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Cnn.com |
7:11pm PDT |
38 dead after being bitten by vampire bats |
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Cnn.com |
7:10pm PDT |
Nigerian official accused of hiring witch doctor |
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Yahoo News |
6:28pm PDT |
NTSB: Bus in fatal Texas crash had improper tire
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Summary: AP - Investigators say a blown tire on a charter bus that crashed and killed 15 people had been refitted with a new tread in violation of safety standards. The National Transportation Safety Board also said late Friday that the driver was a 52-year-old wh |
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Cnn.com |
6:07pm PDT |
Preacher's wife denies attacking flight attendant |
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ChristianPost |
5:50pm PDT |
Evangelical Fellowship of Asia Renamed; New General Secretary Installed |
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Summary: The Evangelical Fellowship of Asia (EFA) officially changed its name to the Asian Evangelical Alliance this week and witnessed the installation of the Rev. Dr. Richard Howell as its new general secretary. |
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5:45pm PDT |
UN still unable to agree call for South Ossetia ceasefire
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Summary: AFP - The UN Security Council failed yet again to agree on a call for an immediate truce in the worsening fighting in Georgia's breakaway South Ossetia enclave but agreed to make another attempt Saturday. |
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Yahoo News |
5:16pm PDT |
Rabies from bats suspected in Venezuela deaths
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Summary: AP - At least 38 Warao Indians have died in remote villages in Venezuela, and medical experts suspect an outbreak of rabies spread by bites from vampire bats. Laboratory investigations have yet to confirm the cause, but the symptoms point to rabies, accor |
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Yahoo News |
5:15pm PDT |
Holmes leads the PGA as the only player under par
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Summary: AP - J.B. Holmes and his monster length turned out to be a good fit for Oakland Hills. With a black glove on his hand and a scowl on his face, Holmes hammered one tee shot after another Friday and kept most of them in the short grass, leading to a 2-under |
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5:08pm PDT |
Army reviews security at anthrax lab |
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Yahoo News |
5:07pm PDT |
Georgia reports new air attacks at military bases
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Summary: AP - Russia dispatched an armored column into the breakaway enclave of South Ossetia on Friday after Georgia, a staunch U.S. ally, launched a surprise offensive to crush separatists. Witnesses said hundreds of civilians were killed. Fighting reportedly ra |
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ChristianPost |
5:07pm PDT |
The Heart of the Matter |
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Summary: It no longer costs taxpayers $23,000 a year to house, feed, and incarcerate Eddie McNeil. Instead, he pays taxes. |
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Yahoo News |
5:04pm PDT |
Microbiologist says she was stalked by Ivins
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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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BBC News |
4:56pm PDT |
Holmes takes lead in USPGA test |
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Summary: American JB Holmes will take a one-shot lead into the third round of the USPGA Championship at a brutal Oakland Hills. |
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BBC News |
4:56pm PDT |
Holmes leads from Rose in USPGA |
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Summary: American JB Holmes leads by one from Justin Rose, Ben Curtis and Charlie Wi at halfway in the USPGA at Oakland Hills. |
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BBC News |
4:32pm PDT |
Scotland 'can expect more floods' |
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Summary: More frequent floods and landslides could hit areas of Scotland in the future, according to an environmental charity. |
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BBC News |
4:32pm PDT |
Scots 'can expect more floods' |
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Summary: Scotland can expect more floods and landslides, according to an environmental charity. |
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BBC News |
4:20pm PDT |
US-China spy jailed for 15 years |
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Summary: A Taiwan-born US national gets a 15-year jail term for obtaining secret military documents and passing them to Beijing. |
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Yahoo News |
4:14pm PDT |
Edwards admits he had affair after heated denials
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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 for his campaign |
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BBC News |
4:06pm PDT |
Gene hooks smokers at first puff |
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Summary: Puffing on a first cigarette is a rite of passage for many, but whether it is enjoyable may be down to genes, research finds. |
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Yahoo News |
4:01pm PDT |
Barbadians slam discovery, naming of tiny snake
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Summary: AP - A small snake has sparked a big debate in Barbados. Residents of the wealthy Caribbean nation have been heating up blogs and clogging radio airwaves to vent their anger at a U.S. scientist, who earlier this week announced his "discovery" of the world |
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BBC News |
4:01pm PDT |
Storm brewing? |
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Summary: Is the choppy economy rocking the yachting set? |
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BBC News |
3:59pm PDT |
Aids conference ends with warning |
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Summary: An international Aids conference ends with a warning that funding commitments for treatment may not be met. |
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Yahoo News |
3:54pm PDT |
Army creates team to review security at biolab
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Summary: AP - The Army has created a team of medical and other military experts to review security measures at the research laboratory where the scientist linked to the anthrax mailings worked. |
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Cnn.com |
3:53pm PDT |
Mayor cleared in drug raid that left dogs dead |
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Summary: Federal officials have opened a civil rights investigation into a police narcotics raid on the home of a Maryland mayor in which police burst in without knocking and shot the mayor's two dogs to death.
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BBC News |
3:14pm PDT |
Ex-senator Edwards admits affair |
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Summary: Ex-Democratic US presidential hopeful John Edwards admits he lied when he denied an extra-marital affair. |
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Yahoo News |
3:10pm PDT |
South Ossetia fighting risks wider war
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Summary: AP - Russia dispatched an armored column into the breakaway enclave of South Ossetia on Friday after Georgia, a staunch U.S. ally, launched a surprise offensive to crush separatists. Witnesses said hundreds of civilians were killed. |
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Yahoo News |
3:02pm PDT |
Chicken crosses the road, then abandoned by thief
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Summary: AP - Why did the chicken cross the road? In the case of Jerry Sleater's 5-foot, 400-pound bright blue rooster, that's apparently as far as whoever was trying to steal it could get it. |
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Yahoo News |
3:00pm PDT |
McConaughey to plant son's placenta in orchard
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Summary: AP - Matthew McConaughey says the birth of his son will help bring a little joy to others in the world someday. The actor kept the placenta from the July birth of his son and plans to plant it in an orchard, he tells CNN's "House Call with Dr. Sanjay Gupt |
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Yahoo News |
3:00pm PDT |
Favre gone, Rodgers back as starter for Packers
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Summary: AP - Aaron Rodgers needed an extra squirt of antiseptic spray for his sore throat before speaking, but the lump from having to compete for his job is gone, jettisoned with Brett Favre to New York. Rodgers is right back where he began in March. He's the st |
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Yahoo News |
2:59pm PDT |
Edwards admits affair
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Summary: Reuters - Former U.S. Democratic presidential
candidate John Edwards on Friday admitted that he had an
extramarital affair. |
