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11:59pm PDT |
VW's choice eases Chattanooga's past auto snubs
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Summary: AP - When Volkswagen said yes, a city that shed its reputation for dirty air to become a top outdoors destination forgot years of frustrating rejections by automakers. |
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11:50pm PDT |
Pope sails into rock star welcome in Sydney
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Summary: AFP - Ecstatic Catholics mingled with curious office workers as hundreds of thousands of people lined Sydney's famous harbour Thursday to watch Pope Benedict XVI sail into an adoring welcome by pilgrims. |
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11:48pm PDT |
Pope: World's natural resources being squandered
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Summary: AP - Pope Benedict XVI says the world's natural resources are being squandered by "insatiable" consumption and urges people to care more for the environment. |
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11:46pm PDT |
US 'to open Iran base in weeks' |
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Summary: The US refuses to deny a newspaper report that it plans to establish a US diplomatic presence in Iran in the next month. |
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11:44pm PDT |
Afghan civilians die in US strike |
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Summary: US-led coalition forces in Afghanistan kill eight civilians during an air strike against insurgents, says the US military. |
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11:36pm PDT |
DC residents can start applying for gun permits
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Police in the District of Columbia are set to begin registering residents for handguns Thursday now that the district's 32-year-old ban has been lifted. |
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11:35pm PDT |
Stowaways found in Army vehicles |
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Summary: Illegal immigrants are discovered stowed away in Army vehicles returning from Kosovo to the UK. |
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11:35pm PDT |
Sudan's Bashir could escape war crimes indictment
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Sudan's president, accused of
masterminding genocide in Darfur, might escape war crimes
charges if he brings to justice two men suspected of mass
killings, Western envoys said on Wednesday. |
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11:34pm PDT |
Israel prepares to bury returned soldiers |
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Summary: Israel on Thursday prepared to bury two dead soldiers, a day after the nation exchanged prisoners with Hezbollah.
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11:28pm PDT |
Eastern promise |
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Summary: Brits head to the Black Sea resorts to beat Euro costs |
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Cnn.com |
11:05pm PDT |
'Star Wars' video game bridges film gap |
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11:04pm PDT |
Former stepfather of dead Vermont girl indicted |
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10:55pm PDT |
U.S.-led forces confirm killing Afghan civilians
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Summary: Reuters - U.S.-led coalition troops have killed
eight Afghan civilians in an air strike in the western province
of Farah during a raid against suspected militants, the U.S.
military said. |
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10:46pm PDT |
Woman 'failed by surgery doctors' |
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Summary: Doctors failed a woman who died during a routine operation almost six years ago, according to a draft report obtained by the BBC. |
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10:43pm PDT |
NHS trusts lose confidential data |
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Summary: More than 150 separate breaches of security across the Welsh NHS trusts left patients details at risk, it is discovered. |
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10:24pm PDT |
Live text - Open day one |
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Summary: The 137th Open gets under way with 156 players setting off in pursuit of the Claret Jug. |
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Cnn.com |
10:23pm PDT |
Pilots feeling pressure to cut back on fuel |
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Summary: U.S. Airways is pressuring pilots to use less fuel, undermining their authority and possibly compromising safety, according to a spokesman for the U.S. Airline Pilots Association.
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10:23pm PDT |
Pilots feeling pressure to cut back on fuel |
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Summary: U.S. Airways is pressuring pilots to use less fuel, undermining their authority and possibly compromising safety, according to a spokesman for the U.S. Airline Pilots Association.
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10:00pm PDT |
MoD to double troop compensation |
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Summary: The Ministry of Defence is to double the level of compensation offered to the UK's most gravely wounded troops. |
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9:15pm PDT |
Lib Dems in taxation cut pledge |
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Summary: Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg is to give more details of his promise to cut the overall burden of tax. |
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9:07pm PDT |
U.S. still flunks healthcare test, group says
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The United States fails on most
measures of health care quality, with Americans waiting longer
to see doctors and more likely to die of preventable or
treatable illnesses than people in other industrialized
countries, a report released on Th |
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Cnn.com |
9:06pm PDT |
Lawmakers drill for compromise on oil |
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Summary: Two bipartisan groups -- one in the House, one in the Senate -- are trying to rekindle stalled energy-legislation by forging a compromise to expand domestic oil and gas drilling.
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9:02pm PDT |
US 'ponders Iran diplomatic base' |
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Summary: Unconfirmed reports suggest the US may be planning to establish a diplomatic presence in Tehran for the first time in 30 years. |
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8:53pm PDT |
Council workers' strike continues |
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Summary: Council workers stage the second day of a 48-hour strike, hitting services such as schools, libraries and rubbish collections. |
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8:51pm PDT |
Colombia misused Red Cross emblem in hostage rescue
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Colombia misused the symbol of the Red
Cross in this month's military rescue of politician Ingrid
Betancourt and 14 other rebel-held hostages, it said on
Wednesday, admitting a possible violation of the rules of war. |
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8:48pm PDT |
Sides clash over treatment of Bin Laden's driver
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The
prosecution and defense witnesses have given widely different
accounts of the way Osama bin Laden's former driver has been
treated in U.S. prisons in Afghanistan and at Guantanamo Bay. |
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8:44pm PDT |
U.S. sees participation in Iran talks as "smart step"
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The United States said on Wednesday
it was sending an envoy to join nuclear talks with Iran to
signal to Tehran and others that Washington wanted a diplomatic
solution to the impasse. |
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8:34pm PDT |
AP Source: Packers allege tampering by Vikings
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Green Bay Packers have filed tampering charges against the Minnesota Vikings alleging that the team made inappropriate contact with Brett Favre, a person familiar with the Packers' complaint told The Associated Press Wednesday night. |
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8:20pm PDT |
Malaysia's Anwar released after arrest on sodomy charges
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim was released on bail Thursday after spending a night in custody over sodomy allegations that threaten to destroy his ambitions of seizing power. |
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8:20pm PDT |
Injured Harrington questionable for British Open
(AP)
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Summary: AP - If this was nearly any other week, Padraig Harrington would already be home. Instead, he was strolling around blustery Royal Birkdale, still trying to cope with the pain in his right wrist, still trying to work out how he can possibly defend his Brit |
