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Yahoo News |
7:49pm PDT |
Film of Spitzer call girl in question
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A $1 million offer to the call girl linked to former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer was rescinded because she'd already shot footage for "Girls Gone Wild." Now it might be the video maker who will lose out. |
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Yahoo News |
7:41pm PDT |
`American Idol' axes another contestant
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Amanda Overmyer sang "Back in the U.S.S.R." — and now, she's going back home. |
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BBC News |
7:14pm PDT |
Lords' membership cut considered |
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Summary: House of Lords membership could be almost halved under reform plans being considered, it is reported. |
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Cnn.com |
6:50pm PDT |
Bush approval at new low after 5 years in Iraq |
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Summary: Five years after ordering the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, President Bush faced all-time low approval ratings as he reaffirmed his commitment to "accept no outcome but victory."
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Cnn.com |
6:44pm PDT |
NCAA squads most likely to cause upset |
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Summary: Butler Bulldogs Seed, Region: No. 7, East Record: 29-3 (16-2 Horizon) NCAA bid: Automatic RPI: 17 Coach: Brad Stevens (First year at Butler, first NCAA tournament) Best player: Mike Green. A.J. Graves may be better known nationally, but Green has bl |
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Yahoo News |
6:30pm PDT |
Apple said to weigh unlimited music deal
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Apple Inc. is mulling a plan to upend its iTunes business by giving people unlimited free access to the music library if they're willing to pay more for the iPod and iPhone devices they use for playing and storing the digital media, according to a re |
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BBC News |
6:29pm PDT |
Maternity units closed to mothers |
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Summary: Many hospitals across England report having to turn away women in labour last year because they were full. |
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BBC News |
6:27pm PDT |
PM to meet McCain for first time |
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Summary: Gordon Brown is to meet US presidential hopeful John McCain, with Iraq likely to be on the agenda. |
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Yahoo News |
6:16pm PDT |
Prosecutors to seek new Barry Bonds indictment
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Federal prosecutors said on
Wednesday they would seek a new indictment against home run
king Barry Bonds after previous perjury charges were recently
thrown out. |
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Yahoo News |
6:11pm PDT |
U.S. official minimizes debris from satellite shot
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The shooting apart of a crippled
U.S. spy satellite last month created no significant new space
debris, with all but small bits burning on re-entry to the
atmosphere, the mission commander said Wednesday. |
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BBC News |
5:52pm PDT |
Removed Ghanaian dies of cancer |
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Summary: A Ghanaian woman who was removed from a UK hospital and flown home after her visa expired has died. |
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BBC News |
5:52pm PDT |
Deported Ghanaian dies of cancer |
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Summary: A Ghanaian woman who was removed from a UK hospital and flown home after her visa expired has died. |
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BBC News |
5:49pm PDT |
Tennis: Haas too much for Murray |
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Summary: Andy Murray loses to Germany's Tommy Haas in round four of the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells. |
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BBC News |
5:42pm PDT |
UK student numbers 'set to fall' |
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Summary: Numbers of UK students are expected to fall over the next decade - but more students are coming from overseas. |
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Yahoo News |
5:33pm PDT |
SC troopers used cars to ram suspects
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Videos have surfaced showing two members of the South Carolina Highway Patrol using their cruisers to ram fleeing suspects, just weeks after two leaders of the agency resigned because of a furor over a trooper's use of a racial slur. |
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Yahoo News |
5:30pm PDT |
At least 160 arrested in U.S. antiwar protests
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - More than 160 people were arrested
across the United States on Wednesday as protesters marking the
fifth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq obstructed
downtown traffic and tried to block access to government
offices. |
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BBC News |
5:27pm PDT |
Big bank bosses due to meet King |
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Summary: The chief executives of major UK banks are due to meet Bank of England governor Mervyn King. |
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BBC News |
5:27pm PDT |
Decades to fix school buildings |
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Summary: A third of schools in Scotland are still in poor or bad condition despite substantial investment, a report claims. |
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BBC News |
5:03pm PDT |
Fund concern for 2012 Olympics |
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Summary: British athletes may not receive the expected level of funding for London 2012, warns a report from the National Audit Office. |
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Cnn.com |
4:48pm PDT |
Obama: Pastor flap has 'shaken me up' |
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Summary: Sen. Barack Obama today told CNN the recent uproar over his former pastor's sermons has reminded him of the odds he faces in winning the White House. "This controversy has actually shaken me up a little bit," he told Anderson Cooper in an exclusive interv |
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Yahoo News |
4:38pm PDT |
'Speak English' signs OK at Philly shop
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The owner of a famous cheesesteak shop did not discriminate when he posted signs asking customers to speak English, a city panel ruled Wednesday. |
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Cnn.com |
4:35pm PDT |
Dad sentenced for racially charged shooting |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
4:29pm PDT |
Hillary Clinton home at time of affair
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton was home in the White House on a half dozen days when her husband had sexual encounters there with intern Monica Lewinsky, according to Sen. Clinton's schedule, released Wednesday among 11,000 pages of papers from her years as |
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Cnn.com |
4:23pm PDT |
Prostate cancer therapy carries choice of ills |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
4:17pm PDT |
Japan trip on for Red Sox, Athletics
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Fans at City of Palms Park were ready for Boston's final spring training game in Florida. The Red Sox weren't. |
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Cnn.com |
4:14pm PDT |
Eatery's English-only signs OK'd |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Cnn.com |
4:14pm PDT |
Cheese steak shop's English-only signs get OK |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
4:13pm PDT |
Canadian says U.S. interrogators threatened rape
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A young Canadian prisoner held at
Guantanamo said in legal documents that U.S. interrogators
repeatedly threatened to rape him and Canadian government
visitors told him they were powerless to do anything. |
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BBC News |
4:05pm PDT |
Rugby U: Ireland coach quits |
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Summary: Eddie O'Sullivan's reign as Ireland coach ends after a disappointing Six Nations campaign. |
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BBC News |
4:04pm PDT |
Police raid BP offices in Russia |
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Summary: Offices of the oil company BP and the TNK-BP joint venture in Moscow are raided by Russian police. |
