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Yahoo News |
9:17am PDT |
Bush warned he might send U.S. troops to Darfur: Wade
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Senegal's president said on Thursday
George W. Bush told African leaders at one stage the United
States might send troops to Sudan's Darfur if they did not act
to halt what he saw as genocide there. |
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Cnn.com |
9:17am PDT |
Review: 'Dark Knight' a stunning film |
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Summary: According to a Russian proverb, God makes the priests. Jesters come from the devil.
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Yahoo News |
9:14am PDT |
'Mad Men,' 'Damages' make Emmy history
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Basic cable TV looked more like a pop-culture bargain Thursday as AMC's "Mad Men" and FX's "Damages" snared historic best-series Emmy nominations, while stars from cable's less glamorous channels also made a splash in major acting categories. |
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Yahoo News |
9:07am PDT |
Bush hails Tony Snow's 'record of accomplishment' at funeral
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Bush fondly remembered Tony Snow Thursday, telling mourners at Snow's funeral that the conservative commentator-turned-White House press secretary "amassed a rare record of accomplishment." |
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ChristianToday |
8:59am PDT |
Robert Murat wins libel case |
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Summary: A suspect in the disappearance of schoolgirl Madeleine McCann in Portugal last year won 600000 pounds in libel damages on Thursday for the utter destruction of his life |
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ChristianToday |
8:58am PDT |
Overall crime figures down |
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Summary: Official figures released on Thursday revealed there were more than 22000 serious offences in England and Wales involving knives in 20078 but overall crime fell significantly |
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ChristianToday |
8:58am PDT |
Government admits it will miss 2010 CO2 target |
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Summary: The government admitted on Thursday what experts have been saying for some time that it will miss by a large margin its own target of cutting carbon dioxide emissions by 20 percent from 1990 levels by 2010 |
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ChristianToday |
8:57am PDT |
British drugs girls free after year in Ghana jail |
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Summary: Two British teenaged girls left a jail in Ghana on Thursday after a year in detention for trying to smuggle cocaine to Britain prison officers said |
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Yahoo News |
8:56am PDT |
White House hopeful Obama raised $52 million in June
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Democratic presidential candidate
Barack Obama raised $52 million in June, his campaign said on
Thursday, a jump from last month and more than double the $22
million raised by his Republican rival John McCain. |
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ChristianToday |
8:55am PDT |
US to establish presence in Tehran |
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Summary: The United States will announce in the next month that it plans to establish a diplomatic presence in Tehran for the first time in 30 years a London newspaper said on Thursday |
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CTI News |
8:55am PDT |
Poll: What deadly sin does the new iPhone most provoke in you? |
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Summary: Poll: What deadly sin does the new iPhone most provoke in you? |
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CTI News |
8:55am PDT |
Reflections: The Human Condition |
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Summary: Quotations to stir heart and mind. |
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ChristianToday |
8:55am PDT |
Israel buries soldiers after swap with Hezbollah |
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Summary: Thousands attended Israeli funerals on Thursday for two slain soldiers returned in a prisoner swap with Hezbollah and their grief contrasted with Lebanons joy over guerrillas freed in the deal |
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ChristianToday |
8:53am PDT |
MA bankers help environment by staying at home |
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Summary: The dark clouds of the credit crisis may have an unexpected silver lining for the environment a smaller carbon footprint from investment bankers |
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ChristianToday |
8:53am PDT |
Public to have greater say in policing |
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Summary: The public are to get a greater say in tackling crime as part of a new deal between communities and police announced by the Home Secretary on Thursday |
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Cnn.com |
8:52am PDT |
Emmy nominations announced |
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Summary: The nominations for the 60th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were announced Thursday morning from Los Angeles, California.
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BBC News |
8:51am PDT |
Doubts over US Afghan operation |
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Summary: Nato says US forces killed two Taleban commanders in western Afghanistan, amid reports of heavy civilian casualties. |
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Cnn.com |
8:49am PDT |
Did slain soldiers 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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Yahoo News |
8:47am PDT |
Spain's supreme court clears four convicted Madrid bombers
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Spain's supreme court Thursday overturned the guilty verdicts on four of the 21 people convicted over the Madrid train bombings that killed 191 people in 2004. |
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ChristianToday |
8:44am PDT |
Pope says young inheriting squandered earth |
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Summary: Pope Benedict on Thursday told a huge gathering of young people that they were inheriting a planet whose resources had been scarred and squandered to fuel insatiable consumption |
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Yahoo News |
8:42am PDT |
Obama raised $52 million in June, still trails McCain and GOP
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Democrat Barack Obama raised $52 million last month for his presidential campaign, more than twice as much as Republican rival John McCain in a significant boost to his financial cache for the fall contest. |
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Cnn.com |
8:42am PDT |
'We loved him a lot,' Bush says of Snow |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
8:41am PDT |
Single-family construction fell 5.3 pct. in June
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Construction of single-family homes fell in June to the slowest pace in 17 years although a change in New York laws helped give a big boost to apartment building. |
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BBC News |
8:34am PDT |
Cranford Dames join Emmy hopefuls |
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Summary: Dame Judi Dench and Dame Eileen Atkins are among the contenders for this year's Primetime Emmy Awards in the US. |
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Cnn.com |
8:31am PDT |
Gore to press for energy policy changes |
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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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Cnn.com |
8:30am PDT |
Congress tries to unstick oil drilling plan |
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Summary: Two bipartisan groups -- one in the House, the other in the Senate -- are trying to rekindle stalled energy legislation by forging a compromise to expand domestic oil and gas drilling. The compromise would include new domestic drilling to satisfy Republic |
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Cnn.com |
8:30am PDT |
Obama announces big June haul |
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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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BBC News |
8:21am PDT |
Cavendish win makes Tour history |
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Summary: Mark Cavendish makes history by becoming the first Briton to win three stages of the same Tour de France, with his win in Narbonne. |
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Yahoo News |
8:20am PDT |
Cavendish wins Tour stage; 3rd racer tests positive
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Mark Cavendish of Britain has won the 12th stage of the Tour de France. His victory came hours after the race was thrown into chaos with a third doping bust. |
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BBC News |
8:20am PDT |
'My torture' |
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Summary: The mother of a woman murdered while walking a dog |
