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BBC News |
8:39am PST |
US urges talks in Colombia crisis |
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Summary: The US government urges diplomacy to settle a crisis that has set Colombia against Venezuela and Ecuador. |
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Yahoo News |
8:36am PST |
Packers' Favre to discuss retirement
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Summary: AP - Brett Favre has called a news conference for Thursday in Green Bay to discuss his retirement. |
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BBC News |
8:21am PST |
Bully game 'danger' to children |
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Summary: UK teachers have joined an international lobby to stop shops selling a computer game because they fear it could encourage bullying. |
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Yahoo News |
8:21am PST |
NATO divided on Ukraine and Georgia entry bids
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Efforts by ex-Soviet Ukraine and
Georgia to start early talks on NATO membership took a knock on
Thursday as allies disagreed on whether to embark on moves that
would risk antagonizing Russia. |
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Yahoo News |
8:14am PST |
Dean urges do-over voting in Florida, Michigan
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean urged Florida and Michigan party officials to come up with plans to repeat their presidential nominating contests so that their delegates can be counted. Clinton won both contests, but the results we |
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BBC News |
8:09am PST |
Kenya MPs urged to back agreement |
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Summary: Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki urges MPs to pass into law a power-sharing deal aimed at ending weeks of violence. |
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BBC News |
8:09am PST |
Kenya MPs urged to back deal |
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Summary: Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki urges MPs to pass into law a power-sharing deal aimed at ending weeks of violence. |
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BBC News |
8:08am PST |
'Substantial' Dutch terror risk |
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Summary: The Netherlands raises its terror alert level to "substantial", amid anxiety about an anti-Islam film. |
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BBC News |
8:02am PST |
Sudan 'still bombing in Darfur' |
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Summary: A BBC correspondent see a helicopter drop bombs near refugees in Sudan's Darfur region. |
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7:58am PST |
Bets halted over 'super dog' fear |
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Summary: A bookmaker closes its book on Crufts after a flood of bets suggest an unknown "super dog" will take the title. |
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7:57am PST |
Rice urges diplomacy for Colombia
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday that the United States wants to see a diplomatic solution to the tension surrounding Colombia after the U.S.-backed government staged a cross-border raid to attack a rebel camp. |
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BBC News |
7:56am PST |
Alexander will not be prosecuted |
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Summary: Scotland's Labour leader Wendy Alexander will not be prosecuted over her failure to register donations. |
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Yahoo News |
7:53am PST |
Home foreclosures hit record high
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Home foreclosures soared to an all-time high in the final quarter of last year, underscoring the suffering of distressed homeowners and the growing danger the housing meltdown poses for the economy. |
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Cnn.com |
7:50am PST |
Foreclosures hit all-time high |
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Summary: Many home owners are still losing the battle to make their monthly mortgage payments. Delinquencies for mortgage borrowers during the last three months of 2007 were at their highest rate since 1985. Foreclosures are at their highest rate in the history of |
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Cnn.com |
7:44am PST |
Cyclist may be suspect 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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Yahoo News |
7:29am PST |
Dean urges do-over voting in Fla., Mich.
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean urged Florida and Michigan party officials to come up with plans to repeat their presidential nominating contests so that their delegates can be counted. |
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BBC News |
7:18am PST |
Surgery thief must pay £250,000 |
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Summary: A practice manager who bought five homes with money stolen from doctors is told to pay back another £250,000. |
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BBC News |
7:12am PST |
Man guilty of hammer murders |
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Summary: A man is convicted of battering his former girlfriend and her two children to death with a hammer. |
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Cnn.com |
7:04am PST |
366 Dem delegates want their votes counted |
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Summary: With Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama fighting nationwide for every Democratic delegate, political leaders from Florida and Michigan are looking for ways to have their states' delegates seated at the national convention -- including possibly holding new c |
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BBC News |
7:03am PST |
Greece rejects Macedonia Nato bid |
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Summary: The Greek government says it cannot back Macedonia's bid to join Nato, in a row over its neighbour's name. |
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6:59am PST |
Kenyan president urges lawmakers to enact power-sharing accord
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Summary: AFP - President Mwai Kibaki on Thursday urged Kenyan deputies to pass laws enshrining a power-sharing deal aimed at ending a post-election crisis that cost some 1,500 lives. |
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Yahoo News |
6:56am PST |
US/Iraqi raid kills 11 in northern Iraq
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Summary: AP - U.S. and Iraqi forces killed 11 suspected insurgents and detained 44 others in raids targeting al-Qaida in central and northern Iraq, the U.S. military said Thursday. Three Iraqi troops were killed in one of the operations. |
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BBC News |
6:50am PST |
Escaped rapist is back in custody |
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Summary: A convicted rapist who has been on the run for the past two days is back in custody, according to police. |
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Cnn.com |
6:45am PST |
5 really good reasons to take hormones |
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Summary: Dr. Bernadine Healy can't even count the number of women who've complained to her about how tough it is to make the decision about hormone replacement therapy.
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Cnn.com |
6:45am PST |
5 good reasons to take hormones |
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Summary: Dr. Bernadine Healy can't even count the number of women who've complained to her about how tough it is to make the decision about hormone replacement therapy.
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BBC News |
6:43am PST |
Galileo demo sat to be despatched |
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Summary: Giove-B, the second test spacecraft for Europe's proposed satellite navigation system, is finally to be sent for launch. |
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Cnn.com |
6:41am PST |
Oil prices hit record high |
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BBC News |
6:29am PST |
Manila 'bomb plotters' arrested |
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Summary: Three Middle Eastern men are arrested in the Philippines accused of a plot to bomb foreign embassies in Manila. |
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Cnn.com |
6:22am PST |
$75M in gift cards could become worthless |
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Cnn.com |
6:08am PST |
Patrick Swayze's doctor 'optimistic' on cancer |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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