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Yahoo News |
9:57am PST |
Colombian rebels free four hostages from jungle
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Marxist rebels
freed four lawmakers held hostage for years in Colombia's
jungle on Wednesday, in a victory for Venezuelan President Hugo
Chavez who brokered the deal. |
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BBC News |
9:53am PST |
'Costly payout' after earthquake |
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Summary: Insurance claims following the biggest earthquake in the UK for 25 years will run to millions of pounds, experts say. |
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BBC News |
9:50am PST |
BBC in rugby complaint response |
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Summary: Dozens of viewers complain BBC One had too much rugby on Saturday, but the BBC insists coverage was justified. |
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BBC News |
9:43am PST |
Teenage girl killed in bus crash |
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Summary: The girl who was killed following a collision between a bus and a lorry is named locally as Nicola Murray. |
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BBC News |
9:39am PST |
Police dog 'reacts' in Jersey cellar |
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Summary: A sniffer dog has had a "strong reaction" at a former Jersey children's home at the centre of an abuse inquiry, police say. |
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Cnn.com |
9:37am PST |
Author, commentator William F. Buckley Jr. dies |
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Summary: National Review founder and conservative commentator William F. Buckley Jr. died overnight in the study of his Stamford, Connecticut home, officials at the magazine said Wednesday. He was 82.
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Yahoo News |
9:35am PST |
Crowes to Maxim: Say sorry to the band
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Maxim has apologized to its readers, but the Black Crowes are still waiting for the magazine to say sorry to the band for publishing a negative review of their new CD without listening to the full album. |
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Yahoo News |
9:33am PST |
Aetna postpones sedation policy change
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Aetna Inc. said Wednesday it will delay a proposed policy that would stop covering the cost of using anesthesiologists during colonoscopies. |
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Yahoo News |
9:30am PST |
U.S. may sign Guantanamo accord with Algeria: agency
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The United States may soon sign an
agreement with Algeria on the possible return home of Algerian
prisoners from the Guantanamo Bay prison camp, the official
Algerian APS news agency reported on Wednesday. |
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Cnn.com |
9:29am PST |
Husband gets life for 'monstrous' crime |
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Summary: The Wisconsin man convicted of murdering his wife by poisoning her with antifreeze was sentenced today to life in prison with no chance of parole. "Your crime is so enormous, so monstrous, so unspeakably cruel that it overcomes all other considerations," |
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Cnn.com |
9:18am PST |
Bernanke worrying about inflation |
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Summary: The economy still faces slower growth prospects but increasing inflation concerns could "complicate" the Federal Reserve's efforts to stimulate the economy, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke told lawmakers today.
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Yahoo News |
9:17am PST |
McCain mocks Obama's Iraq comments
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Republican presidential hopeful John McCain mocked Democrat Barack Obama on Wednesday for saying he would take action as president "if al-Qaida is forming a base in Iraq." |
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Yahoo News |
9:16am PST |
Colombia rebels free four captive lawmakers: Red Cross
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Colombian rebels have released four
hostage lawmakers to a Venezuelan delegation in the Colombian
jungles in a deal brokered by President Hugo Chavez, the Red
Cross said on Wednesday. |
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Yahoo News |
9:13am PST |
EU hits Microsoft with record 899 million euro anti-trust fine
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - EU competition regulators dealt a new blow to Microsoft on Wednesday, fining the US software giant a record 899 million euros for defying a landmark 2004 anti-trust ruling. |
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Yahoo News |
9:11am PST |
Senate's Reid to defy Bush veto on foreclosure bill
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
said on Wednesday he plans to defy a White House veto threat
and try to win passage of a sweeping bill aimed at curbing an
explosion of home foreclosures. |
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Yahoo News |
9:09am PST |
Fossil sea monster big enough to "bite a car"
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The fossil of a 15 meter (50 ft) long "sea
monster" found in Arctic Norway was the biggest of its kind
known to science with dagger-like teeth in a mouth large enough
to bite a small car, researchers said on Wednesday. |
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Yahoo News |
9:07am PST |
Venezuelan helicopters fly into Colombia to recover hostages
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Venezuelan helicopters flying Red Cross colors flew into the Colombian jungle Wednesday on a mission to pick up four hostages to be released by FARC guerrillas. |
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BBC News |
9:06am PST |
Winehouse's court date is shelved |
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Summary: Singer Amy Winehouse has a Norwegian court appearance postponed as her lawyer argues police made mistakes. |
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Yahoo News |
8:53am PST |
Writer William F. Buckley dead at 82: report
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Conservative writer and commentator
William F. Buckley has died at age 82, the New York Times
reported on its Web site on Wednesday. |
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Yahoo News |
8:50am PST |
Working class woes key for Obama and Clinton in Ohio
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - This former manufacturing hub, now
struggling with skyrocketing unemployment and foreclosures,
presents a microcosm of woes faced by America's working class
-- and voters are seeking answers from U.S. presidential
candidates. |
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BBC News |
8:46am PST |
Man released in fatal bus probe |
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Summary: The driver of a lorry involved in a fatal collision with a school bus is released from police custody. |
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Yahoo News |
8:39am PST |
Court shoots down computer surveillance
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Government surveillance of personal computers would violate the individual right to privacy, Germany's highest court found Wednesday, in a ruling that German investigators say will restrict their ability to pursue terrorists. |
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Cnn.com |
8:37am PST |
Exxon, Alaskans battle moves to highest court |
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Summary: The Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear whether Exxon Mobil Corp. should pay $2.5 billion in punitive damages to Alaskans for the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill disaster.
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Cnn.com |
8:30am PST |
William F. Buckley dies at 82 |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
8:26am PST |
William F. Buckley Jr. dies at 82
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Author and conservative commentator William F. Buckley Jr. has died at age 82. |
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Yahoo News |
8:23am PST |
Congress again raises sports drug law
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Once again, professional sports and their leaders were hauled up to Capitol Hill on Wednesday by lawmakers who say they might try once again to legislate drug-testing policies for U.S. leagues. |
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BBC News |
8:03am PST |
Bernanke hints at more rate cuts |
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Summary: Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke hints that the central bank may cut US interest rates still further. |
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Cnn.com |
7:46am PST |
Radio host: 'McCain threw me under bus' |
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Summary: A conservative radio talk-show host said that "he's had it up to here" with Sen. John McCain after the GOP presidential candidate repudiated the commentator's remarks about Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama at a campaign event.
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BBC News |
7:45am PST |
New focus in Jersey abuse inquiry |
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Summary: A sniffer dog has had a "strong reaction" at a former Jersey children's home at the centre of an abuse inquiry, police say. |
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Yahoo News |
7:39am PST |
German court says computer data private
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Government surveillance of personal computers violates the individual right to privacy, Germany's highest court found Wednesday, in a ruling that German investigators say will restrict their ability to pursue terrorists. |
