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Yahoo News |
9:27am PST |
Economy hit by biggest job loss in five years
(Reuters)
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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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BBC News |
9:26am PST |
Former foreign secretary Pym dies |
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Summary: Former Tory foreign secretary Lord Francis Pym has died after a prolonged illness, his family says. |
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BBC News |
9:25am PST |
Two guilty of faith healer murder |
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Summary: Two men are convicted of murdering a 22-year-old faith healer whose body was found in a Luton park. |
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Cnn.com |
9:15am PST |
Massive storm dumps snow, spawns twisters |
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Yahoo News |
9:09am PST |
Obama aide quits over Clinton "monster" comment
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - An aide to Democratic presidential
candidate Barack Obama, Samantha Power, stepped down from the
campaign on Friday amid uproar over a comment she made to a
British newspaper referring to Democratic rival Hillary Clinton
as a "monster." |
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BBC News |
9:06am PST |
War of words opens 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. |
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Yahoo News |
9:04am PST |
Democrats look for silver lining in long race
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The prolonged White House struggle
between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton has some Democrats
worried about getting a late start on the November race but
others see a silver lining if the fight ends amicably. |
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Cnn.com |
8:59am PST |
Review: 'Wire' junkies get one last fix |
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Summary: Stringer is dead. Omar is dead. And soon, "The Wire" will be, too.
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Yahoo News |
8:58am PST |
Obama adviser resigns after comment
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A Barack Obama adviser resigned Friday after calling rival Hillary Rodham Clinton "a monster." |
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Yahoo News |
8:57am PST |
Analysis: Vaccine-autism link unproven
(AP)
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Summary: AP - For those convinced that vaccines can cause autism, the sad case of a Georgia girl, daughter of a doctor and lawyer, seems like clear-cut evidence. The government has agreed to pay the girl's family for injury caused by vaccines. |
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Cnn.com |
8:44am PST |
Mortgage mess CEOs defend pay |
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Summary: Two former Wall Street CEOs and the head of the nation's largest home lender defended their pay packages to lawmakers today, arguing media reports grossly exaggerated their pay. CNNMoney.com reports the issue is the salaries and perks the executives got a |
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Yahoo News |
8:42am PST |
McCain calls for tax cuts, job training
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Republican presidential candidate John McCain, who has said economics isn't his strong suit, said Friday tax cuts and job training are needed to lift an economy that is either in recession or is headed toward one. |
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Cnn.com |
8:42am PST |
Invalid votes keep Clinton, Obama stuck |
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Summary: Neither Sen. Barack Obama nor Sen. 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 elected |
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Yahoo News |
8:42am PST |
Ecuador, Colombia fight for border crisis support
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Ecuador and Colombia battled for
support from Latin American leaders at a summit where
governments sought on Friday to defuse a regional crisis over a
cross-border raid by Colombia to kill leftist rebels. |
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BBC News |
8:37am PST |
Chad's 'orphans' returning home |
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Summary: The 103 children in Chad caught up in an abduction scandal are to return to their families, Unicef says. |
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BBC News |
8:35am PST |
Athletics: Chambers makes final |
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Summary: Controversial sprinter Dwain Chambers cruises into the men's 60m final at the World Indoor Championships in Valencia. |
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Cnn.com |
8:35am PST |
Chinese hackers: We tapped into Pentagon |
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Summary: They operate from a bare apartment on a Chinese island. They are intelligent 20-somethings who seem harmless. But they are hard-core hackers who claim to have gained access to the world's most sensitive sites, including the Pentagon.
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Cnn.com |
8:35am PST |
Chinese hackers: No site is safe |
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Summary: They operate from a bare apartment on a Chinese island. They are intelligent 20-somethings who seem harmless. But they are hard-core hackers who claim to have gained access to the world's most sensitive sites, including the Pentagon.
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BBC News |
8:33am PST |
Man held as shots fired at police |
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Summary: A man is arrested after shots are fired at police officers in north London. |
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BBC News |
8:31am PST |
Top extremist recruiter jailed |
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Summary: A man said to be a top recruiter for Islamist extremism is jailed indefinitely for public protection. |
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BBC News |
8:24am PST |
Regulators face their own review |
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Summary: The National Consumer Council begins a year-long review into the performance of regulators in the UK. |
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Cnn.com |
8:20am PST |
Marketer ditches 6-figure salary to save oceans |
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Summary: After witnessing the rapid devastation of a Cayman Island coral reef where he had been diving since childhood, Todd Barber was moved from horror to action.
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Yahoo News |
8:18am PST |
U.S. payrolls fall again, raising recession fears
(Reuters)
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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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Yahoo News |
8:14am PST |
U.N. panel calls for U.S. death penalty moratorium
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The United States should impose a death
penalty moratorium and stop sentencing young offenders to life
in prison until it can root out racial bias from its justice
system, a United Nations panel said on Friday. |
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BBC News |
8:09am PST |
Top extremist recruiter is jailed |
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Summary: A man said to be a top recruiter for for Islamist extremism is jailed indefinitely for public protection at the end of a major trial. |
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BBC News |
8:07am PST |
Six Plaid AMs to refuse pay rise |
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Summary: A number of Plaid assembly members will turn down a 8.3% pay rise, as the row continues over the award. |
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Yahoo News |
8:06am PST |
Belarus expels US ambassador
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Belarusian Foreign Ministry on Friday demanded that the U.S. ambassador leave the country and recalled its ambassador to the U.S. over Washington's economic sanctions against the ex-Soviet nation. |
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Yahoo News |
8:00am PST |
Chavez calls for cooling of tensions
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called Friday for a cooling of tensions with Colombia and predicted a summit of Latin American presidents in this seaside capital "is going to be positive." |
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Yahoo News |
7:56am PST |
U.N.'s Arbour says rights vital in terrorism cases
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights
Louise Arbour, who confirmed on Friday she would leave her post
at the end of June, said that countries cannot trample
fundamental freedoms when fighting terrorism. |
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Yahoo News |
7:54am PST |
Israel on alert as Hamas claims deadly Jerusalem attack
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Israel went on alert on Friday as crowds mourned eight teens killed by a Palestinian at a Jewish religious school in an attack claimed by Hamas that shook faltering peace talks. |
