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Yahoo News |
9:16am PDT |
Middle-class progress said to be limited
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Growing numbers of middle-class Americans say they aren't better off than they were five years ago, reflecting economic pressures amid growing debt, a study released Wednesday shows. Their short-term assessment of personal progress, according to the |
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BBC News |
9:11am PDT |
Al-Qaeda leader al-Masri 'dead' |
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Summary: The US says Abu Obaida al-Masri, reputedly al-Qaeda's mastermind in Afghanistan, has died. |
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Yahoo News |
9:09am PDT |
EU report urges search data deletion
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A European Union privacy panel wants Internet search engine providers like Google and Yahoo to delete data taken from users after six months, even when they operate abroad. |
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BBC News |
9:08am PDT |
Fighting return |
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Summary: The Parachute Regiment goes back to Afghanistan |
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BBC News |
9:06am PDT |
Bush 'may back Iraq pullout halt' |
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Summary: The White House signals that President Bush is likely to back a call for a freeze in US troop withdrawals from Iraq. |
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Yahoo News |
9:01am PDT |
Bush and Democrats push ahead with housing plans
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - President George W. Bush proposed on
Wednesday expanding a program to help homeowners meet mortgage
payments while Democratic lawmakers pressed ahead with a
broader plan, setting the stage for a political showdown over
how best to aid the ho |
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Cnn.com |
8:55am PDT |
China commentaries: Protest ! |
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Summary: The Olympics are an appropriate forum for political gestures; I would argue, in fact, that the Olympics are a necessary forum for political speech.
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Cnn.com |
8:47am PDT |
Bill, Hillary Clinton disagree about trade pact |
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Summary: Sen. Hillary Clinton and her husband Bill don't see eye-to-eye when it comes to a controversial free trade pact, her campaign says.
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Yahoo News |
8:43am PDT |
With US in crisis, global economy in peril: IMF
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The global economic outlook is becoming increasingly grim as the United States appears unable to escape recession from a housing meltdown whose effects are still spreading, the IMF said Wednesday. |
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Yahoo News |
8:38am PDT |
Fire breaks out at Mich. apartments
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Firefighters on ladders are helping senior citizens evacuate from a fire at a Michigan apartment complex. |
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BBC News |
8:34am PDT |
Militant attack on Israeli border |
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Summary: Two Israelis and at least one Palestinian militant die in a militant attack on a Gaza border crossing, reports say. |
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BBC News |
8:30am PDT |
American Air cancels more flights |
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Summary: American Airlines cancels more flights after grounding its MD-80 aircraft to inspect their wiring. |
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Yahoo News |
8:22am PDT |
Petraeus: New troop buildup unlikely
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The top U.S. military commander in Iraq said Wednesday that he is unlikely to call for another troop buildup in Iraq, even if security deteriorates after the extra American soldiers return home this summer. |
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Yahoo News |
8:19am PDT |
Oil climbs ahead of U.S. stocks data
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Oil climb above $109 on Wednesday, ahead
of the release of weekly U.S. stocks data that is expected to
show lower gasoline inventories ahead of the high demand
season. |
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BBC News |
8:05am PDT |
Confident Ferguson eyes last four |
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Summary: Manager Sir Alex Ferguson says Man Utd have "one foot" in the Champions League semi-finals ahead of the second leg against Roma. |
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BBC News |
7:58am PDT |
Ex-soldier who shot family jailed |
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Summary: A former soldier who killed his aunt, uncle and cousins with a silenced pistol is given four life sentences. |
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Yahoo News |
7:57am PDT |
EU panel: delete Internet data promptly
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A European Union privacy panel on Wednesday urged Internet search engine providers like Google Inc., Yahoo and MSN to delete data taken from users after six months. |
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BBC News |
7:49am PDT |
Zimbabwe emergency talks called |
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Summary: Zambia announces a regional emergency meeting to discuss Zimbabwe's post-election impasse. |
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Cnn.com |
7:47am PDT |
American cancels 850 more flights |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
7:45am PDT |
Bush administration widens homeowner aid
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The Bush administration will loosen
rules that underpin the largest U.S. homeowner aid program in
order to help more borrowers who have seen their home drop in
value and are facing foreclosure, a senior administration
official said on Wednes |
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Yahoo News |
7:44am PDT |
Security high for torch's US stop
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Security was being tightened around the city Wednesday as officials mobilized for protests in response to the Olympic torch's only North American stop on its journey to Beijing. |
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BBC News |
7:43am PDT |
Postcode gangs |
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Summary: What led to the killing of teenager Paul Erhahon? |
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Yahoo News |
7:38am PDT |
American cancels more flights
(AP)
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Summary: AP - American Airlines canceled 850 flights Wednesday — more than one-third of its schedule — as it spent a second straight day inspecting the wiring on some of its jets, the same issue that caused the nation's biggest airline to scrub hundreds of flights |
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Yahoo News |
7:33am PDT |
With US in crisis, IMF warns of global economic slowdown
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The global economic outlook is becoming increasingly grim as the United States appears unable to escape recession from a housing meltdown whose effects are still spreading, the IMF said Wednesday. |
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Cnn.com |
7:30am PDT |
China commentaries: Protest OK |
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Summary: The Olympics are an appropriate forum for political gestures; I would argue, in fact, that the Olympics are a necessary forum for political speech.
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BBC News |
7:30am PDT |
Mosley future hinges on key vote |
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Summary: Max Mosley's future as FIA president will be decided by a secret ballot on 3 June. |
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BBC News |
7:28am PDT |
Ex-soldier family killer jailed |
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Summary: A former soldier who killed his aunt, uncle and cousins with a pistol is sentenced to life in prison. |
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Cnn.com |
7:24am PDT |
U.S. near recession, report says |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Cnn.com |
7:24am PDT |
Forecast: U.S. near recession |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
7:24am PDT |
Militant attack on Israel border |
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Summary: Two Israelis and at least one Palestinian militant die in a militant attack on a Gaza border crossing, reports say. |
