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Yahoo News |
12:49pm PDT |
United Air and pilots in standstill pact: report
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - United Airlines has come to a
standstill agreement with its pilots' union until a federal
court can rule on the company's request for an injunction
barring labor actions that disrupt flight schedules, the
Chicago Tribune reported on Saturday |
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ChristianPost |
12:43pm PDT |
Bush Signs Bill to Triple AIDS Funding |
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Summary: President Bush signed legislation Wednesday that triples U.S. funding to fight AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis around the world. Bush said the program, launched by him in 2003, "is the largest commitment by any nation to combat a single disease in human hi |
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BBC News |
12:36pm PDT |
US troops on Iraqi murder charge |
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Summary: Two American soldiers are charged with the premeditated murder of an Iraqi prisoner, US military officials say. |
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Yahoo News |
12:23pm PDT |
ND towns unfazed by ICBM rocket booster in ditch
(AP)
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Summary: AP - There's plenty to talk about at the weekly women's coffee klatch in the small town of Parshall, and no one bothered to mention the unarmed booster rocket for an intercontinental ballistic missile lying in a ditch where an Air Force truck overturned. |
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Yahoo News |
12:12pm PDT |
GIs adjust to life back in Minn. after nearly 500 days in Iraq
(AP)
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Summary: AP - In the end, Chad Malmberg put his framed Silver Star on the wall and stowed away his helmet, some old uniforms and the dusty combat boots he had worn in the Iraqi desert. |
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Yahoo News |
11:53am PDT |
Obama backs away from McCain's debate challenge
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Democratic candidate Barack Obama on Saturday backed away from rival John McCain's challenge for a series of joint appearances before the political conventions, agreeing only to the standard three debates in the fall. |
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Yahoo News |
11:44am PDT |
Iran vows no nuclear retreat on day of deadline
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Iran will not retreat "one iota" from
its nuclear rights, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on
Saturday, the day of an informal deadline set by Western
officials in a row over Tehran's atomic ambitions. |
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Cnn.com |
11:42am PDT |
Obama says offshore oil stance 'nothing new' |
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Summary: Sen. Barack Obama responded Saturday to criticism that he has changed his position on opposing offshore oil drilling.
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Yahoo News |
11:36am PDT |
After suicide, feds consider closing anthrax case
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The chief suspect in the anthrax attacks now dead, the Justice Department is expected to decide in the days ahead whether to close what had been one of its most publicized unsolved cases. |
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Yahoo News |
11:36am PDT |
Panthers receiver Steve Smith suspended 2 games
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Receiver Steve Smith was suspended two games by the Carolina Panthers after a training camp fight with cornerback Ken Lucas. |
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BBC News |
11:35am PDT |
Murray makes first Masters final |
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Summary: British number one Andy Murray reaches his first Masters Series final with victory over Ivo Karlovic in Cincinnati. |
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BBC News |
11:29am PDT |
Militants killed in Gaza battle |
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Summary: Four people are killed in Gaza in fighting between the militant group Hamas and supporters of its rival, Fatah. |
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Yahoo News |
11:26am PDT |
India, Pakistan agree to push ahead with peace process
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The prime ministers of India and Pakistan on Saturday agreed here to push ahead with their peace process, despite escalating tensions sparked by attacks on Indian targets and border clashes in Kashmir. |
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BBC News |
11:22am PDT |
Smith hands England series defeat |
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Summary: Graeme Smith leads South Africa to a five-wicket win against England in the third Test to seal the series 2-0. |
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ChristianPost |
11:20am PDT |
Judge Grants Atheist Soldier More Time to File Arguments |
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Summary: Attorneys for an atheist soldier suing the government over alleged religious freedom violations have been granted more time to file arguments with the federal court. |
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Cnn.com |
11:15am PDT |
Car in police chase hits parade route; 3 hurt |
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Yahoo News |
10:58am PDT |
Hawaii man accused of helping China design missile
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Cheryl Gowadia couldn't figure out why FBI agents in riot gear, guns drawn, were storming her home on Maui's tranquil North Shore. At first, she thought they might be after the man building a pond in her backyard. Instead, she was stunned to learn th |
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Yahoo News |
10:50am PDT |
Bush, Lula discuss collapse of trade talks: W.House
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - President George W. Bush
discussed the collapse of world trade talks with Brazilian
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Saturday, expressing
disappointment over the failure and reaffirming his commitment
to reaching agreement, the White H |
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BBC News |
10:48am PDT |
Kick out plotters, Sugar tells PM |
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Summary: Sir Alan Sugar advises Gordon Brown to "kick out" members of the government failing to support his leadership. |
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Cnn.com |
10:24am PDT |
13 arrested in Istanbul bombings |
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Summary: Turkish authorities have arrested 13 people in connection with blasts that killed 17 people in Istanbul last week, Interior Minister Besir Atalay said Saturday, according to CNN Turk.
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Yahoo News |
10:16am PDT |
U.S. soldiers charged over killing of Iraqi prisoner
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The U.S. military has charged two
soldiers over the killing of an Iraqi prisoner, military
officials said on Saturday. |
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BBC News |
10:05am PDT |
Live text - Murray v Karlovic |
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Summary: British number one Andy Murray takes on big-serving Croatian Ivo Karlovic in his first Masters Series semi-final in Cincinnati. |
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Yahoo News |
10:04am PDT |
Man accused of Wis. river killings in court soon
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Wisconsin authorities say a man accused of killing three teens swimming in a river and wounding a fourth person is expected in court Monday or Tuesday. |
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Cnn.com |
10:03am PDT |
U.S. soldiers charged with murder in Iraq |
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Summary: The coalition command in Iraq has charged two U.S. soldiers with the murder of an Iraqi detainee.
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BBC News |
10:02am PDT |
McCain team 'cynical, not racist' |
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Summary: White House hopeful Barack Obama says rival John McCain's campaign is cynical, not racist, in targeting his candidacy. |
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BBC News |
9:53am PDT |
Rushdie anger at policeman's book |
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Summary: Salman Rushdie is planning to sue an ex-police protection officer who claimed he was mean and tight-fisted. |
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Yahoo News |
9:53am PDT |
LaBeouf lawyers: Left hand 'crushed' in wreck
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Shia LaBeouf could have a long road before him as he recovers from the accident that crushed his hand, his lawyer says. |
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DJ Chuang |
9:39am PDT |
Saturday Surprises: more than Louie Giglio church planting |
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Summary: Why Saturday Surprises? I find more stuff than I can blog about. And, it’s sorta my version of Contextless Links [jordoncooper.com was 1st early adopter I know of], Friday Link List, Random Links, Links List, Mixed Links: Good Stuff for Nonprofit Ma |
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Yahoo News |
9:31am PDT |
AP IMPACT: Long haul begins in Iraq for Minn. GIs
(AP)
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Summary: AP - In the end, Chad Malmberg put his framed Silver Star on the wall and stowed away his helmet, some old uniforms and the dusty combat boots he had worn in the Iraqi desert. |
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Cnn.com |
9:29am PDT |
Germans perform 1st double-arm transplant |
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Summary: Doctors at the Technical University of Munich have conducted the world's first double-arm transplant on a 54-year-old farmer who had lost both his arms in an accident, officials said.
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