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6:11pm PST |
Blowing the whistle on the REF! |
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Summary: Mike Baker consdiers the trials and tribulations of setting up the new body which allocates university research funding. |
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6:08pm PST |
Attorney general won't investigate Bush aides |
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Summary: U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey Friday said he will not ask a federal grand jury to investigate whether two top Bush administration officials should be prosecuted for contempt of Congress.
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6:04pm PST |
Prince Harry on his way to Britain after Afghan tour cut short
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Summary: AFP - Prince Harry was on his way back to Britain on Saturday after news of his 10-week tour of Afghanistan was leaked by foreign media, the defence ministry in London confirmed. |
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6:03pm PST |
Prince returning from Afghan tour |
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Summary: Prince Harry is put on a flight from Afghanistan to the UK after news of his front line deployment leaked out. |
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5:57pm PST |
Boeing loses out in $40bn US deal |
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Summary: EADS and US company Northrop Grumman beat Boeing to win a $40bn US Air Force contract. |
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5:45pm PST |
Countdown to UK Eurovision vote |
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Summary: Six hopefuls are to battle it out for the right to represent the UK at this year's Eurovision Song Contest. |
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5:43pm PST |
Jets, Eagles Make Big Free Agency Moves
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Philadelphia Eagles landed what was considered the biggest prize in this year's NFL free-agent sweepstakes. The New York Jets traded an unhappy defensive player to New Orleans and traded for one from Carolina. |
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5:37pm PST |
Mukasey won't pursue contempt probe of Bush aides
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. Attorney General Michael
Mukasey refused on Friday to pursue contempt citations issued
by the House of Representatives against a current and a former
White House aide for not cooperating in a probe of the firing
of U.S. attorneys. |
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5:22pm PST |
Clinton tries to raise bar for Obama
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Recasting what would keep her campaign alive, Hillary Rodham Clinton's advisers said Friday that if rival Barack Obama loses any of Tuesday's four presidential primaries it would show Democrats are having second thoughts about him. |
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5:21pm PST |
McCain seeks distance from pastor
(AP)
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Summary: AP - John McCain is refusing to renounce the endorsement of a prominent Texas televangelist who Democrats say peddles anti-Catholic and other intolerant speech. |
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5:02pm PST |
Kosovo suspends rebel police |
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Summary: Some 150 Kosovo Serb police are suspended for refusing to take orders from the ethnic Albanian authorities. |
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5:02pm PST |
Kosovo suspends rebel Serb police |
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Summary: Some 150 Kosovo Serb police are suspended for refusing to take orders from the ethnic Albanian authorities. |
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4:45pm PST |
Stephen in attack on energy firms |
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Summary: Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Nicol Stephen is to attack "obscene" power companies. |
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Cnn.com |
4:40pm PST |
Clinton, Obama spar over Texas airwaves |
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Summary: Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama battled for votes over the airwaves and on the ground in Texas on Friday, just days before primaries that could prove decisive in the Democratic presidential race.
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4:30pm PST |
Congress in turmoil over Air Force tanker decision
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A U.S. Air Force decision awarding a
$35 billion aircraft contract to a team including the European
parent of Airbus landed like a bomb in Congress on Friday,
drawing howls of protest from lawmakers aligned with the loser,
America's Boeing C |
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4:20pm PST |
Alleged store robber leaves his W-2 form
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The robber of a convenience store left behind an unusual clue — a W-2 form. The man robbed a Git-N-Go store in Des Moines early Friday after telling a clerk he had a gun. He left the store with about $115 but at some point took off his hat and jacket |
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4:18pm PST |
Enrique Iglesias to quit before age 50
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Enrique Iglesias plans to leave the spotlight before he turns 50 — unlike his famous father, Julio, who is still crooning romantic ballads after four decades. |
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4:06pm PST |
US to deport 'Pumpkin' case man |
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Summary: A Chinese man accused of murdering his wife and abandoning his daughter is to be deported from the US. |
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3:56pm PST |
Bush aide resigns because of plagiarism
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Summary: AP - A White House official who served as President Bush's middleman with conservatives and Christian groups resigned Friday after admitting to plagiarism. Twenty columns he wrote for an Indiana newspaper were determined to have material copied from other |
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3:52pm PST |
Gales batter quake-hit properties |
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Summary: Homes damaged in this week's earthquake take another battering as severe gales hit the region. |
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3:49pm PST |
Britain's Prince Harry flown back from Afghan frontline
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Britain's Prince Harry flew out of
Afghanistan on Friday after news leaked that he had been
fighting on the frontline for 10 weeks, defence sources said. |
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3:45pm PST |
Vegas puzzle: Deadly toxin in motel room
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Authorities on Friday confirmed that the deadly toxin ricin was found in a motel room most recently occupied by a man who has been in critical condition with breathing problems at a hospital for more than two weeks. |
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3:44pm PST |
Mukasey refuses probe of Bush aides
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Attorney General Michael Mukasey on Friday refused to refer the House's contempt citations against two of President Bush's top aides to a federal grand jury. Mukasey says they committed no crime. |
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3:43pm PST |
Israel warns Gaza of "shoah"
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A year-old Palestinian girl and a senior
Hamas bombmaker were killed in the Gaza Strip on Friday as
Israel pressed home air strikes after a senior official warned
Gazans they risked a "shoah" if rocket fire did not stop. |
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3:39pm PST |
Boeing loses in $40B Air Force tanker deal |
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Summary: The U.S. Air Force today announced one of the largest military acquisition programs in U.S. history, saying it had chosen Northrop Grumman over Boeing to replace its aging air refueling tanker fleet. Many had expected Boeing to be favored over Northrop Gr |
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3:26pm PST |
GOP frets over Democratic fundraising
(AP)
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Summary: AP - For Republicans, watching Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama fight for supremacy in fundraising is not just a spectator sport. It is a look into the future, and the GOP isn't cheering. |
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Cnn.com |
3:22pm PST |
Naomi Campbell released from hospital |
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Cnn.com |
3:22pm PST |
Clinton, Obama battle over Texas airwaves |
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Summary: Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama battled for votes over the airwaves and on the ground in Texas on Friday, just days before primaries that could prove decisive in the Democratic presidential race.
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3:17pm PST |
U.S. troop decision in Iraq late summer: official
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The top U.S. commander in Iraq will
likely take four to six weeks after a reduction in U.S. troop
levels ends in mid-July before deciding if more can go home, a
senior administration official said on Friday. |
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3:06pm PST |
Jets, Eagles make big free agency moves
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Philadelphia Eagles landed what was considered the biggest prize in this year's NFL free-agent sweepstakes. |
