lock, a bullet, a chess board. The former hostages said these small items are reminders of the years th |
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Yahoo News |
3:30pm PDT |
McCain has best fundraising in June, $22M
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Summary: AP - Republican presidential candidate John McCain raised more than $22 million in June, his best fundraising performance of the year, and ended the month with nearly $27 million cash on hand. |
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3:23pm PDT |
Longoria and Hart elected All-Stars in online vote
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Tampa Bay rookie third baseman Evan Longoria and Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Corey Hart were elected All-Stars by fans in Internet balloting the ended Thursday. |
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Yahoo News |
3:19pm PDT |
McCain has best fundraising in June, netting $22M
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Republican presidential candidate John McCain raised more than $22 million in June, his best fundraising performance of the year, and ended the month with nearly $27 million cash on hand. |
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BBC News |
3:15pm PDT |
Voting ends in Haltemprice poll |
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Summary: Polls close in the Haltemprice and Howden by-election, sparked by David Davis's surprise resignation. |
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3:08pm PDT |
ORU Presidential Search Leads to Over 50 Candidates |
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Summary: More than 50 people have been suggested for or have shown interest in the Oral Roberts University presidency, according to the presidential search consultant. |
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2:58pm PDT |
US seeks to calm investor fears |
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Summary: The Fed and US Treasury move to calm fears about the financial health of the nation's two largest mortgage firms. |
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2:50pm PDT |
Bush signs new rules on government wiretapping
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Bush signed a bill Thursday that overhauls rules about government eavesdropping and grants immunity to telecommunications companies that helped the U.S. spy on Americans in suspected terrorism cases. |
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2:45pm PDT |
Wall Street firms pass on Fed's emergency loans for first time
(AP)
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Summary: AP - In a sign of some improvement in the credit crisis, Wall Street firms for the first time didn't borrow from the Federal Reserve's emergency lending program and commercial banks also scaled back. |
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Cnn.com |
2:27pm PDT |
Freed Americans: Rebels 'don't recognize humanity' |
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Summary: The three Americans rescued last week from captivity in the Colombian jungle carried with them simple mementos of their 5½ years as hostages -- a metal lock, a bullet, a chess board. The former hostages said these small items are reminders of the years th |
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Yahoo News |
2:21pm PDT |
Tatis delivers, Mets top SF 7-3, 6th straight win
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Fernando Tatis turned this into an extra special win for the New York Mets. Tatis homered, doubled twice and drove in four runs and the surging Mets won their sixth straight game Thursday, beating the San Francisco Giants 7-3. |
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Yahoo News |
2:13pm PDT |
Investment firms don't draw emergency loans
(AP)
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Summary: AP - In a sign of some improvement in the credit crisis, Wall Street firms for the first time didn't borrow from the Federal Reserve's emergency lending program and commercial banks also scaled back. |
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BBC News |
2:10pm PDT |
Record breaker? |
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Summary: Ten records at risk in the Haltemprice by-election |
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2:10pm PDT |
Rice says US will defend Gulf; Iran tests missiles
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Condoleezza Rice flexed America's muscles in the Middle East Thursday, forcefully warning Iran the U.S. won't ignore threats and will take any action necessary to defend friends and interests in the Persian Gulf. A fresh Iranian missile test prompted |
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2:08pm PDT |
Lawmakers push new energy bill, tapping reserve
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - As the United States grapples with
surging fuel costs, U.S. lawmakers on Thursday renewed calls to
tap the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and will attempt to pass
new energy legislation aimed at increasing domestic production
as early as next w |
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BBC News |
2:03pm PDT |
Bush approves surveillance bill |
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Summary: US President George W Bush approves a bill to shield telephone firms who helped the White House wiretaps scheme. |
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Cnn.com |
1:52pm PDT |
McCain adviser explains 'nation of whiners' |
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Summary: Phil Gramm, a top adviser to Sen. John McCain, on Thursday stood by his comment that the country is in a "mental recession," and said he was trying to say the nation's leaders, not its people, were "whiners."
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Cnn.com |
1:42pm PDT |
Petraeus gets OK to head Mideast forces |
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Summary: The Senate on Thursday confirmed Gen. David Petraeus as the new chief of U.S. Central Command, placing him in charge of American forces in the Middle East and Afghanistan.
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1:40pm PDT |
Rove ignores subpoena, refuses to testify on Hill
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Former White House adviser Karl Rove defied a congressional subpoena and refused to testify Thursday about allegations of political pressure at the Justice Department, including whether he influenced the prosecution of a former Democratic governor of |
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Yahoo News |
1:27pm PDT |
Firefighters strain to spare more homes in Calif.
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Firefighters worked to keep flames from reaching more homes after a lightning-sparked wildfire advanced Thursday in the Sierra Nevada foothills of California. |
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BBC News |
1:26pm PDT |
Georgia recalls Moscow ambassador |
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Summary: Tbilisi says it is recalling its ambassador from Moscow after Russian fighter jets flew over a breakaway region. |
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Yahoo News |
1:17pm PDT |
Turkey detains suspected driver in gun attack: reports
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Turkish police on Thursday detained
the suspected driver of the car used in an attack on the U.S.
consulate in Istanbul this week, in which 6 people were killed,
media reports said. |
