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Cnn.com |
11:55pm PDT |
'Talent' judge: Show did not exploit Susan Boyle |
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Summary: Scotland's Susan Boyle gives new meaning to the term "overnight sensation." The "Britain's Got Talent" contestant was expected to be something of a joke when she first sauntered on stage, but she absolutely wowed the audience, the judges -- and then the w |
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11:49pm PDT |
Sony unveils PSP Go gaming device |
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Summary: Sony unveils its new, widely-leaked, handheld gaming device, the PSP Go, at the E3 video games conference in Los Angeles. |
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BBC News |
11:47pm PDT |
US general warns over Afghan war |
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Summary: The general chosen to be the next US commander in Afghanistan says civilian deaths are a "critical" threat. |
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BBC News |
11:39pm PDT |
UK consumer optimism 'increases' |
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Summary: UK consumers were more optimistic in May about the economy than they had been for six months, a survey suggests. |
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BBC News |
11:03pm PDT |
Network Rail's punctuality rises |
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Summary: Network Rail reports that in the past year punctuality was at its highest since 1992 and it made pre-tax profits of £1.5bn. |
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BBC News |
11:01pm PDT |
Eton link to new swine flu case |
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Summary: Passengers on the same flight to Belfast as a man who tested positive for swine flu are being contacted. |
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BBC News |
11:01pm PDT |
Flu flight passengers contacted |
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Summary: Passengers on the same flight to Belfast as a man who tested positive for swine flu are being contacted. |
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BBC News |
10:51pm PDT |
Nearly half of jobless 'under 25' |
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Summary: Blaenau Gwent has the Uk's highest unemployment rate and nearly half without jobs in Wales are under 25, a report finds. |
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BBC News |
10:51pm PDT |
Poverty on rise as recession hits |
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Summary: One valleys council area has the highest jobless rate in the UK and across Wales almost half of young people are unemployed, a study finds. |
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Yahoo News |
10:50pm PDT |
North Korea "preparing long-range missile launch"
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - North Korea is assembling a missile that could hit U.S. soil and may test-launch it as early as this month, a newspaper reported, as a U.S. envoy on Wednesday urged Pyongyang to cease provocations and return to disarmament talks. |
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BBC News |
10:31pm PDT |
Real Madrid close in on £56m Kaka |
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Summary: AC Milan are struggling to keep hold of star midfielder Kaka as reports emerge that Real Madrid have agreed a world record £56m transfer for the Brazilian. |
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BBC News |
10:31pm PDT |
Real 'close in on £56m Kaka deal' |
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Summary: AC Milan are struggling to keep hold of star midfielder Kaka as reports emerge that Real Madrid have agreed a world record £56m transfer for the Brazilian. |
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BBC News |
10:31pm PDT |
Real tipped to land Kaka for £56m |
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Summary: AC Milan are struggling to keep hold of star forward Kaka amid reports that Real Madrid have agreed a £56m transfer deal for the Brazilian. |
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Yahoo News |
10:23pm PDT |
Gonchar leads Penguins to 4-2 win over Red Wings
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Sergei Gonchar said it once, then repeated it again a few seconds later as he tried pumping some confidence into some discouraged teammates: It's not over. |
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Yahoo News |
10:13pm PDT |
Heidi and Spencer quit NBC's 'I'm a Celebrity'
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Heidi and Spencer Pratt said they're bailing, and they like really, really mean it this time. |
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BBC News |
10:01pm PDT |
Eating disorder |
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Summary: Do parents blame toddlers' fads on medical problems? |
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BBC News |
10:01pm PDT |
Eating disorder? |
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Summary: Do parents blame toddlers' fads on eating problems |
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BBC News |
10:01pm PDT |
Opposition win Greenland election |
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Summary: The left-wing opposition wins Greenland's landmark elections, ousting the ruling Social Democrats. |
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Yahoo News |
9:35pm PDT |
Brazil navy races to pull Air France wreck from sea
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Brazilian navy divers rushed on Wednesday to reach the wreckage of an Air France jet and start the grim job of pulling debris from the Atlantic Ocean, where the plane with 228 people went down in the airline's worst disaster in its 75-year histo |
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BBC News |
9:01pm PDT |
Ocean search finds plane debris |
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Summary: Debris spotted by planes in the Atlantic is from a French airliner which vanished in a storm, Brazil confirms. |
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BBC News |
8:57pm PDT |
Brown urged to 'assert authority' |
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Summary: Senior Labour figures urge Gordon Brown to assert his authority ahead of the European and English local elections. |
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Yahoo News |
8:50pm PDT |
GM strikes Hummer deal with China machinery maker
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - General Motors Corp said on Tuesday it reached a tentative deal to sell its Hummer brand to a privately held Chinese heavy machinery maker, part of an effort to drop four unprofitable vehicle lines and leave bankruptcy as a leaner company. |
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Yahoo News |
8:11pm PDT |
"Make or break" time for health reform: Obama
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - President Barack Obama stepped up efforts to build public support for a broad revamp of U.S. healthcare on Tuesday, saying the country could no longer afford the soaring costs of the current system that leaves millions without medical coverage. |
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Cnn.com |
8:05pm PDT |
Brazilian judge holds order to unite father, son |
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Summary: A Brazilian supreme court judge on Tuesday suspended a lower court's order that would have given custody of a 9-year-old boy to the U.S. consulate in Rio de Janeiro, where he was to be reunited with his American father.
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Cnn.com |
8:05pm PDT |
Judge suspends order to unite father, son |
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Summary: A Brazilian supreme court judge on Tuesday suspended a lower court's order that would have given custody of a 9-year-old boy to the U.S. consulate in Rio de Janeiro, where he was to be reunited with his American father. The judge said taking Sean Richard |
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Cnn.com |
8:02pm PDT |
Live Nation's 'no service fee' tickets have fees |
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Summary: Music fans who buy concert tickets during Live Nation's "No Service Fee Wednesday" may be surprised when they check their receipt and see some service fees were charged.
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Yahoo News |
8:01pm PDT |
Cheering success, seeking more at Wal-Mart annual
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Wal-Mart Stores Inc employees could be shouting the retailer's corporate cheer with renewed vigor at this year's annual meeting. |
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BBC News |
7:57pm PDT |
Are the high times over for low cost airlines? |
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Summary: With global oil prices high and company losses larger than expected. Is the day of the low cost airline done? |
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Cnn.com |
7:52pm PDT |
Debris confirmed as Air France wreckage |
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Summary: A debris field in the Atlantic Ocean is wreckage from Air France Flight 447, Brazilian Defense Minister Nelson Jobim said Tuesday. The news came after military planes and commercial ships were sent to look for the jetliner, which vanished Monday with 228 |
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Yahoo News |
7:29pm PDT |
Brazil, France hunt for answers in Air France crash
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Navy ships were due to arrive at a zone in the Atlantic off Brazil's coast where an Air France plane carrying 228 people crashed this week, as investigators focused on finding answers to the tragedy. |
