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Cnn.com |
8:37am PST |
U.S. to pay $50,000 to immigrant in drugging suit |
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Summary: Amadou Diouf, an African immigrant, says U.S. agents injected him with drugs against his will as he faced deportation. The U.S. government this week reached a settlement with Diouf, agreeing to pay him $50,000. "What happened here is really awful by any m |
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Cnn.com |
8:37am PST |
U.S. to pay $50K to immigrant in drugging suit |
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Summary: Amadou Diouf, an immigrant from Senegal, says U.S. agents injected him with drugs against his will as he was about to be deported in February 2007.
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Cnn.com |
8:37am PST |
U.S. settles immigrant drugging suit |
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Summary: Amadou Diouf, an immigrant from Senegal, says U.S. agents injected him with drugs against his will as he was about to be deported in February 2007.
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Cnn.com |
8:19am PST |
U.S.: 'Demonic' militants used women as bombs |
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Summary: A roadside bomb exploded at an animal market in Baghdad on Friday, killing at least five people and wounding 14 others, police said.
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BBC News |
8:15am PST |
Abolish selection say academics |
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Summary: Grammar schools should be abolished to create an education system that is fairer to all, says a report. |
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Yahoo News |
8:02am PST |
Female bombers kill 72 at Baghdad pet markets
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Female suicide bombers killed 72 people
in attacks blamed on al Qaeda at two popular Baghdad pet
markets on Friday, the city's worst attacks in six months,
dealing a blow to Iraq's hopes that security is getting better. |
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BBC News |
8:01am PST |
US sees job cuts as economy cools |
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Summary: The US has seen the first decline in employment since August 2003, in a fresh sign that a recession is looming. |
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Yahoo News |
7:56am PST |
Senator asks why NFL destroyed tapes
(AP)
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Summary: AP - With the Super Bowl fast approaching, a powerful Republican senator says he wants the NFL to explain why it let evidence of the New England Patriots cheating scandal be destroyed. |
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Yahoo News |
7:51am PST |
NASA launching Beatles tune into space
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Beatles are about to become radio stars in a whole new way. NASA on Monday will broadcast the Beatles' song "Across the Universe" across the galaxy to Polaris, the North Star. |
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Yahoo News |
7:44am PST |
Microsoft unveils bid for Yahoo at $44.6 bln
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Microsoft Friday unveiled a bid of 44.6 billion dollars for Yahoo in an effort to merge the world's biggest software company with a major Internet player to take on the Google juggernaut. |
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BBC News |
7:35am PST |
US job cuts rise as economy cools |
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Summary: The US has seen the first decline in employment since August 2003, in a fresh sign that a recession is looming. |
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BBC News |
7:30am PST |
New cable cut compounds net woes |
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Summary: A third submarine internet cable is severed in the Middle East, compounding global net problems. |
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BBC News |
7:29am PST |
Taiwan set to hold UN referendums |
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Summary: Taiwan will hold two referendums next month on joining the UN, the island's election commission says. |
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Cnn.com |
7:24am PST |
387-pound man walks off half his weight |
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Summary: Two years ago, Phill Novak weighed 387 pounds.
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Cnn.com |
7:24am PST |
Man walks off half his weight |
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Summary: Two years ago, Phill Novak weighed 387 pounds.
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BBC News |
7:11am PST |
'Not all' fast food unhealthy |
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Summary: Some convenience food can be as healthy as home cooked meals, say food experts. |
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Yahoo News |
7:07am PST |
Female suicide bombers kill 64 in Baghdad pet markets
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Powerful blasts, both triggered by female suicide bombers, killed at least 64 people and wounded more than 100 as they ripped through two Baghdad pet markets on Friday, officials and witnesses said. |
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Cnn.com |
7:02am PST |
Hollywood muscle quashes Ledger video |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
7:02am PST |
Exxon, Chevron earnings soar on record oil prices
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Exxon Mobil Corp , the world's
largest non-government-controlled oil company, on Friday posted
the highest-ever quarterly and yearly profits by a U.S.
company, propelled by record oil prices. |
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BBC News |
6:58am PST |
Salvage crews try to recover boats |
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Summary: Salvage teams are trying to recover a stricken ferry and trawler that ran aground off the UK in severe weather. |
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Cnn.com |
6:54am PST |
Killing of model-bodyguard stuns Moscow |
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Summary: Anna Loginova was a feminine icon -- bridging the glamorous world of modeling and the murky depths of Russian crime. But the model and bodyguard was killed trying to stop a thief stealing her own Porsche on a busy Moscow street. It's a crime that's stunne |
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Cnn.com |
6:51am PST |
Chinese travelers stampede train stations |
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Summary: Chinese travelers stampeded train stations in their thousands as rail service resumed Friday, but authorities warned that the continuing snow storms would still crush the hopes of many people desperate to see their families during their only break of the |
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Cnn.com |
6:51am PST |
Chaos as Chinese travelers stampede stations |
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Summary: Chinese travelers stampeded train stations in their thousands as rail service resumed Friday, but authorities warned that the continuing snow storms would still crush the hopes of many people desperate to see their families during their only break of the |
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BBC News |
6:45am PST |
Boy arrested over school stabbing |
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Summary: A 13-year-old boy has been arrested after a 14-year-old was stabbed at a school in Leeds, police say. |
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BBC News |
6:41am PST |
Exxon Mobil reports record profit |
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Summary: Oil giant Exxon Mobil posts $40.6bn net profits in 2007, a record for a US company, on the back of soaring oil prices. |
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Yahoo News |
6:37am PST |
Clinton and Obama strike cordial tone
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary
Clinton shared a debate stage alone for the first time on
Thursday, striking a cordial tone and highlighting their
opportunity to make history as the next president. |
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Yahoo News |
6:29am PST |
Payrolls see first drop in 4-1/2 years
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. employers cut 17,000 non-farm
jobs in January, the first time in nearly 4-1/2 years that U.S.
payrolls shrank as continuing losses in construction and
manufacturing reflected the economy's waning momentum. |
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BBC News |
6:27am PST |
Salvage bids assessed amid storms |
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Summary: Salvage crews are trying to recover a stricken ferry and trawler that ran aground off the UK in severe weather. |
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Yahoo News |
6:22am PST |
Blasts kill at least 64 in bustling Baghdad pet markets
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Powerful blasts, one triggered by a female suicide bomber, killed at least 64 people as they ripped through two Baghdad pet markets on Friday, officials and witnesses said. |
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Cnn.com |
6:01am PST |
Exxon shatters all-time profit record |
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Summary: Exxon Mobil made history on Friday by reporting the highest quarterly and annual profits ever for a U.S. company.
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