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Yahoo News |
10:05am PDT |
EU says "geeky" tech jobs need new image
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The information technology industry needs to show that it isn't just for "geeky, unsociable" people if it is to attract more women to fill a skills shortage, according to the EU's top technology official. |
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10:04am PDT |
Small aircraft enters Capitol airspace
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A small aircraft entered restricted
airspace near the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday but it turned away
and was not considered a threat, the U.S. Homeland Security
Department said. |
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Yahoo News |
10:04am PDT |
Stocks rise on Fed move, oil price dip
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Wall Street advanced in choppy trading Wednesday, extending the huge rally a day earlier that was triggered by the Federal Reserve's plans to pump liquidity into distressed financial markets. |
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BBC News |
10:04am PDT |
Darfur force 'may last 10 years' |
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Summary: The UN-African Union force in Darfur could last for another 10 years, the head of the force tells the BBC. |
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Yahoo News |
10:03am PDT |
Plane flies too close to Capitol in D.C.
(AP)
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Summary: AP - An aircraft violated the restricted airspace around federal Washington Wednesday, prompting security officials to raise the threat level from yellow to orange and order personnel in the U.S. Capitol to prepare to evacuate. |
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Yahoo News |
10:01am PDT |
Southwest grounds 41 planes
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Southwest Airlines says it grounded 41 planes last night in the wake of its recent admission that it had missed required inspections of some planes for structural cracks. |
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Yahoo News |
10:00am PDT |
McCain begins vice president search but mum on Romney
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Republican
presidential candidate John McCain said on Wednesday he has
begun the process of finding a vice presidential running mate
and wants someone who shares his views and can take his place. |
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9:53am PDT |
Exec acknowledges illegal cow slaughter
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The head of the Southern California slaughterhouse at the center of the largest beef recall in U.S. history acknowledged Wednesday that cattle were illegally slaughtered at his plant and that cows too sick to stand were forced into the food supply. |
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BBC News |
9:52am PDT |
Iran accuses MP over TV spot |
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Summary: Iran's intelligence minister accuses a leading reformist MP of treason, for talking to a US-funded television station. |
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Yahoo News |
9:51am PDT |
US denies Iran rift, war plans
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The White House denied Wednesday that a rift over Iran cost the commander of US forces in the Middle East his job and said no one inside the US government was even suggesting war against Tehran. |
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BBC News |
9:44am PDT |
Liechtenstein tax mole hunted |
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Summary: Liechtenstein issues an international arrest warrant for the mole at the centre of a giant tax evasion probe. |
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Cnn.com |
9:42am PDT |
Duo ditches jobs, all stuff to bike 57 nations |
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Summary: At the ages of 62 and 48, Pat and Catherine Patterson sold everything to bike around the world. Fifty-seven countries, four continents and almost four years later, the Pattersons look back on their journey as something no less than life-changing.
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Cnn.com |
9:38am PDT |
Student suspended for buying Skittles at school |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
9:37am PDT |
In weak economy, Americans swap steak for chicken
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - At U.S. warehouse club stores, a
growing number of shoppers are giving up steak for cheaper
chicken. Coffee sales are soaring at McDonald's, while
higher-priced Starbucks slows. Restaurants are serving fewer
customers because more people are |
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9:34am PDT |
Police chief sent 'worrying' texts |
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Summary: Michael Todd sent a series of "worrying" text messages before being found dead in north Wales, the BBC learns. |
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BBC News |
9:32am PDT |
MP expelled after Commons row |
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Summary: The Conservatives say they have withdrawn the party whip from Castle Point MP Bob Spink. |
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9:32am PDT |
New York governor quits over sex scandal
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - New York Governor Eliot Spitzer resigned from office Wednesday, succumbing to threats of impeachment and mounting media pressure over his involvement in a career-ending prostitution scandal. |
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BBC News |
9:29am PDT |
Japan marvels at its Moon movies |
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Summary: Stunning high-definition movies of the Moon's surface are returned by Japan's Selene probe. |
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BBC News |
9:29am PDT |
Man loses M&S grape case |
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Summary: An accountant who slipped on a grape and injured himself loses his case for damages against Marks & Spencer. |
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BBC News |
9:25am PDT |
Send questions to our expert |
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Summary: The chancellor has delivered his Budget statement. Send us your questions for tax expert Anne Redston. |
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BBC News |
9:25am PDT |
Stormy weather easing off |
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Summary: Strong winds over Northern Ireland, north Wales and north-west England begin to ease as the worst of the storms move away. |
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BBC News |
9:22am PDT |
Classical composer dies aged 78 |
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Summary: Alun Hoddinott, one of Wales' leading classical composers, has died, it has been announced. |
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BBC News |
9:19am PDT |
Body is found after blaze reports |
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Summary: The body of a woman has been found in south Belfast following reports of a house fire, police say. |
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BBC News |
9:14am PDT |
Scandal-hit NY governor resigns |
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Summary: New York Governor Eliot Spitzer says he will step down on Monday, after being linked to a prostitution ring. |
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Cnn.com |
9:01am PDT |
'Deeply sorry' Spitzer resigns |
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Summary: New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer said today he is "deeply sorry" that he did not live up to what was expected of him. Spitzer announced his resignation, effective Monday, amid allegations of involvement in a prostitution ring.
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8:57am PDT |
NY Gov. Eliot Spitzer resigns
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Gov. Eliot Spitzer, mired in allegations he was a client of a high-priced prostitution ring, resigned from office Wednesday, saying "I cannot allow my private failings to disrupt the people's work." |
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Yahoo News |
8:49am PDT |
New York Gov. Spitzer resigns amid sex scandal
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer resigned
on Wednesday amid a scandal over a $1,000-an-hour prostitute,
cutting short an ambitious career built on investigating Wall
Street crimes. |
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Yahoo News |
8:35am PDT |
Stocks rally on Fed move, oil price dip
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Wall Street rose Wednesday, extending the huge rally a day earlier triggered by the Federal Reserve's plans to pump liquidity into distressed financial markets. The Dow Jones industrials rose more than 100 points. |
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Yahoo News |
8:28am PDT |
U.S. says some Guantanamo prisoners can phone home
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The U.S.
military has agreed to let some prisoners detained in President
George W. Bush's war on terrorism and held for years at the
Guantanamo naval base speak by telephone with their families, a
spokesman said on Wednesday. |
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Yahoo News |
8:28am PDT |
Roddick will skip Beijing Olympics
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Andy Roddick won't be going for gold this summer. The highest-ranked American tennis player is skipping the Beijing Olympics, choosing instead to focus on preparing for the U.S. Open by playing at the hard-court Legg Mason Tennis Classic. |
