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1:59pm PDT |
Robinson returns to England squad |
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Summary: England coach Fabio Capello brings in Spurs goalkeeper Paul Robinson for the injured Scott Carson for Wednesday's friendly in France. |
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1:59pm PDT |
Jenas left out of England squad |
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Summary: England coach Fabio Capello drops Jermaine Jenas after reducing his squad from 30 to 23 ahead of Wednesday's friendly in France. |
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1:58pm PDT |
Astronauts embark on fifth spacewalk
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Summary: AP - Endeavour's astronauts embarked on the fifth and final spacewalk of their mission Saturday, this time to attach a 50-foot inspection pole to the international space station for use by the next shuttle visitors. |
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1:34pm PDT |
Cheney: U.S. won't pressure Israel on security
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney,
starting a visit on Saturday to try to push forward
Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, said Washington would never
pressure Israel to take steps that threaten its security. |
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Cnn.com |
1:31pm PDT |
Body found in week-old tornado rubble |
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1:26pm PDT |
Levee holds at flood-threatened Mo. town
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Summary: AP - Residents of small towns along the Meramec River breathed a sigh of relief Saturday as the stream finally crested following days of flooding caused by torrential rainfall across the Midwest. |
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1:21pm PDT |
Levee holds at flood-threatened town
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Residents of small towns along the Meramec River breathed a sigh of relief Saturday as the stream finally crested following days of flooding caused by torrential rainfall across the Midwest. |
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1:13pm PDT |
Bhutto party names Pakistan PM candidate
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Summary: AFP - Slain former Pakistani premier Benazir Bhutto's party Saturday named ex-parliamentary speaker Yousuf Raza Gilani as its candidate to be the troubled country's new prime minister. |
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Cnn.com |
1:10pm PDT |
Passport contractor exec is Obama adviser |
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Summary: The CEO of a company whose employee is accused of improperly looking at the passport files of presidential candidates is a consultant to the Barack Obama campaign, a source said Saturday. John Brennan, president of the Analysis Corp., also is a former sen |
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1:07pm PDT |
Tiger falters in rain at CA Championship
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Adam Scott picked up five shots in five holes against a faltering Tiger Woods, then Geoff Ogilvy came to life and regained the lead Saturday before storms suspended play in the CA Championship. Ogilvy was at 14 under, one shot ahead of Scott, through |
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12:49pm PDT |
China offers its own version of protests
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Summary: AP - With restive Tibetan areas swarming with troops and closed to scrutiny from the outside world, China's government turned up efforts Saturday to put its own version of the unrest before the international public. |
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12:37pm PDT |
Cheney says U.S. won't pressure Israel on security
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney,
starting a visit on Saturday to try to push forward
Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, said Washington would never
pressure Israel to take steps that threatened its security. |
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12:15pm PDT |
Vt. inmates call food foul, sue over it
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Summary: AP - When shooting suspect Christopher Williams acted up in prison, he was given nutraloaf — a mixture of cubed whole wheat bread, nondairy cheese, raw carrots, spinach, seedless raisins, beans, vegetable oil, tomato paste, powdered milk and dehydrated po |
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12:13pm PDT |
Man sought over Jamaica death |
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Summary: Police investigating the death of a British woman in Jamaica are looking for a 30-year-old man. |
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12:06pm PDT |
Cheney assures Israel on security steps
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Vice President Dick Cheney said Saturday the U.S. has an "enduring and unshakable" commitment to Israel's security and its right to defend itself against those bent on destroying the Jewish state. |
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11:40am PDT |
Texas A&M beats Texas-San Antonio 91-52
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Summary: AP - Morenike Atunrase scored 19 points off the bench to lead Texas A&M to a 91-52 rout of Texas-San Antonio on Saturday in the first round of the women's NCAA tournament. |
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11:36am PDT |
Cheney in Mideast to press for peace |
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11:33am PDT |
Scarlett 'was held under water' |
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Summary: British teenager Scarlett Keeling was killed after being held under water, a new report is expected to say. |
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11:03am PDT |
Missouri levee holds as river crests |
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10:58am PDT |
Obama adviser faults Bill Clinton speech
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Summary: AP - Former President Clinton is using divisive tactics and unfairly trying to question Barack Obama's patriotism, a retired general who has a prominent role in the Democrat's campaign said Saturday. |
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10:56am PDT |
Teachers to ballot on pay strikes |
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Summary: Teachers at the NUT conference vote to ballot on a series of one-day strikes as they call for a 10% pay rise. |
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10:54am PDT |
Bhutto party names Gilani as Pakistan PM candidate
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Slain former Pakistani premier Benazir Bhutto's party Saturday named ex-parliamentary speaker Yousuf Raza Gilani as its candidate to be the troubled country's new prime minister. |
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10:54am PDT |
PPP names Pakistani PM choice |
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Summary: The party of the assassinated opposition leader Benazir Bhutto names its candidate as next Pakistan PM. |
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10:54am PDT |
PPP names choice for Pakistani PM |
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Summary: The party of the assassinated opposition leader Benazir Bhutto names its candidate as next Pakistan PM. |
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10:52am PDT |
Signs of possible deal on new ID rules
(AP)
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Summary: AP - There are signs of a potential compromise to end the Bush administration's standoff with states resisting new standards for driver's licenses. For people who live in those holdout states, the dispute raises the specter of hassles at airports and fede |
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10:50am PDT |
After Castro, African is longest-ruling
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Summary: AP - Behind the tall white walls of a grandiose home belonging to the world's longest-ruling president, ostriches, buffalo and camels roam neatly landscaped lawns — part of a vast private complex said to include a crocodile wetland and lake topped with lo |
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10:44am PDT |
Cheney arrives in Israel to press peace talks
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Vice President Dick Cheney arrived in
Israel on Saturday to try to push forward Israeli-Palestinian
peace talks mired in disputes over Jewish settlement building
around Jerusalem and violence. |
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Yahoo News |
10:44am PDT |
DNA advances set to ID 'Dirty War' bones
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Summary: AP - The 600 skeletons are packed into fruit cartons and stacked on shelves in the walk-in closet of a forensic lab, in the dim glow of a single bare light bulb. They are "Skeleton No. 4" or "Skeleton No. 21," and nothing more. |
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10:41am PDT |
Iraqi official: U.S. attack copter kills six allies |
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Summary: Six Iraqis were killed today when a U.S. helicopter fired on a gathering at what may have been a pro-U.S. group's checkpoint, officials said. A Samarra police official said the helicopter mistakenly hit a Sons of Iraq checkpoint. The U.S. military said th |
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10:41am PDT |
6 killed by U.S. copter may have been allies |
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Summary: Six Iraqis were killed today when a U.S. helicopter fired on a gathering at what may have been a pro-U.S. group's checkpoint, officials said. A Samarra police official said the helicopter mistakenly hit a Sons of Iraq checkpoint. The U.S. military said th |
