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Yahoo News |
2:31am PDT |
Astronauts check shuttle for damage
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Summary: AP - The seven-man crew of the shuttle Endeavour maneuvered toward the international space station early Wednesday as they spent their first full day in orbit carefully examining the ship for any launch damage. |
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Cnn.com |
2:28am PDT |
U.S.: Mideast resignation doesn't mean war |
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Summary: U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has dismissed as "ridiculous" any suggestion that the resignation of America's military chief in the Middle East signals the United States is planning to go to war with Iran.
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Yahoo News |
2:22am PDT |
US commander of Middle East forces steps down
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Summary: AFP - The commander of US forces in the Middle East, Admiral William Fallon, is stepping down because reports that he differed with President George W. Bush over Iran had become "a distraction." |
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BBC News |
2:11am PDT |
Prosecutor seeks Concorde charges |
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Summary: A French prosecutor seeks manslaughter charges against a US airline over the 2000 Concorde crash. |
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2:06am PDT |
New TV Gladiators hosts announced |
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Summary: Kirsty Gallacher and Ian Wright are to present the return of 1990s action game show Gladiators. |
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1:58am PDT |
Mother fears Shannon was 'taken' |
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Summary: The mother of missing schoolgirl Shannon Matthews has said she fears her daughter has been taken by someone she knows. |
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Cnn.com |
1:56am PDT |
Bottled water lacks drug safeguards |
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1:53am PDT |
Homes left without electricity |
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Summary: About 500 homes across Northern Ireland are without electricity after storm force winds. |
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1:38am PDT |
EPA may tighten smog rules
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Summary: AP - States and local officials across the country awaited word Wednesday on whether they will have to further cut air pollution to protect millions of people, especially the very young and the elderly, from respiratory illnesses. |
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1:33am PDT |
Congress to question slaughterhouse exec
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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 is getting another chance to testify before Congress after not showing up to answer lawmakers' questions last month. |
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BBC News |
1:32am PDT |
Cheltenham off amid storms |
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Summary: The second day of the Cheltenham Festival is cancelled because of the stormy weather at the racecourse. |
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BBC News |
1:32am PDT |
Cheltenham races off amid storms |
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Summary: The second day of the Cheltenham Festival has been cancelled because of the stormy weather at the racecourse. |
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Yahoo News |
1:26am PDT |
Afghan detainee to appear in Gitmo court
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Summary: AP - Former Army Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Martin says an Afghan who allegedly wounded him, another soldier and an interpreter in a grenade attack in Kabul should never be let out of U.S. military custody. |
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BBC News |
1:23am PDT |
1,000 homes left without electric |
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Summary: About 1,000 homes across Northern Ireland are without electricity after storm force winds. |
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Cnn.com |
1:22am PDT |
Source: Spitzer working on resignation |
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Summary: Aides to New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer and Lt. Gov. David Paterson are discussing a transfer of power today, less than 24 hours after it emerged that federal prosecutors had linked Spitzer to a high-end prostitution ring, a top legislative staffer told CNN. |
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Cnn.com |
1:22am PDT |
Spitzer impeachment threatened |
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Summary: Aides to New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer and Lt. Gov. David Paterson are discussing a transfer of power today, less than 24 hours after it emerged that federal prosecutors had linked Spitzer to a high-end prostitution ring, a top legislative staffer told CNN. |
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1:22am PDT |
Asian markets rally on cash boost |
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Summary: Asian stock markets rise as central banks move to tackle the credit crisis, but economic uncertainty remains. |
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1:09am PDT |
Gales hit mainline rail services |
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Summary: Rail passengers are being urged to avoid the East Coast mainline as high winds cause severe delays. |
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1:09am PDT |
Museveni promises LRA local law |
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Summary: Uganda's president says rebel LRA leaders will not go to the ICC but face a form of traditional justice. |
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1:09am PDT |
Shuttle in good shape as it heads to space station
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Summary: Reuters - A freshly inspected space shuttle
Endeavour looked to be in good shape on Wednesday as it headed
toward a rendezvous with the International Space Station to
deliver a Japanese laboratory. |
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BBC News |
1:07am PDT |
Thousands hit by breaches of data |
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Summary: Personal data breaches affecting thousands of people are uncovered by BBC Scotland's Investigations Unit. |
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1:05am PDT |
Focus on water revenue shortfall |
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Summary: NI Water is to be asked to explain how a projected revenue shortfall of £20m per year came about. |
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Cnn.com |
12:41am PDT |
TV reporter punched, dragged by angry kin |
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Cnn.com |
12:41am PDT |
Attack on TV news crew caught on tape |
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12:38am PDT |
Head of US forces in Mideast resigns
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Summary: AP - For Navy Adm. William J. Fallon, the perception of a disagreement with President Bush's policies on Iran rather than an actual rift was enough reason to step down as the commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East. |
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BBC News |
12:37am PDT |
Football: Reds boss hails win |
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Summary: Rafael Benitez hails the quality of the Premier League after Liverpool become the fourth English club to reach the Champions League quarter-finals. |
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BBC News |
12:36am PDT |
750 homes left without electric |
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Summary: About 750 homes across Northern Ireland are without electricity after storm force winds. |
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BBC News |
12:32am PDT |
Hundreds of custody 'near deaths' |
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Summary: About 1,000 people are involved each year in incidents involving serious illness or self-harm in police custody, a report suggests. |
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Yahoo News |
12:30am PDT |
Obama wins Mississippi Democratic race
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Summary: AP - With a six-week breather before the next primary, Hillary Rodham Clinton turned her attention to Pennsylvania and beyond to counter the latest in a string of victories by Barack Obama in Southern states with large black voting blocs. |
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BBC News |
12:23am PDT |
Goa mother appeals to Indian PM |
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Summary: The mother of a British girl found dead in Goa denies neglect and asks the Indian prime minister for help. |
