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Cnn.com |
11:57pm PDT |
Report: One dead from quake in SW China |
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Summary: China recorded its first death Friday from a moderate earthquake that struck the country's southwest the night before, state-run media reported.
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Yahoo News |
11:54pm PDT |
Obama set for emotional visits to Vatican, Ghana
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Summary: AP - President Barack Obama is ending three days of often-wonkish policy discussions with fellow world leaders to embark on two of the most photogenic and emotional events of his young presidency: meeting the pope at the Vatican and becoming the first bla |
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BBC News |
11:28pm PDT |
Suu Kyi back on trial after delay |
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Summary: The trial resumes of Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, after a failed trip by UN chief Ban Ki-moon to visit her. |
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BBC News |
10:45pm PDT |
Republican support moves Stoker |
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Summary: UUP councillor Bob Stoker says families from republican areas sent their support after his soldier son was hurt in Afghanistan. |
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Yahoo News |
10:45pm PDT |
SKorea says attackers use IP address in 16 nations
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Summary: AP - Cyber attacks that caused a wave of Web site outages in the U.S. and South Korea used 86 IP addresses in 16 countries, South Korea's spy agency told lawmakers Friday, amid suspicions North Korea was behind the effort. |
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Cnn.com |
10:43pm PDT |
Health care bill hits a snag |
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Summary: House Democrats' push on health care legislation hit a snag Thursday when a group of fiscally conservative Democrats, known as "Blue Dogs," put on the brakes, pressing the Democratic leadership for significant changes to the draft bill.
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Cnn.com |
10:43pm PDT |
'Blue Dog' Dems: Health bill not acceptable |
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Summary: House Democrats' push on health care legislation hit a snag Thursday when a group of fiscally conservative Democrats, known as "Blue Dogs," put on the brakes, pressing the Democratic leadership for significant changes to the draft bill.
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Cnn.com |
10:40pm PDT |
Portrait of Jackson's pill consumption emerges |
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Summary: Singer Michael Jackson took more than 10 Xanax pills a night, asking his employees to get the prescription sleep medicine under their names and also personally traveling to doctor's offices in other states to obtain them, said a confidential document from |
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BBC News |
10:40pm PDT |
Brunstrom on his pride and regret |
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Summary: The retiring chief constable of North Wales Police says he is proud of his record on crime, and stands by his outspoken views on drugs and traffic. |
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Cnn.com |
10:33pm PDT |
NYT removes altered photos from Web site |
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Summary: All the news that's fit to print -- the motto of The New York Times -- does not necessarily apply to photos.
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Yahoo News |
10:19pm PDT |
China accuses Rio staff of bribing steel-makers
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Summary: Reuters - Chinese security officials accused four detained staff of Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto Ltd of bribery on Friday as Australia sought to avert a diplomatic row centering on the massive iron ore trade. |
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BBC News |
10:02pm PDT |
Speedy cheetahs put through paces |
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Summary: Scientists attempt to discover what makes cheetahs the fastest land animals on the planet.
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BBC News |
10:02pm PDT |
Scientists try to discover why cheetahs are the fastest on Earth |
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Summary: Scientists are attempting to discover what makes cheetahs the fastest land animals on the planet.
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BBC News |
9:38pm PDT |
Australia wary after China arrest |
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Summary: Australia says it will handle the allegations of spying against an Australian national in China with caution. |
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Yahoo News |
9:37pm PDT |
New General Motors expected to exit Chapter 11
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Summary: AP - After a night spent signing mounds of paperwork authorizing the transfer of cash, real estate, technology and other property, GM attorneys are expected to officially usher the new General Motors out of bankruptcy protection on Friday and onto a path |
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BBC News |
9:26pm PDT |
Third of breast cancer 'harmless' |
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Summary: One in three breast cancers detected by screening may actually be harmless, researchers suggest. |
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BBC News |
9:22pm PDT |
G8 summit to tackle food supplies |
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Summary: Leaders of G8 nations are to unveil a new effort to boost agriculture in the developing world at their summit in Italy. |
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Yahoo News |
9:15pm PDT |
Report: AIG asks gov't to approve bonus payments
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Summary: AP - After its bonus payments ignited a firestorm of criticism earlier this year, American International Group Inc. is asking the federal government to weigh in on the insurer's plan to resume paying millions in promised retention incentives next week, ac |
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Yahoo News |
9:13pm PDT |
"New GM" ready to exit bankruptcy
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Summary: Reuters - General Motors on Friday prepared to exit bankruptcy with the message that a leaner and meaner automaker ready to win back American consumers and pay back taxpayers has emerged from its failure. |
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Yahoo News |
9:03pm PDT |
China's Urumqi mosques closed, ethnic tensions high
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Summary: AFP - The normally bustling mosques of China's Urumqi city were ordered shut on the main Muslim day of prayer with police out in force to prevent new outbreaks of deadly ethnic unrest. |
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Cnn.com |
9:02pm PDT |
No Shriners hospitals closing |
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Summary: All 22 Shriners Hospitals for Children will stay open, but some eventually might become outpatient-only surgery facilities, the system that offers free specialty pediatric care said Thursday.
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Cnn.com |
9:02pm PDT |
Shriners hospitals may become outpatient-only |
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Summary: All 22 Shriners Hospitals for Children will stay open, but some eventually might become outpatient-only surgery facilities, the system that offers free specialty pediatric care said Thursday.
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8:58pm PDT |
Obama Intends to Nominate Francis Collins to Lead NIH |
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Summary: President Obama announced Wednesday his intent to nominate physician-geneticist Francis S. Collins as director of the National Institutes of Health, the nation’s premier medical research organization. |
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Yahoo News |
8:43pm PDT |
G8 leaders focus on hunger
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Summary: AFP - The world's richest nations readied for talks with African leaders at expanded G8 summit negotiations on the impact of the economic crisis on its poorest continent. |
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BBC News |
8:43pm PDT |
Stars 'may sue' over phone claims |
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Summary: Some public figures consider suing the News of the World following allegations that their mobile phones were tapped. |
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ChristianPost |
8:37pm PDT |
ACLJ Seeks to Revive Whistleblower's Suit Against Planned Parenthood |
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Summary: A Christian legal group is seeking to have a lawsuit reinstated against Planned Parenthood (PP) affiliates in California, which allegedly obtained funds fraudulently from the government. |
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Yahoo News |
8:36pm PDT |
One dead, 10,000 homes flattened in China quake
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Summary: AFP - An earthquake in a sparsely populated region of southwest China killed one person, injured hundreds and flattened more than 10,000 houses, an official and state media said. |
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BBC News |
8:17pm PDT |
China bans Urumqi mosque prayers |
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Summary: China orders mosques in the restive western city of Urumqi not to open for Friday prayers, following days of ethnic unrest. |
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Yahoo News |
7:30pm PDT |
State e-mails detail SC gov's Argentina plans
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Summary: AP - South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford pushed for a packed schedule but wanted to keep an evening free on the tax-funded trip to Buenos Aires where he says his friendship with an Argentine woman turned physical, e-mails released Thursday show. |
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Yahoo News |
7:22pm PDT |
Coach, teammates remember slain ex-NFL QB McNair
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Summary: AP - The hit Steve McNair took to his chest in September 2000 had the NFL quarterback ready to quit the game. It caused him so much pain he spent a bye weekend with the team's former chaplain in Houston. Then McNair, who struggled to breathe, watched his |
