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12:57pm PST |
Bush: America still not safe from terrorist attack
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Summary: Reuters - President George W. Bush, marking
five years since the Department of Homeland Security was
created, said the United States was not safe from terrorists
who were plotting another attack as he spoke. |
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Cnn.com |
12:57pm PST |
One of Saturn's moons might have rings |
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12:55pm PST |
Dean urges do-over contests in Fla, Mich
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Summary: AP - The former head of the Democratic National Committee said Thursday it was doubtful DNC Chairman Howard Dean would be able to get approval for a plan for do-over presidential nomination contests in Florida and Michigan. |
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12:49pm PST |
Nicaragua cuts ties with Colombia |
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Summary: Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega breaks diplomatic ties with Colombia over its raid into Ecuador. |
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12:43pm PST |
McCain now has challenge of staying in public eye
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Summary: Reuters - Now that he has clinched the
Republican presidential nomination, John McCain has to figure
out how to remain in the public eye while attention is diverted
to the tense Democratic battle. |
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Yahoo News |
12:39pm PST |
At least eight killed in attack in west Jerusalem attack: rescue service
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - At least eight people were killed and 35 wounded on Thursday night in an attack on a religious school in predominantly Jewish west Jerusalem, the Magen David Adom rescue service said. |
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12:36pm PST |
Gunmen kill seven in Israel raid |
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Summary: At least seven people are killed by gunmen who infiltrated a Jewish seminary in West Jerusalem, reports say. |
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Cnn.com |
12:35pm PST |
Obama raises record $55 million in February |
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Summary: As Democrats wrestled with whether to count Michigan's and Florida's primary votes, the party's two presidential candidates continued to scrap for delegates on Thursday.
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12:34pm PST |
Giant telescope opens both eyes |
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Summary: The powerful Large Binocular Telescope acquires galactic images using both its giant mirrors. |
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12:33pm PST |
Bombs kill 55 in Baghdad shopping district
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Two large bombs exploded within a few
minutes of each other in a crowded Baghdad shopping area on
Thursday, killing 55 people on the day that the U.S. military
said it was withdrawing 2,000 troops from the Iraqi capital. |
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Cnn.com |
12:27pm PST |
Attack on seminary kills at least 8 in Jerusalem |
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Summary: At least eight people were slain today by terrorists who infiltrated a Jewish seminary in Jerusalem, authorities say. Ambulances are rushing victims to area hospitals. A police spokesman told CNN that at least one of the attackers is dead.
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Cnn.com |
12:26pm PST |
Iraq blast lured people to suicide bomb; 53 dead |
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Summary: Iraq's president will go to Turkey on Friday for a two-day visit amid hostilities between Turkish troops and Kurdish militants in northern Iraq.
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12:21pm PST |
Minnesota bars beat smoking ban
(AP)
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Summary: AP - All the world's a stage at some of Minnesota's bars. A new state ban on smoking in restaurants and other nightspots contains an exception for performers in theatrical productions. So some bars are getting around the ban by printing up playbills, enco |
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BBC News |
12:20pm PST |
Warnings over future food crisis |
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Summary: A food crisis may hit sooner than climate change, the government's new chief scientific advisor warns. |
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Cnn.com |
12:19pm PST |
Records: Southwest flew 117 'unsafe' planes |
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Summary: Discount air carrier Southwest Airlines flew thousands of passengers on aircraft that federal inspectors said were "unsafe" as recently as last March, according to detailed congressional documents obtained by CNN. The planes were "not airworthy," accordin |
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12:18pm PST |
Nicaragua breaks Colombia ties and widens crisis
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Nicaragua broke off diplomatic ties
with Colombia on Thursday, widening a Latin American crisis
over a raid by Colombia on a rebel camp inside Ecuador last
Saturday. |
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12:14pm PST |
Brett Favre rules out return to football
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Sitting by himself on an airplane ride up to Green Bay on Thursday morning, Brett Favre struggled to find a sincere and graceful way to say he was finished with football. In the end, his tears told the story. "I know I can play but I don't think I wa |
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12:10pm PST |
7 die in shooting at Jerusalem seminary
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Two gunmen infiltrated a Jewish seminary in Jerusalem and opened fire in a library Thursday night, killing at least seven people, police and rescue workers said. |
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12:09pm PST |
Bombs kill More than 50 in Baghdad
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Two bombs went off within minutes of each other in a crowded shopping district in the capital Thursday, killing at least 53 people and wounding 130 — a reminder that deadly attacks are a daily threat even though violence is down. |
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12:09pm PST |
Palestinian gunmen kill 8 in Jerusalem Jewish school
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Two Palestinian gunmen opened fire in
a Jewish religious school in Jerusalem on Thursday, killing at
least eight people and wounding 20, the Israeli emergency
service Zaka said. |
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Yahoo News |
12:09pm PST |
Video shows bicyclist fleeing Times Sq.
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A small bomb caused minor damage to a landmark military recruiting station in the heart of Times Square before dawn Thursday, and police were searching for a hooded bicyclist seen on a surveillance video pedaling away. |
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12:05pm PST |
Pentagon bans Google teams from bases
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Pentagon has banned Google Earth teams from making detailed street-level video maps of U.S. military bases. |
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Yahoo News |
12:00pm PST |
At least 8 killed in attack in west Jerusalem attack: rescue service
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - At least eight people were killed and 35 wounded on Thursday night in an attack on a religious school in predominantly Jewish west Jerusalem, the Magen David Adom rescue service said. |
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BBC News |
11:51am PST |
Clegg defends EU vote handling |
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Summary: Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg defends his handling of the EU treaty vote, after 15 of his MPs chose to defy him. |
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11:51am PST |
Clegg defends handling of EU vote |
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Summary: Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg defends his handling of the EU treaty vote, after 15 of his MPs chose to defy him. |
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Cnn.com |
11:46am PST |
Cyclist sought in Times Square bombing |
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Summary: A man on a bicycle is being sought as a possible suspect in today's bombing at a military recruiting station in Times Square. Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the city is safe and New Yorkers should go on with their lives. New Yorkers, Bloomberg said, "are no |
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11:46am PST |
Obama raises $55 million in February
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Democratic Sen. Barack Obama raised a record $55 million in February for his presidential campaign, eclipsing rival Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's own substantial fundraising for the month. All told, Obama has raised $193 million during his yearlong b |
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BBC News |
11:35am PST |
Deadly bombs hit Baghdad |
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Summary: At least 54 people die as two bombs explode in a shopping area in Baghdad, security officials say. |
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BBC News |
11:31am PST |
Eight killed at Jerusalem school |
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Summary: At least eight people are killed by gunmen who infiltrated a Jewish seminary in West Jerusalem, reports say. |
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Cnn.com |
11:29am PST |
Nicaragua breaks off ties with Colombia |
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Summary: Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega said Thursday that the nation is breaking relations with Colombia "in solidarity with the Ecuadoran people."
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