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2:21pm PDT |
Bush: Iraq violence a defining moment
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Summary: AP - President Bush declared on Friday that Iraq stands at a defining moment as it struggles to put down heavily armed Shiite militias in new flare-ups of violence that threaten to undercut security gains and sway his decision about U.S. troop drawdowns. |
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Cnn.com |
2:18pm PDT |
Big-name Obama backers urge Clinton to quit |
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Summary: A pair of high-profile backers of Sen. Barack Obama have called on his rival, Sen. Hillary Clinton, to drop out of the race for the Democratic nomination for president.
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2:07pm PDT |
MLB delays Gibbons, Guillen suspensions
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Major League Baseball put the suspensions of Baltimore's Jay Gibbons and Kansas City's Jose Guillen on hold for 10 days, giving lawyers for players and owners more time to reach an agreement toughening their drug rules. |
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2:06pm PDT |
Shiite fighters in Iraq bombed as PM offers cash for guns
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Summary: AFP - US-led coalition jets bombed Shiite militia positions in the southern city of Basra as prime minister Nuri al-Maliki on Friday offered cash to local residents to hand in their guns. |
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1:58pm PDT |
Man wakes up inside a garbage truck
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Summary: AP - A man nearly crushed inside a garbage truck told police he can't recall how he ended up inside a trash bin — and then the truck — after a night of drinking with friends. |
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1:57pm PDT |
Chambers holds Castleford talks |
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Summary: Controversial sprinter Dwain Chambers is to visit Super League club Castleford to discuss a possible career in rugby league. |
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1:57pm PDT |
Chambers set for Castleford talks |
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Summary: Controversial sprinter Dwain Chambers is to visit Super League club Castleford to discuss a possible career in rugby league. |
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1:52pm PDT |
FBI: Combs/Shakur documents appear fake
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Papers purporting to be FBI reports linking associates of music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs to a 1994 attack on rapper Tupac Shakur appear to be fakes, the agency said Friday. The documents had been cited in recent Los Angeles Times and Associated Press |
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1:46pm PDT |
Obama suggests ex-pastor is contrite
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Democrat Barack Obama seemed to suggest in an interview aired Friday that his former pastor has acknowledged that his controversial remarks were inappropriate and hurtful, although there are no public accounts of the minister having done so. |
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1:46pm PDT |
Bush aide resigns for alleged wrongdoing
(AP)
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Summary: AP - An aide to President Bush has resigned because of his alleged misuse of grant money from the U.S. Agency for International Development when he worked for a Cuban democracy organization. |
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Cnn.com |
1:40pm PDT |
Dalai Lama urges peaceful talks on Tibet |
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Summary: The Dalai Lama Friday rejected a series of allegations from the Chinese government, saying he does not seek the separation of Tibet and has no desire to "sabotage" the Olympic games.
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1:36pm PDT |
Man arraigned in NJ lover's slaying
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The married lover of a missing New Jersey woman was ordered held on bail Friday after prosecutors alleged he struck her on the head, stuffed her chopped-up body in a suitcase and dumped it in a pond. |
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1:35pm PDT |
T5 bag chaos hits weekend flights |
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Summary: Another 54 British Airways flights in and out of Heathrow are cancelled for Saturday as the recriminations continue. |
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1:18pm PDT |
Sound monitors protect premature babies
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Warning lights hover over the snoozing patients in Riley Hospital for Children's neonatal intensive care unit, ready to flash whenever sound levels creep beyond normal conversation. As decibels rise, the colors on the new monitoring system change fro |
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1:17pm PDT |
Iraq faces a 'defining moment' |
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Summary: The US president calls the fight between Iraqi forces and militias in Basra "a defining moment" for Iraq. |
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1:12pm PDT |
Paper: Campus skit had 'Obama' in blackface |
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1:10pm PDT |
Arms dealer's grandpa blames 'jealousy' |
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Summary: Efraim Diveroli's father hoped his son would become a doctor or lawyer.
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1:10pm PDT |
Arms dealer's grandpa: Jealousy to blame |
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Summary: Efraim Diveroli's father hoped his son would become a doctor or lawyer.
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Cnn.com |
1:09pm PDT |
20 hurt in Alabama school bus crash |
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1:07pm PDT |
Obama gets boost; Clinton urged to quit
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Summary: AP - Barack Obama got a surprise boost in the last big state of the long Democratic campaign Friday with an endorsement from Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey Jr., while another Obama supporter sought to nudge Hillary Rodham Clinton out of the race. |
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12:55pm PDT |
Rice hails Obama race speech as "important" for U.S.
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Sometimes touted as a contender for
the Republican vice-presidential slot, Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice has aired her thoughts on race in the United
States, a prominent issue in the presidential election
campaign. |
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12:51pm PDT |
US attacks Shiite targets
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Summary: AP - U.S. forces stepped deeper Friday into the Iraqi government's fight to cripple Shiite militias, launching airstrikes in the southern city of Basra and firing a Hellfire missile in the main Shiite stronghold in Baghdad. |
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12:49pm PDT |
Force unveils new chief constable |
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Summary: Ian Arundale is named as the new chief constable of Dyfed-Powys Police, succeeding Terry Grange. |
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12:47pm PDT |
Two arrests over Matalan stabbing |
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Summary: Police arrest two men on suspicion of murdering east London shop manager Jamie Simpson. |
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12:32pm PDT |
Cycling: Second win for Romero |
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Summary: Chris Hoy wins gold in the men's sprint to take Great Britain's gold medal tally to six, and makes history by becoming the first rider to win world titles in track cycling's four speed events. |
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12:28pm PDT |
Space truck ready for rehearsals |
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Summary: Europe's ATV freighter lines itself up for practice docking manoeuvres at the space station. |
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Cnn.com |
12:14pm PDT |
More tests at Manson ranch for buried bodies |
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Summary: Authorities will continue to test soil at a California ranch that was once home to cult leader Charles Manson, looking for more evidence of buried bodies before any excavations begin, the county sheriff announced Friday.
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12:00pm PDT |
Piers Morgan wins `Celebrity Apprentice'
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Piers Morgan is hired. The former British tabloid editor was crowned the winner on NBC's "The Celebrity Apprentice," triumphing over Trace Adkins. |
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11:46am PDT |
Puerto Rican governor pleads innocent to fraud
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Puerto Rican Gov. Anibal
Acevedo Vila surrendered to U.S. authorities on Friday and
pleaded not guilty to campaign finance fraud charges as
hundreds of flag-waving supporters demonstrated outside the
federal courthouse in San Juan. |
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11:42am PDT |
Man accused of raping woman, 87 |
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Summary: A 41-year-old man is to appear in court charged with the rape of a grandmother at her home in Great Yarmouth. |
