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12:47pm PST |
Italy convicts 23 US agents in CIA kidnapping trial
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Summary: AFP - An Italian judge Wednesday convicted 23 US and two Italian secret agents for the CIA's kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric in 2003 under the covert "extraordinary rendition" programme. |
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12:45pm PST |
Family visits pond where ND college students found
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Summary: AP - Family members and teammates of three North Dakota college softball players have thrown roses and softballs into a pond where the students were found dead inside their Jeep. |
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12:45pm PST |
Poppy power - firm backs down over its uniform ban |
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Summary: A Lancashire-based toiletries store chain reverses its decision to ban poppies after a storm of protest. |
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12:42pm PST |
New reality cooking show for chef Gordon Ramsay
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Summary: AP - Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has some new people to yell at. The verbally abusive star of Fox's "Hell's Kitchen" has signed a deal with Fox for a second show. Tentatively called "Masterchef," it will feature Ramsay trying to turn people who have no e |
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12:39pm PST |
Girardi dissected as Yankees try for Series title
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Summary: AP - When Joe Girardi left the dugout every few minutes to switch relievers against the Angels, some wondered whether he was getting paid per pitching change. |
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12:38pm PST |
Fed sees rates near zero for "extended period"
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Summary: Reuters - The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday expressed growing confidence that an economic recovery was building, even though it stuck to its commitment to keep borrowing costs near zero for "an extended period." |
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12:25pm PST |
Former HP boss Fiorina jumps into Senate race |
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Summary: Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina made it official today: She's running for Senate in California. The winner of the GOP nomination will face Sen. Barbara Boxer.
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12:18pm PST |
Analysis: Vote an Obama referendum? |
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Summary: Victories in New Jersey and Virginia gave a boost to the GOP, but analysts question whether the results should be interpreted as a blow to President Obama.
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12:10pm PST |
Glasgow by-election: Candidates |
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Summary: A look at the declared candidates so far fighting the Glasgow North east by-election |
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11:49am PST |
Five gun attack dead named by MoD |
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Summary: The five British soldiers killed in an attack by an Afghan police officer have been named by the Ministry of Defence. |
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11:49am PST |
Anthropologist Levi-Strauss dies |
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Summary: Anyone who has taken an anthropology course has probably heard of Claude Levi-Strauss, who died recently at age 100.
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11:49am PST |
Anthropologist recalled as 'poet's soul' |
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Summary: Anyone who has taken an anthropology course has probably heard of Claude Levi-Strauss, who died recently at age 100.
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11:46am PST |
GM plans to cut 10,000 Opel jobs |
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Summary: General Motors confirms that it plans to cut 10,000 jobs across European car unit Opel, including Vauxhall. |
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11:45am PST |
Major quakes could be aftershocks |
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Summary: Many earthquakes may be aftershocks of large quakes that occurred hundreds of years ago, say scientists. |
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11:30am PST |
AP IMPACT: Clunker pickups traded for new pickups
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Summary: AP - The most common deals under the government's $3 billion Cash for Clunkers program, aimed at putting more fuel-efficient cars on the road, replaced old Ford or Chevrolet pickups with new ones that got only marginally better gas mileage, according to a |
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11:28am PST |
Fed again pledges to hold rates at record-lows
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Summary: AP - With the recession apparently over, the Federal Reserve held a key interest rate at a record low and again pledged to keep it there for an "extended period" to foster the fragile economic recovery. |
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11:21am PST |
Fed sees rates near zero for extended period
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Summary: Reuters - The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday expressed growing confidence that an economic recovery was building, even though it stuck to its commitment to keep borrowing costs near zero for "an extended period." |
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11:10am PST |
Maine rejects same-sex marriage law |
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Summary: Supporters of Maine's same-sex marriage law, which voters narrowly repealed, gathered Wednesday to concede the vote but not the issue.
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10:59am PST |
Analysis: Elections a referendum on Obama? |
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Summary: Victories in New Jersey and Virginia gave a boost to the GOP, but analysts question whether the results should be interpreted as a blow to President Obama.
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10:51am PST |
Rollins: Obama team needs to listen up |
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Summary: The president didn't watch the election returns Tuesday night, according to his press secretary, Robert Gibbs. He watched his beloved Chicago Bulls instead.
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10:48am PST |
Fiorina jumps into Senate race |
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Summary: Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina finally made it official Wednesday: She's running for Senate in California.
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10:36am PST |
Italy convicts former CIA agents in rendition trial
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Summary: Reuters - An Italian judge sentenced 23 Americans to up to eight years in prison on Wednesday for the abduction of a Muslim cleric, in a symbolic condemnation of the CIA "rendition" flights used by the former U.S. government. |
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10:32am PST |
Whistle-blower in Petters case wrote company checks
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Summary: Reuters - The whistle-blower in the $3.65 billion fraud trial of accused Ponzi schemer Tom Petters testified on Wednesday that she wrote more than $1.2 million in Petters company checks to her boyfriend and brother. |
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10:32am PST |
Fire strikes halted after talks |
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Summary: The latest round of strikes by South Yorkshire firefighters are called off after breakthrough talks. |
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10:25am PST |
Jessica Simpson finds a bosom buddy |
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Summary: Jessica Simpson and Dolly Parton have found more to bond over than their blonde locks and country crooning. The famously busty pair found common ground this week over the difficulties of having an ample bosom.
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10:25am PST |
Night of carnage |
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Summary: The pub crawl organiser which drew a judge's ire |
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10:24am PST |
Analysis: Elections not a referendum on Obama |
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Summary: Victories in New Jersey and Virginia gave a boost to the GOP ahead of the 2010 elections, but analysts say the results should not be interpreted as a blow to President Obama.
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10:21am PST |
Health care dispute: Costs of defensive medicine
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Summary: AP - Dr. James Wang says he tries to tell his patients when extra medical procedures aren't necessary. If they insist, though, he will do it — not so much to protect their health as his own practice. |
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10:20am PST |
Democrats get warning shot for 2010 elections
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Summary: Reuters - The Obama White House on Wednesday attempted to play down election losses in Virginia and New Jersey in contests that analysts said served as a warning shot to Democrats looking ahead to 2010 voting. |
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10:19am PST |
FINRA bars California broker for insider trading
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Summary: AP - The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority on Wednesday said it barred a former registered representative based in California after he took part in insider trading earlier this year. |
