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7:27am PDT |
Acting world mourns Scofield |
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Summary: Paul Scofield, one of Britain's greatest Shakespearean actors and an Oscar winner, dies at the age of 86. |
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BBC News |
7:21am PDT |
Iraq leader sombre five years on |
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Summary: President Jalal Talabani says violence and corruption are Iraq's main problems on the invasion's fifth anniversary. |
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Yahoo News |
7:19am PDT |
Iraq begins sixth year of chaos, bloodshed
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The US-led war on Iraq that toppled the brutal regime of dictator Saddam Hussein entered its sixth year on Thursday with millions of Iraqis still battling daily chaos and rampant bloodshed. |
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BBC News |
7:13am PDT |
Zimbabwe poll U-turn challenged |
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Summary: Zimbabwe's opposition lodges a legal challenge after President Mugabe allows police into polling stations. |
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Cnn.com |
7:11am PDT |
Great Web sites when aging parents need help |
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Summary: There are a lot of Marys in Mary Jane McGill's extended family, so each one gets a special name. Mary who lives in Roslindale, Massachusetts, is "Mary Rozy." Mary from Everett, Massachusetts, is called "Mary Everett." And McGill? She's "Mary Google."
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7:07am PDT |
China sends more troops to restive areas
(AP)
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Summary: AP - China sent additional troops into restive areas and made more arrests in the Tibetan capital Lhasa in an effort to suppress anti-government protests even as the Dalai Lama offered face-to-face negotiations with Chinese leaders. |
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Yahoo News |
7:04am PDT |
Bin Laden: Pope helps anti-Islam Crusade
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Osama bin Laden accused Pope Benedict XVI of helping in a "new Crusade" against Islam and warned of a "severe" reaction to European publications of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad that insulted many Muslims. |
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7:01am PDT |
N Korea's food crisis 'worsening' |
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Summary: An aid agency with experience of working inside North Korea says the state's food crisis is chronic, and getting worse. |
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Cnn.com |
6:50am PDT |
Disfigured woman who wanted euthanasia dies |
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Summary: A Frenchwoman severely disfigured by facial tumors has been been found dead just two days after a court rejected her request for an assisted suicide. Chantal Sebire suffered from a rare and incurable form of cancer for eight years, developing tumors in he |
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6:43am PDT |
Man faces cash laundering charges |
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Summary: A man is charged with money laundering related to the Northern Bank robbery in 2004. |
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6:42am PDT |
Obama eyes active role in oil markets
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Democrat Barack Obama would take an
active role in U.S. oil markets as president, tackling concerns
about the dominance of large oil companies and eyeing the
Strategic Petroleum Reserve as a potential weapon to combat
high prices, his top en |
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6:37am PDT |
McCain lauds UK troops in Iraq
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Republican presidential candidate John McCain on Thursday hailed the bravery of British and U.S. soldiers yet refrained from calling publicly for Britain to slow the pace of its troop withdrawal from southern Iraq. |
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6:33am PDT |
Storms swamp Midwest, roads closed
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Residents warily watched as rivers continued to rise Thursday from heavy storms that dumped as much as a foot of rain in the Midwest and left behind more than a dozen deaths. |
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6:33am PDT |
Girl died in 'freakish' accident |
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Summary: A father tells how he tried to resuscitate his four-year-old daughter who died in a freak accident in her bedroom. |
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6:25am PDT |
Summer Wine actor Wilde, 86, dies |
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Summary: Last of the Summer Wine and Porridge actor Brian Wilde has died, his agent confirms. |
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Cnn.com |
6:24am PDT |
Man who nearly killed himself gives life to others |
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Summary: Twenty-three years ago, Scott Silverman found himself at an open, 44th-story window, on the brink of suicide. Two decades of escalating substance abuse, blackouts and depression had brought him to this moment.
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Cnn.com |
6:24am PDT |
From the brink of suicide to saving lives |
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Summary: Twenty-three years ago, Scott Silverman found himself at an open, 44th-story window, on the brink of suicide. Two decades of escalating substance abuse, blackouts and depression had brought him to this moment.
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Yahoo News |
6:23am PDT |
Pakistan assembly to elect PM on Monday
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Pakistanis will learn who their next
prime minister will be on Monday, when the National Assembly
reconvenes to elect the leader of the incoming coalition
government. |
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BBC News |
6:22am PDT |
More primary maths experts needed |
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Summary: An interim report on maths calls for more expertise in primary schools and more support from parents. |
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Cnn.com |
6:20am PDT |
'Sand sailors' jam IEDs in desert |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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6:13am PDT |
OECD slashes US growth forecast |
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Summary: The US economy is on the brink of recession, says the OECD research group as it cuts its forecast. |
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BBC News |
6:13am PDT |
US growth forecast slashed |
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Summary: The US economy is on the brink of recession, says the OECD research group as it cuts its forecast. |
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Cnn.com |
6:13am PDT |
Killer storms push east |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Cnn.com |
6:12am PDT |
Subprime nightmare: Lying brokers |
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Summary: Yolanda Cruz knew soon after she refinanced her home two and a half years ago she had a problem.
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Yahoo News |
6:09am PDT |
US stocks heading for mixed open
(AP)
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Summary: AP - U.S. stocks headed for a mixed open Thursday, with investors eager to take advantage of bargain prices following Wednesday's market slide but anxious about a rise in unemployment claims. |
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Yahoo News |
6:01am PDT |
Jobless claims jump by 22,000
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The number of newly laid off workers filing for unemployment benefits rose last week to the highest level in nearly two months, providing more evidence that the weak economy is having an adverse impact on the labor market. |
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BBC News |
6:00am PDT |
Kenyans killed by cattle raiders |
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Summary: At least 25 people have been killed in Kenya's Rift Valley region in attacks by cattle rustlers, police say. |
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Yahoo News |
5:56am PDT |
McCain shrugs off Obama attack over Iraq gaffe
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Presidential candidate John McCain
shrugged off criticism from rival Barack Obama over a gaffe
about Iraq, saying on Thursday that all politicians slip up and
it was time to "move on." |
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Yahoo News |
5:41am PDT |
`American Idol' axes Amanda Overmyer
(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 |
5:38am PDT |
The Queen hands out Maundy money |
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Summary: The Queen breaks with tradition to attend the first Maundy Thursday ceremony to be held in Northern Ireland. |
