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1:30pm PDT |
Don't forget Mickelson at Augusta
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Summary: AP - When Ian Poulter walked off the 18th green, he wasn't No. 2 to anyone in the clubhouse. |
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1:27pm PDT |
Rogge says Olympics in 'crisis'
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Summary: AP - Crisis. Disarray. Sadness. Four months before the opening of what was supposed to be the grandest Olympics in history, the head of the International Olympic Committee is using words that convey anything but a sense of joyous enthusiasm. |
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1:23pm PDT |
Jurors shown bomb plotter 'martyr' video
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Summary: AP - Jurors saw video Thursday of a man accused of plotting to blow up trans-Atlantic aircraft praising Osama bin Laden and vowing to wage a holy war against nonbelievers. |
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1:15pm PDT |
Neil Patrick Harris: Say no to Britney!
(AP)
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Summary: AP - If Neil Patrick Harris had his way, Britney Spears would be banned from the set of "How I Met Your Mother." Nothing against the pop singer personally — he just doesn't think the show should bring guests aboard for a ratings boost alone. |
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1:10pm PDT |
Ian Poulter takes early lead at Masters
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Summary: AP - When Ian Poulter walked off the 18th green, he wasn't No. 2 to anyone. Not even Tiger Woods. Poulter, a flamboyant Englishman who's always been known as much for his garish outfits and eccentric hairstyles as his shotmaking, knocked in a hole-in-one |
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12:58pm PDT |
Zimbabwe opposition rejects runoff vote |
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Summary: President Robert Mugabe will attend a summit of southern African leaders this Saturday to discuss the electoral and political crisis in his beleaguered country.
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12:25pm PDT |
Teen video-beating suspects could get life terms |
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Summary: Eight Florida teenagers -- six of them girls -- will be tried as adults and could be sentenced to life in prison for their alleged roles in the videotaped beating of another teen, the state attorney's office said Thursday.
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Cnn.com |
12:24pm PDT |
A dark history repeats for religious sect |
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Summary: A monument stands in a park near the Utah-Arizona border commemorating 263 children taken from their families during a predawn polygamy raid in 1953. Now, some 800 miles away, history appears to be repeating itself for the descendants of Short Creek. It i |
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12:17pm PDT |
Asian states feel rice pinch |
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Summary: A look at some of the Asian countries where rice is a staple as the price of the food soars on global markets. |
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11:59am PDT |
Brown's stance |
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Summary: How a visit to the Olympics became embarrassing |
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11:41am PDT |
China says it foils Olympics terrorist plot
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Summary: Reuters - Chinese authorities foiled plots to
kidnap foreigners and carry out suicide attacks around the
Beijing Olympics, police said on Thursday, in a fresh blow to
the image of harmony China has sought to promote before the
Games. |
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11:40am PDT |
Bush hails 'major shift' in Iraq |
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Summary: US President George W Bush declares a "major strategic shift" in Iraq following the US troop surge. |
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11:26am PDT |
A 12th Century key to Islam's holiest shrine sets a record price |
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Summary: A 12th Century key to the holiest site in Islam sells for a record $18 million at Sotheby's in London. |
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11:26am PDT |
Holy Islamic key sets sale record |
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Summary: A 12th Century key to the holiest site in Islam sells for a record $18 million at Sotheby's in London. |
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Cnn.com |
11:23am PDT |
Shop sells cat-dung coffee at $100 a shot |
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Summary: A London department store has started selling coffee for $100 a shot.
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11:20am PDT |
IBM races to make hi-tech memory |
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Summary: Research by IBM scientists could result in gadgets with vastly bigger memory capacities from current levels. |
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11:16am PDT |
Boy burned in tanning salon visit |
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Summary: A teenage boy suffers burns to his face after visiting a tanning salon three times in one day. |
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11:07am PDT |
Fixer 'kept gangster off Gerrard' |
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Summary: Steven Gerrard's father says a figure known as The Psycho threatened to shoot the Liverpool star in the legs. |
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11:04am PDT |
Settlement in Va. Tech shootings, lawyers say |
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Cnn.com |
11:04am PDT |
Settlement in VA Tech shootings, lawyers say |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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10:55am PDT |
Bernanke: economic woes nothing like Depression
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The current economic
slowdown is nothing like the Great Depression of the 1930s, in
part because the U.S. Federal Reserve is far more proactive,
Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Thursday. |
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Cnn.com |
10:50am PDT |
New storms bear down on Arkansas |
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10:48am PDT |
Va. Tech families reach $11M settlement
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Summary: AP - Families of the victims in the Virginia Tech shootings have reached a tentative $11 million settlement with the state, Gov. Timothy M. Kaine said Thursday. The deal is designed to prevent future lawsuits. |
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10:46am PDT |
Tiger tees off after Masters fog delay
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Tiger Woods teed off under sunny skies Thursday, about an hour behind schedule at the Masters after soupy fog blanketed the course just past sunrise. The world's No. 1 player got off to a shaky start, pulling his drive up against the second cut to th |
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10:33am PDT |
McCain seeks aid for some homeowners
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Sen. John McCain called for federal aid for well-meaning homeowners who can't pay their mortgages, an attempt to fend off criticism that he has been indifferent to the housing crisis and the market upheaval it has spawned. |
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Cnn.com |
10:32am PDT |
Soaring fuel prices hurt kids |
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Summary: The school buses in Dubuque County, Iowa, travel 4,900 miles each day ferrying kids to and from class. That's the equivalent of driving across the entire U.S. and halfway back again.
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10:19am PDT |
Call girl 'helped husband grieve' |
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Summary: A limousine firm boss has told a court how his Lithuanian prostitute girlfriend comforted him following the death of his wife. |
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10:18am PDT |
OutKast's Big Boi, ballerina fuse moves, beats |
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Summary: As half of the famed hip-hop duo OutKast, Antwan "Big Boi" Patton is known for his bass-booming, chart-topping smash hits. His recording studio in Atlanta is lined with plush velvet, stocked with Courvoisier and has a swing hanging from the ceiling -- a p |
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10:18am PDT |
Slovak MPs end row to pass treaty |
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Summary: Slovakia and Poland ratify the Lisbon Treaty, bringing to nine the number of EU countries approving it. |
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10:10am PDT |
Bush: Iraq withdrawals to freeze in July
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - US President George W. Bush on Thursday ordered an open-ended halt to US troop withdrawals from Iraq come July, warning that the strife-torn country remains too fragile five years after Baghdad fell. |
