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1:37pm PST |
Colombia: 2nd rebel leader killed
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Summary: AP - A top rebel leader was killed by his own chief of security, who gave Colombian troops the leader's severed hand as proof, the defense minister said Friday. |
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1:30pm PST |
Madonna leads class into rock hall
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Admit it. When Madonna was writhing around onstage in a wedding gown to "Like a Virgin" years ago, the last place you'd expect to see her was in something called the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Time has a way of changing things. On Monday, Madge will |
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1:30pm PST |
Florida, Michigan revotes come down to money |
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Summary: Neither Barack Obama nor Hillary Clinton can reach the 2,024 delegates needed to become the Democratic Party's presidential nominee without delegates from Florida and Michigan. But those two states' primary results don't count since each broke a rule. Som |
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1:28pm PST |
Space freighter primed for launch |
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Summary: Europe is set to launch the Automated Transfer Vehicle - the biggest, most complex spacecraft in its history. |
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1:27pm PST |
Angry wife accused of burning 400 phones
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Summary: AP - A spurned Chinese wife set fire to more than 400 cell phones owned by her and her husband after he walked out on their marriage, a news agency reported Friday. The official Xinhua News Agency said the 37-year-old woman, identified only by her surname |
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1:27pm PST |
Back on trail, Obama and Clinton trade digs
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. Democrats Barack
Obama and Hillary Clinton questioned each other's sincerity and
leadership on national security and the economy on Friday as
they geared up for the next tests in a grueling struggle for
the White House. |
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1:26pm PST |
Giants reward Coughlin with 4-year deal
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Summary: AP - Tom Coughlin was rewarded for the New York Giants' Super Bowl victory, agreeing to a four-year, $21 million contract Friday that will make him one of the NFL's highest-paid coaches. |
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1:22pm PST |
Israel signals willingness to talk
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Israel signaled a willingness Friday to move ahead with peace talks despite a deadly attack on a Jewish seminary in Jerusalem. But a U.S.-backed Egyptian initiative for a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas appeared to be in trouble due to the violen |
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1:15pm PST |
Vaccine settlement complex, may not be first |
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1:14pm PST |
One Congolese woman's 'silent scream' is heard |
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Summary: Honorata Kizende was hiding in a house when soldiers kicked in the front door. They slapped her and raped her. Three years ago, Kizende walked before dignitaries in Congo and demanded justice for women like herself. Today is International Women's Day and |
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1:01pm PST |
Clegg facing revolt over health |
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Summary: Nick Clegg faces a fresh test of his authority as Lib Dems vote on health reforms at their spring conference. |
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12:54pm PST |
Spain PM accuses Eta after murder |
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Summary: Spain's prime minister accuses Basque group Eta of trying to upset Sunday's election by murdering an ex-councillor. |
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12:41pm PST |
Bush: Economy has slowed
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Summary: AP - President Bush said Friday that "it's clear our economy has slowed" and tried to reassure an anxious public that the long-term outlook is good. |
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12:38pm PST |
Blair to teach in the US on faith |
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Summary: Tony Blair is to teach students at Yale University in the US about faith and globalisation. |
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12:31pm PST |
Man injured in depot gun attack |
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Summary: A 42-year-old man is injured by a masked man outside a taxi depot on the outskirts of west Belfast. |
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12:15pm PST |
Cervical cancer vaccine no simple choice |
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Summary: I'm the mother of two daughters, a teen and a tween. So every day, I tiptoe through hormonally laced minefields hoping to avoid emotional carnage in response to any of my random comments or actions.
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12:11pm PST |
Obama camp rejects adviser's comments
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Summary: AP - A former adviser to Barack Obama, who resigned Friday after calling rival Hillary Rodham Clinton "a monster," said Obama may not be able to withdraw all U.S. combat troops from Iraq within a year as he has promised on the campaign trail. |
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11:59am PST |
At least 10 tornadoes rip through Florida and Georgia
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Summary: Reuters - Tornadoes cut through Florida
and Georgia on Friday, blowing homes off foundations, felling
power lines and snapping majestic oak trees as a record series
of winter tornadoes continued to pound the United States. |
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11:58am PST |
Athletics: Chambers wins silver |
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Summary: Dwain Chambers claims a podium place after finishing behind Olusoji Fasuba in the 60m final at the World Indoor Championships. |
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11:58am PST |
Chambers wins silver in GB return |
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Summary: Dwain Chambers claims a podium place after finishing behind Olusoji Fasuba in the 60m final at the World Indoor Championships. |
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Cnn.com |
11:50am PST |
Dad drops 30 lbs., tops mountain with daughter |
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Summary: From the outside, Bill McGahan looked like he lived a pretty good life.
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11:47am PST |
Slain UNC student's car found |
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Summary: Police in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, said Friday they have found a vehicle belonging to a slain UNC student, and are examining it for possible evidence.
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11:46am PST |
Storm dumps snow, spawns twisters |
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11:46am PST |
Bush: 'It's clear our economy has slowed' |
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Summary: President Bush said today that "it's clear our economy has slowed," hours after a government report showed a decline in payrolls for the second straight month. But Bush said the long-term outlook is good, with a stimulus package enacted last month by Cong |
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Yahoo News |
11:28am PST |
Ecuador and Colombia clash at border crisis summit
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The presidents of Ecuador and
Colombia clashed at a Latin American summit on Friday as
leaders scrambled to defuse a regional crisis over a
cross-border raid by Colombia to kill a rebel commander. |
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11:24am PST |
Payrolls fall again, raising recession fears
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. employers unexpectedly cut jobs
in February at the steepest rate in nearly five years, a second
straight month of employment losses that heightened fears the
world's largest economy has skidded into recession. |
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11:19am PST |
Iraq cleric Sadr explains absence |
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Summary: Iraqi Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr explains why he has not been seen in public for more than nine months. |
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11:18am PST |
Bush: 'It's clear' economy has slowed
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Summary: AP - President Bush said Friday that "it's clear our economy has slowed" and tried to reassure an anxious public that the long-term outlook is good. |
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Cnn.com |
11:16am PST |
Missing model-rights activist found |
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11:15am PST |
Angry words at LatAm summit |
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Summary: A summit of Latin American
leaders opens with a flurry of accusations over Colombia's raid into Ecuador. |
