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Yahoo News |
10:58am PDT |
Russia opens monument to space dog Laika
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Russian officials on Friday unveiled a monument to Laika, a dog whose flight to space more than 50 years ago paved the way for human space missions. |
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Yahoo News |
10:57am PDT |
Immelman suddenly a Masters contender
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Trevor Immelman gave Tiger Woods an impressive number to shoot at. Showing that 4-under 68 in the opening round was no fluke, Immelman put up the same score Friday with birdies on the final two holes to break a logjam atop the leaderboard at Augusta |
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10:51am PDT |
Obama denounces big corporate pay packages
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Democratic presidential candidate
Barack Obama denounced huge pay packages for U.S. corporate
chiefs on Friday in a drive to convert middle-class anger about
the U.S. economy into votes. |
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10:51am PDT |
Mugabe clamps down, pulls out of Zimbabwe crisis summit
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe tightened his grip on power Friday, banning all political rallies in the capital as state media reported he was boycotting a weekend summit on the post-election crisis. |
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10:27am PDT |
American cuts more flights; Fliers fume
(AP)
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Summary: AP - American Airlines grounded hundreds more flights Friday as the inspection-related mess frustrated passengers and hurt an industry already bleeding cash thanks to high fuel costs. |
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BBC News |
10:24am PDT |
Family's shock at council spying |
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Summary: A couple speak of their shock after their local council spied on them to see if they were cheating the school catchment system. |
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Yahoo News |
10:07am PDT |
Navy ship encounters Iranian boat
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Navy says a ship encountered a small Iranian high-speed boat in the central Persian Gulf and warned it away by firing a flare. |
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BBC News |
10:06am PDT |
Symbolic Cyprus border crossing |
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Summary: Mehmet Ali Talat becomes the first Turkish Cypriot leader to enter Greek Cypriot territory through Ledra Street. |
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10:00am PDT |
US unveils NI investment package |
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Summary: Northern Ireland is in line for a US investment package which could be worth hundreds of millions of pounds. |
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Cnn.com |
9:50am PDT |
Airline woes unlikely to stop travelers |
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Summary: Only time will tell whether the recent spate of airline cancellations will stretch into peak travel season, but Americans won't be easily deterred from their summer travel plans, experts say.
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Cnn.com |
9:38am PDT |
Mom saw warning signs |
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Summary: Two and half years ago, Elaine Sonnen found out her son, Richard, was planning a Columbine-style attack at his high school. It would have been payback for classmates who Richard says bullied him. "I always wanted to strangle them," he said. But this attac |
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9:38am PDT |
Human rights 'apply to UK troops' |
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Summary: Human rights laws can be applied to British troops on active service, a High Court judge rules. |
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9:31am PDT |
US to unveil £380m NI investment |
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Summary: Northern Ireland is in line for a £380m investment package from the United States, it is revealed. |
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9:26am PDT |
Curfew on Iraq's Najaf as top Sadr aide killed
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Iraqi police imposed a curfew to
prevent an outbreak of violence in the southern Shi'ite holy
city of Najaf on Friday, after a senior aide to anti-American
cleric Moqtada al-Sadr was shot dead. |
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Cnn.com |
9:19am PDT |
Murder charges await captured Marine |
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Summary: Authorities in North Carolina are waiting for extradition proceedings to return a fugitive Marine, captured in Mexico, to face murder charges. U.S. Marine Cpl. Cesar Laurean is a suspect in the killing of a 20-year-old pregnant Marine. He was captured Thu |
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9:17am PDT |
Asylum seeker NHS ban 'unlawful' |
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Summary: High Court rules regulations banning failed asylum seekers from receiving free NHS treatment are unlawful. |
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Yahoo News |
9:06am PDT |
Snedeker grabs early lead
(AP)
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Summary: AP - After health problems and a sluggish start to the year, Trevor Immelman suddenly has the look of a contender at the Masters. |
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BBC News |
9:05am PDT |
Prem baby survival rates revealed |
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Summary: A major study finds no significant improvement in the survival rate for very premature babies, the BBC learns. |
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9:01am PDT |
No change please |
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Summary: Charlton Heston had the right idea, says Clive James |
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Yahoo News |
8:54am PDT |
Vanilla Ice released from Fla. jail
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Vanilla Ice was released from jail Friday following his arrest on a charge of simple battery for allegedly pushing his wife. |
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BBC News |
8:52am PDT |
Magician's free TV football scam |
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Summary: A magician admits selling illegal satellite cards to pubs to show Premier League football matches. |
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BBC News |
8:44am PDT |
Island music festival cancelled |
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Summary: This year's Isle of Skye music festival has been cancelled after organisers racked up £500,000 in debts. |
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Cnn.com |
8:37am PDT |
More pain for air travelers |
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Summary: The problems plaguing the air travel industry continued Friday as American Airlines canceled 570 more flights, or 25% of its schedule, and stranded tens of thousands of passengers.
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Cnn.com |
8:33am PDT |
Canceled flight doesn't equal a refund |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
8:30am PDT |
Argentina braced for torch relay |
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Summary: Argentina mounts a major security operation amid threats of protests as it hosts the Olympic torch relay. |
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BBC News |
8:27am PDT |
Zimbabwe bans political rallies |
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Summary: Zimbabwean police ban political rallies, as President Mugabe rules out attending a summit on the post-election crisis. |
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Yahoo News |
8:21am PDT |
Snedeker grabs Masters golf lead
(AP)
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Summary: AP - It didn't take long for Brent Snedeker to break the logjam at the top of the leaderboard Friday at the Masters. The former U.S. Public Links champion, playing at Augusta National for the just the second time, collected birdies at Nos. 6 and 7 to grab |
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Yahoo News |
8:18am PDT |
Mugabe boycotts Zimbabwe crisis summit
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - President Robert Mugabe will boycott a southern African summit on the Zimbabwe crisis, state radio said Friday as the opposition called a general strike to press for the release of election results. |
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BBC News |
8:11am PDT |
Job losses as linen plant moves |
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Summary: Forty jobs are going as Ulster Weavers moves linen manufacturing from County Down to China. |
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Yahoo News |
8:11am PDT |
Olympic torch travels to Argentina
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Olympic torch was hidden and zealously protected by Chinese bodyguards in the Argentine capital Friday, hours ahead of a relay that protesters threatened to disrupt with "entertaining surprises." |
