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Yahoo News |
11:56pm PDT |
Gov. Richardson backs Obama
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Sen. Barack Obama won a
coveted endorsement from New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson on
Friday while the State Department apologized that employees
snooped into the Illinois Democrat's passport files and those
of his two main White House rivals. |
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BBC News |
11:45pm PDT |
British woman killed in Jamaica |
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Summary: Police in Jamaica are investigating the discovery of the body of a 61-year-old British woman. |
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11:44pm PDT |
Pamela Anderson's marriage nears end
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Pamela Anderson's new husband — apparently a specialist in short relationships with celebrities — agrees that their two-month marriage should be voided, according to court papers filed Friday. |
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Yahoo News |
11:28pm PDT |
Bhutto party to unveil Pakistan PM candidate
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Slain Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto's party was due Saturday to announce the name of its candidate for prime minister, with every indication he may be elected uncontested. |
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Yahoo News |
11:14pm PDT |
Flakey sale nets Virginia sisters $1,350
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Two sisters from Virginia sold their Illinois-shaped corn flake on eBay Friday night for $1,350. |
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Cnn.com |
11:13pm PDT |
U.S. sailor in custody in Japan |
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Summary: A U.S. sailor sought for information about a taxi driver's killing near a Navy base has been taken into custody and charged with desertion, according to the U.S. Navy.
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BBC News |
11:01pm PDT |
Central US set for more floods |
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Summary: Flood waters continue to rise in the central US, after at least 16 people died in storms earlier in the week. |
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BBC News |
10:50pm PDT |
Prison driving ban shake-up urged |
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Summary: The Tories back a campaign calling for driving bans for jailed motorists to begin after their release. |
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BBC News |
10:41pm PDT |
China issues Tibet wanted list |
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Summary: Chinese authorities issue photos of 21 people wanted for anti-China riots in Tibet last week. |
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BBC News |
10:41pm PDT |
China posts wanted list for Tibet |
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Summary: Chinese authorities issue photos of 21 people wanted for anti-China riots in Tibet last week. |
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BBC News |
10:37pm PDT |
Government 'right' on embryo bill |
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Summary: The government is right to try to push through controversial embryo laws, Health Minister Ben Bradshaw says. |
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10:16pm PDT |
Torture death shocks Illinois town
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Banished to the basement, the 29-year-old mother with a childlike mind and another baby on the way had little more than a thin rug and a mattress to call her own on the chilly concrete floor. |
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10:07pm PDT |
Taiwanese face tough decision in vote
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Taiwanese voters were deciding Saturday whether to stick with a party whose pro-independence bent has strained ties with China or switch to one pushing for a reduction of tensions and more economic engagement with the communist country. |
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10:06pm PDT |
Defiant China rejects dialogue, vows to smash Tibetan protests
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - China turned its back Saturday on appeals for dialogue with the Dalai Lama, vowing to smash anti-China forces in Tibet, where it said the death toll in recent unrest had risen to 19. |
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BBC News |
9:47pm PDT |
Cricket: Pietersen ton gives hope |
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Summary: Kevin Pietersen hits a century as England struggle to 240-7 on day one of the third Test against New Zealand. |
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BBC News |
9:47pm PDT |
Pietersen ton gives England hope |
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Summary: Kevin Pietersen hits a century as England struggle to 240-7 on day one of the third Test against New Zealand. |
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Yahoo News |
9:42pm PDT |
13th-seeded Siena shocks Vandy 83-62
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Privately, some Siena players wondered in recent days if their counterparts on the Vanderbilt roster knew any of their names. If the Commodores didn't, they surely do now. |
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BBC News |
9:42pm PDT |
Prison driving ban change urged |
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Summary: Road safety campaigners call for driving bans given to jailed motorists to begin after their release. |
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BBC News |
9:26pm PDT |
Spoilt children 'disrupt schools' |
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Summary: Primary schoolchildren spoilt at home can disrupt classes with behaviour such as tantrums, a report says. |
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BBC News |
9:09pm PDT |
Man in court over student murder |
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Summary: A man accused of murdering a student found beaten to death in his home is due in court. |
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Yahoo News |
9:08pm PDT |
U.S. navy nabs sailor; hints of link to Japan murder
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The U.S. navy took a sailor into custody
early Saturday in Tokyo on the charge of desertion, the U.S.
Naval Forces Japan said. |
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Yahoo News |
9:00pm PDT |
China fears Tibet unrest may spread
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - China said 19 people were killed in
riots in the Tibetan capital last week and official media
warned against the unrest spreading to the northwest region of
Xinjiang, where Uighur Muslims bridle under Chinese control. |
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BBC News |
9:00pm PDT |
US military 'holds Japan suspect' |
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Summary: The US military in Japan detains a sailor wanted in connection with a taxi driver's murder, reports say. |
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BBC News |
8:10pm PDT |
Call to co-ordinate school terms |
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Summary: A leading childcare charity urges the government to force schools to make term times more co-ordinated. |
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BBC News |
7:46pm PDT |
US probes passport file breaches |
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Summary: The US Department of State launches an investigation into breaches of presidential candidates' passport files. |
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Yahoo News |
7:35pm PDT |
Tibet riot death toll at 19
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Eighteen civilians and a policeman were
killed in anti-Chinese rioting that rocked the Tibetan capital
of Lhasa last week, the regional government said. |
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Cnn.com |
7:14pm PDT |
Flooded families fight to save homes |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
6:39pm PDT |
Tibet riot death toll at 18
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Eighteen civilians and a policeman were
killed in anti-Chinese rioting that rocked the Tibetan capital
of Lhasa last week, the regional government said. |
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Yahoo News |
6:38pm PDT |
Siena upends Vanderbilt in 83-62 shocker
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Kenny Hasbrouck scored 30 points, Tay Fisher added 19 on 6-for-6 shooting from 3-point range, and 13th-seeded Siena stunned No. 4 Vanderbilt 83-62 Friday night in the first round of the Midwest Regional. The Saints (23-10) never trailed and became th |
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BBC News |
6:37pm PDT |
Judge's second sex case referred |
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Summary: A second child sex case involving the judge accused of leniently sentencing a child rapist is referred to the Court of Appeal. |
