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Cnn.com |
1:10pm PDT |
Poll: Bush's approval hits new low |
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Summary: Just 31 percent of Americans approve of how President Bush is handling his job, according to a poll released Wednesday, the fifth anniversary of the start of the Iraq war.
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Yahoo News |
12:42pm PDT |
Red Sox to play, go to Japan
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Boston Red Sox ended a threatened boycott Wednesday of their final spring training game in Florida, resolving a dispute over paying coaches for the season-opening trip to Japan. |
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BBC News |
12:30pm PDT |
Bid to save post offices is lost |
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Summary: The Tories lose a bid to prevent the closure of 2,500 post offices by 288 votes to 268. |
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Yahoo News |
12:21pm PDT |
Anderson Cooper says he has skin cancer
(AP)
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Summary: AP - CNN's Anderson Cooper was back at work Wednesday after minor surgery two days earlier to remove a cancerous mole from underneath his left eye. |
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Yahoo News |
12:12pm PDT |
Iraqis clear way for provincial vote
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Under strong U.S. pressure, Iraq's presidential council signed off Wednesday on a measure paving the way for provincial elections by the fall, a major step toward easing sectarian rifts as the nation marks the fifth anniversary of the war. |
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Yahoo News |
12:10pm PDT |
Scientists spot organic molecule on distant planet
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - An organic molecule has been spotted
for the first time in the atmosphere of a planet outside our
solar system, a key step toward possibly finding signs of life
on a distant world, scientists said. |
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Yahoo News |
12:05pm PDT |
Stocks decline after huge rally
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Stocks pulled back Wednesday as investors cashed in gains a day after the market's huge rally and digested better-than-expected results at Morgan Stanley that eased concerns about the investment banking sector. The Dow Jones industrials at times gave |
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BBC News |
11:39am PDT |
Mortgage firm needs to raise $1bn |
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Summary: Thornburg Mortgage says it is trying to raise $1bn (£500m) to keep its lenders at bay and avoid filing for bankruptcy. |
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Cnn.com |
11:37am PDT |
Mirrors trick brain into easing 'phantom pain' |
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Summary: Army Sgt. Nick Paupore was in the lead Humvee in a convoy rolling through Kirkuk City, Iraq, when the vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb.
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Yahoo News |
11:33am PDT |
China tightens grip in Tibetan areas
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Police clamped down in far-flung towns and villages Wednesday seeking to restore control in the Tibetan areas of western China as sporadic demonstrations against Chinese rule in Tibet flared up. |
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BBC News |
11:30am PDT |
Minister vows statement on Foye |
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Summary: The justice secretary is to make a statement about a prisoner who raped a girl while on the run from an open jail. |
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BBC News |
11:23am PDT |
Methane found on distant world |
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Summary: A carbon-containing molecule has been detected for the first time on a planet outside our Solar System. |
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BBC News |
11:09am PDT |
July 7 inquests 'could be secret' |
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Summary: Relatives of people who died in the July 2005 bombings in London fear inquests could be held in secret. |
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Yahoo News |
11:07am PDT |
Stocks retreat after Tuesday's rally
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Stocks pulled back Wednesday as investors paused a day after the market's huge rally and digested better-than-expected results at Morgan Stanley that eased concerns about the investment banking sector. The Dow Jones industrials fell more than 100 poi |
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Yahoo News |
11:00am PDT |
Obama belittles McCain for confusing extremists
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Democratic
presidential candidate Barack Obama belittled Republican John
McCain on Wednesday for misidentifying Iraqi extremists, saying
he fails to understand the war has emboldened U.S. enemies. |
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Yahoo News |
11:00am PDT |
Sturdy cars make it harder for rescuers
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Capt. Clint Roberts makes his living cutting accident victims out of hideously mangled vehicles, but even he could hardly believe it when two people in a 2007 midsize car survived a head-on crash with a full-sized pickup last year. |
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BBC News |
10:59am PDT |
Dalai Lama urges Tibet dialogue |
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Summary: The Dalai Lama urges world leaders to press for dialogue on Tibet as the UK says China may be open to talks. |
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BBC News |
10:57am PDT |
McCain supports Israeli response |
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Summary: US presidential hopeful John McCain says he understands Israel's response to Palestinian militant rocket attacks. |
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10:50am PDT |
Kuwait emir calls fresh elections |
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Summary: Kuwait's ruler dissolves parliament in a continuing political crisis between MPs and the cabinet. |
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Yahoo News |
10:36am PDT |
Red Sox end boycott threat of Japan trip
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Boston Red Sox ended a threatened boycott Wednesday of their final spring training game in Florida, resolving a dispute over paying coaches for the season-opening trip to Japan. |
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Yahoo News |
10:35am PDT |
Global warming rushes timing of spring
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The capital's famous cherry trees are primed to burst out in a perfect pink peak about the end of this month. Thirty years ago, the trees usually waited to bloom till around April 5. |
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BBC News |
10:32am PDT |
Zimbabwe rejects free poll fears |
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Summary: Zimbabwe's government dismisses accusations it is failing to meet democratic obligations ahead of polls. |
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BBC News |
10:20am PDT |
Vietnam war photojournalist dies |
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Summary: The death is announced of a photojournalist whose Vietnam images helped galvanise the anti-war movement. |
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BBC News |
10:04am PDT |
McCanns welcome apology |
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Summary: Madeleine McCann's parents accept £550,000 damages over false newspaper claims about her disappearance. |
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Yahoo News |
9:51am PDT |
Wall Street pulls back after huge rally
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Stocks pulled back Wednesday as investors paused a day after the market's huge rally and digested better-than-expected results at Morgan Stanley that eased concerns about the investment banking sector. The Dow Jones industrials fell about 80 points. |
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BBC News |
9:46am PDT |
Oil shares drag down Wall Street |
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Summary: Wall Street's main share indexes go into reverse, dragged down by weaker US oil stocks. |
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BBC News |
9:43am PDT |
Suffolk killer makes appeal bid |
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Summary: A man found guilty of the murder of five women lodges an application for an appeal. |
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Yahoo News |
9:40am PDT |
Firefighters battle Tennessee oil well blaze
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - An eastern Tennessee oil and natural
gas well erupted in flames sparked by a pickup truck Wednesday
morning, the owner of the well's operator, Walden Resources,
said. |
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Cnn.com |
9:37am PDT |
Tourist caught in Tibet as riots erupt |
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Summary: The world got its first independent look at rioting in the streets of Tibet's capital in video shot by an Australian tourist last week.
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Yahoo News |
9:37am PDT |
Red Sox refuse to take field for game
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Boston Red Sox refused to take the field for their final spring training game in Florida on Wednesday and threatened to boycott their flight to Japan for their season openers unless their coaches and other staff are paid for the trip. |
