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BBC News |
11:45pm PDT |
DIY trend boosts B&Q performance |
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Summary: The owner of B&Q says a growing trend for home and garden DIY is behind better-than-expected sales at the chain. |
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Yahoo News |
11:38pm PDT |
Clinton rallies Asia to back NKorea sanctions
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Summary: AFP - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Thursday urged Southeast Asian and other nations to enforce sanctions against North Korea after winning a surprising pledge of support from Myanmar. |
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ChristianToday |
11:23pm PDT |
Orthodox Anglican leader Choice is between life and death |
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Summary: The head of the newly established Anglican Church in North America has sent an open letter to the entire Anglican Communion contrasting the recent actions of his orthodox body to that of The Episcopal Church in the US |
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BBC News |
11:09pm PDT |
Toseland vows to fight for ride |
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Summary: James Toseland says Sunday's British MotoGP at Donington will have a major say on his future in the sport. |
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BBC News |
11:03pm PDT |
Obama defends healthcare reforms |
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Summary: President Barack Obama defends his plans for health reform in a news conference broadcast live in the US. |
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BBC News |
11:03pm PDT |
Obama defends health care reforms |
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Summary: President Barack Obama defends his plans for health reform in a news conference broadcast live in the US. |
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BBC News |
11:00pm PDT |
Ofwat calls for lower water bills |
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Summary: Proposals set out by water regulator Ofwat will see average household water bills fall between 2010 and 2015. |
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Yahoo News |
10:56pm PDT |
6 shot, wounded in drive-by at Texas Southern
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Summary: AP - Six people were shot and wounded at a community rally on the Texas Southern University campus Wednesday in what police believe was a gang-related drive-by shooting, a school spokeswoman said. |
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Yahoo News |
10:51pm PDT |
Clinton keeps up pressure on North Korea at Asia meeting
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged Asia's biggest security community on Thursday to keep the pressure on North Korea to end its nuclear program and enforce U.N. sanctions against the reclusive state. |
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Yahoo News |
10:49pm PDT |
Clinton laying out terms for North Korea on nukes
(AP)
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Summary: AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urged Asian nations Thursday to vigorously enforce the latest U.N. sanctions against North Korea. She said Washington would pursue "every avenue" to denuclearize the Korean peninsula. |
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BBC News |
10:44pm PDT |
Brown's cabinet to meet in Wales |
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Summary: Gordon Brown and his ministers head to Cardiff for the first meeting by a UK government cabinet in Wales. |
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Cnn.com |
10:41pm PDT |
4 boys accused of sexually assaulting girl |
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Summary: Four boys ages 9 to 14 have been charged with sexually assaulting an 8-year old girl, police in Phoenix, Arizona, said Wednesday.
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Cnn.com |
10:41pm PDT |
Police: Four boys sexually assaulted girl, 8 |
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Summary: Four boys ages 9 to 14 have been charged with sexually assaulting an 8-year old girl, police in Phoenix, Arizona, said Wednesday.
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Yahoo News |
10:31pm PDT |
Bin Laden son thought killed in U.S. drone strike: NPR
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Summary: Reuters - Osama bin Laden's son Sa'ad was probably killed by a U.S. missile strike in Pakistan earlier this year, U.S. National Public Radio has reported, citing U.S. intelligence officials. |
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BBC News |
10:28pm PDT |
Top Porsche managers stand down |
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Summary: The chairman and financial director of German luxury car maker Porsche have resigned. |
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BBC News |
10:17pm PDT |
Court to decide on Mumbai accused |
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Summary: A court in the Indian city of Mumbai is to decide whether to accept the guilty plea of the main suspect in last year's attacks. |
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Yahoo News |
10:03pm PDT |
Bin Laden son thought killed in U.S. drone strike: report
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Osama bin Laden's son Sa'ad was probably killed by a U.S. missile strike in Pakistan earlier this year, U.S. National Public Radio has reported, citing U.S. intelligence officials. |
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BBC News |
10:00pm PDT |
Voters ready for Norwich election |
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Summary: Voting is set to get under way in the Norwich North by-election with Labour seeking to defend a 5,459 majority. |
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BBC News |
10:00pm PDT |
Voting begins in Norwich election |
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Summary: Voting is under way in the Norwich North by-election prompted by Labour MP Ian Gibson's decision to stand down. |
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BBC News |
9:44pm PDT |
Kyrgyz vote in presidential poll |
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Summary: Voters are casting ballots in a presidential election in the strategically important state of Kyrgyzstan. |
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Yahoo News |
9:22pm PDT |
Suspicious motorbike destroyed at Thai security meet
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Summary: Reuters - A loud blast near a major Asia security meeting in Thailand on Thursday was caused by a suspicious motorbike being destroyed, Thai security officials said. |
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BBC News |
9:00pm PDT |
Afghan war is 'worth the effort' |
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Summary: US Vice-President Joe Biden tells the BBC that the Afghanistan war is in the national interest of the US, the UK and Europe. |
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ChristianPost |
8:52pm PDT |
Former Miss Calif. to Release Book |
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Summary: Former Miss California Carrie Prejean plans to come out with a tell-all book this fall after signing a deal with conservative publisher Regnery Publishing. |
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ChristianPost |
8:52pm PDT |
Former Miss California to Release Tell-All Book |
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Summary: Former Miss California Carrie Prejean plans to come out with a tell-all book this fall after signing a deal with conservative publisher Regnery Publishing. |
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BBC News |
8:43pm PDT |
Watchdog to rule on water bills |
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Summary: Ofwat is set to give its verdict on planned rises in water bills affecting millions of UK households. |
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Yahoo News |
8:30pm PDT |
Loud blast heard near Asia meeting in Phuket: witnesses
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A loud blast was heard near the venue of a major Asia security meeting in the Thai resort of Phuket on Thursday, but the cause was not immediately clear. |
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Cnn.com |
8:22pm PDT |
Obama says health care change is necessary |
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Summary: President Obama said Wednesday health care reform is "central" to successfully rebuilding the U.S. economy after the current economic crisis. "Even as we rescue this economy from a full-blown crisis, we must rebuild it stronger than before -- and health i |
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BBC News |
8:02pm PDT |
Jakarta mastermind's 'wife' held |
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Summary: Indonesian police arrest the woman believed to be the wife of suspected bombing mastermind Noordin Top. |
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Yahoo News |
7:37pm PDT |
Obama: Police acted "stupidly" arresting black scholar
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Wednesday police had acted "stupidly" in arresting a prominent black Harvard University scholar at his own home, weighing in on escalating debate over the treatment of minorities by U.S. law enforcement officers. |
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Cnn.com |
7:35pm PDT |
FDA warns against use of e-cigarettes |
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Summary: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Wednesday that laboratory tests on popular smoking devices known as electronic cigarettes have found they contain carcinogens and other toxic chemicals dangerous to humans.
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