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BBC News |
6:13am PDT |
Stab shoe pulled after knifings |
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Summary: Sportswear firm Nike withdraws its Air Stab retro range of trainers following a recent spate of knife deaths in London. |
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Cnn.com |
6:12am PDT |
Remembering Tony Snow, man of 'goodness' |
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Summary: You've heard him remembered by former presidents, leading politicians and colleagues alike:
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ChristianPost |
6:09am PDT |
Pope Tells Anglicans to 'Find Road Together' |
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Summary: Pope Benedict has sent a message to the spiritual head of the Anglican Communion, the Archbishop of Canterbury, urging the hundreds of bishops gathered for a global meeting to find the solution to their divisions in God?s Word. |
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Yahoo News |
6:09am PDT |
'Mad Men,' 'Damages' make Emmy noms history
(AP)
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Summary: AP - "Mad Men," AMC's sleek drama set in the advertising world circa 1960, and FX's legal thriller "Damages" made Emmy nominations history Thursday as the first basic cable programs to gain best-series nods. |
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Cnn.com |
6:05am PDT |
Home building at slowest in 17 years |
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Cnn.com |
5:59am PDT |
Jobless claims up |
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Yahoo News |
5:55am 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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ChristianPost |
5:48am PDT |
Bush Think Tank Opponents Mount Final Battle |
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Summary: After a nearly two-year losing battle, some Methodist ministers and professors mounted their final big push Wednesday to try to stop President Bush's think tank from being built as part of his presidential library complex at Southern Methodist University. |
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Cnn.com |
5:41am PDT |
DNA proves Russian royal kids executed |
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Summary: It was 90 years ago Thursday that Russia's last royal family was executed -- but this year's anniversary comes with scientific proof ending years of speculation that some of the Romanovs managed to survive.
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Yahoo News |
5:40am PDT |
Obama raised $52 million in June
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. 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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BBC News |
5:39am PDT |
Samurai sword 'swung at officer' |
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Summary: A man swung a samurai sword bought online at a police officer's head during disturbances, the High Court hears. |
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BBC News |
5:31am PDT |
Crime and reality |
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Summary: What should we make of the latest figures? |
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BBC News |
5:27am PDT |
Teen guilty of dog walker murder |
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Summary: A youth sobs in the dock as a jury convicts him of battering to death a woman out walking her dog. |
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Cnn.com |
5:26am PDT |
Don't become victim of surgery muck up |
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Summary: I thought my husband was crazy.
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BBC News |
5:20am PDT |
Tax cutter? |
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Summary: Why Nick Clegg changed tack on tax and spend |
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Cnn.com |
5:16am PDT |
'Mad Men' may be among Emmy leaders |
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Cnn.com |
5:15am PDT |
Mexico seizes homemade drug sub |
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Yahoo News |
5:11am PDT |
Cleveland Clinic taking kidneys through navel
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Brad Kaster donated a kidney to his father this week, and he barely has a scar to show for it. |
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ChristianPost |
5:03am PDT |
Saudi King Says Religion Not at Fault, but Extremism |
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Summary: King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia said Wednesday at the start of an interfaith conference that religion should not be blamed for history?s conflict, but rather extremism. "My brothers, we must tell the world that differences don't need to lead to disputes," A |
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Yahoo News |
5:00am PDT |
Obama campaign raised $52 million in June
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Democrat Barack Obama raised $52 million last month, boosting his presidential campaign's fundraising while building up his financial cache for the fall campaign. |
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BBC News |
4:43am PDT |
Child deaths report 'scandalous' |
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Summary: A report into the killing of two young children by their mentally ill mother says health professionals failed to assess the risk she posed. |
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Yahoo News |
4:43am PDT |
Stocks head for higher open on upbeat earnings results
(AP)
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Summary: AP - U.S. stocks headed for a sharply 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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Yahoo News |
4:42am PDT |
Ricco tests positive for EPO at Tour de France
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Saunier-Duval team has withdrawn from the Tour de France after Italian rider Riccardo Ricco tested positive for the banned blood-booster EPO. |
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BBC News |
4:41am PDT |
US Afghan bombing 'kills dozens' |
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Summary: Dozens of civilians are killed by US bombing in western Afghanistan, tribal elders say. |
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BBC News |
4:39am PDT |
Recorded crime figures show fall |
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Summary: Police-recorded crime in England and Wales fell 9% last year, but people still think it's going up, figures show. |
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Yahoo News |
4:39am PDT |
Democrats try to spur more oil exploration
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Seeking to blunt GOP efforts to permit oil exploration off Atlantic and Pacific coasts, House Democrats are pushing legislation they say would spur oil drilling on already available lands in Alaska, the West and the western Gulf of Mexico. |
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Yahoo News |
4:37am PDT |
Bush to attend funeral for Tony Snow
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Bush is honoring his former spokesman, Tony Snow, by recounting his experiences at the White House and offering prayers and continued support for his family. Snow died of colon cancer July 12. He was being remembered Thursday at services at |
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BBC News |
4:37am PDT |
Canoe husband 'cheated on wife' |
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Summary: The wife of canoeist John Darwin tells a court she considered leaving him after finding out he had an affair. |
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ChristianToday |
4:30am PDT |
Evangelical Alliance prayer for Lambeth Conference |
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Summary: Evangelical Alliance issues prayer for Anglican bishops meeting for Lambeth Conference |
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BBC News |
4:28am PDT |
Troop compensation to be doubled |
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Summary: The government is to double the level of compensation offered to the UK's most gravely wounded troops. |
