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Yahoo News |
11:15am PDT |
White House threatens to veto oil drilling legislation
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Summary: Reuters - The White House on Thursday
threatened to veto legislation being considered by the U.S.
House of Representatives that would force oil companies to give
up undrilled federal leases and ban the export of crude drilled
in Alaska. |
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BBC News |
11:10am PDT |
Grunting fish yield vocal clues |
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Summary: A grunting fish helps scientists to date the origins of vocal sounds to about 400 million years ago. |
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BBC News |
11:10am PDT |
Speech clues from grunting fish |
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Summary: A grunting fish helps scientists to date the origins of speech to about 400 million years ago.
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Cnn.com |
10:59am PDT |
Oil prices zigzag |
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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 |
10:58am PDT |
Streets of Chicago |
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Summary: Actress Linda Robson on reducing violence |
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ChristianPost |
10:54am PDT |
Bush Asked to Support N. Korean Refugees at Beijing Olympics |
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Summary: A human rights group requested on Wednesday that President Bush wear a ?Free North Koreans? wristband during the Beijing Olympics to show solidarity with North Korean refugees who are harshly treated by Chinese authorities. |
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Cnn.com |
10:52am PDT |
Gadhafi's son charged with beating servants |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Cnn.com |
10:48am PDT |
Ashcroft defends waterboarding |
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Summary: The controversial interrogation technique of waterboarding has served a "valuable" purpose and does not constitute torture, former Attorney General John Ashcroft told a House committee Thursday.
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Yahoo News |
10:42am PDT |
Drugs overshadow racing as third Tour rider tests positive
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Drugs hit the Tour de France again Thursday, and the third doping bust netted the biggest name yet: Italy's Riccardo Ricco, a winner of two stages. |
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BBC News |
10:33am PDT |
Iran satisfied at US involvement |
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Summary: Iran welcomes as positive America's decision to take part in international talks on its nuclear programme. |
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BBC News |
10:24am PDT |
'No decision' on giant database |
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Summary: No decision has been taken on whether to gather details of all phone calls, e-mails and internet use, a security minister says. |
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ChristianPost |
10:17am PDT |
McCain Not Inciting Passions of Evangelicals |
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Summary: Stirring her morning coffee, lifelong Republican Grace Droog voiced her doubts ? and those of many evangelical voters ? about what she isn't hearing from John McCain in this year's presidential election. "I look for something about his faith," she said. |
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BBC News |
10:14am PDT |
Sven will I see you again? English lookalike of Eriksson fools Mexico |
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Summary: An English comedian tricks a Mexican football club into thinking he is the national team's new coach Sven-Goran Eriksson. |
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BBC News |
10:12am PDT |
Parties count down to by-election |
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Summary: Political parties have been campaigning hard in the Glasgow East by-election with just over a week to go. |
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Cnn.com |
10:09am PDT |
Obama amasses $52M at about $68 per donor |
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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 |
10:09am PDT |
U.S. judge allows first Guantanamo war crimes trial
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A U.S. federal judge ruled on
Thursday that the first Guantanamo Bay war crimes trial,
involving Osama bin Laden's former driver, can start next week. |
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Yahoo News |
10:06am PDT |
US judge OKs first Guantanamo Bay detainee trial
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The first war crimes trial at Guantanamo Bay can begin Monday, a federal judge has ruled, saying civilian courts should let the military process play out as Congress intended. |
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BBC News |
10:06am PDT |
US judge backs Guantanamo trial |
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Summary: A US judge rules that the first war crimes trial at Guantanamo Bay, involving Osama Bin Laden's former driver, can go ahead. |
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BBC News |
10:04am PDT |
Man charged with Moira's murder |
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Summary: A 32-year-old man appears at Glasgow Sheriff Court charged with the murder of 40-year-old Moira Jones. |
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BBC News |
10:03am PDT |
IMF raises world economic targets |
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Summary: The IMF says the global economy has weathered the impact of the credit crunch better than first feared.
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BBC News |
9:56am PDT |
Legal ruling win for care mother |
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Summary: A British woman who claims she was forced to resign from her job as she has a disabled son wins a legal ruling over discrimination. |
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BBC News |
9:56am PDT |
Canoe wife 'hurt' by lies to sons |
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Summary: The wife of canoe fraudster John Darwin says she felt hurt for deceiving her sons and no longer loves her husband. |
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BBC News |
9:53am PDT |
Police hunt for on-run prisoners |
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Summary: Three men go on the run from open prisons in Tayside and Angus after being allowed out on home leave. |
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BBC News |
9:53am PDT |
The Mandela story |
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Summary: Key moments from Mandela's life, in sound and video |
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Yahoo News |
9:48am PDT |
Lebanon's Kantar says no regrets over Israel murders
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Samir Kantar, Lebanon's longest serving prisoner who was freed by Israel in a swap, said on Thursday he had no regrets over the triple murder three decades ago that put him behind bars. |
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Cnn.com |
9:44am PDT |
Gore says survival of U.S. at risk |
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Summary: Former Vice President Al Gore will push Thursday for new policies meant to improve America's energy security and fight climate change, the Nobel Prize laureate's signature issue.
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Yahoo News |
9:36am PDT |
Mississippi remains most obese state, CDC reports
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee lead the nation when it comes to obesity, a new government survey reported Thursday. |
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Yahoo News |
9:35am PDT |
Drugs hit Tour de France again; Ricco ousted
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Drugs hit the Tour de France again Thursday, the third doping bust in this race and netting the biggest name yet: Italy's Riccardo Ricco, a winner of two stages. |
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Yahoo News |
9:35am PDT |
Democrats push rule to spur oil drilling
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Seeking to blunt GOP efforts to permit oil exploration off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, House Democrats are pushing legislation they say would spur drilling on already available lands in Alaska, the West and the western Gulf of Mexico. |
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Cnn.com |
9:21am PDT |
Homeless man's slaying shakes up hippie haven |
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