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Cnn.com |
11:59pm PDT |
Suspect in multiple slaying arrested at scene |
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Summary: Just as police were starting a manhunt in the killing of four people, the suspect drove back to the crime scene in suburban Atlanta, Georgia.
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BBC News |
11:58pm PDT |
Romas to leave emergency housing |
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Summary: A group of Romas taken to emergency accommodation after being evicted are told they must leave. |
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BBC News |
11:48pm PDT |
Oxfam warning over Nepal climate |
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Summary: International aid agency Oxfam warns that millions of rural poor in Nepal could face hunger as a result of climate change. |
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Yahoo News |
11:47pm PDT |
Hundreds ordered to flee LA suburb near wildfire
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Summary: AP - Wildfires erupted up and down California on Thursday, forcing hundreds of people to evacuate their homes as a late summer siege of heat and low humidity levels made conditions ripe for conflagrations. |
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Cnn.com |
11:44pm PDT |
Documents: Pot found in Jackson's bedroom |
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Summary: The first search of Michael Jackson's bedroom a day after his death found marijuana, skin-bleaching and hair-growing ointments, anti-insomnia pills and empty bottles of several anti-anxiety drugs, according to court documents unsealed Thursday.
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BBC News |
11:31pm PDT |
Uefa plans to curb clubs' debts |
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Summary: Uefa president Michel Platini vows to bring in regulations that ensure football clubs manage their finances so they "live within their means". |
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Cnn.com |
11:17pm PDT |
Police query 'person of interest' in model's death |
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Summary: Canadian authorities said Thursday they know who helped reality TV-star-turned-fugitive Ryan Jenkins check into the motel where he later took his own life.
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Yahoo News |
11:09pm PDT |
2 Koreas agree on reunions of separated families
(AP)
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Summary: AP - North and South Korea agreed Friday to hold a new round of reunions next month for families long separated by the Korean War in the latest sign of easing tensions on the divided peninsula. The planned reunions will be the first in nearly two years. |
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11:05pm PDT |
Police: Blood, evidence of struggle in model's car
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Summary: AP - Police said Thursday they found blood and evidence of a violent struggle inside a car belonging to an ex-model whose brutal slaying prompted a manhunt for a reality TV contestant that ended in his suicide. |
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BBC News |
11:05pm PDT |
Man's body is found inside tent |
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Summary: Officers are investigating and appealing for information after a man was found dead in a tent. |
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Yahoo News |
11:04pm PDT |
500 homes urged to flee LA suburb near fire
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Summary: AP - Residents of about 500 homes have been urged to evacuate in La Canada Flintridge, where a fast-moving wildfire has crested a ridge and is burning downhill towards neighborhoods. |
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BBC News |
11:02pm PDT |
Toyota pulls plug on US factory |
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Summary: Toyota pulls out of a production plant in the US it jointly owns with General Motors, the first time it has abandoned a factory. |
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BBC News |
10:55pm PDT |
Koreas to resume family reunions |
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Summary: North and South Korea agree to resume family reunions halted two years ago amid worsening relations, officials say. |
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BBC News |
10:41pm PDT |
Safety fear over lorry fuel raids |
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Summary: Thieves are targeting lorries parked up in lay-bys as concerns are raised about the safety of drivers. |
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Yahoo News |
9:55pm PDT |
At camp, military kids share laughs, fears
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Summary: AP - Thirteen-year-old David Rojas didn't tell his mother how terribly he missed her while she was on Navy deployments to the Middle East, because he worried it would upset her. |
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Cnn.com |
9:51pm PDT |
Storm watch for North Carolina as Danny nears |
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Summary: Tropical Storm Danny strengthened slightly Thursday as it churned in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Yahoo News |
9:31pm PDT |
Bill Richardson sees no charges in U.S. graft probe
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Summary: Reuters - New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson's office said on Thursday it did not expect federal prosecutors to bring charges in a legal probe that led him to withdraw his nomination for a post in President Barack Obama's Cabinet. |
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Yahoo News |
9:15pm PDT |
Evidence mounts recession's grip on economy easing
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Summary: AP - Evidence is mounting that the longest recession since World War II is losing its grip on the U.S. economy. |
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Cnn.com |
9:05pm PDT |
Uruguay nears same-sex adoption law |
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Summary: Uruguay drew one step closer to becoming the first country in Latin America to allow same-sex couples to adopt children with the passage of a bill by the lower house of Congress.
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8:58pm PDT |
S. Korea Mulls Limits on Missionary Travel to Middle East |
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Summary: South Korea, the second largest missionary-sending country in the world, is thinking about barring certain Christian missionaries from traveling to the Middle East in light of recent expulsions. |
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Yahoo News |
8:58pm PDT |
Vick debuts with Eagles in victory over Jaguars
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Summary: AP - All eyes were on Michael Vick — for all of six plays. |
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ChristianPost |
8:51pm PDT |
Avg. ACT Score of Homeschoolers Beats Nat'l Avg. |
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Summary: The average ACT score of homeschooled students in 2009 was higher than the national average, according to recently published data. |
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BBC News |
8:02pm PDT |
On two fronts |
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Summary: The challenges facing the new head of the Army |
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Yahoo News |
7:53pm PDT |
Madagascar talks end without agreement
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Summary: AFP - Madagascar's power-brokers ended talks in Mozambique Friday without reaching agreement on the make-up of a transitional government to lead the country out of its political crisis, mediators said. |
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Yahoo News |
7:48pm PDT |
Thousands bid farewell at Kennedy coffin
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Summary: AFP - Huge crowds flocked to view Edward Kennedy's flag-draped coffin in a stirring send-off at the oceanside Boston library the senator built to honor his slain brother. |
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Yahoo News |
7:44pm PDT |
Kidnapped US woman kept 18 years in yard
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Summary: AFP - A US woman who turned up 18 years after she was kidnapped as a young girl had been kept in a hidden backyard and had two children with her abductor, police said. |
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Cnn.com |
7:40pm PDT |
Vick plays in first game since return to NFL |
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Summary: Michael Vick made his Eagles debut at Lincoln Financial Field on Thursday night during the Eagles' 33-32 win. While he only participated in six plays, all in the first half, we did get a glimpse of what he might become this season. Here are eight key thin |
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Cnn.com |
7:28pm PDT |
Bank robbery suspect on billboards named |
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Summary: Federal authorities have identified a suspect in the armed robberies of 10 banks in four states, crediting surveillance photos they posted on electronic billboards throughout the South.
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Yahoo News |
7:25pm PDT |
Suicide bomber lightly injures senior Saudi prince
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A suicide bomber lightly wounded a senior prince largely credited for Saudi Arabia's anti-terrorism campaign when he blew himself up just before going into a gathering of well-wishers for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the state news agency said F |
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BBC News |
7:20pm PDT |
Japan unemployment hits new high |
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Summary: Japan's unemployment rate rose to a record 5.7% in July in figures released just days before a general election. |
