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BBC News |
11:41pm PDT |
Flooded areas warned of more rain |
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Summary: Flood warnings remain in place for parts of South Yorkshire and north Derbyshire after yesterday's heavy rain. |
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BBC News |
11:39pm PDT |
Olympic cycling champion Sir Chris Hoy collects his knighthood |
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Summary: Triple Beijing Olympic cycling champion Sir Chris Hoy is to collect his knighthood at Buckingham Palace. |
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Cnn.com |
11:37pm PDT |
Most dangerous search terms on the Internet |
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Summary: If you like to search for "music lyrics" or "free" things, you are engaging in risky cyber behavior. And "free music downloads" puts 20 percent of Web surfers in harm's way of malicious software, known as "malware."
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BBC News |
11:35pm PDT |
Fire forces Australia jet to land |
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Summary: An Australian A330 Airbus plane with 203 people on board makes an emergency landing in Guam after a fire in the cockpit. |
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BBC News |
11:35pm PDT |
Nursery worker faces porn charges |
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Summary: A nursery worker is due in court in Plymouth charged in connection with the distribution of indecent images of children. |
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11:26pm PDT |
Phillips hopes for Lions Test nod |
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Summary: Wales scrum-half Mike Phillips hopes he has done enough to earn a Lions starting Test spot after impressing against the Sharks. |
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Cnn.com |
11:23pm PDT |
Shooting suspect called 'hard-core neo-Nazi' |
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Summary: An 88-year-old Maryland man with a long history of ties to white supremacist groups is the suspect in the fatal shooting of a guard at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, law enforcement officials told CNN. James W. von Brunn had become a "hard-core neo-N |
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Yahoo News |
11:20pm PDT |
Officials: Clashes in Pakistan tribal area kill 23
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Summary: AP - Dozens of militants attacked three army posts in a tribal region that serves as the primary base for Pakistan's Taliban chief, triggering shootouts that left 20 insurgents and three soldiers dead early Thursday, intelligence officials told The Associ |
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BBC News |
11:09pm PDT |
New exams system to be revealed |
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Summary: The new national exam system to replace Standard Grades is set to be unveiled by the Scottish Government. |
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10:49pm PDT |
Ready for 2010? |
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Summary: South Africa gears up for World Cup |
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BBC News |
10:49pm PDT |
Laws 'could help' elderly abuse |
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Summary: A charity is to look into whether new laws need to be introduced in Wales to prevent the abuse of elderly people. |
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BBC News |
10:49pm PDT |
Laws 'could tackle' elderly abuse |
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Summary: A charity is to look into whether new laws need to be introduced in Wales to prevent the abuse of elderly people. |
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Cnn.com |
10:47pm PDT |
Copter crash leaves fate of hiker, pilot unknown |
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Summary: A New Mexico police officer was rescued Wednesday after surviving a helicopter crash in the snowy Santa Fe National Forest, but the fate of the pilot remained unknown.
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Cnn.com |
10:47pm PDT |
1 found alive in rescue copter crash |
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Summary: A New Mexico police officer was rescued Wednesday after surviving a helicopter crash in the snowy Santa Fe National Forest, but the fate of the pilot remained unknown.
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BBC News |
10:46pm PDT |
Report criticises prison training |
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Summary: The NI Prison Service must work towards improving staff training and do more to rehabilitate inmates, a report says. |
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10:43pm PDT |
Real IRA sources case to resume |
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Summary: The case of a Belfast journalist who police want to hand over material linked to two Real IRA articles is to resume later. |
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BBC News |
10:36pm PDT |
Tube strike chaos set to continue |
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Summary: Millions of people face another day of travel disruptions and delays as the Tube strike enters its second day. |
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Yahoo News |
10:35pm PDT |
Venezuela bans Coke Zero, cites "danger to health"
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Summary: Reuters - The Venezuelan government of U.S.-critic President Hugo Chavez on Wednesday ordered Coca-Cola Co to withdraw its Coke Zero beverage from the South American nation, citing unspecified dangers to health. |
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Yahoo News |
10:30pm PDT |
Ahmadinejad's economic record may sway Iran vote
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Summary: Reuters - If Iranian voters deny President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad re-election on Friday, it may be more a verdict on his economic performance than on his fierce rhetoric against the United States and Israel, his defense of Iran's nuclear policy or his persis |
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Cnn.com |
10:21pm PDT |
Mexico removes day-care center official |
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Summary: Mexico's Institute of Social Security, which oversaw the day-care facility where 44 children died in a fire last week, removed its director in the state where the tragedy occurred, the state-run news agency Notimex reported.
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BBC News |
10:20pm PDT |
Holocaust museum guard killed |
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Summary: A man said to be a white supremacist shoots dead a guard at Washington's Holocaust museum before being wounded. |
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BBC News |
10:20pm PDT |
US Holocaust museum guard killed |
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Summary: An elderly man said to be a white supremacist shoots dead a guard at Washington's Holocaust museum before being wounded. |
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BBC News |
10:05pm PDT |
Fund crisis threatens Swat relief |
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Summary: Aid agencies warn a funding crisis threatens help for people who have fled fighting in Pakistan's north-western Swat valley. |
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Cnn.com |
9:53pm PDT |
Museum guard 'died heroically' in shooting |
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Summary: A rifle-wielding white supremacist entered Washington's Holocaust museum on Wednesday afternoon, fatally shooting a security guard before being wounded himself by return fire from other guards, authorities said. Stephen Tyrone Johns, a six-year veteran of |
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BBC News |
9:49pm PDT |
Koreas talk amid UN sanction call |
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Summary: North and South Korea hold rare talks about an industrial complex, after the UN agrees draft resolution against the North. |
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BBC News |
9:32pm PDT |
Nato holds talks on Kosovo troops |
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Summary: Nato is expected to agree to scale down its Kosovo force from about 14,000 to 10,000, as defence ministers prepare to meet. |
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Yahoo News |
9:22pm PDT |
Problems of old Chrysler linger at 'new' Chrysler
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Summary: AP - Chrysler may have been granted a fresh start, but it still faces old problems: how to sell enough cars and realign its fleet away from the trucks and SUVs consumers seem to no longer want or be able to afford. |
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Yahoo News |
9:16pm PDT |
U.N. moves to punish Pyongyang as rival Koreas meet
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Summary: Reuters - World powers moved closer to punishing North Korea with new sanctions for its nuclear test while envoys from the reclusive communist state held talks with South Koreans on Thursday over a troubled joint factory park. |
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BBC News |
9:15pm PDT |
Malik faces new expenses claims |
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Summary: Fresh allegations have been made by the Daily Telegraph about the expense claims of Communities Minister Shahid Malik. |
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Yahoo News |
9:05pm PDT |
California nears financial "meltdown" as revenues tumble
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - California's government risks a financial "meltdown" within 50 days in light of its weakening May revenues unless Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and lawmakers quickly plug a $24.3 billion budget gap, the state's controller said on Wednesday. |
