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BBC News |
11:46pm PDT |
Fire station destroyed in blaze |
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Summary: Rathfriland fire station and two fire appliances are destroyed in an overnight fire in County Down. |
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Yahoo News |
11:38pm PDT |
Myanmar court delays Suu Kyi verdict
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Summary: AFP - A Myanmar court Friday postponed its verdict in the internationally condemned trial of Aung San Suu Kyi until August 11, adding to uncertainty over the ruling junta's plans for the democracy icon. |
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BBC News |
11:31pm PDT |
Japan jobless at six-year record |
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Summary: Japan sees its unemployment reach a six-year high, at 5.4%, with job availability at a new low, in a further sign of the slowdown. |
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BBC News |
11:24pm PDT |
Nigeria sect head dies in custody |
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Summary: The leader of an Islamic sect blamed for deadly violence is shot dead trying to flee hours after his arrest, Nigerian police say. |
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BBC News |
11:21pm PDT |
British Airways makes £148m loss |
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Summary: British Airways reports a pre-tax loss of £148m in the three months to the end of June, as the global recession hits earnings |
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Yahoo News |
11:13pm PDT |
U.S. auto "clunker" program reaches limit
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Summary: Reuters - The U.S. government's $1 billion "cash for clunkers" auto sales incentive program reached its funding limit unexpectedly after an avalanche of business exhausted its funds, an Obama administration official said late Thursday. |
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BBC News |
10:58pm PDT |
Arrest over shopping centre death |
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Summary: A man is arrested on suspicion of manslaughter after a 23-year-old man died shortly after being restrained by shopping centre security staff. |
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Cnn.com |
10:54pm PDT |
International hip-hop artists find roots in U.S. |
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Summary: Six hip-hop artists from five countries speaking four languages are on stage, warming up for their show at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
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BBC News |
10:52pm PDT |
India free education bill tabled |
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Summary: India's government plans to put a landmark education bill before parliament, after a delay due to procedural issues. |
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Yahoo News |
10:41pm PDT |
Cold beer, calm words from Obama, prof and cop
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Summary: AP - With mugs of beer and calming words, President Barack Obama and the professor and policeman engulfed in a national uproar over race pledged Thursday to move on and try to pull the country with them. |
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BBC News |
10:33pm PDT |
NI woman's fear at Majorca bomb |
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Summary: A Belfast woman speaks of her fear as the bomb that killed two policemen in Majorca exploded outside her hotel. |
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Cnn.com |
10:24pm PDT |
Mayor set to resign over corruption probe |
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Summary: A mayor in New Jersey is expected to announce his resignation Friday in connection with a corruption scandal plaguing the state.
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Yahoo News |
10:18pm PDT |
Myanmar delays Suu Kyi verdict to Aug 11
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Summary: AFP - A court in military-ruled Myanmar on Friday postponed its verdict in the case of democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi until August 11, in the latest delay to hit her internationally condemned trial. |
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Yahoo News |
10:14pm PDT |
GDP report is likely to show recession eased in 2Q
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Summary: AP - The recession likely eased in the spring, with the U.S. economy no longer in free-fall. |
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Yahoo News |
10:09pm PDT |
Myanmar court delays Suu Kyi verdict until Aug. 11
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Summary: AP - The Myanmar court scheduled to deliver a verdict in the high-profile trial of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said Friday it was not yet ready to make a decision and adjourned until Aug. 11, diplomats said. |
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BBC News |
10:02pm PDT |
Divers find body in quarry hunt |
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Summary: A body is found by police divers searching for a 15-year-old boy feared drowned in a disused quarry. |
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Yahoo News |
9:49pm PDT |
Myanmar delays Suu Kyi verdict to Aug 11: official
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Summary: AFP - A Myanmar court Friday postponed its verdict in the case of democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi until August 11, officials and diplomats said, the latest delay in her internationally condemned trial. |
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Yahoo News |
9:49pm PDT |
U.S. auto "clunker" program limit, new funding sought
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The U.S. government's $1 billion "cash for clunkers" auto sales incentive program reached its funding limit unexpectedly after an avalanche of business exhausted its funds, an Obama administration official said late Thursday. |
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BBC News |
9:26pm PDT |
Third of coastline 'inaccessible' |
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Summary: One third of England's coastline - nearly 1,000 miles - is not adequately accessible to the public, Natural England says. |
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Yahoo News |
9:23pm PDT |
Diplomats: Suu Kyi verdict now due Aug. 11
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Myanmar court scheduled to deliver a verdict in the high-profile trial of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said Friday it was not yet ready to make a decision and adjourned until Aug. 11, diplomats said. |
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Cnn.com |
9:10pm PDT |
American's odyssey to al Qaeda's heart |
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Summary: On September 10, 2007, almost exactly six years after al Qaeda attacked the United States, Bryant Neal Vinas, a 24-year-old American citizen born in Queens, New York, boarded a flight from the city en route to Lahore, in eastern Pakistan, determined to fi |
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Cnn.com |
9:10pm PDT |
American's odyssey to al Qaeda's heart |
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Summary: On September 10, 2007, almost exactly six years after al Qaeda attacked the United States, Bryant Neal Vinas, a 24-year-old American citizen born in Queens, New York, boarded a flight from the city en route to Lahore, in eastern Pakistan, determined to fi |
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BBC News |
9:08pm PDT |
Verdict delayed in Suu Kyi trial |
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Summary: A Burmese court delays a verdict in the trial of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi until 11 August. |
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Cnn.com |
9:08pm PDT |
Aung San Suu Kyi verdict delayed |
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Summary: A verdict expected Friday in the subversion trial of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been delayed until August 11, said a diplomatic source attending the proceedings.
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Yahoo News |
9:05pm PDT |
AP IMPACT: Bad bridges passed up for stimulus cash
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Summary: AP - Tens of thousands of unsafe or decaying bridges carrying 100 million drivers a day must wait for repairs because states are spending stimulus money on spans that are already in good shape or on easier projects like repaving roads, an Associated Press |
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8:51pm PDT |
Couple Drops Lawsuit Against Collection Agency's 'WWJD' Motto |
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Summary: A federal class action lawsuit against a family-owned collection agency has been dismissed with prejudice after a Christian legal stepped to defend its “WWJD” business motto. |
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BBC News |
8:28pm PDT |
Right-to-die law to be clarified |
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Summary: Prosecutors will start work to clarify the law on assisted suicide after a landmark court victory by a multiple sclerosis sufferer. |
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Cnn.com |
8:13pm PDT |
Apparent racial slur may get officer fired |
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Summary: A Boston police officer who sent a mass e-mail referring to Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. as a "banana-eating jungle monkey" has apologized, saying he's not a racist. Officer Justin Barrett, 36, told a Boston television station Wednesday night t |
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Yahoo News |
8:06pm PDT |
White House reviewing 'cash for clunkers' program
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Summary: AP - The White House said Thursday it was reviewing what has turned out to be a wildly popular "cash for clunkers" program amid concerns the $1 billion budget for rebates for new auto purchases may have been exhausted in only a week. |
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Yahoo News |
7:44pm PDT |
Obama more bartender than mediator at beer summit
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama played bartender-in-chief on Thursday at a "beer summit" of the main players in a racially charged case that he hoped would be a "positive lesson" in a national dialogue on race. |
