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11:57pm PDT |
England seek to seal series glory |
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Summary: England look set to remain unchanged for the decisive third Test against New Zealand despite injury scares for Paul Collingwood and James Anderson. |
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11:57pm PDT |
Cricket: Injury fears played down |
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Summary: England look set to remain unchanged for the decisive third Test against New Zealand despite injury scares for Paul Collingwood and James Anderson. |
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11:57pm PDT |
Cricket: Injuries played down |
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Summary: England look set to remain unchanged for the decisive third Test against New Zealand despite injury scares for Paul Collingwood and James Anderson. |
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11:52pm PDT |
Top US official meets Dalai Lama |
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Summary: US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi meets Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, in the Indian town of Dharamsala. |
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11:26pm PDT |
'70s radical-turned-housewife out of prison |
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Summary: A 1970s radical who spent years as a housewife while on the run from the law has been released from prison in California.
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11:13pm PDT |
Cyprus peace talks set to begin |
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Summary: New Cyprus president Demetris Christofias is to hold peace talks with Turkish Cypriot leader. |
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11:06pm PDT |
Ex-SLA member freed from Calif. prison
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Summary: AP - The former Symbionese Liberation Army fugitive who hid for years by posing as an ordinary housewife has been released from prison after serving time for trying to bomb police cars, corrections officials said Thursday. |
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11:06pm PDT |
Los Angeles hospital fined $25K in Quaid case |
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10:34pm PDT |
Minnesota bridge closed over safety concerns |
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Summary: Officials in Minnesota have closed a major bridge across the Mississippi River, citing safety concerns, the state's transportation department announced Thursday.
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10:34pm PDT |
China admits to shooting at Tibetans, military cracks down
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Summary: AFP - China admitted for the first time that security forces shot at Tibetan protesters, as the military pushed on Friday with a crackdown on volatile areas amid fears of mass arrests. |
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10:19pm PDT |
China locks down restive regions |
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Summary: China ups security in restive areas after Tibetan protests, as a top US lawmaker heads to meet the Dalai Lama. |
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10:10pm PDT |
Feds fire 2 for looking at Obama file
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Summary: AP - Two contract employees for the State Department have been fired and a third disciplined for inappropriately looking at Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's passport file, and the department is investigating whether political or other moti |
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10:03pm PDT |
Pressure for MP expenses overhaul |
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Summary: Calls grows for an overhaul of MPs' expenses after police say they cannot investigate disgraced MP Derek Conway. |
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9:52pm PDT |
Astronauts end spacewalk to test shield patch
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Summary: Reuters - A pair of astronauts ended a spacewalk
late on Thursday in which they tested a repair procedure for
the heat shields on the space shuttle fleet -- a technique NASA
hopes it never needs to use. |
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9:49pm PDT |
Series of earthquakes strike China |
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Summary: A total of four earthquakes -- the strongest of them a powerful 7.2 magnitude quake -- hit western China on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
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9:43pm PDT |
Strong quake hits western China |
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Summary: An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.2 occurs in Xinjiang province in the northwest of China. |
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9:38pm PDT |
Genes show Latin America's past |
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Summary: Genetic study suggests Latin Americans are descended from European men and Native American or African women. |
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9:15pm PDT |
Sailor sought for questioning for slaying in Japan |
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9:06pm PDT |
Travellers warned of rail disruption |
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Summary: Disruption is expected on the UK rail network over Easter as major works are carried out on key routes. |
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9:06pm PDT |
Rail delays expected over Easter |
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Summary: Disruption is expected on the UK rail network over Easter as major works are carried out on key routes. |
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9:06pm PDT |
Easter rail delays expected |
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Summary: Disruption is expected on the UK rail network over Easter as major works are carried out on key routes. |
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8:47pm PDT |
Irish end George Mason's dream early
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Summary: AP - Looking for the next George Mason? Sad to say, but it won't be George Mason. America's NCAA darling two years ago was just another first-round underdog this time around — overmatched and never really in it Thursday night in a 68-50 loss to Notre Dame |
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8:12pm PDT |
Private funeral for police chief |
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Summary: A private family funeral for chief constable Michael Todd takes place later in Nottinghamshire. |
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8:10pm PDT |
Duke escapes, edges Belmont 71-70
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Summary: AP - There it was, plain as could be on the overhead scoreboard, orange numbering on a black background: As the closing seconds ticked away Thursday night, Belmont was beating Duke. |
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7:50pm PDT |
Starbucks ordered to pay $100M in tips |
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7:32pm PDT |
Wrongly accused man free after 25 years |
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Summary: Willie Earl Green walked out of a California courtroom as a free man Thursday after serving nearly 25 years in prison for the execution-style murder of a Los Angeles woman, which he insists he never committed.
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7:29pm PDT |
Firings over Obama file breach |
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Summary: US state department fires two people and disciplines a third for Barack Obama's passport file breach. |
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7:25pm PDT |
Obama's passport records improperly accessed
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. State Department contract
workers improperly looked at Democratic presidential candidate
Sen. Barack Obama's passport records three times this year in
what his campaign called "an outrageous breach of security and
privacy." |
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6:55pm PDT |
Cox calls on friends to help raise funds
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Summary: AP - Courteney Cox and David Arquette have a challenge for their famous friends: help raise $1 million in two weeks for Epidermolysis Bullosa, a rare skin condition that primarily affects children. |
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6:46pm PDT |
State fires 2 for looking at Obama file
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Summary: AP - Two contract employees for the State Department have been fired and a third disciplined for inappropriately looking at Democratic Sen. Barack Obama's passport file, a spokesman said Thursday. |
