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Yahoo News |
11:56pm PDT |
'Fierce fighting' between Georgian, Russian forces reported in SOssetia
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Summary: AFP - Georgia is engaged in "fierce fighting" with Russian forces in the breakaway region of South Ossetia, the head of Georgia's National Security Council told AFP on Saturday. |
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Yahoo News |
11:36pm PDT |
Clinton tells cheering Nevada crowd to back Obama
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton told an exuberant crowd Friday she wants Barack Obama to win the White House, even though he dashed her own presidential dreams — and she wants her supporters to vote that way, too. |
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BBC News |
11:34pm PDT |
Chen lifts first gold for China |
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Summary: Weightlifter Chen Xiexia gives the hosts their first victory of the 2008 Olympics with a win in the women's 48kg event. |
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Yahoo News |
11:33pm PDT |
Microbiologist says Ivins stalked her for decades
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A microbiologist claims she was stalked for decades by Bruce Ivins, the suspect in the deadly anthrax mailings of 2001 who, according to court documents, was obsessed with the sorority she joined in college. |
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ChristianToday |
11:16pm PDT |
Joel Osteen says no way his wife assaulted flight attendant |
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Summary: The pastor of Americas biggest megachurch Joel Osteen said in court on Friday that his wife did not assault a flight attendant over a spill on the seat of her plane |
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Yahoo News |
11:11pm PDT |
Russian president says military operation begun in SOssetia: reports
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Summary: AFP - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday said his country's peacekeepers had begun a military operation against Georgian forces in South Ossetia, news agencies reported. |
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Yahoo News |
11:04pm PDT |
Russia to send new troops in Georgia stand-off
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Russia's military said on
Saturday it was sending reinforcements into South Ossetia, a
breakaway region of Georgia where Russian forces are supporting
separatists under assault from Georgian troops. |
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ChristianToday |
10:51pm PDT |
Willow Creek Leadership Summit improve yourself then your church |
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Summary: This years Leadership Summit at Willow Creek Community Church has drawn over 6000 people to the Chicagoarea megachurch and over 50000 others around the world who have been watching the live broadcast of one of the worlds most premier leadership training e |
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Cnn.com |
10:38pm PDT |
Edwards: Wife 'furious' after learning of affair |
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Summary: Former Sen. John Edwards says he told his wife, Elizabeth, of his affair with a woman who was hired to make documentary videos for his campaign. Edwards said his wife's widely reported cancer was in remission when the affair began. "She was mad; she was a |
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Cnn.com |
10:14pm PDT |
Student tries to show Tibetan flag at Olympics |
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10:11pm PDT |
Violent women 'stretching police' |
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Summary: The "phenomenon" of female violence is putting pressure on police resources, the Police Federation warns. |
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Yahoo News |
10:03pm PDT |
First Beijing Olympic gold medal results
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Chen Xiexia gave China its first gold of the 2008 Olympics when she won the women's 48kg weightlifting title on Saturday. |
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BBC News |
9:59pm PDT |
Banks warned of economic worries |
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Summary: The City watchdog tells banks to plan on the assumption economic conditions could be as bad for them as in the early 1990s. |
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Yahoo News |
9:55pm PDT |
China wins early gold to cap dazzling opening
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The Czech Republic took first honors at
the Olympics on Saturday, and China also won an early gold to
cap a dazzling opening ceremony. |
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Cnn.com |
9:52pm PDT |
Czech wins first gold at Olympics |
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BBC News |
9:48pm PDT |
Parachutist dies in holiday jump |
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Summary: A Briton has died of a suspected heart attack during a 12,500ft parachute jump in Spain. |
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Cnn.com |
9:32pm PDT |
Edwards on affair: 'I alone am responsible' |
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Summary: Former Sen. John Edwards has admitted having an extramarital affair in 2006. In a written statement today, the former Democratic presidential candidate said he "made a serious error in judgment and conducted myself in a way that was disloyal to my family |
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Cnn.com |
9:32pm PDT |
Edwards on affair: ' I alone am responsible' |
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Summary: Former Sen. John Edwards has admitted having an extramarital affair in 2006. In a written statement today, the former Democratic presidential candidate said he "made a serious error in judgment and conducted myself in a way that was disloyal to my family |
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BBC News |
9:29pm PDT |
Direct action plan at power plant |
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Summary: Climate change protesters are aiming to shut down a power station in Kent, despite danger warnings. |
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BBC News |
9:02pm PDT |
South Ossetia clashes intensify |
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Summary: Fierce fighting between Russian and Georgian troops continues in the Georgian breakaway region of South Ossetia, reports say. |
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BBC News |
8:56pm PDT |
Father freed after Brazil arrest |
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Summary: A Kent University lecturer who was detained in Brazil accused of not paying child support has been released. |
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Yahoo News |
8:45pm PDT |
Japan remembers Nagasaki atomic bomb victims
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Japan marked the 63rd anniversary of the
atomic bombing of Nagasaki with a solemn ceremony on Saturday
and a call for world powers to abandon their nuclear weapons. |
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Yahoo News |
8:42pm PDT |
Czech shooter on target for first Beijing Olympic gold
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Czech shooter Katerina Emmons took the honour of winning the first gold medal of the Beijing Olympics as the first full day of competition began on Saturday after a dazzling opening ceremony. |
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Yahoo News |
8:15pm PDT |
Czechs take first gold, dashing Chinese hopes
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The Czech Republic won the first gold
of the Olympics on Saturday, dashing Chinese hopes for an early
medal to cap a dazzling opening ceremony. |
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Yahoo News |
8:13pm PDT |
Obama family arrives in Hawaii, campaign stays home
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - It's not a battleground state and it's
unlikely to tip the U.S. election in November, but White House
hopeful Barack Obama came to Hawaii on Friday -- minus,
largely, his presidential campaign. |
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Yahoo News |
8:10pm PDT |
Fierce fighting reported in Georgia after Russian troop surge
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Russia and its pro-West neighbour Georgia engaged in fierce fighting Saturday in the disputed region of South Ossetia, reports said, as the international community scrambled to prevent an all-out war. |
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Yahoo News |
7:55pm PDT |
Crash of illegal charter bus in Texas kills 15
(AP)
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Summary: AP - An unlicensed charter bus carrying a Vietnamese-American Catholic group on a pilgrimage to a religious festival blew an illegally treaded tire and skidded off a highway early Friday, killing at least 15 people and injuring dozens, authorities said. |
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Yahoo News |
7:49pm PDT |
Edwards admits to affair he denied as candidate
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Former presidential candidate John Edwards, who won nationwide praise and sympathy as he campaigned side by side with his cancer-stricken wife, Elizabeth, admitted in shame Friday he had had an affair with a woman who produced videos as he prepared t |
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BBC News |
7:35pm PDT |
Protest attempt at Olympic event |
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Summary: Two people are removed from an event on the first day of Olympic competition, after trying to unveil a Tibetan flag. |
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Yahoo News |
7:26pm PDT |
China goes for gold after dazzling opener
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - China is hoping for early Olympic gold
to cap a dazzling opening ceremony as the first full day of
competition got under way on Saturday. |
