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11:57pm PDT |
U.S. Senate panel set to advance healthcare overhaul
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Summary: Reuters - The U.S. Senate Finance Committee on Friday wrapped up debate on a massive overhaul of the U.S. healthcare system and prepared to vote on the legislation next week. |
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11:56pm PDT |
Myanmar judges reject Suu Kyi's appeal: lawyers
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Summary: AFP - A Myanmar court on Friday rejected an appeal by pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi against her extended house arrest, in a move likely to disappoint the US after it re-engaged with the junta-ruled country. |
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11:52pm PDT |
Letterman reveals affairs with staff, extortion try |
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Summary: "Late Show" host David Letterman told his audience Thursday night that he'd had sexual relations with members of his staff and that he revealed those liaisons during grand jury testimony for a case involving an attempted extortion.
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11:49pm PDT |
Downpours disrupt Japan practice |
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Summary: Championship leader Jenson Button sits out the second session as McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen is fastest overall at rain-soaked Suzuka. |
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11:48pm PDT |
Funeral of bomb death soldier |
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Summary: The funeral of a 24-year-old soldier who was killed in an explosion in Afghanistan is to take place in Kidderminster.
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11:41pm PDT |
Xstrata gets Anglo offer deadline |
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Summary: Swiss-based miner Xstrata has been given just over three weeks to make a formal takeover bid for rival Anglo-American. |
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11:31pm PDT |
Obama arrives at IOC to promote Chicago bid
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama arrived on Friday at a meeting of the International Olympic Committee in the Danish capital to support Chicago's bid to hold the 2016 Games. |
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11:26pm PDT |
Comcast 'is in talks to buy NBC' |
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Summary: US cable company Comcast is reported to be in talks about buying a majority stake in NBC Universal. |
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11:16pm PDT |
"Super typhoon" bears down on flood-ravaged Philippines
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Summary: Reuters - The Philippines declared a nationwide state of calamity on Friday as a "super typhoon" bore down days after flash floods killed nearly 300 people in and around Manila. |
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11:11pm PDT |
In Copenhagen, Obama makes pitch for Olympics
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Summary: AP - In a quick dash of salesmanship, President Barack Obama is in the Danish capital, putting his personal powers of persuasion on the line to boost Chicago's Olympics bid. |
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11:04pm PDT |
Letterman affairs at center of extortion arrest
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Summary: AP - Late-night host David Letterman acknowledged on Thursday's show that he had sexual relationships with female employees and that someone tried to extort $2 million from him over the affairs. CBS says an employee has been charged with attempted grand l |
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11:01pm PDT |
House prices 'back to 2008 level' |
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Summary: UK house prices have now recovered to the same level as a year ago, according to the latest Nationwide figures. |
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11:00pm PDT |
Rockies clinch playoff spot, NL West within reach
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Summary: AP - It's a Rocktober redux for the Colorado Rockies, who are back in the playoffs after a one-year hiatus. |
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10:57pm PDT |
Frantic rescue effort follows big Indonesian quake
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Summary: AP - Medical teams, search dogs, backhoes and emergency supplies were flown into the devastated western coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island Friday to bolster frantic rescue attempts for thousands buried by a powerful earthquake. |
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10:53pm PDT |
Suu Kyi's appeal against conviction rejected: lawyers
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Summary: AFP - Judges in Myanmar rejected an appeal by pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi Friday against her extended house arrest, lawyers and officials said. |
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10:51pm PDT |
Military searches for bodies, brings aid to Samoas
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Summary: AP - Military vehicles brought food, water and medicine to the tsunami-hit Samoas as victims wandered through what was left of their villages, telling tales of lifting elderly parents above the surging waves and watching young children drown. |
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10:50pm PDT |
Letterman in 'sex blackmail bid' |
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Summary: US chat show host David Letterman reveals an attempt was made to blackmail him over affairs with female staffers. |
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10:50pm PDT |
'Sex blackmailer' targets Letterman |
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Summary: US chat show host David Letterman reveals an attempt was made to blackmail him over affairs with female staffers. |
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10:46pm PDT |
Indonesia urges quake aid as time runs out for victims
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Summary: AFP - Indonesia appealed for foreign aid Friday as the stench of decomposing bodies hung over wrecked buildings where overwhelmed rescuers were searching for survivors. |
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Cnn.com |
10:45pm PDT |
Study: Disabled biggest target of violent crime |
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Summary: People with disabilities are 50 percent more likely to be victims of violent crimes than are people without disabilities, according to a government study released Thursday.
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10:41pm PDT |
Labour race on to replace Morgan |
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Summary: Senior Welsh Labour figures are preparing to put their names forward to replace the departing Rhodri Morgan. |
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10:39pm PDT |
Rail worker: 'Crossings not safe' |
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Summary: A Network Rail employee whose car was hit by a train calls for barriers to be installed at every level crossing. |
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Cnn.com |
10:37pm PDT |
After ax, Jon says 'Kate Plus 8' not good for kids |
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Summary: After four years of "Jon & Kate Plus 8," Jon Gosselin said he's decided it's not healthy for his children to be on a reality show.
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10:28pm PDT |
Unemployment rate to rise, could hit 10 percent
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Summary: AP - The unemployment rate hasn't topped 10 percent since June 1983, but it could return to that painful level soon — possibly as early as Friday, when the Labor Department issues its monthly jobs report. |
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10:26pm PDT |
Get everyone in US online, high-level panel says
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Summary: AP - The nation needs to give the same urgency to making sure all Americans have broadband access as the Eisenhower administration did in building an interstate highway system a half-century ago, a report released Friday concluded. |
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10:20pm PDT |
2016 Olympic race reaches climax |
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Summary: The hosts of the 2016 Olympics will be decided on Friday, with Chicago, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo in the running. |
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10:19pm PDT |
Obama uses personal touch for Chicago Olympics bid
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Summary: AP - President Barack Obama is putting his personal powers of persuasion on the line in a pitch in Copenhagen in support of Chicago's Olympics bid. |
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10:17pm PDT |
Letterman admits affairs, claims extortion
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Summary: AP - Late-night host David Letterman acknowledged on Thursday's show that he had sexual relationships with female employees and that someone tried to extort $2 million from him over the affairs. CBS says an employee has been charged with attempted grand l |
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10:00pm PDT |
Closing the lid |
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Summary: Inside UK's last piano factory ahead of imminent closure |
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10:00pm PDT |
Evacuations start for new Philippine storm
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Summary: AP - Filipinos in the likely path of a looming typhoon began evacuating Friday, as the toll from a storm that tore across Southeast Asia days earlier rose to more than 400. |
