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BBC News |
1:54pm PDT |
Oil scales new record above $115 |
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Summary: The price of oil has hit a new peak after a US government inventory report raised concerns about supplies. |
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BBC News |
1:47pm PDT |
Late Celtic winner stuns Rangers |
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Summary: Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink's injury-time winner sees Celtic beat Rangers 2-1 and narrow the gap on them to one point. |
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BBC News |
1:47pm PDT |
Celtic win thrilling Old Firm game |
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Summary: Celtic's Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink scores an injury-time header to narrow the gap on Rangers to one point. |
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Yahoo News |
1:44pm PDT |
With a wounded left knee, Woods has surgery and sits
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The U.S. Open figured to be the closest to a sure thing for Tiger Woods in the majors this year, but maybe not anymore. |
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Cnn.com |
1:43pm PDT |
No 2007 deaths on scheduled U.S. airlines |
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Cnn.com |
1:31pm PDT |
High court split over execution of child rapists |
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Summary: The Supreme Court focused Wednesday on whether "evolving standards of decency" in the United States forbid a resumption of capital punishment for any felony but murder. But the justices offered no clear indication of how they will rule in the case of a ma |
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Yahoo News |
1:17pm PDT |
Pope meets Bush, urges more just society
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Pope Benedict, making only the
second visit by a pontiff to the White House, on Wednesday
urged Americans and their leaders to base social and political
decisions on moral principles to create a more just society. |
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Yahoo News |
1:07pm PDT |
Bush revises strategy on curbing greenhouse gases
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Bush on Wednesday called for a halt in the growth of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 2025 and urged other major polluting nations to develop national goals to address climate change. |
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Yahoo News |
1:03pm PDT |
Bush, big crowd greet pope on birthday
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Bush and Pope Benedict XVI agreed Wednesday that terrorism is an unacceptable weapon for any cause or religion, standing strongly united on that issue but divided on others during a day of substance and symbolism at the White House. |
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Yahoo News |
12:59pm PDT |
Executions likely to resume after court ruling
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - For Tommy Arthur and more than a dozen
U.S. death row inmates, a Supreme Court ruling that lifts a
moratorium on lethal injections will likely signal an early
date with the execution chamber. |
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Yahoo News |
12:42pm PDT |
Fed: economy weakened further in the spring
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The country's economic health deteriorated further in the early spring as shoppers buckled under the strains of the housing and credit debacles and a weaker employment climate. |
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Yahoo News |
12:40pm PDT |
Venezuelan TV channel may be fined over 'The Simpsons'
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Regulators first kicked "The Simpsons" off Venezuela's daytime airwaves. Now they're threatening to punish the station that showed it during a time slot approved for children. |
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Cnn.com |
12:37pm PDT |
Bush shifts stance on climate change |
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BBC News |
12:36pm PDT |
Helping hand |
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Summary: How aiding banks to beat the credit crisis could help you |
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Yahoo News |
12:33pm PDT |
Bush administration against retooling home program
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The Bush administration opposes a
sweeping plan to refinance troubled home loans because a more
modest one will achieve similar results without too much risk
to taxpayers, a senior housing policy-maker told lawmakers on
Wednesday. |
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Yahoo News |
12:31pm PDT |
Executions to resume after high court OK's lethal injections
(AP)
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Summary: AP - U.S. executions are all but sure to resume soon after a nationwide halt, cleared Wednesday by a splintered Supreme Court that approved the most widely used method of lethal injection. |
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Yahoo News |
12:25pm PDT |
Base decisions on moral principles, pope tells U.S.
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Saying he had come as a friend of
the United States, Pope Benedict urged Americans and their
leaders on Wednesday to base their political and social
decisions on moral principles and create a more just society. |
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Cnn.com |
12:22pm PDT |
Hostin: Can Texas take sect children? |
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Summary: It's every mother's nightmare: Someone takes your child.
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Yahoo News |
12:18pm PDT |
People at Virginia Tech remember mass shooting of 1 year ago
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A sea of people wearing orange and maroon flowed onto the main lawn at Virginia Tech on Wednesday, some clutching single roses, to remember the victims of the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history. |
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BBC News |
11:57am PDT |
Teenager charged with Rhys murder |
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Summary: A 17-year-old boy is charged with the murder of Liverpool schoolboy Rhys Jones, shot as he walked home from playing football. |
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Yahoo News |
11:45am PDT |
Economy weakens further in sales, housing, credit, and jobs
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The country's economic health deteriorated further in the early spring as shoppers buckled under the strains of the housing and credit debacles and a weaker employment climate. |
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Cnn.com |
11:43am PDT |
Oil tops $115 for the first time |
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Summary: Oil prices seesawed to a record high Wednesday, spiking to above $115 a barrel, after a government report showed an unexpected crude supply drop.
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Yahoo News |
11:43am PDT |
Bush urges halt of CO2 emission growth by 2025
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - George W. Bush on Wednesday called
for halting the growth of greenhouse gas emissions by 2025, but
offered few ideas on how to do so before his term ends next
year and drew quick criticism. |
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Cnn.com |
11:25am PDT |
Man falls to death from stadium escalator |
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Summary: A man fell to his death after a baseball game between the New York Mets and Washington Nationals at Shea Stadium on Tuesday night, police said.
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BBC News |
11:20am PDT |
Live - Celtic v Rangers |
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Summary: Rangers look to extend their lead at the top of the SPL with victory over rivals Celtic. |
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Cnn.com |
11:20am PDT |
Pope celebrates birthday in Washington |
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Summary: President Bush and first lady Laura Bush will welcome Pope Benedict XVI in an elaborate ceremony Wednesday morning on the South Lawn of the White House.
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Cnn.com |
11:03am PDT |
Man arrested in Las Vegas ricin case |
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Summary: A man at the center of a mysterious case of exposure to the deadly biological agent ricin has been arrested, FBI spokesman Richard Kolko said Wednesday.
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Yahoo News |
11:00am PDT |
Supreme Court clears way for executions to resume
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The Supreme Court on Wednesday
rejected a challenge to the lethal three-drug cocktail used in
most U.S. executions, clearing the way for a resumption of
executions halted since last September. |
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BBC News |
10:54am PDT |
Science fiction? |
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Summary: Can ear prints offer hard evidence in criminal cases? |
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BBC News |
10:47am PDT |
Thousands greet Pope in Washington |
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Summary: Thousands of guests welcome Pope Benedict XVI to the White House for his meeting with President Bush. |
