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11:07am PST |
AP IMPACT: US troops losing hearing
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Summary: AP - Soldiers and Marines caught in roadside bombings and firefights in Iraq and Afghanistan are coming home in epidemic numbers with permanent hearing loss and ringing in their ears, prompting the military to redouble its efforts to protect the troops fr |
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11:05am PST |
Obama foreign policy adviser resigns
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Summary: AP - A Barack Obama adviser resigned Friday after calling rival Hillary Rodham Clinton "a monster." |
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11:05am PST |
Police: UNC student killed with handgun
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Summary: AP - The student body president at the University of North Carolina was killed by a shot from a handgun to her right temple, according to a police report released Friday. |
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10:49am PST |
Ecuador, Colombia clash at border crisis summit
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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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10:47am PST |
Rebate letters to cost $42 million
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Summary: AP - At a cost of nearly $42 million, the IRS wants you to know: Your check is almost in the mail. |
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Yahoo News |
10:46am PST |
Colombia, Ecuador leaders face off
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Summary: AP - Colombian President Alvaro Uribe said Friday that Colombian rebels helped Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa get elected, citing as evidence a rebel's letter seized during a cross-border raid that has sparked an international crisis. |
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10:44am PST |
Defence fear for flood-risk homes |
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Summary: A plan to protect homes and businesses along the Humber estuary reveals up to 2,000 properties will be left at risk. |
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10:38am PST |
Clegg says expect more protests |
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Summary: Nick Clegg vows to fight the UK's "sclerotic" political system as Lib Dems gather for their spring conference. |
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Yahoo News |
10:34am PST |
O.J. Simpson's trial delayed
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Summary: AP - Defense lawyers say a Nevada judge has agreed to delay O.J. Simpson's trial on armed robbery and kidnapping charges to Sept. 8. |
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10:26am PST |
Israel on alert, Gaza braces after Jerusalem killings
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Summary: AFP - Israel was on alert and Gaza braced for reprisals on Friday as crowds mourned eight teenagers killed by a Palestinian gunman at a Jewish religious school in an attack claimed by the Islamist Hamas. |
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10:26am PST |
Dog smells blood at Jersey home |
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Summary: Police dogs find spots of blood in a bath at the Haut de la Garenne former children's home in Jersey. |
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10:24am PST |
Second senior Farc rebel 'killed' |
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Summary: Colombian security forces say they have killed a top member of the Farc rebel group, the second in less than a week. |
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10:17am PST |
Diana inquest not to call Philip |
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Summary: The Duke of Edinburgh will not be called to give evidence at the inquest into the death of Princess Diana. |
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10:12am PST |
Nursery children face E.coli test |
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Summary: Up to 60 children and staff at an east Belfast nursery school are to be tested for E. coli infection. |
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10:12am PST |
Wealthy widow killed by cleaner |
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Summary: A Polish cleaner is sentenced to 20 years in prison for murdering her wealthy 94-year-old employer. |
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10:06am PST |
Gorilla rangers' execution threat |
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Summary: Rebels who seized control of DR Congo's Gorilla Sector say rangers will be executed if they enter the area. |
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10:06am PST |
Gorilla rangers’ execution threat |
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Summary: Rebels who seized control of DR Congo's Gorilla Sector say rangers will be executed if they enter the area. |
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10:05am PST |
Obama aide resigns over remark |
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Summary: An adviser for Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama resigns after calling Hillary Clinton "a monster". |
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10:02am PST |
Spain calls off election campaign after attack blamed on ETA
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Summary: AFP - Spain ended its election campaign early on Friday after a former councillor from the ruling Socialist Party was shot and killed in the Basque region in an attack blamed on the separatist group ETA. |
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Yahoo News |
10:02am PST |
Colombia: Rebels helped Correa campaign
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Summary: AP - Colombian President Alvaro Uribe said Friday that Colombian rebels helped Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa get elected, citing as evidence a rebel's letter seized during a cross-border raid that has sparked an international crisis. |
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10:01am PST |
Obama adviser resigns
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Summary: AP - A Barack Obama adviser resigned Friday after calling rival Hillary Rodham Clinton "a monster." |
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Cnn.com |
9:57am PST |
Bush aid: Economy may shrink |
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9:56am PST |
Belarus tells US ambassador to leave
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Summary: AP - The Belarusian Foreign Ministry on Friday told the U.S. ambassador to leave the country and recalled its own ambassador from the U.S. over economic sanctions Washington imposed on the ex-Soviet nation last year. |
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BBC News |
9:54am PST |
Fair choice 'needs good schools' |
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Summary: Schools Secretary Ed Balls pledges to make school admissions fairer by removing all poor schools. |
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9:54am PST |
'Fair choice' needs good schools |
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Summary: Schools Secretary Ed Balls pledges to make school admissions fairer by removing all poor schools. |
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BBC News |
9:48am PST |
Chancellor's dilemma in figures |
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Summary: The five factors of the UK economy facing Alisatair Darling as he prepares for his first budget as chancellor. |
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BBC News |
9:47am PST |
Beatles engineer Smith dies at 85 |
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Summary: Record engineer Norman Smith, who worked on every Beatles recording between 1962 and 1965, dies aged 85. |
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BBC News |
9:45am PST |
$200bn Fed move over credit fears |
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Summary: The Fed makes billions of dollars available to banks in an auction hoping to ease credit-crunch concerns. |
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BBC News |
9:36am PST |
Walliams completes swim to Africa |
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Summary: Little Britain star David Walliams completes his Sport Relief "swim to Africa" with rower James Cracknell. |
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Cnn.com |
9:31am PST |
Better mileage than a Prius? |
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Summary: It was bound to happen - the Toyota Prius could soon lose its crown as the most fuel-efficient car on the market. But you might want to hold off before you cancel your order.
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