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Yahoo News |
8:18am PDT |
Iran says U.S. participation in nuclear talks is 'positive'
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Iran's foreign minister said on
Thursday U.S. participation in nuclear talks was "positive,"
but France said big powers still wanted Tehran to make specific
proposals to resolve a dispute over Iran's nuclear work. |
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Yahoo News |
8:13am PDT |
Bush hails Snow's 'record of accomplishment'
(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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BBC News |
7:56am PDT |
Gilberto says farewell to Arsenal |
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Summary: Brazilian midfielder Gilberto ends his six-year stay at Arsenal by signing for Greek side Panathinaikos. |
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BBC News |
7:50am PDT |
Pair held after two-year-old dies |
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Summary: A man and a teenager are arrested over the death of a two-year-old girl found at a house in Salford. |
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Cnn.com |
7:48am PDT |
Congress works to unstick oil 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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Yahoo News |
7:42am PDT |
Dems try to spur oil exploration on available land
(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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BBC News |
7:30am PDT |
Pair arrested after girl, 2, dies |
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Summary: A man and a teenager are arrested over the death of a two-year-old girl found at a house in Salford. |
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BBC News |
7:29am PDT |
Warning over 'dangerous' knifeman |
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Summary: Police warn about an "extremely dangerous" man carrying a large knife after two attacks in Swansea. |
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Yahoo News |
7:22am PDT |
Stocks trade higher on upbeat earnings results
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Wall Street extended its rally into a second session Thursday after stronger-than-expected quarterly reports from JPMorgan Chase & Co. and United Technologies Corp. gave investors some reassurance about the health of the economy. |
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Yahoo News |
7:21am PDT |
Bush attends funeral for Tony Snow
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Bush traveled Thursday to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception to pay respects to the family of Tony Snow, his former spokesman, and to reminisce about the late conservative commentator-turned-press secretary. |
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Yahoo News |
7:18am PDT |
U.S. presence at nuclear talks "positive": Iran
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Iran's foreign minister said on
Thursday U.S. participation in nuclear talks was "positive,"
but France said big powers still wanted Tehran to make specific
proposals to resolve a dispute over Iran's nuclear work. |
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Cnn.com |
7:14am PDT |
Same pay for all makes solar biz different |
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Summary: Blake Jones' business plan for his company, Namaste Solar Electric, was so unusual, he confounded a lot of business experts.
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BBC News |
7:11am PDT |
'Farce' warning on degree levels |
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Summary: A committee of MPs warns that the lack of certainty about what a degree is worth is "descending into farce". |
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BBC News |
7:06am PDT |
Nigeria footballer's brother free |
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Summary: The brother of Nigerian and Everton footballer Joseph Yobo is freed after being kidnapped by gunmen. |
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Yahoo News |
7:01am PDT |
Iraqis divided over U.S. troop withdrawal timetable
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Iraqis want the U.S. military presence
to end. But when that occurs -- and whether a timetable should
be set for troops to leave -- is something ordinary Iraqis,
security officials and politicians cannot agree on. |
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Yahoo News |
7:01am PDT |
Iraqis divided by U.S. troop timetable call
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Iraqis want the U.S. military presence
to end. But when that occurs -- and whether a timetable should
be set for troops to leave -- is something ordinary Iraqis,
security officials and politicians cannot agree on. |
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Cnn.com |
7:00am PDT |
Lawmakers push deal to re-energize oil drilling |
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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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Yahoo News |
6:57am PDT |
Team withdraws after 3rd Tour rider tests positive
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Tour de France was thrown into chaos again Thursday after Italian rider Riccardo Ricco became the third rider to test positive for the performance enhancer EPO. |
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Yahoo News |
6:47am PDT |
Thousands mourn Israeli soldiers returned in prisoner swap
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Thousands of mourners turned out Thursday for the burials of two Israeli soldiers returned in a prisoner exchange with Lebanese guerrillas, laying to rest the young men whose unknown fate had riveted the Jewish state for two years. |
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Yahoo News |
6:47am PDT |
Thousands at burials of returned Israeli soldiers
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Thousands of mourners turned out Thursday for the burials of two Israeli soldiers returned in a prisoner exchange with Lebanese guerrillas, laying to rest the young men whose unknown fate had riveted the Jewish state for two years. |
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BBC News |
6:40am PDT |
Woman, 21, killed in car accident |
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Summary: Police issue an appeal for information after a 21-year-old woman is killed in a car crash near Armagh. |
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BBC News |
6:35am PDT |
More questions about Sats results |
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Summary: Questions are being raised about the quality of the marking of some of this year's school tests in England. |
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Yahoo News |
6:29am PDT |
Pakistan disputes U.S. air strike due to database gap
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The Pakistan military rejected on
Thursday U.S. media reports that an American air strike which
killed 11 Pakistani soldiers happened because the U.S. military
did not know their post on the Afghan border was there. |
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Yahoo News |
6:28am PDT |
Team withdraws after 3rd rider tests positive
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Saunier-Duval team withdrew from the Tour de France and suspended all of its activities Thursday after rider Riccardo Ricco became the third rider to test positive for the banned blood-booster EPO at this year's race. |
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BBC News |
6:28am PDT |
Water 'widespread' on early Mars |
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Summary: Water was once widespread on Mars, data show, raising the prospect the planet could have supported life. |
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ChristianPost |
6:25am PDT |
Calif. High Court Dismisses Suit Against Marriage Amendment |
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Summary: The California Supreme Court unanimously dismissed efforts to throw the California Marriage Protection Act off of the November ballot Wednesday, giving Californians the chance to consider a constitutional amendment that would limit marriage to a union bet |
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Cnn.com |
6:20am PDT |
Beck: Che Guevara shirts fit for terrorists |
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Summary: What T-shirt should you wear when you need to blend in with terrorists? Incredibly, we have an answer to that question.
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Yahoo News |
6:20am PDT |
Stocks point higher on upbeat earnings results
(AP)
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Summary: AP - U.S. stocks headed for a higher open Thursday after stronger-than-expected quarterly results from names like Coca-Cola, JPMorgan Chase and United Technologies offered investors some reassurance about the health of the economy. |
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BBC News |
6:15am PDT |
Alistair Cooke... |
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Summary: ...on film as he begins his love affair with the US |
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Yahoo News |
6:13am PDT |
Israel buries soldiers recovered in prisoner swap
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Two Israeli soldiers whose bodies were returned home two years after being killed by Hezbollah in an ambush that started a war, received military burials on Thursday. |
