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BBC News |
11:32pm PDT |
McCann parents named as suspects |
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Summary: Both parents of missing Madeleine McCann have been declared formal suspects in her disappearance. |
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BBC News |
11:26pm PDT |
Rugby: France defiant after loss |
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Summary: France coach Bernard Laporte insists Les Bleus can bounce back from their shock World Cup loss to Argentina. |
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BBC News |
11:26pm PDT |
France defiant after shock loss |
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Summary: France coach Bernard Laporte insists Les Bleus can bounce back from their shock World Cup loss to Argentina. |
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Yahoo News |
11:05pm PDT |
APEC leaders to sign climate change pact
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Asia-Pacific leaders were set to sign a
declaration on climate change on Saturday that aims to
eventually reverse the growth of greenhouse gas emissions, but
sets no binding targets for that goal. |
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Yahoo News |
11:01pm PDT |
Search continues for missing aviator
(AP)
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Summary: AP - High above a landscape of canyons and shadows, veteran pilot Jim Herd sees a tiny flash on a mountainside. A mirror? A piece of wreckage? A closer look reveals a prospector's small mine, the reflection most likely coming from metal fencing or some br |
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Yahoo News |
10:45pm PDT |
Dutchman offers 'cure' for nail biting
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Do you find your fingers drifting into your mouth when you're nervous, anxious or just bored? Are your nails chewed to splinters or your cuticles gnawed to bleeding pulp? Nail biting is more than a bad habit. Doctors say it is one of the most common |
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Yahoo News |
10:26pm PDT |
Owners of La. nursing home are acquitted
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The owners of a nursing home where 35 patients died after Hurricane Katrina were acquitted Friday of negligent homicide and cruelty charges for not evacuating the facility as the storm approached. The jury took about four hours to acquit Sal and Mabe |
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Yahoo News |
9:56pm PDT |
Storm forms off U.S. Southeast coast, warning issued
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Subtropical Storm Gabrielle formed on
Friday off the U.S. mid-Atlantic Coast with top sustained winds
of 45 mph (72 kph), but was not expected to strengthen in the
next 24 hours, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. |
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9:19pm PDT |
Pavarotti funeral 'a state event' |
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Summary: Celebrities, politicians and thousands of fans will attend the funeral of Italian singer Luciano Pavarotti. |
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Cnn.com |
9:17pm PDT |
Pacific Rim nations outline action on climate |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
9:07pm PDT |
Agencies 'failing on carer theft' |
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Summary: Almost 25% of care agencies fail to protect disabled and elderly people from thefts by carers, the BBC finds. |
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9:07pm PDT |
Climate tops Apec summit agenda |
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Summary: Australian PM John Howard puts climate change top of the agenda at a summit of Asia-Pacific leaders. |
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Yahoo News |
8:45pm PDT |
Iran fined $2.65 billion for terrorism
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Iran must pay $2.65 billion to the families of the 241 U.S. service members killed in the 1983 bombing of the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut, a federal judge declared Friday in a ruling that left survivors and families shedding tears of joy. |
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7:56pm PDT |
Cardinals' Ankiel defends himself on HGH
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Rick Ankiel says any drugs he received in 2004 were prescribed by a licensed physician to help him recover from reconstructive elbow surgery. Ankiel, whose comeback is one of the great stories of this season, initially acknowledged human growth hormo |
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Yahoo News |
7:40pm PDT |
APEC nations to accept climate change goals: draft
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Asia-Pacific nations, including China
and the United States, will accept for the first time global
goals to reduce emissions, according to a draft statement
prepared for an APEC summit on Saturday. |
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Yahoo News |
7:38pm PDT |
US, Japan, Australia hold landmark security talks
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The leaders of the United States, Japan and Australia on Saturday held landmark trilateral security talks dominated by India's growing strategic role amid Chinese fears of containment. |
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BBC News |
7:23pm PDT |
Map shows UK 'class segregation' |
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Summary: A UK social atlas suggests that British society is becoming more segregated by class, researchers have said. |
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BBC News |
7:18pm PDT |
US mortgage lender slashes jobs |
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Summary: Countrywide, the biggest US mortgage lender, will cut up to 20% of its staff, as business slumps. |
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BBC News |
7:18pm PDT |
Mortgage giant slashes jobs |
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Summary: Countrywide, the biggest US mortgage lender, will cut up to 20% of its staff, as business slumps. |
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Yahoo News |
7:09pm PDT |
Paris Hilton sues over 'That's hot' card
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Paris Hilton is suing over the use of her picture and catchphrase "That's hot" on a greeting card. Hilton sued Hallmark Cards Inc. in U.S. District Court seeking an injunction and unspecified damages to be determined at trial. |
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BBC News |
6:41pm PDT |
Two acquitted over Katrina deaths |
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Summary: The owners of a New Orleans nursing home are acquitted over the deaths of 35 patients in Hurricane Katrina. |
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Yahoo News |
6:38pm PDT |
La. nursing home owners acquitted
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The owners of a nursing home where 35 patients died after Hurricane Katrina were acquitted Friday of negligent homicide and cruelty charges for not evacuating the facility as the storm approached. |
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Cnn.com |
6:26pm PDT |
Acquittals in Katrina nursing home deaths |
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Yahoo News |
6:24pm PDT |
Bin Laden vows to wage war in Iraq in new video
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Elusive Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden vows to step up the battle in Iraq and mocks the United States as "weak" in a new video released Friday, his first such appearance in three years. |
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BBC News |
5:58pm PDT |
S Leone poised for run-off poll |
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Summary: Voters in Sierra Leone go to the polls on Saturday in the decisive second round of a close presidential election. |
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Yahoo News |
5:53pm PDT |
Giuliani: Illegal immigration no crime
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani said illegal immigration is not a crime, prompting rival Mitt Romney to accuse him of not taking the problem seriously. The two have clashed for weeks over illegal immigration, an issue that inflames GOP |
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Yahoo News |
5:47pm PDT |
Bush says new video a reminder of danger
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Bush said Osama bin Laden's mention of the Iraq war in his video message is a reminder of al-Qaida's long-term objectives in Iraq and of the "dangerous world in which we live." |
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Yahoo News |
5:37pm PDT |
Missing UK girl's parents named suspects
(AP)
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Summary: AP - In a shocking twist, the British parents who have run an international campaign to find their missing toddler were declared suspects in the case Friday, their lawyer said, after traces of blood were found in their rental car. |
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BBC News |
5:29pm PDT |
Rabies 'could be gone in decade' |
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Summary: Rabies could be eradicated from the world within a decade, according to Edinburgh University experts. |
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BBC News |
5:29pm PDT |
Rabies 'could be gone' in decade |
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Summary: Rabies could be eradicated from the world within a decade, according to Edinburgh University experts. |
