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Cnn.com |
1:15pm PDT |
Judge won't delay Gitmo detainee trial |
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Summary: A federal judge refused Thursday to delay the approaching military commission trial of a Yemeni man who served as Osama bin Laden's personal bodyguard and driver.
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Yahoo News |
1:13pm PDT |
Stocks end higher on falling energy prices
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Wall Street has had its second straight big rally as tumbling energy prices and stronger-than-expected earnings reports have given investors a burst of optimism about the economy. |
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BBC News |
1:08pm PDT |
McDowell shares lead at Birkdale |
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Summary: Graeme McDowell, Rocco Mediate and Robert Allenby ended as co-leaders after a wind and wet day one of the 2008 Open at Royal Birkdale. |
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Yahoo News |
1:06pm PDT |
W.Va. man pleads guilty in torture of woman
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Summary: AP - Another defendant has pleaded guilty to charges stemming from the suspected torture of a young woman held captive in West Virginia last summer. |
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Yahoo News |
1:04pm PDT |
FDA declares it's OK to eat tomatoes again
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The U.S. government has declared it's OK to eat tomatoes again, lifting its salmonella warning amid signs that the outbreak — while not over — may finally be slowing. |
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Cnn.com |
1:01pm PDT |
Did slain soldiers not know Taliban was coming? |
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Summary: A U.S. Army unit overrun at a remote Afghanistan outpost didn't get enough intelligence that 200 insurgents were in the area and poised to attack, two military officials told CNN. The Pentagon has begun an investigation into why the intelligence failed to |
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Cnn.com |
1:00pm PDT |
FDA lifts warning on tomatoes |
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Summary: Tomatoes are again safe to eat, the Food and Drug Administration said today, weeks after the food was blamed as the source of a salmonella outbreak in several states. Left in place is a warning about jalapeño and serrano peppers, the FDA said.
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Yahoo News |
12:56pm PDT |
Maine woman shocked to find 8-foot snake in washer
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A woman got the shock of her life when she found an 8-foot snake mixed in with clothes in her washing machine. The snake, identified as a reticulated python, somehow got into the water pipes of Mara Ranger's 1800s-era farmhouse and slithered into the |
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Yahoo News |
12:54pm PDT |
House rejects bill to boost drilling on leases
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The House of Representatives failed
to approve legislation on Thursday that would have pushed oil
companies to drill on federal leases they already hold while
requiring the government to more often lease tracts in an
Alaskan oil reserve. |
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Yahoo News |
12:42pm PDT |
Al-Qaida draws more foreign recruits to Afghan war
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Afghanistan has been drawing a fresh influx of jihadi fighters from Turkey, Central Asia, Chechnya and the Middle East, one more sign that al-Qaida is regrouping on what is fast becoming the most active front of the war on terror groups. |
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12:40pm PDT |
Christians Support Flood Victims in Northeast India |
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Summary: Floods in northeastern India have damaged over 50,000 homes and at least 350 people been reported dead. Church agencies and Christian NGO's have meanwhile mobilized for the initiation of the gathering and distribution of relief supplies to the victims. |
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Cnn.com |
12:35pm PDT |
Homeless man's beating shakes up hippie haven |
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Yahoo News |
12:28pm PDT |
McCain rips Obama's Iraq pullout timetable
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Republican presidential
candidate John McCain on Thursday ridiculed Democrat Barack
Obama's vow to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq in 16 months as a
political tactic aimed at getting votes. |
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Yahoo News |
12:09pm PDT |
Amy Poehler says she's bound for 'Office' spinoff
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Amy Poehler confirmed to The Associated Press that she'll be joining the planned "Office" spinoff, paving the way for her eventual exit from "Saturday Night Live" and promoting the comedian to primetime. |
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Cnn.com |
12:07pm PDT |
Obama nets $30,000,000 more than McCain |
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Summary: Barack Obama's campaign today announced it raised $52 million last month -- more than double the amount rival John McCain brought in, according to campaign officials for the presumed Democratic presidential nominee. Obama's campaign says it has $72 millio |
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Yahoo News |
12:03pm PDT |
Vikings won't comment on charges about Brett Favre
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Minnesota Vikings declined Thursday to talk about allegations by the Green Bay Packers that they made inappropriate contact with quarterback Brett Favre. Vikings spokesman Bob Hagan issued a two-sentence statement on Thursday. It said the Vikings |
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Yahoo News |
11:54am PDT |
Judge allows first Guantanamo war crimes trial
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The first Guantanamo Bay war crimes
trial, involving Osama bin Laden's former driver, can start
next week, a federal judge ruled on Thursday, saying the system
backed by President George W. Bush and Congress can stand. |
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BBC News |
11:53am PDT |
Philippines Muslim area to expand |
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Summary: The Philippines government agrees a draft deal to expand an autonomous area granted to minority Muslims. |
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Yahoo News |
11:50am PDT |
Gore sets energy goal for next president to heed
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Just as John F. Kennedy set his sights on the moon, Al Gore is challenging the nation to produce every kilowatt of electricity through wind, sun and other Earth-friendly energy sources within 10 years, an audacious goal he hopes the next president wi |
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BBC News |
11:50am PDT |
Canoe wife wished husband drowned |
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Summary: The wife of presumed-dead canoest John Darwin tells a jury she wished her husband really had drowned. |
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Yahoo News |
11:49am PDT |
U.S. judge approves first war crimes trial at Guantanamo Bay
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The first war crimes trial at Guantanamo Bay can begin Monday, a federal judge ruled, saying civilian courts should let the military process play out as Congress intended. |
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Cnn.com |
11:48am PDT |
CDC survey: South leads nation in obesity |
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Yahoo News |
11:37am PDT |
Stocks surge as falling energy prices bolster mood
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Wall Street is surging for the second straight day as tumbling energy prices bolster an already upbeat mood in the market. The Dow Jones industrial average is up 170 points at the 11,409 level, and has been up more than 200 in afternoon trading. |
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Yahoo News |
11:31am PDT |
Researchers report toadfish sing to attract mates
(AP)
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Summary: AP - It's not exactly Tony serenading Maria in "West Side Story," but for all their homeliness toadfish also sing to attract mates. |
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BBC News |
11:27am PDT |
Live - Open day one |
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Summary: Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell shares the lead with Rocco Mediate and Robert Allenby at the Open on one under par. |
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BBC News |
11:27am PDT |
'It's a rough life' |
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Summary: Residents have scant sympathy for illegal immigrants |
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Cnn.com |
11:27am PDT |
Regulators raid Wachovia Securities |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Cnn.com |
11:24am PDT |
Oil's 3-day dip tops $14 |
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Summary: Oil prices zigzagged Thursday, following a two-day drop of more than $10 a barrel, as traders weighed signs that U.S. demand may weaken against fears of a supply disruption in Nigeria.
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BBC News |
11:21am PDT |
'Tight? I'm not tight.' Millionaire details his divorce payout online |
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Summary: A businessman silences critics who branded him "tight" by publishing details of his wife's divorce settlement. |
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BBC News |
11:20am PDT |
Obama gets June fundraising boost |
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Summary: Democratic US presidential hopeful Barack Obama reveals that his campaign raised $52m (£26m) in June. |
