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ChristianPost |
10:38am PDT |
Franklin Graham Visits North Korea as 'Minister of Christ' |
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Summary: Franklin Graham arrived in North Korea on Thursday for a historic four-day visit to meet with high-level government officials, visit relief projects and preach at a newly constructed church in the capital city of Pyongyang. |
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ChristianPost |
10:38am PDT |
Franklin Graham Begins North Korea Visit |
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Summary: Franklin Graham arrived in North Korea on Thursday for a historic four-day visit to meet with high-level government officials, visit relief projects and preach at a newly constructed church in the capital city of Pyongyang. |
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Yahoo News |
10:30am PDT |
McCain appears before black group
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Republican John McCain, a day
after accusing Democrat Barack Obama of injecting race into the
U.S. presidential campaign, told a black group on Friday that
Obama's "ideas are not always as impressive as his rhetoric." |
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BBC News |
10:29am PDT |
Adebayor vows to stay at Arsenal |
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Summary: Emmanuel Adebayor says he will be staying at Arsenal and intends to sign a new contract |
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BBC News |
10:28am PDT |
Pakistan denies Kabul bomb link |
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Summary: Pakistan's government denies its spy service, the ISI, was involved in last month's bombing of the Indian embassy in Kabul. |
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Yahoo News |
10:27am PDT |
Blasts kill 5 NATO soldiers and one Afghan civilian
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Two improvised explosive devices (IED)
killed five soldiers from NATO-led forces and one civilian in
Afghanistan on Friday, the NATO force said in a statement, and
a young suicide bomber killed three civilians in the south. |
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Cnn.com |
10:17am PDT |
McCain defends race card comments |
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Summary: Two days after Sen. John McCain's campaign forcefully criticized Sen. Barack Obama, saying he infused the race card into the 2008 presidential campaign, top aides from both campaigns took to the airwaves in a political volleyball-like debate.
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Cnn.com |
10:16am PDT |
Ford dives |
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Summary: Ford Motor and Toyota Motor both reported sharp drops in July sales as high gas prices and a weak economy continue to bite the already battered auto industry.
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Cnn.com |
10:04am PDT |
Decapitation suspect appears in court |
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Summary: Tributes have started pouring in for the young man beheaded in Canada while traveling home on a bus.
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Cnn.com |
10:00am PDT |
Mayor: Ontario attack has racial overtones |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
9:49am PDT |
Stranded whale to be put to sleep |
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Summary: A 26ft whale that beached on a mudflat off the south coast of England is to be put to sleep with a lethal injection, rescuers say. |
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Yahoo News |
9:42am PDT |
Mofaz says Iran heading toward nuclear breakthrough
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Iran is heading toward a major
breakthrough in its nuclear program, Israeli Deputy Prime
Minister Shaul Mofaz said on Friday. |
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Yahoo News |
9:36am PDT |
Americans roll to exhibition win over Lithuania
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Kobe Bryant harassed longtime nemesis Sarunas Jasikevicius into a miserable night and helped the U.S. Olympic basketball team roll to a 120-84 exhibition victory over Lithuania on Friday night. |
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BBC News |
9:35am PDT |
Roman legacy |
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Summary: Roads, obviously. Sanitation. And how to argue well |
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Cnn.com |
9:33am PDT |
FBI close; anthrax suspect kills self |
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Summary: A government anthrax researcher apparently committed suicide this week as the Justice Department was considering criminal charges against him in the 2001 anthrax attacks.
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Yahoo News |
9:31am PDT |
India says Pakistan peace talks at a low after blasts
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - India said on Friday that peace talks
with Pakistan were at the lowest point in their four-year
history after a spate of bombings in Indian cities and at the
country's embassy in Kabul. |
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CTI News |
9:28am PDT |
'Frozen River' |
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Summary: Courtney Hunt's thriller is powerfully acted, but its 97 minutes are overloaded with concerns like single-parent pressures, poverty, illegal aliens, post-9/11 paranoia, racism, etc., etc., etc. |
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CTI News |
9:28am PDT |
'Swing Vote' |
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Summary: Kevin Costner is enjoyably goofy in a gently cynical fable about a man of no political convictions who, through a quirk of fate, gets to choose the next President. |
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CTI News |
9:28am PDT |
'The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor' |
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Summary: The O'Connell family faces their most terrifying (yawn) foe yet, a resurrected Chinese warlord, in this ridiculous, vacuous, throwaway excuse for summer fun. |
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CTI News |
9:28am PDT |
News Quiz: Love and Cohabitation |
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Summary: Questions on American couples, why Messianic Jewish prisoners aren't served kosher, and more. |
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CTI News |
9:28am PDT |
Inside CT: The Chaplain's Tension |
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Summary: By Timothy C. Morgan |
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CTI News |
9:28am PDT |
Interview on Dobson and the God-O-Meter |
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Summary: Beliefnet politics editor Dan Gilgoff on the Religious Right's continuing role in this election. |
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CTI News |
9:28am PDT |
The Inside Story of NASCAR Ministry |
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Summary: How God-fearing drivers and a national ministry bring faith to NASCAR. |
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Yahoo News |
9:16am PDT |
GM posts $15.5B 2Q loss, 3rd-worst in its history
(AP)
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Summary: AP - General Motors Corp. posted a $15.5 billion second-quarter loss Friday, the third-worst quarterly performance in the company's nearly 100-year history. |
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Yahoo News |
9:15am PDT |
FCC rules Comcast violated Internet access policy
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A divided Federal Communications Commission has ruled that Comcast Corp. violated federal policy when it blocked Internet traffic for some subscribers and has ordered the cable giant to change the way it manages its network. |
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BBC News |
9:12am PDT |
Farmer has double arm transplant |
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Summary: A 54-year-old German farmer receives a complete double arm transplant in a 15-hour operation at a Munich clinic. |
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BBC News |
9:11am PDT |
Pakistan admits to Taleban spies |
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Summary: Pakistan's government says it needs to purge Taleban sympathisers from within its intelligence service, the ISI. |
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Yahoo News |
9:11am PDT |
Scientist in anthrax case said to kill himself
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A U.S. government scientist who
apparently committed suicide this week was close to being
charged in connection with a series of deadly anthrax attacks
in 2001, federal law enforcement officials said on Friday. |
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ChristianPost |
9:03am PDT |
Prop. 8 Supporters Sue Over 'Prejudicial' Ballot Wording |
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Summary: Supporters of the California marriage amendment have filed suit over the recent wording changes to Proposition 8, decrying that the new ballot title and summary creates prejudice against the measure. |
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Cnn.com |
9:02am PDT |
Nation's bridges, roads 'structurally deficient' |
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Summary: With a fractured spine and all of her leg bones shattered, Mercedes Gorden knows she is one of the lucky ones -- she's a survivor of the Minnesota bridge collapse. One year after the tragedy, many Americans wonder if their bridges and highways are any saf |
