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Yahoo News |
11:44pm PDT |
Michael Jackson's body given to family
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Summary: AP - The body of Michael Jackson, who died Thursday, has been released by the Los Angeles County coroner's office. |
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11:28pm PDT |
Indian Christian Attacks have increased our faith |
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Summary: The wave of attacks on churches in Karnataka India have only increased our faith and brought us together says Archbishop Bernard Moras whose initiative has united churches of many denominations |
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Yahoo News |
11:01pm PDT |
Jackson verdict 'weeks away' as drug rumors swirl
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Summary: AFP - Michael Jackson's cause of death will not be confirmed for several weeks, officials said, as attention turned to the possible involvement of drugs in the tragic King of Pop's demise. |
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Yahoo News |
10:11pm PDT |
UN troubleshooter discusses Ban visit in Myanmar
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Summary: AFP - The UN special envoy to Myanmar met with junta leaders on Saturday as he paves the way for a visit by Secretary General Ban Ki-moon next month expected to focus on the trial of Aung San Suu Kyi. |
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Cnn.com |
9:54pm PDT |
Argentina's First Couple face election test |
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Summary: Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has held power since 2003, and Sunday's midterm elections will prove pivotal to her hold on power.
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BBC News |
9:51pm PDT |
Long process |
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Summary: Why are NI loyalists set to give up weapons? |
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BBC News |
9:50pm PDT |
Five killed in Karachi shoot-out |
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Summary: Pakistani police say they have killed five militants linked to a Taliban leader in the city of Karachi. |
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Yahoo News |
9:44pm PDT |
Jackson insisted promoter hire his cardiologist
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Summary: AP - Michael Jackson insisted that his concert promoter's payroll include his personal physician, a financially troubled cardiologist who was with the entertainer when he collapsed. |
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Yahoo News |
9:42pm PDT |
9 killed in Okla. turnpike traffic wreck
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Summary: AP - Nine people died Friday when a tractor-trailer slammed into a line of cars stopped by an earlier accident on a northeast Oklahoma turnpike, leaving twisted metal and debris strewn on the highway and stranding miles of traffic in scorching heat. |
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BBC News |
9:25pm PDT |
Court deal strips Madoff wealth |
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Summary: Disgraced financier Bernard Madoff and his wife are stripped of their wealth, as he awaits sentencing for massive fraud. |
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BBC News |
9:19pm PDT |
Ministers plan services shake-up |
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Summary: The government is to set out plans to reduce Whitehall targets and extend new rights to public services users. |
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BBC News |
9:03pm PDT |
Lunch with investor Warren Buffett? A snip at $1.68m |
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Summary: An annual auction for lunch with investor Warren Buffett ends with a winning bid of $1.68m, 20% less than last year. |
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Yahoo News |
8:36pm PDT |
Exact details of Jackson's death remain unclear
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Summary: AP - The final act of Michael Jackson's life came into clearer focus Friday, a picture of a fallen superstar working out with TV's "Incredible Hulk" and under the care of his own private cardiologist as he tried to get his 50-year-old body in shape for a |
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BBC News |
8:32pm PDT |
Egypt to reopen crossing to Gaza |
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Summary: Egypt is to temporarily reopen its Rafah crossing with Gaza, allowing some Palestinians to leave the blockaded territory. |
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Yahoo News |
8:11pm PDT |
Judge orders Madoff to forfeit over $170 billion
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Summary: AP - A federal judge has ordered disgraced financier Bernard Madoff to forfeit over $170 billion. |
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Yahoo News |
8:09pm PDT |
Madoff ordered to forfeit over $170 billion
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Disgraced financier Bernard Madoff has been ordered to forfeit over $170 billion, prosecutors said Friday. |
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Cnn.com |
8:00pm PDT |
Death puts drug interactions in spotlight |
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Summary: As friends of pop star Michael Jackson discuss the role prescription drugs may have played in his Thursday death, the serious health problems that can be triggered by drug interactions are again in the spotlight.
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Cnn.com |
7:51pm PDT |
Madoff, wife lose millions in assets |
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Summary: Bernard and Ruth Madoff have been stripped of their vast riches.
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Cnn.com |
7:38pm PDT |
Bank failure list hits 45 |
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Summary: Local banks in Georgia, Minnesota and California were closed Friday by state regulators, bringing the total number of failed banks this year to 45, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
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Yahoo News |
7:16pm PDT |
House passes major energy-climate bill
(AP)
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Summary: AP - In a triumph for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed sweeping legislation Friday that calls for the nation's first limits on pollution linked to global warming and aims to usher in a new era of cleaner, yet more co |
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BBC News |
6:46pm PDT |
Search ends for Air France dead |
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Summary: Brazil ends the search for bodies from the crashed Air France jet, but the hunt for the black boxes goes on. |
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Yahoo News |
6:43pm PDT |
Islanders draft high-scoring Tavares No. 1 overall
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The New York Islanders kept everyone guessing, including John Tavares himself, right up until they made the high-scoring center the No. 1 pick in the 2009 NHL entry draft. |
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BBC News |
6:39pm PDT |
Tories were 'wrong' on devolution |
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Summary: Conservative leader David Cameron says his party was wrong in the past to oppose Scottish devolution. |
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Cnn.com |
6:25pm PDT |
Madoff must forfeit $170 billion in assets |
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Summary: Federal prosecutors asked Friday for a 150-year prison sentence for Bernard Madoff, the mastermind behind the largest Ponzi scheme of all time, according to documents filed in court.
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Yahoo News |
6:25pm PDT |
Exact details of Jackson death still unclear
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The final act of Michael Jackson's life came into clearer focus Friday, a picture of a fallen superstar working out with TV's "Incredible Hulk" and under the care of his own private cardiologist as he tried to get his 50-year-old body in shape for a |
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BBC News |
6:20pm PDT |
UK armed forces to be celebrated |
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Summary: Celebrations for the first Armed Forces Day are being held later in towns and cities around the UK. |
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Yahoo News |
6:12pm PDT |
Controller: IOUs signal Calif fiscal mismanagement
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Summary: AP - Thousands of Californians will be hurt and it will cost millions if the state is forced to hand out IOUs instead of payments next week, the state controller said Friday. The IOUs could come as soon as next Thursday, yet lawmakers remained no closer t |
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Cnn.com |
5:57pm PDT |
DC Metro driver hailed as 'hero' |
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Summary: The head of Washington's mass transit system praised as a "hero" the driver who was killed in Monday's crash when her train struck another that was parked on the tracks.
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BBC News |
5:41pm PDT |
Life in the forces |
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Summary: 'We miss baths and curry but there's great pride' |
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BBC News |
5:39pm PDT |
Fighting demons |
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Summary: How did Michael Jackson's childhood affect his adult life? |
