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Yahoo News |
11:48pm PDT |
Missile death toll at 55 in Pakistan
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Summary: AP - Intelligence officials denied reports Wednesday that the head of Pakistan's Taliban narrowly escaped death in a suspected U.S. missile strike that killed about 55 people, saying he was elsewhere at the time. |
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Cnn.com |
11:37pm PDT |
Missing girl found with mom, sex offender |
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Summary: Haylee Donathan, the 4-year-old Ohio girl who vanished more than three weeks ago, was found alive Tuesday in the company of her mother and her boyfriend -- a fugitive sex offender, authorities said.
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Yahoo News |
11:34pm PDT |
Iran under mounting pressure over vote crackdown
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Summary: AFP - Iran faced mounting international pressure after US President Barack Obama raised "significant questions" about the legitimacy of the presidential election and expressed outrage over the crackdown on opposition protesters. |
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Cnn.com |
11:31pm PDT |
Students to get a break on loan paperwork |
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Summary: One of the great headaches of the American dream is about to get less painful.
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Yahoo News |
11:26pm PDT |
China says North Korea a "serious concern"
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Summary: Reuters - China shares the region's "serious concerns" about a nuclear North Korea and urged all parties to keep negotiating, a senior Chinese military officer said Wednesday after talks with Pentagon officials. |
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Yahoo News |
11:22pm PDT |
China arrests leading dissident for subversion
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Summary: AFP - Leading Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo has been formally arrested for subversion, state media reported, six months after he was detained in the wake of signing a pro-democracy charter. |
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BBC News |
11:19pm PDT |
Search for two missing swimmers |
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Summary: An RAF helicopter and lifeboats join a rescue operation for two men who were reported missing near Weston-super-Mare on Tuesday. |
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BBC News |
10:54pm PDT |
NHS revamp 'could add to absence' |
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Summary: A shake-up in health boards could hit staff morale and add to sickness absence, an assembly committee warns. |
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Yahoo News |
10:46pm PDT |
Leading China dissident held for subversion: report
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Summary: AFP - Leading Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo has been formally arrested for subversion, state media reported, six months after he was detained in the wake of signing a pro-democracy charter. |
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BBC News |
10:44pm PDT |
Nomadic refit date 'challenging' |
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Summary: The target date for completion of work on the tender ship linked to the Titanic is challenging, a spending watchdog says. |
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BBC News |
10:40pm PDT |
Get active |
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Summary: Bogota teaches Britain a lesson in healthy living |
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BBC News |
10:35pm PDT |
China activist formally arrested |
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Summary: Chinese writer and activist Liu Xiaobo is formally arrested for inciting subversion, more than six months after being detained. |
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BBC News |
10:35pm PDT |
Chinese activist formally charged |
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Summary: Chinese writer and activist Liu Xiaobo is formally charged with inciting subversion more than six months after being detained by the authorities. |
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Yahoo News |
10:08pm PDT |
Fed to hold fire on buying, talk down rate hikes
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Summary: Reuters - The Federal Reserve will emphasize that the U.S. economy remains fragile in a policy statement later on Wednesday, as it talks down expectations for a rate hike this year and holds fire on expanding asset purchases. |
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BBC News |
10:05pm PDT |
Ex-detainees allege Bagram abuse |
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Summary: A number of former detainees at the US-run Bagram military base in Afghanistan allege they suffered abuse and neglect. |
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Yahoo News |
10:04pm PDT |
Public health plan could save money faster
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A nationwide health insurance exchange that includes a Medicare-like government option could save $1.8 trillion more than if only private plans are offered, a prominent private U.S. health policy group said on Wednesday. |
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Cnn.com |
10:01pm PDT |
Roll of a die, draw of a marble decide election |
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Summary: The votes were tied 126-126, and it all came down to a marble.
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Cnn.com |
9:53pm PDT |
New law to help in paying back college loans |
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Summary: As a graduate from Syracuse University with a master's degree in international relations, Jana Morgan was hoping to help victims of human rights violations caused by resource wars.
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BBC News |
9:43pm PDT |
Protests in Iran capital 'halted' |
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Summary: Protests in Tehran seem to have been halted by riot police, as Iran reflects on the US president's attack on its "unjust" actions. |
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Yahoo News |
9:35pm PDT |
Conan O'Brien, 'Tonight' pay tribute to Ed McMahon
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Summary: AP - "Tonight" host Conan O'Brien paid tribute to Ed McMahon as a "truly funny man" whose partnership with Johnny Carson on the late-night show is an indelible part of TV history. |
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BBC News |
9:08pm PDT |
£1m migrants project 'a scandal' |
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Summary: A scheme to help failed asylum seekers and their children return home resulted in just one family leaving Britain, the BBC learns. |
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Yahoo News |
9:02pm PDT |
Fed mulls tweaks to economic revival programs
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Summary: AP - With signs the economy is improving but still fragile, Federal Reserve policymakers are considering whether some programs intended to drive down rates on mortgages and other consumer debt should be slowed down. |
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Yahoo News |
8:56pm PDT |
It's a man, baby! Scan reveals NY mummy is male
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Summary: AP - A scan performed at a suburban New York City hospital shows an ancient Egyptian mummy thought for centuries to be a woman is a man. |
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ChristianPost |
8:56pm PDT |
Creation '09 Northeast Festival Set to Kick Off |
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Summary: The nation’s largest Christian music festival is drawing tens of thousands of worshippers, many of the nation’s top Christian music artists, and renowned speakers including Ron Luce, Greg Laurie and Will Graham to the mountain ranges of Mount Union, Pa., |
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Cnn.com |
8:55pm PDT |
Actor Ed McMahon dies |
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Summary: When it came to second bananas, Ed McMahon was second to none.
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Cnn.com |
8:55pm PDT |
Ed McMahon remembered as #1 second banana |
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Summary: When it came to second bananas, Ed McMahon was second to none.
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Cnn.com |
8:55pm PDT |
McMahon remembered as No. 1 second banana |
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Summary: When it came to second bananas, Ed McMahon was second to none.
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ChristianPost |
8:53pm PDT |
'Gospel Dream' Competition Ready for Star-Studded Season 4 |
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Summary: The fourth season of the American Idol-style talent search series Gospel Dream will kick off Wednesday night, starting with its initial set of thirty-six contenders. |
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Cnn.com |
8:43pm PDT |
Steve Jobs recovering after liver transplant |
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Summary: Apple CEO Steve Jobs is recovering after undergoing a liver transplant at Methodist University Hospital Transplant Institute in Memphis, Tennessee, the institute's program director said Tuesday.
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Cnn.com |
8:43pm PDT |
Steve Jobs liver transplant confirmed |
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Summary: Apple CEO Steve Jobs is recovering after undergoing a liver transplant at Methodist University Hospital Transplant Institute in Memphis, Tennessee, the institute's program director said Tuesday.
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