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Yahoo News |
2:47pm PST |
U.S. says missed intelligence after spy act expired
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. spy agencies have missed
intelligence in the days since terrorism surveillance
legislation expired, officials told Congress on Friday, but a
top Democrat accused the administration of "fear mongering." |
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BBC News |
2:43pm PST |
'Dozens dead' in Turkish assault |
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Summary: Turkey says five of its soldiers and dozens of Kurdish rebels have been killed in its ground assault in northern Iraq. |
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Yahoo News |
2:38pm PST |
Clinton tries to energize trailing presidential bid
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Sen. Hillary Clinton fended off
questions about the future of her presidential bid on Friday,
insisting her remarks at a debate were not a farewell but
declining to promise she would stay in the race after must-win
votes in Ohio and Texas on |
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Cnn.com |
2:22pm PST |
Fear stalks campus after serial attacks |
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Summary: Pepper spray is replacing iPods as the hot item on campus at the University of Nevada-Reno. All the local stores are sold out. The rush began after authorities here announced that a serial rapist was on the loose.
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Cnn.com |
2:08pm PST |
Snow pummels Northeast |
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Yahoo News |
1:31pm PST |
Snow blankets Northeast, snarls travel
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A winter storm blanketed much of the Northeast on Friday, delaying flights at the region's major airports and causing havoc during the morning commute. |
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Yahoo News |
1:28pm PST |
Kosovo Serb protesters attack UN police
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Violent protests rocked Serb-dominated northern Kosovo on Friday, as mobs chanting "Kosovo is ours!" hurled stones, bottles and firecrackers at U.N. police guarding a bridge that divides Serbs from ethnic Albanians. |
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BBC News |
12:59pm PST |
Gail Sheridan suspended from job |
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Summary: The wife of former SSP leader Tommy Sheridan is suspended from her cabin crew job, BBC Scotland understands. |
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Yahoo News |
12:53pm PST |
High-tech border project said ready for use
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A high-tech "virtual fence" on part
of the U.S. border with Mexico is finally ready for service and
the technology can fight illegal crossings all along the
frontier, the Homeland Security chief said on Friday. |
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Cnn.com |
12:52pm PST |
Martin: To win, Clinton must focus on economy |
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Summary: Eleven days. That's how long Sen. Hillary Clinton has left to either extend this Democratic presidential campaign and fight for the nomination or see her longtime ambition to be commander in chief of the United States disappear, possibly forever.
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Yahoo News |
12:51pm PST |
Flight lands in Miami after gear scare
(AP)
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Summary: AP - An American Airlines flight to Chicago has landed safely in Miami after being diverted with nose gear trouble. |
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Yahoo News |
12:49pm PST |
Gates hopes to pull troops from Iraq after pause
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates
said on Friday he hopes to pull more troops out of Iraq after a
brief pause in withdrawals in July or August meant to assess
the impact of lower troop levels on security in the war zone. |
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Cnn.com |
12:46pm PST |
Lawmaker indicted in shady land deals |
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Summary: Rep. Rick Renzi was indicted Friday on multiple federal charges, law enforcement sources tell CNN.
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Yahoo News |
12:20pm PST |
Turkish troops enter Iraq seeking rebels
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Supported by air power, Turkish troops crossed into northern Iraq on Friday in their first major ground incursion against Kurdish rebel bases in nearly a decade. But Turkey sought to avoid confrontation with U.S.-backed Iraq, saying the guerrillas we |
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Yahoo News |
12:12pm PST |
Indiana AD meets with coach Sampson
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Kelvin Sampson met with his athletic director Friday, and the Hoosiers then held a team meeting, heightening the possibility Indiana will soon have a new coach. |
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Cnn.com |
12:06pm PST |
Missing woman's family feeling 'dread' |
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Summary: The family of a missing Illinois woman has an "eerie feeling of dread" after a ruling that her husband's previous wife was a victim of homicide, a spokeswoman said.
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Cnn.com |
12:05pm PST |
Warning: Scam artists want your tax rebate |
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Summary: On the heels of the government's plan to stimulate the economy by sending out special tax rebates, authorities say crooks are posing as officials from the Internal Revenue Service or Social Security Administration.
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Yahoo News |
11:59am PST |
46 killed in Venezuela plane crash
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A Venezuelan passenger plane slammed into a steep mountainside in the Andes, killing all 46 people on board, officials said Friday. |
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Yahoo News |
11:51am PST |
AP survey: Superdelegates jump to Obama
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Democratic superdelegates are starting to follow the voters — straight to Barack Obama. |
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Yahoo News |
11:41am PST |
Congressman indicted in Ariz. land deal
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Republican Rep. Rick Renzi was charged Friday with extortion, wire fraud, money laundering and other crimes in an Arizona land swap that authorities say helped him collect hundreds of thousands of dollars in payoffs. |
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Cnn.com |
11:33am PST |
Big city to get pummeled by snow |
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Yahoo News |
11:30am PST |
Rep. Renzi indicted on corruption charges
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Republican U.S. Rep. Richard Renzi
of Arizona, a state co-chair for Sen. John McCain's
presidential campaign, was indicted on corruption charges
stemming from land deals in his state, Justice Department
officials said on Friday. |
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BBC News |
11:29am PST |
Iran 'nuclear questions remain' |
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Summary: New data on Iran's nuclear programme does not prove the country is not making a bomb, UN inspectors say. |
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Cnn.com |
11:28am PST |
Report: Photo shows Clemens at party |
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Summary: According to the New York Daily News, federal investigators have a picture provided by a young man who was at the now infamous Jose Canseco house party in 1998 that reportedly shows definitively that another guest was there: Roger Clemens.
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Yahoo News |
11:19am PST |
Hollywood gets ready for Oscar arrival
(AP)
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Summary: AP - If there's anything Hollywood loves more than the spotlight, it's a glamorous party — and it doesn't get more glamorous than the Academy Awards. |
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Yahoo News |
11:18am PST |
Iran nuclear plans of "serious concern": U.N. body
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Friday
Iran had failed to explain Western intelligence reports showing
explosives and missile work linked to the production of atomic
bombs and that this was a "serious concern." |
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Cnn.com |
11:08am PST |
Jury: Letter was 'road map' to murderer |
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Summary: Julie Jensen's words from the grave provided the key evidence to convince jurors that her husband was guilty of murdering her with poison, they said. "She left a road map to her murder," juror Sandra Schott said. "And her murderer."
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BBC News |
10:57am PST |
Troubles group meets MI5's chief |
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Summary: The group looking at how best to deal with the past holds talks with the security services in London. |
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BBC News |
10:27am PST |
Keegan supports Gazza sectioning |
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Summary: Newcastle boss Kevin Keegan says Paul Gascoigne's sectioning under the Mental Health Act is a good thing for the ex-footballer. |
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Cnn.com |
10:26am PST |
Lawmaker charged with extortion in land deals |
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Summary: Rep. Rick Renzi was indicted Friday on multiple federal charges, law enforcement sources tell CNN.
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