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Yahoo News |
11:51am PDT |
2 doctors cleared in John Ritter's death
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A California jury has cleared a cardiologist and a radiologist of negligence in the diagnosis and treatment of actor John Ritter. |
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Cnn.com |
11:49am PDT |
Theft of FBI spy truck blamed on budget cuts |
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Summary: A series of embarrassing incidents on federal property across the country -- including the theft of a trailer of surveillance equipment from an FBI parking deck -- is being blamed on budget cuts at the agency charged with securing federal grounds.
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Yahoo News |
11:48am PDT |
House passes new surveillance bill
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The House on Friday approved a Democratic bill that would set rules for the government's eavesdropping on phone calls and e-mails inside the United States. |
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Yahoo News |
11:46am PDT |
Democratic rivals agree to play nicer
(AP)
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Summary: AP - On this presidential rivals Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton can agree: They sometimes disagree with their trash-talking supporters and will try to cool it. |
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BBC News |
11:44am PDT |
Ex-pop star jailed for child sex |
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Summary: A member of the band which had a hit with 'Build Me Up Buttercup' is jailed for child sex offences. |
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Yahoo News |
11:32am PDT |
Bush urges patience on economy
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Bush preached optimism and Republican orthodoxy of minimalist government intervention Friday as the best approach to an increasingly troubled economy. |
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BBC News |
11:23am PDT |
US detains 'top al-Qaeda figure' |
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Summary: A top al-Qaeda figure who the Pentagon says has close ties to Osama Bin Laden is taken to Guantanamo Bay. |
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Yahoo News |
11:22am PDT |
Deaths reported in Tibet as China blames Dalai Lama
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Independence protesters burned shops
and cars in the Tibetan capital Lhasa on Friday and Chinese
police were reported to have shot dead at least two people, in
the fiercest unrest in the region for two decades. |
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Yahoo News |
11:15am PDT |
House passes spy bill and rejects phone immunity
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The Democratic-led U.S. House of
Representatives defied President George W. Bush on Friday and
passed an anti-terrorism spy bill that permits lawsuits against
phone companies. |
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Cnn.com |
11:13am PDT |
House defies Bush on spy bill |
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Summary: The House of Representatives is expected to vote Friday on Democratic-sponsored revisions to federal surveillance laws after discussing the proposals in a secret session.
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BBC News |
11:12am PDT |
Goa girl's mother faces hearing |
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Summary: The mother of a British teenager murdered in Goa has been issued with a summons to appear before Indian police. |
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Yahoo News |
11:12am PDT |
CIA transfers al Qaeda suspect to Guantanamo
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The CIA this week transferred a
suspected high-level al Qaeda member with close ties to Osama
bin Laden to the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, the
Pentagon said on Friday. |
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BBC News |
11:07am PDT |
Funeral Mass for Iraqi archbishop |
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Summary: Iraqi Christians attend the funeral of an archbishop whose body was found two weeks after his kidnap. |
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Yahoo News |
11:05am PDT |
High-level al-Qaida figure is captured
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Pentagon says authorities have captured a high-level al-Qaida figure who helped Osama bin Laden escape from Afghanistan in 2001. |
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Yahoo News |
11:01am PDT |
Deaths reported in Tibet, China blames Dalai Lama
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Independence protesters burned shops
and cars in the Tibetan capital Lhasa on Friday and Chinese
police were reported to have shot dead at least two people, in
the fiercest unrest in the region for two decades. |
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Yahoo News |
11:01am PDT |
CIA transfers Qaeda suspect to Guantanamo
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The CIA this week transferred a
suspected al Qaeda member with close ties to Osama bin Laden to
the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, the Pentagon said on
Friday. |
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Yahoo News |
10:55am PDT |
Hilton to select new BFF on reality show
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Paris Hilton is looking for a new best friend. Hilton will choose from 20 potential confidantes on an MTV reality series, tentatively titled "Paris Hilton's My New BFF," premiering later this year, the network announced Thursday. |
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BBC News |
10:48am PDT |
Saturn moon 'once had ocean' |
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Summary: The Saturnian moon Tethys may once have harboured a liquid ocean beneath its icy surface, scientists tell a planetary conference. |
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BBC News |
10:42am PDT |
Gold hits yet another record high |
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Summary: Gold hits a fresh record high of $1,007.10 an ounce due to deepening financial market troubles. |
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Yahoo News |
10:38am PDT |
Bear Stearns gets Fed funding, shares plummet
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Bear Stearns, the fifth largest U.S.
investment bank, on Friday said a cash crunch forced it to turn
to the Federal Reserve and JPMorgan Chase for emergency funds,
intensifying fears of a widening global credit crisis and
driving its shares |
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BBC News |
10:36am PDT |
Football: Arsenal to face Reds |
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Summary: Arsenal play Liverpool in the last eight of the Champions League, while Man Utd meet Roma and Chelsea are drawn against Fenerbahce. |
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BBC News |
10:35am PDT |
McKie 'does not want' new inquiry |
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Summary: The father of Shirley McKie says his daughter does not want a public inquiry into her fingerprint scandal case. |
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Yahoo News |
10:21am PDT |
Yanks' Cabrera, Duncan suspended 3 games
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Yankees center fielder Melky Cabrera and first baseman Shelley Duncan were suspended for three games each for their roles in Wednesday's spring-training fracas between New York and the Tampa Bay Rays. |
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BBC News |
10:07am PDT |
Death threats posted by girl, 9 |
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Summary: A nine-year-old girl admits posting death threats on the internet blog of a cancer sufferer. |
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Yahoo News |
10:03am PDT |
EU leaders commit to agreeing climate change package by year end
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - EU leaders on Friday agreed to finalise, by the end of the year, ambitious plans to cut energy use and fight climate change, while promising to limit the costs to worried industries. |
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Yahoo News |
9:51am PDT |
Bush acknowledges weakness in US economy
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Trying to calm jitters about the economy, President Bush conceded on Friday that the country "obviously is going through a tough time" but expressed confidence that it will rebound. He cautioned against overreacting to fix the problems. |
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Yahoo News |
9:22am PDT |
McCain says al Qaeda might try to tip U.S. election
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Republican
presidential candidate John McCain said on Friday he fears that
al Qaeda or another extremist group might attempt spectacular
attacks in Iraq to try to tilt the U.S. election against him. |
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BBC News |
9:22am PDT |
Opera star Watson plans UK tour |
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Summary: Opera star Russell Watson is to go on a UK tour later this year after ending treatment for a brain tumour. |
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Cnn.com |
9:20am PDT |
Bush: Economy facing 'tough times' |
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Summary: President Bush acknowledged Friday the country was facing challenges both in the housing and financial markets, but said that the strength of the underlying economy would help it maneuver through this difficult period.
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Cnn.com |
9:15am PDT |
Big name bank, broker gets bailout |
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Summary: Bear Stearns shares lost more than half their value at one point Friday after the battered Wall Street firm said it would receive short-term funding from JPMorgan Chase and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
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