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5:38pm PST |
Spice Girls cut short world tour |
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Summary: The Spice Girls ditch four shows from their world tour, blaming "family and personal commitments". |
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Cnn.com |
5:25pm PST |
Source: Arrest sought again in Holloway case |
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Summary: Aruba's chief public prosecutor has requested that Joran van der Sloot, a suspect in the Natalee Holloway case, be arrested for a third time, a source familiar with the investigation told CNN. The request is based on new evidence, the source said.
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Yahoo News |
5:25pm PST |
Mets, Santana agree to $150.75M contract
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Johan Santana and the New York Mets agreed Friday to a $150.75 million, seven-year contract, a record for a pitcher and the last major step needed to finalize the team's blockbuster trade with Minnesota. |
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BBC News |
5:18pm PST |
Island fears over 'trawler rats' |
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Summary: Concerns are raised that the trawler which ran aground on St Kilda could carry rats, posing a threat to sea birds. |
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5:02pm PST |
Test confusion 'risk to patients' |
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Summary: Many junior doctors do not understand many common hospital laboratory tests, and are putting patients at risk as a result, claim biochemists. |
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Yahoo News |
4:46pm PST |
Mets, Santana agree at $150.75M
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Johan Santana and the New York Mets agreed Friday to a $150.75 million, seven-year contract, a record for a pitcher and the last major step needed to finalize the team's blockbuster trade with Minnesota. |
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BBC News |
4:44pm PST |
Drivers rescued amid snow storms |
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Summary: Heavy snow and high winds have hit much of the UK, leading to rescue operations on land and at sea. |
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Yahoo News |
4:44pm PST |
Student denies Holloway involvement
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Dutch student Joran van der Sloot said in a television interview Friday that he was lying when he told someone privately he was involved in Natalee Holloway's disappearance. |
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BBC News |
4:35pm PST |
'Last wave' for wild golden frog |
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Summary: A BBC film crew captures footage of a rare frog waving, wrestling and courting for the first time. |
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BBC News |
4:03pm PST |
Spears' father takes over estate |
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Summary: An LA court hands troubled singer Britney Spears' father temporary control of her finances and affairs. |
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BBC News |
3:52pm PST |
Russia gave asylum to Milosevics |
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Summary: Russia admits it gave refugee status to wife and son of former Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic. |
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BBC News |
3:50pm PST |
Might snobbery put off learners? |
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Summary: Mike Baker wonders if the reaction to the "McDonald's A-level" might deter workplace learners. |
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Yahoo News |
3:47pm PST |
Afghan picture confusing, U.S. Marines' chief says
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The Pentagon does not have a clear
picture about the state of the war in Afghanistan, with U.S.
commanders on the ground offering positive assessments while
intelligence reports are more negative, the U.S. Marine Corps
chief said on Friday. |
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Yahoo News |
3:44pm PST |
Mets, Santana complete negotiations
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Johan Santana and the New York Mets completed contract negotiations Friday, the last major step needed to finalize the team's blockbuster trade with Minnesota. |
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Yahoo News |
3:41pm PST |
Mentally disabled women used in bombings
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Two women described as mentally disabled and strapped with remote-control explosives — and possibly used as unwitting suicide bombers — brought carnage Friday to two pet bazaars, killing at least 91 people in the deadliest day since Washington floode |
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Yahoo News |
3:38pm PST |
Kenyan rivals strike deal to try and stop violence
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Kenya's government and opposition
struck an agreement on Friday to take immediate steps to try
and end tribal bloodshed in a five-week-old political standoff
in which about 850 people have been killed. |
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Yahoo News |
3:29pm PST |
Bolivian plane crash-lands, all survive
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A plane carrying more than 150 people crash-landed in a bog in eastern Bolivia on Friday after fierce storms turned it away from its destination and it tried to reach another airport hundreds of miles away, according to officials and news reports. Al |
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Cnn.com |
3:13pm PST |
Bowl alert: Double-dipping really IS unhealthy |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
3:09pm PST |
McCain courts conservatives as Super Tuesday looms
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Republican presidential candidate
John McCain sought to win over skeptical conservatives on
Friday as the crucial "Super Tuesday" coast-to-coast nominating
contest loomed. |
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Cnn.com |
3:06pm PST |
Small-plane crash kills 6 in North Carolina |
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Summary: Six people were killed Friday when a small plane crashed into the front yard of a home while attempting to land in fog and low visibility in Mount Airy, North Carolina, authorities said.
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Yahoo News |
3:04pm PST |
Los Angeles Times endorses McCain, Obama
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The Los Angeles Times editorial
board said on Friday it endorses Republican Sen. John McCain
and Democratic Sen. Barack Obama for the presidential primary
election in the paper's first presidential endorsements since
1972. |
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Yahoo News |
3:01pm PST |
Court: Spears' dad has temporary control
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The father of Britney Spears was named her temporary conservator Friday, putting him in control of her welfare a day after she was whisked to a hospital for a psychiatric evaluation. |
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Yahoo News |
2:53pm PST |
Double dipping? 'Seinfeld' was right
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Keep an eye on the salsa this Super Bowl Sunday: A researcher inspired by a famous "Seinfeld" episode has concluded that double dipping is just plain gross. |
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Yahoo News |
2:45pm PST |
What a nasty letter for only $16.96!
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A collection agency tried to collect a $16.96 debt with an letter that addressed its recipient with a four-letter word for excrement. "Dear S---," began the letter attempting to collect from an old record club membership. The word was spelled out in |
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Yahoo News |
2:41pm PST |
Lakers acquire Pau Gasol from Grizzlies
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Los Angeles Lakers bolstered their banged-up frontline Friday with a key acquisition — 7-footer Pau Gasol of the Memphis Grizzlies. |
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Yahoo News |
2:39pm PST |
Double dipping: Worse than you think
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Keep an eye on the salsa this Super Bowl Sunday: A researcher inspired by a famous "Seinfeld" episode has concluded that double dipping is just plain gross. |
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Cnn.com |
2:36pm PST |
White House hopefuls burn millions on TV |
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Summary: With just days to make last-minute pitches to voters in two dozen states, the presidential candidates are pouring millions into television advertising before Super Tuesday.
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Yahoo News |
2:21pm PST |
Envoy: US troops to be in Iraq into '09
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Bush's top diplomat in Iraq said Friday that the U.S. plans to keep combat troops there into 2009, seen as the tipping point for establishing the nation's long-term security, and he offered no deadline for a full withdrawal. |
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BBC News |
2:17pm PST |
Poland 'agrees' to host US shield |
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Summary: Poland has agreed in principal to allow an American missile defence system on Polish territory. |
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Yahoo News |
2:12pm PST |
Obama says he'd be better against McCain
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Democratic Sen. Barack Obama sees one of the best arguments for his presidential candidacy in the rise of Republican Sen. John McCain. |
