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Cnn.com |
10:47am PDT |
Toyota to build Prius in U.S. |
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Yahoo News |
10:42am PDT |
Bush signs bill overhauling eavesdropping rules
(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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BBC News |
10:35am PDT |
Police appeal over student deaths |
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Summary: Police investigating the murders of two French students appeal for information about a man considered to be dangerous. |
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BBC News |
10:33am PDT |
Pietersen ton puts England on top |
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Summary: Kevin Pietersen strikes a superb unbeaten 104 as England recover to 309-3 after day one of the first Test with South Africa at Lord's. |
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Yahoo News |
10:32am PDT |
Berlin mayor slams Merkel over Obama stance
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Berlin's mayor said on Thursday he would
be pleased if U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama spoke at
the Brandenburg Gate and sharply criticized Chancellor Angela
Merkel for opposing such an appearance. |
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Yahoo News |
10:21am PDT |
Georgia recalls envoy over Russian jet overflight
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Georgia recalled its ambassador
from Moscow on Thursday after Russia said it had sent its
fighter jets into its neighbor's airspace to prevent Georgian
troops attacking a separatist region. |
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Cnn.com |
10:20am PDT |
Accused courthouse gunman enters insanity plea |
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Summary: Accused of killing three people in a shooting rampage at an Atlanta, Georgia, courthouse and a fourth after his escape, Brian Nichols on Thursday pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity as jury selection began in his trial.
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ChristianPost |
10:20am PDT |
Lutheran Leaders Offer Advice to Presidential Candidates |
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Summary: Four Lutheran leaders offered policy advice to the two major presidential candidates in a letter this week. The letter touched on issues related to poverty, health care, global warming, immigration, international development, and conflict resolution. |
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Cnn.com |
10:18am PDT |
U.S. source disputes Iran missile tests |
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Summary: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice -- responding to Iran's latest missile tests -- made it clear today the United States is determined to prevent Tehran from threatening the interests of itself and allies like Israel. "We take very strongly our obligatio |
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BBC News |
10:13am PDT |
Send a precis |
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Summary: Read Midnight's Children? Sum it up in 67 words |
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BBC News |
10:12am PDT |
UN criticises West Bank barrier |
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Summary: The West Bank barrier Israel is building will be devastating for Palestinians if completed along its current route, the UN says. |
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Cnn.com |
10:02am PDT |
Athlete sought in assault on fellow student |
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Summary: A fight over a woman in a college bar left one student in a coma and another charged with assault. As Bryan Steinhauer lay in a hospital bed, Miladin Kovacevic was bailed out by his mother, got a passport to replace the one surrendered to authorities and |
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Yahoo News |
9:48am PDT |
Holliday replaces Soriano in NL lineup
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Colorado's Matt Holliday will replace injured Chicago Cubs outfielder Alfonso Soriano in the National League starting lineup for Tuesday's All-Star game at Yankee Stadium. |
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BBC News |
9:47am PDT |
Landslide closes road 'for weeks' |
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Summary: A landslide closes a main road in southern Scotland for weeks as heavy rains sweep across the country. |
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BBC News |
9:39am PDT |
Mum's police check for school run |
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Summary: A mother is told that she must be police checked before travelling with her epileptic son to a special school. |
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Yahoo News |
9:29am PDT |
Jaguars' Jones arrested on felony drug charge
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Jacksonville Jaguars wide receiver Matt Jones faces a felony drug charge in his former college town after police say he was inside a car cutting up cocaine with a credit card. |
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Yahoo News |
9:28am PDT |
Rival Zimbabwe parties hold talks as UN mulls sanctions
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Zimbabwe's ruling party and opposition held talks in South Africa Thursday for the first time since Robert Mugabe's one-man election ahead of an expected UN vote on new international sanctions. |
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BBC News |
9:24am PDT |
Boy 'lied' about murdered woman |
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Summary: A youth accused of killing a woman says he lied to officers when they questioned him about her death. |
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Yahoo News |
9:23am PDT |
Fewer nonsmokers breathe cigarette fumes, CDC says
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Nearly half of nonsmoking Americans are still breathing in cigarette fumes, but the percentage has declined dramatically since the early 1990s, according to a government study. |
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Yahoo News |
9:15am PDT |
U.S. vows to defend allies from Iran
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Iran tested more missiles in the Gulf on
Thursday, state media said, and the United States reminded
Tehran that it was ready to defend its allies. |
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BBC News |
9:14am PDT |
Israel 'ready to act' over Iran |
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Summary: Israel's defence minister hints at his country's readiness to strike Iran, amid rising tensions over Iran's missile tests. |
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Yahoo News |
9:10am PDT |
Congress wrangles over bill to help homeowners
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Senate voted resoundingly Thursday to push closer to passage a massive mortgage rescue to help hundreds of thousands of stressed homeowners, even as the bill faced new obstacles in the House. |
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ChristianPost |
9:01am PDT |
Awards Totaling Up to $600K to Honor Pro-Life Heroes |
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Summary: A pro-life foundation announced that it plans to give away up to $600,000 in awards to leaders and groups that have significantly advanced the culture of life. Up to six individuals or groups will be recognized with the "Norinne A. and Raymond E. Ruddy Me |
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Cnn.com |
8:58am PDT |
Rove ignores subpoena, refuses to testify |
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Summary: Karl Rove, President Bush's longtime political guru, refused to obey an order to testify before a House Judiciary Committee hearing Thursday.
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BBC News |
8:52am PDT |
Trust confirms second MRSA death |
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Summary: A man in his 60s being treated at Altnagelvin Hospital in Londonderry dies after contracting MRSA. |
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Yahoo News |
8:49am PDT |
Czechs protest over Russian shield "threats"
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The Czech Republic protested to Russia
on Thursday over what it called threats following the signing
of a pact this week to host part of a U.S. missile defense
shield. |
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Cnn.com |
8:42am PDT |
Test all felons' DNA, JonBenet's dad says |
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Summary: The father of murder victim JonBenet Ramsey hopes that something worthwhile can result from his family's tragedy: more emphasis on collecting DNA from every felon in the United States. "If we could achieve that then at least I would feel like we've contri |
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Cnn.com |
8:42am PDT |
Test all felons' DNA, says JonBenet's dad |
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Summary: The father of murder victim JonBenet Ramsey hopes that something worthwhile can result from his family's tragedy: more emphasis on collecting DNA from every felon in the United States. "If we could achieve that then at least I would feel like we've contri |
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Yahoo News |
8:36am PDT |
Hurricane Bertha weakens again in Atlantic
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Hurricane Bertha weakened back into a
Category 1 storm on Thursday as it churned its way toward the
British colony of Bermuda, U.S. hurricane forecasters said. |
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ChristianToday |
8:36am PDT |
Man remanded over murder of French students |
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Summary: A 33yearold man charged with the murder of two French students in a frenzied knife attack last week has appeared in court |
