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11:52pm PDT |
Bodies of two airmen flown home |
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Summary: The bodies of two airmen killed in a roadside bomb blast in Afghanistan are being flown back to the UK. |
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Cnn.com |
11:49pm PDT |
Torch arrives in Thailand amid security |
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Summary: The Olympic flame arrived in Bangkok early Friday from New Delhi, India, where extraordinary security measures kept thousands of anti-Chinese protesters mostly at bay during a shortened relay on Thursday.
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11:44pm PDT |
Ravens quarterback McNair retires after 13 seasons
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Steve McNair intended to complete the final three years of his contract with the Baltimore Ravens. He worked hard during the offseason and arrived at minicamp ready to assume his role as the starting quarterback. |
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11:42pm PDT |
Grant hails vital Chelsea victory |
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Summary: Chelsea boss Avram Grant says his side are still in contention for the Premier League title after their 1-0 victory over Everton. |
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11:36pm PDT |
Hopkins ready to outbox Calzaghe |
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Summary: Bernard Hopkins's trainer Freddie Roach says his team have developed the ideal plan to beat Joe Calzaghe. |
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11:17pm PDT |
Seventh charged in Rhys inquiry |
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Summary: A 20-year-old man arrested over the Rhys Jones murder investigation is charged with assisting an offender. |
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Cnn.com |
11:12pm PDT |
Spears must pay lawyers at least $372,500 |
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11:01pm PDT |
Stars have reigning champ Ducks on brink of elimination
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Stu Barnes and Steve Ott scored third-period goals and Marty Turco came within 7.6 seconds of a shutout, sending the Dallas Stars past the Anaheim Ducks 3-1 Thursday night and putting the reigning Stanley Cup champions on the brink of elimination. |
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10:55pm PDT |
Probe 'fight' after 34 fractures |
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Summary: The family of a woman whose body was found to have 34 broken bones say they will fight for an inquiry. |
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10:52pm PDT |
Verdict wait in heroin death case |
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Summary: A jury is to resume considering a verdict in the case of the half-sister of a heroin overdose victim. |
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10:49pm PDT |
Troubled Olympic torch arrives in Thailand
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The troubled Olympic torch relay arrived in Thailand on Friday, as more controversy erupted when one of the Japanese hosts dropped out in protest over China's crackdown in Tibet. |
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Cnn.com |
10:49pm PDT |
Bloomberg: Next president will be 'adult' |
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Summary: New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Thursday that whoever wins the presidency in November, "at least we'll have an adult in office who can lead and accomplish something."
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10:39pm PDT |
Union campaigns on tips 'abuse' |
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Summary: The largest union in the UK, Unite, launches a campaign to stop restaurants abusing the tips paid to staff. |
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BBC News |
10:39pm PDT |
Union campaigns on tips 'abuse' |
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Summary: The largest union in the UK, Unite, launches a campaign to stop restaurants abusing the tips paid to staff. |
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10:26pm PDT |
Brown urges US action on economy |
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Summary: Gordon Brown is to urge America to lead the world in tackling global problems. |
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10:11pm PDT |
Praying passenger removed from plane at NY airport
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Summary: AP - A passenger who left his seat to pray in the back of a plane before it took off, ignoring flight attendants' orders to return, was removed by an airport security guard, a witness and the airline said. |
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10:09pm PDT |
Pope turns to world issues in U.N. speech
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Pope Benedict turns to world issues on
Friday when he addresses the United Nations in New York after
three days in Washington overshadowed by the scandal of sexual
abuse of minors by U.S. Catholic priests. |
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9:57pm PDT |
Pope Benedict prays with victims of clergy sex abuse scandal
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Pope Benedict XVI prayed with tearful victims of clergy sex abuse in a chapel Thursday, an extraordinary gesture from a pontiff who has made atoning for the great shame of the U.S. church the cornerstone of his first papal trip to America. |
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9:46pm PDT |
E Street Band member Danny Federici dies at 58
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Danny Federici, the longtime keyboard player for Bruce Springsteen whose stylish work helped define the E Street Band's sound on hits from "Hungry Heart" through "The Rising," died Thursday. He was 58. |
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BBC News |
9:38pm PDT |
French man shot by Mauritanians |
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Summary: Mauritanian soldiers mistakenly shoot and wound a French national, whom they took for an attacker. |
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9:29pm PDT |
Six face jail over terror charges |
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Summary: Six men, including a Muslim preacher who heckled the home secretary, face jail for terror offences. |
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9:20pm PDT |
Tough justice? |
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Summary: The Pennsylvanian town at heart of US immigration debate |
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8:48pm PDT |
Dallas' Turco puts reigning champs on brink of elimination
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Stu Barnes and Steve Ott scored third-period goals and Marty Turco came within 7.6 seconds of a shutout, sending the Dallas Stars past the Anaheim Ducks 3-1 Thursday night and putting the reigning Stanley Cup champions on the brink of elimination. |
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8:33pm PDT |
South Korea says agrees on U.S. beef imports
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - South Korea on Friday agreed to open up
to U.S. beef, boosting prospects for a sweeping trade deal and
a Camp David summit between leaders of the two allies later in
the day. |
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8:27pm PDT |
Distant relatives |
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Summary: Syrian Druze festival unites divided families |
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8:27pm PDT |
China state media seeks to contain nationalist anger
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Chinese official media have sought to
temper nationalist calls for boycotts of foreign businesses
accused of supporting Tibetan independence, urging angry
citizens to focus on economic development. |
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Cnn.com |
8:11pm PDT |
Bruce Springsteen band member dies |
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Cnn.com |
8:11pm PDT |
Longtime E Street Band member dies |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Cnn.com |
8:11pm PDT |
U.S. sailors arrested in alleged scam marriages |
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Summary: It was a scam involving green cards and greed, prosecutors said Thursday.
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8:09pm PDT |
Pope shares pain of US church sex abuse victims
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Pope Benedict XVI met Thursday for the first time with US victims abused by priests, offering them his support after he acknowledged the pain and damage caused by the Church's sex scandal. |
