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9:24am PDT |
1 inmate dead in Texas prison riot
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Summary: AP - One inmate was killed and 15 others were hospitalized after a riot at a federal prison in South Texas early Friday. |
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9:21am PDT |
Iraq extends Shia arms deadline |
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Summary: Iraq extends a deadline for militias in Basra to hand over weapons, as aid agencies fear a humanitarian crisis. |
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Cnn.com |
9:16am PDT |
Police: 16-year-old confesses to 12 killings |
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Cnn.com |
9:11am PDT |
Police: 16-year-old boy confesses to 12 killings |
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Cnn.com |
9:07am PDT |
One arrested in interstate shootings |
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8:59am PDT |
Muslim countries, Europeans condemn anti-Islam film
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Summary: AFP - An anti-Islam film posted online by a far-right Dutch deputy drew fire Friday from Muslims and European officials, and a call for calm from Muslims in The Netherlands fearing a violent response. |
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8:54am PDT |
Terrorism convict released early |
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Summary: A convicted terrorist has been freed from jail early because of prison overcrowding, the government says. |
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8:51am PDT |
Cuba ends restriction on cellular phones
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Summary: Reuters - Cuba said on Friday it will allow all
Cubans to buy and use mobile telephones for the first time in
the latest step by new President Raul Castro to improve access
to consumer goods. |
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8:51am PDT |
UN says 'criminals' killed Hariri |
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Summary: A UN inquiry says a "criminal network" was behind the 2005 killing of former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri. |
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8:48am PDT |
PM says 'we'll stand up to SNP' |
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Summary: Prime Minister Gordon Brown attacks the SNP saying it is the party of separation which Labour must stand up to. |
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8:41am PDT |
Pelosi opposes Olympic boycott
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Summary: AP - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a longtime critic of China's human rights policies, said Friday it would be wrong to boycott the Beijing Olympics. |
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8:36am PDT |
Suspect arrested in Va. highway gunfire
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Summary: AP - Police in Virginia say they have arrested a suspect in a series of shootings along a mountain highway. |
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Yahoo News |
8:30am PDT |
Pa. Sen. Bob Casey endorses Obama
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Summary: AP - Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey has endorsed Democrat Barack Obama. Casey said Friday at a boisterous rally, "I believe in my heart that there is one person whose uniquely qualified to lead us in that new direction and that is Barack Obama." |
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8:19am PDT |
Swan reunited with beloved paddleboat
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Summary: AP - Petra the black swan has been reunited with her beloved swan-shaped paddleboat after a failed romance with a real bird. |
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8:17am PDT |
US warns N Korea on missile tests |
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Summary: The US urges North Korea to focus on nuclear disarmament, after Pyongyang test-fires several short range missiles. |
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8:02am PDT |
Monks serve papers on RSPCA |
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Summary: Hindu monks serve legal papers on the RSPCA over the killing of a sacred cow at a Hertfordshire temple. |
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Cnn.com |
7:49am PDT |
Bush: Basra fighting a 'defining moment' for Iraq |
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Summary: President Bush today praised the Iraqi government's military push into Basra as "a defining moment in the history of a free Iraq," saying the government is fighting criminals there. "It's a necessary part of the development of a free society," Bush said a |
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Cnn.com |
7:49am PDT |
Baghdad on lockdown as rockets, bombs fly |
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Summary: Baghdad is on virtual lockdown today as a tough new curfew ordered people off the streets of the Iraqi capital and five other cities until 5 p.m. Sunday. Despite the curfew, rockets or mortar rounds hit an Iraqi vice president's office in the Green Zone, |
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7:40am PDT |
Cameron pledges 'dynamic' economy |
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Summary: Tory leader David Cameron tells senior City figures his party would offer Britain a new "economic dynamism". |
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Cnn.com |
7:32am PDT |
Science project sparks subway scare |
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7:23am PDT |
US airstrike kills at least 4 in Baghdad
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Summary: AP - A U.S. helicopter fired a Hellfire missile during fighting in a Shiite militia stronghold of Baghdad Friday, killing at least four people as deadly clashes broke out in Iraq's oil-rich south for the fourth day. |
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7:20am PDT |
Kenya in mobile phone share sale |
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Summary: The Kenyan government launches a share flotation of the country's largest mobile phone network Safaricom. |
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BBC News |
7:19am PDT |
Downing Street burglar walks free |
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Summary: A career criminal escapes a prison term after his Downing Street break-in set off a major security alert. |
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Cnn.com |
7:19am PDT |
McKellen hopes to play Gandalf in 'The Hobbit' |
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7:12am PDT |
Brown and Bush to hold Iraq talks |
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Summary: Prime Minister Gordon Brown will visit Washington next month for talks with President George Bush. |
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Cnn.com |
7:11am PDT |
Virtual world brings autistic people together |
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Summary: Walk into Naughty Auties, a virtual resource center for those with autism, and you'll find palm trees swaying against a striking ocean sunset. Were it not for the pixelated graphics on the computer screen in front of you, you would swear you were looking |
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BBC News |
7:03am PDT |
MoD criticised over soldier death |
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Summary: A soldier died while repairing a tank in Afghanistan because his regiment was not provided with proper equipment, a coroner rules. |
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Cnn.com |
6:53am PDT |
10 resumes a day, no takers |
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Summary: A week ago, Joshua Hager was despondent. Laid off by a mortgage company, he has looked for jobs ranging from bank teller to risk analyst. He was sending out as many as 10 resumes a day but was getting barely a nibble from employers or recruiters.
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Cnn.com |
6:53am PDT |
Ordinary Cubans to get cell phones |
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6:44am PDT |
Diplomats visit Tibet as Germany says Merkel may skip Olympic ceremony
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Summary: AFP - China on Friday allowed the first foreign diplomats to visit Tibet following deadly riots, as Germany joined some other European nations in announcing its leader would skip the Olympics opening. |
