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Yahoo News |
8:24am PDT |
Consumers, home sales paint less gloomy picture
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Consumer sentiment rebounded in July
from a 28-year low and business investment rose unexpectedly
last month, according to data on Friday that showed rare signs
of resilience for the U.S. economy. |
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Yahoo News |
8:10am PDT |
Obama's brief stop in Paris belies his popularity
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama expected to spend just enough time in Paris on Friday for talks with the French president and a joint news conference, not a rousing speech like the one he delivered in Berlin. |
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BBC News |
8:09am PDT |
Stones ditching EMI for Universal |
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Summary: Veteran rock group The Rolling Stones switch record labels, leaving EMI for Universal after more than three decades. |
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ChristianPost |
8:05am PDT |
Hagee Vows to 'Never Again' Endorse a Candidate |
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Summary: Megachurch pastor John Hagee vowed this week at a pro-Israel conference to ?never again? endorse a political candidate in reference to his fall-out with Republican presidential candidate John McCain. |
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Yahoo News |
7:59am PDT |
Olympic ticket sale in Beijing starts stampede
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Thousands of eager fans who had waited for up to two days swarmed sales windows Friday for the final batch of tickets to next month's Olympic Games, knocking people to the ground and bending metal barricades in the chaotic crush. |
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BBC News |
7:55am PDT |
Pc convicted of assaulting child |
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Summary: A police officer is convicted of punching a 12-year-old boy in the face at a Manchester police station. |
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BBC News |
7:54am PDT |
Oyster travel cards working again |
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Summary: The Oyster card system used on London's transport system is fixed after breaking down this morning. |
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BBC News |
7:53am PDT |
US home foreclosures on the rise |
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Summary: The number of homes in some stage of being repossessed more than doubled in the three months to June, a report shows. |
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Yahoo News |
7:47am PDT |
Karadzic fights war crimes transfer
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - A deadline loomed Friday for Radovan Karadzic to appeal his transfer to the UN war crimes tribunal, as more details emerged about his life on the run and his assets came under threat of confiscation. |
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Yahoo News |
7:47am PDT |
Stocks advance on upbeat economic reports
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Upbeat economic data lifted stocks Friday, placating a market pummeled a day earlier by concerns about housing and the financial sector. |
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BBC News |
7:45am PDT |
China paper censored for breach |
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Summary: A Chinese newspaper falls foul of the authorities by printing an image from the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown. |
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Yahoo News |
7:44am PDT |
New home sales drop 0.6 percent in June
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Sales of new homes fell in June for the seventh time in the past eight months, more proof that the worst housing slump in decades is getting deeper. |
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BBC News |
7:44am PDT |
Mission possible |
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Summary: Making old films as good as new |
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BBC News |
7:43am PDT |
PM 'must face leadership contest' |
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Summary: GMB union leader Paul Kenny calls for Gordon Brown to face a Labour leadership contest this autumn. |
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ChristianPost |
7:34am PDT |
Science Almighty |
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Summary: The news is filled lately with stories about the promise of adult stem-cell therapy. |
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Yahoo News |
7:34am PDT |
New home sales fall but stronger than expected
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Sales of newly constructed U.S.
single-family homes were stronger than expected in June, and
inventories shrank to three-and-a-half-year low, a government
report showed on Friday, providing a glimmer of hope for the
beaten-down housing marke |
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BBC News |
7:28am PDT |
Hanging 'cries for help' warning |
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Summary: The coroner in a county where a number of young people have taken their own lives warns of how quickly hanging can kill. |
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Yahoo News |
7:23am PDT |
Eight small blasts hit Indian IT city of Bangalore
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Eight small bombs exploded in
quick succession across the south Indian IT city of Bangalore
on Friday, killing a woman and wounding at least 15 people,
police said. |
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BBC News |
7:11am PDT |
Rentokil falls on profit warning |
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Summary: Shares in Rentokil Initial have tumbled 31.5%, after it cut its profits forecast for 2008 by £35m to £115m |
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BBC News |
7:02am PDT |
Obama world tour reaches France |
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Summary: US Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama arrives in Paris for a brief visit on his world tour ahead of the November election. |
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Yahoo News |
6:58am PDT |
Stocks up in early going after durable goods data
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Stocks rose modestly Friday after the government reported that orders for big-ticket items rose at the fastest pace in four months, sharply higher than analysts expected. |
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Cnn.com |
6:58am PDT |
'Last Lecture' professor dies at 47 |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Cnn.com |
6:57am PDT |
'Almighty crack' heard on jet |
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Summary: Passengers described hearing a loud noise before their plane was forced to make an emergency landing with a gaping hole in its side. The pilot of the Qantas flight from Hong Kong to Melbourne, Australia, said an initial investigation showed there was an " |
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BBC News |
6:56am PDT |
UK warns of damage in TNK-BP row |
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Summary: The British Embassy in Moscow accuses the Russian shareholders of TNK-BP of using the state in their dispute with BP. |
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ChristianPost |
6:51am PDT |
Baylor University Fires School President |
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Summary: Baylor University regents on Thursday fired the school president, the second in three years to leave amid clashes with the faculty at the world's largest Baptist university. Board Chairman Howard K. Batson repeatedly declined to elaborate on why John M. L |
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BBC News |
6:50am PDT |
PM 'must face leaderhip contest' |
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Summary: GMB union leader Paul Kenny calls for Gordon Brown to face a Labour leadership contest this autumn. |
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Yahoo News |
6:46am PDT |
Senate energy speculation bill fails key vote
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. legislation to rein in
excessive energy speculation failed a key procedural vote on
Friday to move forward in the Senate, and now lawmakers will
set aside the bill to consider other legislation. |
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Cnn.com |
6:45am PDT |
Threat constantly changes, FBI's Mueller says |
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Summary: At precisely 100 years of age, the FBI is learning new tricks. It has no choice.
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BBC News |
6:40am PDT |
Power crisis hits Indian states |
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Summary: Maharashtra becomes the latest Indian state to announce measures to deal with a power crisis. |
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BBC News |
6:25am PDT |
Pietersen admits to Trophy fears |
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Summary: England batsman Kevin Pietersen says he has serious reservations about travelling to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy. |
