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Yahoo News |
11:46pm PDT |
Humberto becomes hurricane as it nears Texas
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Tropical Storm Humberto became
Hurricane Humberto early on Thursday as it neared the Texas
coast with maximum winds of 80 mph (128 kph). |
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BBC News |
11:37pm PDT |
McLeish proud of superb Scotland |
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Summary: Scotland manager Alex McLeish says his players showed great commitment and passion as they beat France 1-0 in Paris. |
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BBC News |
11:21pm PDT |
Exxon seeks deal on Venezuela oil |
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Summary: US oil giant Exxon Mobil is seeking arbitration over a stand-off with Venezuela about seized oil assets. |
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Yahoo News |
11:00pm PDT |
Hurricane Humberto threatens Texas
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Humberto strengthened into a hurricane early Thursday as it edged toward the Texas coast, packing 80 mph winds and promising more rain and possible flooding to a state coming off one of the wettest summers in more than 50 years. |
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Yahoo News |
10:59pm PDT |
Japan leadership race starts after PM quits
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Japan's finance minister became the first
to launch a bid to lead the country on Thursday as the ruling
party scrambled to avoid a policy vacuum after Prime Minister
Shinzo Abe's shock resignation. |
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Cnn.com |
10:59pm PDT |
Humberto grows into hurricane, nears Texas |
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Summary: Tropical Storm Humberto strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane early Thursday as it swirled just off the Texas coast, where it was expected to make landfall shortly, the National Hurricane Center said.
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BBC News |
10:56pm PDT |
Aston Martin UK's 'coolest brand' |
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Summary: Aston Martin is the UK's coolest brand, thanks to its association with the James Bond films, a survey claims. |
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Yahoo News |
10:55pm PDT |
Bush to announce possible troop cut in Iraq
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - US President George W. Bush on Wednesday prepared to announce that he may pull some 30,000 US troops from Iraq by mid-2008, as aides refused to predict when the unpopular war would end. |
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Yahoo News |
10:51pm PDT |
Tropical storm Humberto reaches hurricane strength
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Tropical storm Humberto has been
upgraded to hurricane status, and carries maximum sustained
winds of 80 mph (128 kph) as it heads for the coast of
southeastern Texas, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on
Thursday. |
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Cnn.com |
10:48pm PDT |
Japan PM treated for exhaustion after quitting |
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Cnn.com |
10:48pm PDT |
Japan PM treated for exhaustion |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
10:45pm PDT |
Outgoing Japanese PM in hospital |
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Summary: Japanese leader Shinzo Abe is admitted to hospital, a day after announcing his decision to step down. |
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Yahoo News |
10:29pm PDT |
Japanese Prime Minister Abe hospitalized
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was hospitalized Thursday for stress and exhaustion a day after announcing his resignation, his doctors said, amid speculation health troubles prompted him to step down. |
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BBC News |
10:24pm PDT |
New foot-and-mouth probe begins |
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Summary: Scientists are investigating the cause of the latest foot-and-mouth outbreak at two farms in Surrey. |
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BBC News |
9:46pm PDT |
Drive for more workers' degrees |
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Summary: Universities are being urged to design more courses to allow people of working age to get a degree. |
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Yahoo News |
9:36pm PDT |
TV veterans produce Web-only show
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The creative minds behind such TV shows as "Thirtysomething" and "My So-Called Life" are launching a Web-based show, hoping to find the artistic freedom online that they say is lacking on broadcast networks. |
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Yahoo News |
9:33pm PDT |
Indonesia's Sumatra pounded by quake, aftershocks
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Indonesia's Sumatra island
was pounded by aftershocks on Thursday after the world's most
powerful earthquake so far this year killed at least six people
and buried many more under buildings. |
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BBC News |
9:13pm PDT |
Ten men beaten to death in India |
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Summary: Ten people believed to be thieves are reported beaten to death by villagers in the northern Indian state of Bihar. |
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BBC News |
9:05pm PDT |
Chancellor warns on consumer debt |
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Summary: Alistair Darling calls on Britain's banks to be more cautious lenders amid concerns over consumer debt. |
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Yahoo News |
9:04pm PDT |
Japanese premier treated for exhaustion
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Japan's prime minister was treated at a hospital for exhaustion Thursday, a day after he announced he would quit amid failure at the ballot box and a political brawl over the country's aid to U.S.-led coalition forces in Afghanistan. |
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Cnn.com |
8:54pm PDT |
Another strong quake rattles Indonesia |
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Summary: A 7.9-magnitude earthquake struck in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Indonesia's Sumatra Island today. Indonesia's meteorological center has lifted a tsunami watch for the region.
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BBC News |
8:50pm PDT |
Stabbed grocer dies in hospital |
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Summary: A Belfast greengrocer stabbed with a screwdriver while trying to prevent his van being stolen dies. |
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Yahoo News |
8:36pm PDT |
Texas oilman trial hears conversation with Saddam
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Prosecutors played a tape on Wednesday
of a conversation between Saddam Hussein and Texas oilman Oscar
Wyatt, who is accused of paying bribes to Baghdad to win oil
contracts. |
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Yahoo News |
8:30pm PDT |
Japan PM quits, treated for exhaustion
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Japan's prime minister was treated at a hospital for exhaustion Thursday, a day after he announced he would quit amid failure at the ballot box and a political brawl over the country's aid to U.S.-led coalition forces in Afghanistan. Results of a med |
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Yahoo News |
8:28pm PDT |
Massive aftershocks shake Indonesia
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Huge aftershocks rumbled across Indonesia's Sumatra island on Thursday, as rescue teams sped to the area to assess the destruction the morning after a massive 8.4-magnitude earthquake. |
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BBC News |
8:24pm PDT |
Powerful aftershocks hit Sumatra |
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Summary: Strong tremors hit Sumatra in Indonesia, as rescue teams travel there following Wednesday's earthquake. |
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Yahoo News |
8:12pm PDT |
Kanye leads 50 Cent in CD sales face-off
(AP)
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Summary: AP - 50 Cent may be getting hip-hop's equivalent of a gold watch next week. Early reports have Kanye West beating 50 in their much-hyped battle of album sales: West's "Graduation" is on pace to sell about 575,000 to 700,000 its first week out, while 50 Ce |
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Cnn.com |
7:50pm PDT |
Tortured woman may have known suspect |
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Summary: Some of the six suspects accused in the imprisonment and torture of a young black woman have extensive criminal histories, West Virginia court records show.
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Cnn.com |
7:50pm PDT |
Woman may have known kidnap suspect |
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Summary: Some of the six suspects accused in the imprisonment and torture of a young black woman have extensive criminal histories, West Virginia court records show.
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Yahoo News |
7:25pm PDT |
Another powerful quake shakes Indonesia
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The second powerful earthquake in as many days shook western Indonesia Thursday, collapsing buildings in a coastal city and triggering tsunami alerts around the region. The latest quake was also felt in Malaysia and in Singapore where tall buildings |
