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BBC News |
5:27pm PDT |
Uribe and Chavez hail 'new era' |
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Summary: The leaders of Venezuela and Colombia say they want to put aside their differences and improve co-operation. |
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Cnn.com |
5:24pm PDT |
Blood clots killed woman ignored in ER |
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Summary: Blood clots from a long period of inactivity killed a woman who died last month on a waiting room floor at a New York hospital, the state's medical examiner said Friday.
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Yahoo News |
5:10pm PDT |
Regulators to run IndyMac until buyer found
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Banking regulators on Friday swooped
in to take over mortgage lender IndyMac Bancorp Inc ,
the second-largest bank failure in U.S. history and the fifth
bank to close this year. |
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Yahoo News |
4:59pm PDT |
Russia and China veto U.N. Zimbabwe sanctions
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Russia and China vetoed on
Friday a Western-backed U.N. Security Council resolution to
impose sanctions on Zimbabwe for holding a violent presidential
poll that was boycotted by the opposition candidate. |
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BBC News |
4:47pm PDT |
Murder charge for prison van man |
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Summary: The driver of a prison van who is accused of murdering a woman is due to appear in court. |
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Yahoo News |
4:45pm PDT |
White House renews veto threat on housing bill
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. President George W. Bush would
veto Senate housing legislation if it includes $4 billion in
block grants to states to buy foreclosed homes, White House
spokeswoman Dana Perino said on Friday. |
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Cnn.com |
4:30pm PDT |
Banking regulators close IndyMac |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
4:28pm PDT |
'Serious concern' over seabirds |
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Summary: The poor breeding of Scotland's seabirds is causing "serious concern", according to RSPB Scotland. |
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ChristianPost |
4:22pm PDT |
Heather Payne Leaves Point of Grace |
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Summary: Fans and friends of Point of Grace noticed two letters posted Friday on the Christian pop group?s official website that confirmed what some had already been speculating ? that one of them was leaving the group. |
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Cnn.com |
4:19pm PDT |
Russia, China veto Zimbabwe sanctions |
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Summary: Russia and China vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution Friday that would have imposed sanctions on Zimbabwe's longtime president, Robert Mugabe, and 11 senior members of his government.
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BBC News |
4:16pm PDT |
Positive changes |
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Summary: Saving nurses time to reinvest in patient care |
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BBC News |
4:15pm PDT |
Virus helps show cancer spread |
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Summary: Scientists have used a common cold virus to "light up" prostate cancer tumours in different parts of the body. |
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ChristianPost |
3:54pm PDT |
Possessing Nothing to Possess All |
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Summary: Ken Boa, who features The Pursuit of God this month in his tremendous ?Great Books Audio CD? series, says that Tozer was ?a modern mystic who had given priority to the lost art of meditation.? |
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Yahoo News |
3:53pm PDT |
Russia, China veto UN sanctions on Zimbabwe
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - China and Russia on Friday blocked a US draft resolution in the UN Security Council that would have slapped sanctions on Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe over his disputed re-election. |
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ChristianPost |
3:48pm PDT |
Black Church Leaders Gather for Pro-Abortion, Pro-Gay Conference |
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Summary: Black church leaders gathered at Howard University School of Divinity in Washington this week to discuss the future direction of the black church and what they said was the importance of advocating the causes of abortion rights and greater inclusion of ho |
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Yahoo News |
3:43pm PDT |
Hospital error blamed for more infant overdoses
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The case of 14 babies who received accidental overdoses while in intensive care has raised new questions about how a common blood-thinning medication could be given to infants repeatedly in the wrong dosage. |
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Yahoo News |
3:42pm PDT |
Russia, China veto UN sanctions on Zimbabwe regime
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Russia and China vetoed proposed sanctions on Zimbabwe's leaders Friday, rejecting U.S. efforts to step up punitive measures against the authoritarian regime after a widely discredited presidential election. |
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Cnn.com |
3:22pm PDT |
Another female GI missing near Ft. Bragg |
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Summary: Authorities are searching for a female soldier missing after a fire burned her apartment near Fort Bragg in North Carolina.
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Yahoo News |
3:18pm PDT |
Analysis: A new financial crisis at the worst time
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The last thing the Bush White House and the rest of the country needed in these economically trying times was another financial crisis. But they got one. |
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ChristianPost |
3:03pm PDT |
Gov't Wants Atheist Soldier's Lawsuit Dismissed |
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Summary: An atheist soldier who claims the military violates religious freedoms should have complained through the chain of command instead of civilian courts, the government said in arguing that his lawsuit should be dismissed. |
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Yahoo News |
2:59pm PDT |
Study: As gas prices go up, auto deaths drop
(AP)
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Summary: AP - High gas prices could turn out to be a lifesaver for some drivers. The authors of a new study say gas prices are causing driving declines that could result in a third fewer auto deaths annually, with the most dramatic drop likely to be among teen dri |
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Yahoo News |
2:55pm PDT |
Senate passes foreclosure rescue
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A mortgage rescue to help hundreds of thousands of struggling homeowners avoid foreclosure and get more affordable, safer loans passed the Senate overwhelmingly Friday, but it faces a bumpy road amid continuing turmoil in the housing market. |
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Cnn.com |
2:49pm PDT |
Senate passes foreclosure-crisis bill |
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Summary: After months of debate on Capitol Hill, the Senate on Friday passed a comprehensive housing and foreclosure prevention bill.
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Yahoo News |
2:47pm PDT |
Former U.S. diplomat gets year for anti-Arab comments
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A retired U.S. diplomat was
sentenced on Friday to one year in prison and fined $10,000 for
sending racist, threatening messages to an Arab-American group,
the Justice Department said. |
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Yahoo News |
2:32pm PDT |
1 killed in Calif. fires; more Guard troops coming
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Firefighting officials said Friday that one person died when a wildfire swept through a rural area of Northern California, a rare human casualty among the hundreds of blazes that have tormented the state for weeks. |
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Yahoo News |
2:30pm PDT |
U.N. resolution on Zimbabwe fails in Security Council
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Russia and China vetoed on
Friday a Western-backed U.N. Security Council resolution to
impose sanctions on Zimbabwe for holding a violent presidential
poll that was boycotted by the opposition candidate. |
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Cnn.com |
2:28pm PDT |
Soldier remembers buddy who never came back |
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Summary: Specialist Shaun Gopaul woke up at 4 a.m. on May 12, 2007, and waited at a battle position south of Baghdad for members of his company to come pick him up.
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Yahoo News |
2:27pm PDT |
Fannie, Freddie say they have plenty of capital
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
said on Friday they had plenty of capital to withstand
the housing crisis as government officials scrambled to restore
confidence in the nation's top mortgage finance agencies. |
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BBC News |
2:20pm PDT |
Mario is evicted from Big Brother |
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Summary: Big Brother contestant Mario Marconi is evicted from Channel 4's reality series Big Brother after a public vote. |
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BBC News |
2:06pm PDT |
Sudan angry at threat of charges |
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Summary: Sudan's UN ambassador angrily condemns the possibility of war crimes charges over Darfur against President Bashir. |
