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11:59pm PDT |
Brazil clears Indian reservation |
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Summary: Brazil begins clearing residents from an area designated indigenous territory by a landmark court ruling. |
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11:51pm PDT |
Man dies separating fighting dogs |
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Summary: A man dies in Blackpool after trying to intervene in a fight between two German Shepherd dogs. |
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11:51pm PDT |
Pa. teens cleared of serious charges in beating
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Summary: AP - An all-white jury on Friday acquitted two Pennsylvania teenagers of all serious charges against them stemming from the fatal beating of an illegal Mexican immigrant last summer. A representative for the victim's family called the result an outrage. |
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11:29pm PDT |
On to Game 7: Wade carries Heat to rout over Hawks
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Summary: AP - A season-saving win in the books, Dwyane Wade and the Miami Heat walked off the court Friday night with a stoic look. No celebrating, nary even a smile. "Strictly about business," Wade said. "Now we move on." To Sunday. To Game 7. |
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11:07pm PDT |
Lower Mexico flu death toll calms nervous world
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Summary: Reuters - In a glint of good news for a world rattled by the threat of a flu pandemic, new laboratory data showed fewer people have died in Mexico than first thought from a deadly new influenza strain. |
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11:05pm PDT |
Boston Globe wins reprieve
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Summary: Reuters - The Boston Globe will stay alive, at least through the weekend, after its management and a key union made progress in negotiations over cost cuts, a spokesman for the paper said early Saturday morning. |
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Cnn.com |
10:51pm PDT |
Film offers glimpse into Myanmar citizens' rage |
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Summary: Video journalist Aung Htun scrambles over a wall and ducks down behind a tree while gunfire crackles nearby during the mass anti-government protests in the autumn of 2007 in Myanmar.
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10:15pm PDT |
More than 400 schools closed, 161 US flu cases
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Summary: AP - President Barack Obama voiced hope Friday that the swine flu virus will run its course "like ordinary flus" as officials reported more than two dozen new cases and scores more schools shut down. |
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10:00pm PDT |
Warning over private health scans |
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Summary: Health charities and government advisers say they have concerns about private medical screening claiming to detect early signs of several diseases. |
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10:00pm PDT |
Tenants 'in most debt since 80s' |
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Summary: UK housing tenants are more in debt to their landlords than at any time since the late 1980s, the BBC learns. |
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9:48pm PDT |
Boston Globe's fate remains undecided
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Summary: Reuters - The Boston Globe's fate remained unknown early Saturday after a midnight deadline set by parent company New York Times Co to get concessions from a key union passed without comment from either side. |
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9:36pm PDT |
NATO foils attack on Norwegian tanker
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Summary: Reuters - Portuguese warship Corte-Real captured, disarmed and briefly detained 19 pirates armed with high-explosives after they attempted to attack a Norwegian-owned oil tanker in the Gulf of Aden, NATO officials said on Saturday. |
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9:33pm PDT |
UK waits on 600 swine flu tests |
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Summary: Health chiefs are awaiting the results of more than 600 tests for swine flu as the number of confirmed UK cases reaches 13. |
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9:33pm PDT |
Extra swine flu cases confirmed |
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Summary: A man from South Gloucestershire who had been in contact with a traveller to Mexico is confirmed as having swine flu. |
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9:19pm PDT |
China moves to curb virus spread |
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Summary: China quarantines air passengers and suspends some Mexico flights, after a Hong Kong man is confirmed with swine flu. |
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Cnn.com |
9:02pm PDT |
3 U.S. troops killed in Taliban attack |
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Summary: Eight soldiers, including three U.S. troops, have been killed in a Taliban attack in eastern Afghanistan, a U.S. State Department spokesman said in Washington.
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8:58pm PDT |
Mexico cuts flu death toll, businesses shut down
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Summary: Reuters - Mexico lowered its estimated death toll from a new strain of flu to up to 101 on Friday from as many as 176 previously and voiced hope it may be getting control of an epidemic that has raised fears of a pandemic. |
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8:56pm PDT |
Immigrants push for reforms at rallies across US
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Summary: AP - Immigrants and their families gathered at rallies across the country Friday to push for changes to U.S. immigration policy, but as a swine flu outbreak continued to spread, attendance at some events was smaller than organizers had hoped. |
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8:54pm PDT |
Police find Ga. prof's Jeep; search nearby woods
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Summary: AP - Law enforcement officers swarmed a heavily wooded area in northeast Georgia on Friday, searching for a former university professor suspected of killing his wife and two other people, but the only sign of the missing academic was his red Jeep wrecked |
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8:49pm PDT |
Swine flu: HK quarantines hundreds at hotel
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Summary: AP - Hundreds of tourists and employees were under quarantine in a downtown Hong Kong hotel Saturday after a Mexican guest tested positive for swine flu. With the outbreak on its doorstep, China suspended direct flights from the Latin American country. |
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Cnn.com |
8:32pm PDT |
2 guilty of lesser charges in immigrant's death |
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Summary: Two Pennsylvania teens were acquitted of murder, aggravated assault and ethnic intimidation charges Friday in the beating death of a Mexican immigrant last summer. However, a Schuylkill County jury found Brandon Piekarsky and Derrick Donchak guilty of sim |
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8:18pm PDT |
Fiji suspended from regional forum: chairman
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Summary: AFP - Fiji was suspended from the 16-nation Pacific Islands Forum and told there was no place for a regime which displays "such a total disregard for basic human rights." |
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8:16pm PDT |
Madeleine mother 'feared worst' |
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Summary: The mother of Madeleine McCann admits she let herself "go to the worst" as a new image of the missing girl is issued. |
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8:10pm PDT |
On to Game 7: Wade carries Heat to rout
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Summary: AP - Dwyane Wade soared past Zaza Pachulia, throwing down a fierce dunk as the Atlanta forward sent him sprawling into a row of photographers. |
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7:51pm PDT |
Rape by Baby P man sparks inquiry |
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Summary: An independent review is under way into the case of a two-year-old girl raped by one of the men responsible for Baby P's death. |
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7:43pm PDT |
NY trustee in Madoff scandal sues LA money manager
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Summary: AP - A court-appointed New York City trustee is suing a Los Angeles money manager he says directed hundreds of millions of dollars in investments to financier Bernard Madoff. |
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6:48pm PDT |
Red Wings' Lidstrom scores 2 in win vs. Ducks
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Summary: AP - The last two Stanley Cup champions were evenly matched in their second round series opener. Then Detroit got the best of Anaheim. |
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Cnn.com |
6:48pm PDT |
Hunt to replace Souter is on |
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Summary: A process begun months ago among White House lawyers to quietly compile a list of possible Supreme Court picks has accelerated with word Justice David Souter plans to step down form the bench later this year.
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Cnn.com |
6:32pm PDT |
What Madeleine McCann might look like now |
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Summary: The parents of missing English toddler Madeleine McCann have unveiled a digitally enhanced picture showing what she might look like today if she is still alive. Madeleine was 3 years old when she disappeared during a family vacation in Praia da Luz, Portu |
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Cnn.com |
6:32pm PDT |
What would Madeleine McCann look like now? |
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Summary: The parents of missing English toddler Madeleine McCann have unveiled a digitally enhanced picture showing what she might look like today if she is still alive. Madeleine was 3 years old when she disappeared during a family vacation in Praia da Luz, Portu |
