| • |
BBC News |
7:10am PDT |
Hamas lays out truce conditions |
| |
Summary: Hamas lays out its conditions for a ceasefire with Israel to end the recent violence which has killed at least 125 people. |
| • |
BBC News |
7:10am PDT |
Budget brings rise in whisky duty |
| |
Summary: The price of a bottle of whisky is set to rise by 55p after the first increase in duty for more than a decade. |
| • |
BBC News |
6:57am PDT |
Booze hike 'won't stop bingeing' |
| |
Summary: Public health chiefs have welcomed the tax rises on alcohol, but said there is still a way to go before it starts influencing drinking habits. |
| • |
BBC News |
6:54am PDT |
Boxing: Hatton unveils comeback |
| |
Summary: Ricky Hatton will return to action in May to defend his IBO light-welterweight title against Mexico's Juan Lazcano. |
| • |
BBC News |
6:50am PDT |
Footballer in court over assault |
| |
Summary: Premiership footballer Joey Barton appears in court charged with assault and affray in Liverpool. |
| • |
Yahoo News |
6:27am PDT |
New York Gov. Spitzer hangs on despite calls to resign
(Reuters)
|
| |
Summary: Reuters - New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer clung to
power on Wednesday despite growing pressure on him to resign
over a sex scandal linking him to a $1,000-an-hour prostitute. |
| • |
BBC News |
6:21am PDT |
'Benefit fraud' mayor steps down |
| |
Summary: A town mayor facing court over alleged benefit fraud "voluntarily suspends himself" from office. |
| • |
Yahoo News |
6:20am PDT |
Obama adds to delegate lead
(AP)
|
| |
Summary: AP - Sen. Barack Obama picked up five more delegates than Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in Mississippi's Democratic primary Tuesday. |
| • |
BBC News |
6:17am PDT |
UK growth forecast revised down |
| |
Summary: The UK economy is slowing but is well placed to weather economic storms, Alistair Darling says in his Budget. |
| • |
BBC News |
6:14am PDT |
Warm welcome to fuel duty delay |
| |
Summary: Business groups welcome the chancellor's decision to delay the introduction of a two pence increase in fuel duty. |
| • |
BBC News |
6:14am PDT |
Second SocGen trader is detained |
| |
Summary: A second trader at Societe Generale is arrested as part of an investigation into huge losses at the bank. |
| • |
Yahoo News |
6:12am PDT |
Police make new arrest in SocGen trading scandal
(Reuters)
|
| |
Summary: Reuters - Police arrested another employee of
Societe Generale on Wednesday as part of its inquiry into an
alleged rogue trading scandal at France's second-biggest listed
bank, the Paris prosecutor's office said. |
| • |
BBC News |
6:08am PDT |
Goth clothes 'prompted killing' |
| |
Summary: A 15-year-old boy kicked and stamped a woman to death because she was dressed as a Goth, a court hears. |
| • |
Yahoo News |
6:08am PDT |
Economy faces recession, probably in Q1
(Reuters)
|
| |
Summary: Reuters - The U.S. economy has ground to a halt
and probably already is in recession but faces higher inflation
this year than thought just a month ago, a Reuters poll showed
on Wednesday. |
| • |
BBC News |
5:51am PDT |
Bravery award call for stab boy |
| |
Summary: A nine-year-old who was stabbed while trying to stop a man from attacking his mother is praised. |
| • |
BBC News |
5:48am PDT |
Bus and train fares set to rise |
| |
Summary: Fares on buses and trains in Northern Ireland are to rise by up to 5% from later this month, Translink says. |
| • |
BBC News |
5:48am PDT |
Translink announces fare increase |
| |
Summary: Fares on buses and trains in Northern Ireland are to rise by up to 5% from later this month, Translink says. |
| • |
BBC News |
5:23am PDT |
Taleban threat hits Afghan phones |
| |
Summary: Afghan mobile phone companies respond to Taleban attacks by turning off their signal at night in the south. |
| • |
Yahoo News |
5:22am PDT |
For some in U.S., guns are a hobby like any other
(Reuters)
|
| |
Summary: Reuters - An odd contraption in retired
firefighter Alex Black's cluttered garage looks a bit like the
hand winch at the top of a well. In fact, it is a machinegun. |
| • |
Yahoo News |
5:19am PDT |
China rejects human rights criticism ahead of Olympics
(AFP)
|
| |
Summary: AFP - China's foreign minister on Wednesday hit out at critics of the country's human rights record, accusing them of double standards while vowing their complaints would not tarnish the Olympic Games. |
| • |
Yahoo News |
5:18am PDT |
Slaughterhouse exec defends himself
(AP)
|
| |
Summary: AP - The head of the Southern California slaughterhouse at the center of the largest beef recall in U.S. history said Wednesday no unsafe beef was processed at his plant but that his company is ruined despite no evidence of contamination. |
| • |
Cnn.com |
5:17am PDT |
Abercrombie ER draws fire from child advocates |
| |
Summary: Read full story for latest details.
|
| • |
Yahoo News |
5:17am PDT |
Candidates debate Iraq five years after invasion
(Reuters)
|
| |
Summary: Reuters - Five years after the U.S. invasion
of Iraq, the unpopular war reverberates through the 2008
presidential campaign with Democrats pledging an early troop
pullout and Republicans promising to stay the course. |
| • |
Yahoo News |
5:13am PDT |
Stock futures pare early gains
(AP)
|
| |
Summary: AP - Wall Street appeared headed to a mixed opening Wednesday, a day after a move by the Federal Reserve and other central banks to pump more liquidity into distressed financial markets sparked a global rally. |
| • |
Cnn.com |
5:08am PDT |
Southwest puts 3 on leave over safety claims |
| |
Summary: Southwest Airlines has placed three employees on administrative leave following allegations that the airline broke federal safety rules, the airline said.
|
| • |
Yahoo News |
5:08am PDT |
Parents may be jailed over vaccinations
(AP)
|
| |
Summary: AP - As doctors struggle to eradicate polio worldwide, one of their biggest problems is persuading parents to vaccinate their children. In Belgium, authorities are resorting to an extreme measure: prison sentences. |
| • |
BBC News |
5:07am PDT |
Open Rights Group questions Phorm |
| |
Summary: Campaign body the Open Rights Group (ORG) calls for further detail on the workings of ad system Phorm. |
| • |
BBC News |
5:05am PDT |
Jail for attack on mother and son |
| |
Summary: A man is sent to prison after stabbing a nine-year-old boy who was trying to save his mother. |
| • |
BBC News |
4:49am PDT |
Goa police seek 'crucial' witness |
| |
Summary: Goan police are looking for a Briton who could have crucial evidence about the death of 15-year-old Scarlett Keeling. |
| • |
BBC News |
4:46am PDT |
Pensioner hurt in house burglary |
| |
Summary: Two men steal money from an 84-year-old woman during a robbery at her home in west Belfast. |
