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Yahoo News |
7:56pm PDT |
Storm rips holes in Georgia Dome
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A severe storm ripped away two panels in the side of the Georgia Dome during the Southeastern Conference tournament, sending debris tumbling from the ceiling, halting the Alabama-Mississippi State game and prompting fans to flee for the exits. |
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7:43pm PDT |
Spitzer's call girl could parlay infamy into payday
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The $1,000-an-hour prostitute
reportedly hired by New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer may soon make
much more than that, turning her 15 minutes of infamy into a
tidy sum of money. |
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7:06pm PDT |
Bush: economy to grow; Clinton: recession here now
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - President George W. Bush, seeking to
bolster faith in the economy amid fears of a recession,
acknowledged on Friday the United States was going through hard
times but said growth would resume over the long run because
economic fundamentals w |
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7:03pm PDT |
Priest hurt in faith-hate attack |
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Summary: A priest is attacked in the grounds of his east London church in what police describe as a "faith hate" crime. |
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6:59pm PDT |
US House passes surveillance law |
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Summary: The House of Representatives in the US passes a wiretap law that President George Bush has vowed to veto. |
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6:52pm PDT |
NC slayings suspect held without bond
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A teenager accused of killing two college students was held without bond Friday as evidence emerged that one victim was shot in the forehead as a pillow was held tightly against his face. |
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6:46pm PDT |
Hibbert leads Hoyas to Big East finals
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Roy Hibbert went from scoring a season low to a season high, and has ninth-ranked Georgetown playing for another Big East tournament championship. The 7-foot-2 center had 25 points and 13 rebounds, and Georgetown withstood West Virginia's only big ru |
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6:42pm PDT |
UK 'should hold' al-Qaeda talks |
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Summary: The man who was one of Tony Blair's closest aides says the government should prepare to talk to al-Qaeda and the Taleban. |
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6:20pm PDT |
Strictly kicks off Sport Relief |
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Summary: A weekend of sporting and comedy events to raise money for charity begins with the start of Sport Relief. |
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5:47pm PDT |
Cambridge drops language demand |
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Summary: Cambridge says students no longer need a language GCSE as it tries to boost state school applications. |
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5:45pm PDT |
Fed comes to Bear Stearns' rescue; shares dive
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Bear Stearns, slammed by a sudden cash
crunch, hammered out an emergency funding deal with the Federal
Reserve and JPMorgan Chase, intensifying fears the global
credit crisis will claim more victims and driving Bear's shares
down by as much |
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Cnn.com |
5:33pm PDT |
Controversial pastor off Obama campaign |
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Summary: A Chicago minister who delivered a fiery sermon about Sen. Hillary Clinton having an advantage over Sen. Barack Obama in the presidential race because she is white is no longer a part of the Obama campaign.
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5:18pm PDT |
Junk food advert code launched |
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Summary: A global campaign aimed at reducing the marketing of unhealthy food to children is launched. |
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5:11pm PDT |
Jackson considers selling Neverland
(AP)
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Summary: AP - There could be a new owner riding the merry-go-round at Michael Jackson's fabled Neverland Ranch this summer. |
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5:10pm PDT |
NASA still struggling with robot trouble
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The space station's new robot remained without power because of a cable design flaw Friday as flight controllers devised yet another plan to get electricity flowing to the machine's various joints and electronics. |
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5:03pm PDT |
Cameron vows more health visitors |
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Summary: A Conservative government will double the number of health visitors, the Tory leader has pledged. |
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5:03pm PDT |
Cameron pledges health visitors |
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Summary: David Cameron pledges to double the number of health visitors, in a speech to the Tory spring forum in Gateshead. |
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5:01pm PDT |
Alexander donation probe 'robust' |
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Summary: The Electoral Commission defends the way it handled its inquiry into Wendy Alexander's leadership campaign. |
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4:55pm PDT |
Tibet braces for test of Chinese power after protests
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The Tibetan capital Lhasa braced for
more possible confrontation on Saturday after independence
protesters challenged China's rule in the fiercest protests to
have rocked the region in two decades. |
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4:52pm PDT |
Iran counts votes, conservatives seen winning
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Iran began counting votes on Saturday
that are likely to keep conservatives in control of parliament
after many opponents of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad were
blocked from standing in the election. |
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Yahoo News |
4:41pm PDT |
Vijay Singh seizes control at Bay Hill
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Vijay Singh was forced to take four days off from practicing, which was unprecedented. He found himself atop the leaderboard one week later at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, which is not surprising in the least. |
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4:36pm PDT |
Colombia to pay ex-rebel reward |
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Summary: The Colombian government is to pay a $2.5m reward to a Farc rebel who killed his boss, the defence minister says. |
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Yahoo News |
4:20pm PDT |
McCain fears stepped up attacks in Iraq
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Republican John McCain said he worries that terrorists might try to influence the November general election with increased attacks in Iraq. |
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4:16pm PDT |
'King of Torts' cops a plea
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Richard "Dickie" Scruggs, the legendary trial lawyer who made Big Business tremble every time he set foot in court, pleaded guilty Friday to conspiring to bribe a judge — a crime that could send him to prison and spell the end of his storied legal ca |
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Yahoo News |
4:00pm PDT |
MLB suspends Cabrera, Duncan and Gomes
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The shenanigans between the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays will leave them short-handed. Yankees first baseman Shelley Duncan and center fielder Melky Cabrera were suspended for three games and Tampa Bay outfielder Jonny Gomes was docked two gam |
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3:50pm PDT |
Chavez goads U.S. over terrorism blacklist, sanctions
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez dared
the United States on Friday to impose sanctions on his OPEC
nation as a terrorism sponsor after U.S. officials said they
were investigating his support for Colombian rebels. |
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3:24pm PDT |
With high risk and cheap stock, will Bear be sold?
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The emergency rescue of Bear
Stearns Co Inc on Friday left observers from all quarters
wondering who would be the last man standing at the Wall Street
bank. |
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Yahoo News |
3:22pm PDT |
Minnie Driver confirms she's pregnant
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Minnie Driver says she's got the bump. The 38-year-old actress and singer confirmed during an appearance Thursday on NBC's "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" that she's pregnant with her first child. Leno joked that she appeared to have gained weight. |
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Cnn.com |
3:21pm PDT |
Iraqi teen: I see me 'running, dying' |
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Summary: Wurud, 14, follows the latest Hollywood pop culture and plays in a virtual reality world. It's her only escape from life in Baghdad -- one that haunts her with nightmares. "I always see myself running, dying," she says. Yet despite everything, she flashes |
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Cnn.com |
3:17pm PDT |
Autopsy casts doubt on fugitive Marine's story |
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Summary: A 20-year-old Marine whose body was found in another Marine's backyard this year had a superficial wound to her neck that may have occurred after death, according to autopsy results released Friday.
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