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BBC News |
11:45pm PDT |
Tories criticise flu advice line |
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Summary: The Conservatives have criticised the National Flu Service, claiming the system is "too little, too late". |
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BBC News |
11:45pm PDT |
Swine flu 'critical care threat' |
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Summary: Swine flu cases could overwhelm intensive care beds in England during the pandemic, specialists have warned. |
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Cnn.com |
11:39pm PDT |
Four die as helicopter crashes on highway |
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Summary: Four people died late Thursday when a helicopter crashed on a western Maryland highway, emergency officials said.
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BBC News |
11:34pm PDT |
EDF fined £2m for 'poor' service |
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Summary: EDF Energy Networks is fined by energy regulator Ofgem for missing deadlines in connecting customers. |
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BBC News |
11:29pm PDT |
New father in swine flu isolation |
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Summary: A Kent man with suspected swine flu puts himself in quarantine in order not to infect his eight-week-old daughter. |
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BBC News |
11:28pm PDT |
Pace of economic slide 'to ease' |
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Summary: Figures are expected to reveal a fifth successive quarter of decline in the UK economy, but with contraction at a slower pace.
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Yahoo News |
11:08pm PDT |
Official: 4 killed in Maryland helicopter crash
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Summary: AP - A commercial helicopter crashed onto a western Maryland highway and burst into flames late Thursday night, killing all four people on board, emergency officials said. |
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BBC News |
11:07pm PDT |
Balibo film revives controversy |
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Summary: A new film on the deaths of five journalists in East Timor in 1975 renews the controversy over exactly how they died. |
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BBC News |
10:46pm PDT |
Final portrait of world's oldest man Henry Allingham unveiled |
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Summary: A portrait by a Welsh artist of Henry Allingham, the world's oldest man, just days before his recent death is being unveiled. |
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BBC News |
10:35pm PDT |
Gas fitter trial 'stark warning' |
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Summary: The conviction of a gas fitter for manslaughter sends a message to unqualified workmen, the HSE says. |
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Yahoo News |
10:29pm PDT |
Obama to unveil $4 billion school improvement plan
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Summary: Reuters - President Barack Obama is set to announce on Friday a competition for $4 billion in federal grants to improve academic achievement in U.S. schools, the Washington Post reported on Thursday. |
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BBC News |
10:21pm PDT |
Police 'were right to use Taser' |
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Summary: The PSNI's first use of a Taser stun gun was "justified and proportionate", the Police Ombudsman has said |
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BBC News |
10:12pm PDT |
Land struggle |
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Summary: Israeli Arabs say discrimination chokes their towns |
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Yahoo News |
10:04pm PDT |
Obama health plan delayed - trouble ahead?
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Summary: AP - Slow down, Senate Democrats told President Barack Obama on Thursday, dashing hopes of rushing his sweeping health care overhaul to a summertime vote and adding to the troubles the plan could face as the year wears on. "That's OK," the president repli |
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Yahoo News |
9:53pm PDT |
French army rapped over blaze as Europe battles fires
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Summary: AFP - The French army faced mounting flak Friday after a military exercise sparked a sweeping wildfire on the outskirts of Marseille, as firefighters battled blazes across southern Europe. |
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BBC News |
9:42pm PDT |
Burma trial reaches final stages |
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Summary: The trial of Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi reaches its final stage with closing statements from lawyers. |
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Cnn.com |
9:33pm PDT |
Technician faces more charges in hepatitis case |
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Summary: Nineteen former patients at a Denver, Colorado, hospital have tested positive for hepatitis C, federal prosecutors said Thursday as they announced new charges against a former hospital employee accused of exposing the patients to the virus.
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Cnn.com |
9:31pm PDT |
Items seized from Jackson doctor's offices |
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Summary: Texas authorities released court documents Thursday detailing the items seized from the medical office and storage unit of Dr. Conrad Murray, the cardiologist who was with Michael Jackson when he fell ill and died on June 25.
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BBC News |
9:28pm PDT |
Calcutta hit by transport strike |
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Summary: Operators of private buses and taxis in Calcutta - India's third most populous city - begin an indefinite strike. |
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Cnn.com |
9:17pm PDT |
Report slams FEMA on hazard in housing |
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Summary: In the wake of hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the Federal Emergency Management Agency was slow to address early signs of formaldehyde problems in emergency housing and overstated actions it was taking to address the problem, according to a report released T |
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Yahoo News |
9:15pm PDT |
States to compete for extra stimulus dollars
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Summary: AP - States and school districts will soon be able to compete for $5 billion to undertake school reforms sought by President Barack Obama. |
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BBC News |
9:06pm PDT |
Drivers 'don't trust' road taxes |
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Summary: Motoring taxes have been handled so badly that drivers no longer trust what ministers tell them, a Commons report says. |
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BBC News |
9:06pm PDT |
Drivers 'distrust' motoring tax spend |
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Summary: Motoring taxes have been handled so badly that drivers no longer trust what ministers tell them, a Commons report says. |
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BBC News |
9:06pm PDT |
Drivers 'do not trust' road taxes |
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Summary: Motoring taxes has been handled so badly that drivers no longer trust what ministers tell them, a Commons report says. |
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ChristianPost |
8:55pm PDT |
Former First Lady, Retired MLB All-Star Join World Vision's 'End Malaria' Council |
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Summary: Former U.S. first lady Laura Bush and retired Major League Baseball All-Star pitcher Rick Sutcliffe have joined the advisory council of World Vision's "End Malaria" campaign. |
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BBC News |
7:49pm PDT |
Kyrgyz president 'headed for win' |
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Summary: Kyrgyzstan's president appears headed for an overhwhelming victory in elections denounced by the opposition. |
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Yahoo News |
7:45pm PDT |
Honduras closes border as exiled leader plots return
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Summary: AFP - The military-supported government of Honduras imposed a curfew on the border with Nicaragua ahead of a planned crossing Friday by ousted President Manuel Zelaya, who is seeking to end his month-long exile. |
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ChristianPost |
7:39pm PDT |
Rick Warren Embarks on Follow-Up to 'Purpose Driven Life' |
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Summary: Megachurch Pastor Rick Warren is working on his next book – the follow up to the bestselling , which launched the Southern California preacher into national prominence. |
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BBC News |
7:16pm PDT |
Parties await by-election result |
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Summary: Counting is due to get underway to determine who was won the first by-election since the Commons expenses scandal. |
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Yahoo News |
6:49pm PDT |
Exiled leader plots Honduras return
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Summary: AFP - Honduran President Manuel Zelaya vowed to end his month-long exile by staging a dramatic border crossing from Nicaragua on Friday, defying government threats to arrest him and warnings the move will prompt bloodshed. |
