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Cnn.com |
5:07pm PDT |
Sources: Spears, ex reach custody deal |
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Summary: Britney Spears has agreed to allow ex-husband Kevin Federline to retain legal custody of their two children in return for gradually increased visitation, sources close to the troubled pop star told CNN on Friday.
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Yahoo News |
5:02pm PDT |
Choi leads Norman by a stroke at the British Open
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Tiger Woods on crutches was supposed to be a chance for someone else to seize the spotlight at the British Open. Greg Norman wasn't the guy anyone had in mind. Neither was David Duval. Indeed, Royal Birkdale proved to be fertile ground for fairy tale |
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4:54pm PDT |
Foes no more, McCain, Romney warm to each other
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Just as Republican John McCain was unloading on his Democratic presidential rival Friday, he was offering warm, effusive words for once bitter foe Mitt Romney. And Romney, the mega-millionaire former Republican governor of Massachusetts, was pledging |
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4:53pm PDT |
Darling: public feel 'squeezed' |
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Summary: The chancellor Alistair Darling has told Cabinet colleagues not to expect more cash for the public sector. |
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Yahoo News |
4:46pm PDT |
Khloe Kardashian does hard time: 3 hours
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Khloe Kardashian's stay in jail Friday may have been brief, but it did include a bit of drama: a jailhouse lockdown. |
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Yahoo News |
4:36pm PDT |
Cops: Body at home of woman who claimed baby buy
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A body with its hands bound was found Friday at the apartment of a woman who showed up at a hospital with a newborn she falsely claimed was her child but later said she had obtained for $1,000, authorities said. |
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ChristianPost |
4:26pm PDT |
Professor Fired for Answering Question on Genetics, Homosexual Behavior |
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Summary: A former college biology professor is suing a Bay Area school district, claiming she was fired for answering a student's question about genetics and homosexual behavior. |
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4:08pm PDT |
Tummy tuck man |
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Summary: Why more men in the UK are having cosmetic surgery. |
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Yahoo News |
4:07pm PDT |
Bush, Maliki, agree on 'time horizon' for US troop cut
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - US President George W. Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki have agreed to set a "time horizon" for US troop withdrawals as part of a long-term security pact, the White House said Friday. |
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BBC News |
4:00pm PDT |
Diplomats aid Mbeki with Zimbabwe |
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Summary: South Africa's Thabo Mbeki agrees to work with a group of diplomats in an effort to solve Zimbabwe's political crisis. |
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3:59pm PDT |
Human blood vessels grown in mice |
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Summary: Scientists have used human cells to grow new blood vessels in a mouse for the first time, a US journal reports. |
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BBC News |
3:50pm PDT |
Man charged with shooting murders |
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Summary: A man is charged with the murders of two men who were shot dead in west London, six years ago. |
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Yahoo News |
3:40pm PDT |
Bin Laden driver lawyers can interview witnesses
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - On the eve
of the first Guantanamo war crimes trial, defense lawyers on
Friday won long-sought permission to question potential
witnesses including the alleged September 11 mastermind after a
military judge threatened to delay the trial. |
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3:39pm PDT |
World powers test Iran's will to end nuclear row
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Major world powers will sound out Iran's
readiness to negotiate an end to the long dispute over its
nuclear program on Saturday. |
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Yahoo News |
3:37pm PDT |
A 540-calorie Big Mac? NY chains post calorie info
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Customers at big fast-food chains in New York City are finally facing the facts about their meal choices. And for some, the truth may be hard to swallow — like 1,130 calories for a Big Mac, medium fries and a medium soda. |
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ChristianPost |
3:35pm PDT |
Methodists Endorse Bush Library at Texas School |
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Summary: A Methodist leadership group on Thursday endorsed building George W. Bush's presidential library center at Southern Methodist University, essentially ending nearly two years of opposition. |
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BBC News |
3:21pm PDT |
French search for stolen Semtex |
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Summary: Anti-terrorist police are called in after Semtex and explosives detonators vanish from a security services site in France. |
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Cnn.com |
3:18pm PDT |
Four dead in Houston crane collapse |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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ChristianPost |
3:11pm PDT |
Evangelism Tour Spreads Gospel to Chinese Restaurants in Europe |
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Summary: The Chinese Christian Herald Crusade (CCHC)?s Restaurant Gospel Ministry is taking the Gospel to hundreds of Chinese restaurant workers across Europe this summer. |
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Yahoo News |
3:01pm PDT |
Conjoined barn swallows cause stir in Arkansas
(AP)
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Summary: AP - It's an Arkansas bird story that at first might be hard to swallow. A pair of conjoined barn swallows, attached at the hip by skin and possibly muscle tissue, will be sent to the Smithsonian Institution for study and examination, Arkansas wildlife of |
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Yahoo News |
2:51pm PDT |
Crane collapses at Houston refinery, killing 4
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The largest mobile crane in the nation collapsed at a Houston refinery Friday, killing four contract workers and injuring six others, a company vice president said. |
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BBC News |
2:47pm PDT |
Lorry man in court over £1m drugs |
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Summary: A lorry driver is remanded after appearing in court charged with possessing £1m of cannabis with intent to supply. |
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Yahoo News |
2:45pm PDT |
Iraq crackdown focuses on arms smuggling from Iran
(AP)
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Summary: AP - With al-Qaida falling away, U.S. forces in Iraq are turning their attention to another front: the Iranian border. They aim to crack down on weapon smuggling from Iran by tightening the frontier with Iraq's neighbor to the east, a U.S. commander told |
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Yahoo News |
2:41pm PDT |
Bush agrees to time 'horizon' on Iraq troop cuts
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Bush and Iraq's prime minister have agreed to set a "general time horizon" for bringing more U.S. troops home from the war, a dramatic shift from the administration's once-ironclad unwillingness to talk about any kind of deadline or timetab |
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Yahoo News |
2:38pm PDT |
Government weighs more charges in Bear case
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The government is considering bringing
further criminal charges in the case involving two former Bear
Stearns executives indicted last month related to the collapse
of two hedge funds they oversaw, a federal prosecutor said on
Friday. |
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Cnn.com |
2:36pm PDT |
U.S. staying tough in Iran negotiations |
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Summary: On the eve of one of her top diplomats meeting with an Iranian official, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the United States is sticking to its policy that Iran must suspend its nuclear program before negotiations can proceed.
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Cnn.com |
2:34pm PDT |
Changes likely in housing rescue bill |
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Summary: The House is likely next week to take up a Bush administration proposal to empower the Treasury to back up embattled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
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Yahoo News |
2:32pm PDT |
McCain TV ad accuses Obama of shifting Iraq views
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Republican John McCain launched a new television ad Friday that accuses presidential rival Barack Obama of switching positions on Iraq "to help himself become president" just as the Democratic candidate prepared to make a high profile trip to Baghdad |
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Yahoo News |
2:29pm PDT |
Houston refinery crane collapse kills 4
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Four people were killed and six were
injured when a massive crane collapsed at LyondellBasell's
Houston refinery on Friday afternoon, a refinery executive
said. |
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Cnn.com |
2:25pm PDT |
Explosives stolen from French civil security site |
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Summary: Explosives used to destroy land mines have disappeared from a site near Lyon, France, the French Interior Ministry said Friday.
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