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CTI News |
11:42am PDT |
Inside CT: Charity Cases |
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Summary: By Ted Olsen. |
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CTI News |
11:42am PDT |
Money-Watch Guru |
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Summary: Rusty Leonard is a financial manager who wants to change how you give and invest. |
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BBC News |
11:31am PDT |
Chambers cruises into 100m semis |
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Summary: Dwain Chambers eases to victory in his heat to book a place the semi-finals of 100m at the British Olympic trials. |
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Yahoo News |
11:25am PDT |
Apple's new iPhone snapped up
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Apple Inc's new iPhone made
its hotly awaited debut on Friday, with buyers storming stores
in Asia and queues forming in Europe and the United States. |
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Yahoo News |
11:23am PDT |
Oil hits record above $147
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Oil leapt $5 to a record high above $147
a barrel on Friday amid growing worries of threats to supplies
from Iran and Nigeria and a strike by Brazilian oil workers
next week. |
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Yahoo News |
11:22am PDT |
Stocks fall sharply on Fannie, Freddie worries
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Wall Street sank further into a bear market Friday, as investors dumped stocks on troubles at mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and oil's continuing climb into record territory. The Dow Jones industrials slid below the 11,000 mark for the |
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Yahoo News |
11:17am PDT |
Obama dismisses conservative criticism
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Democrat Barack Obama batted away conservative criticism Friday over a comment he made about Americans' lack of foreign language skills. |
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ChristianPost |
10:59am PDT |
Christian Ministry Brings Life to Burma |
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Summary: Two months after cyclone Nargis claimed over 90,000 lives and wrecked untold destruction across the Southeast Asian nation of Burma, Christian groups are continuing to rush to the scene with compassion and selfless acts of dedication and aid. |
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BBC News |
10:45am PDT |
Farc rebels denounce 'betrayal' |
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Summary: Colombia's Farc rebels say betrayal by two of their own members led to last week's dramatic hostage rescue. |
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Cnn.com |
10:42am PDT |
Adoption issue could get teen deported |
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Summary: Allie Mulvihill may seem like your typical American teenager, but she has something weighing on her mind that most 15-year-olds do not: deportation.
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Yahoo News |
10:39am PDT |
Sudan president expected to face war crime charges
(AP)
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Summary: AP - U.N. officials and diplomats said the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court will seek an arrest warrant Monday charging Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir with crimes against humanity and genocide in Darfur. |
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Yahoo News |
10:38am PDT |
Tourist's killing clouds SKorean appeal to North
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A soldier fatally shot a South Korean tourist Friday at a resort in North Korea, prompting the South to suspend a high-profile tourism program just as the president was seeking to repair strained ties with his communist neighbor. |
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BBC News |
10:35am PDT |
Supreme Bell piles pressure on SA |
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Summary: Ian Bell hits a magnificent 199 as England declare on 593-8 on the second day of the first Test against South Africa. |
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Yahoo News |
10:29am PDT |
Obama raised more than $30 million in June: campaign
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Barack Obama raised well over $30
million in June, a top aide said on Friday, outpacing his
Republican rival John McCain again as the Democratic White
House hopeful's fundraising picked up after a lull in May. |
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Yahoo News |
10:29am PDT |
Obama raised more than $30 million in June
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Barack Obama raised well over $30
million in June, a top aide said on Friday, outpacing his
Republican rival John McCain again as the Democratic White
House hopeful's fundraising picked up after a lull in May. |
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BBC News |
10:28am PDT |
Scrutiny call after files found |
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Summary: Calls are made for all derelict hospitals to be examined, after private patient data was found in a disused site in Lanarkshire. |
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BBC News |
10:26am PDT |
Flood danger 'for half a million' |
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Summary: Some 500,000 people in Wales should prepare for the risk that their homes may flood, says an expert. |
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Cnn.com |
10:19am PDT |
Obama's surveillance vote spurs backlash |
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Summary: Sen. Barack Obama's vote for a federal surveillance law that he had previously opposed has sparked a backlash from his online advocates, who had energized his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination.
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BBC News |
10:10am PDT |
Queiroz gets Portugal coach post |
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Summary: Manchester United assistant boss Carlos Queiroz signs a four-year deal to become coach of Portugal. |
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Yahoo News |
10:09am PDT |
Ex-U.S. defense analyst gets prison term in spy case
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A former U.S. Defense Department
analyst was sentenced on Friday to nearly 5 years in prison for
passing classified information about Taiwan to a Chinese
government agent, the Justice Department said. |
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BBC News |
10:05am PDT |
Barmy summer |
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Summary: Marriage trials, pea shooting and pedal cars pull in crowds |
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BBC News |
10:04am PDT |
Missing US Iraq troops found dead |
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Summary: The bodies of two US soldiers missing in Iraq for more than a year have been found, the Pentagon confirms. |
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Yahoo News |
10:03am PDT |
Lebanon announces unity cabinet to end political crisis
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Lebanon announced a 30-member national unity government on Friday tasked with resolving the country's worst political crisis since a 1975-1990 civil war. |
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Yahoo News |
9:56am PDT |
No imminent government bailout for Fannie, Freddie
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Fear spread on Friday that the U.S.
housing crisis would drag down the nation's major mortgage
finance agencies, and the government offered no hint that it
would swiftly step in to help. |
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BBC News |
9:56am PDT |
Derry airport strike goes ahead |
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Summary: Derry Airport will be closed on Wednesday 16 July and Thursday 17 July after talks over a pay dispute collapse. |
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BBC News |
9:53am PDT |
Faces of young road crash victims |
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Summary: Families pay tribute to the young friends who died in a head-on crash with a lorry in Leicestershire. |
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BBC News |
9:51am PDT |
India confidence vote date is set |
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Summary: The leaders of India's governing coalition say they will seek a vote of confidence on 22 July which they expect to win. |
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Cnn.com |
9:48am PDT |
Fed expected to tighten lending rules |
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Summary: The Federal Reserve is expected to overhaul lending rules on Monday in an effort to prevent another mortgage crisis. With the changes, the Fed is attempting to answer critics who charge the agency could have flexed its muscles several years ago, clamping |
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Yahoo News |
9:41am PDT |
Dow drops below 11,000 for 1st time in 2 years
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Wall Street sank further into a bear market Friday as investors dumped stocks in response to troubles at mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and oil's continuing climb into record territory. The Dow Jones industrials fell more than 200 poin |
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Cnn.com |
9:38am PDT |
Bush pushes Congress on drilling |
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