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BBC News |
4:25pm PDT |
Weller joins Girls at island gigs |
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Summary: Paul Weller and Girls Aloud are to headline two shows at Osborne House, Queen Victoria's Isle of Wight home. |
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Yahoo News |
4:25pm PDT |
Bush, British PM stress common ground
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Summary: AP - President Bush and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown tried to dispel doubts about their relationship Thursday, showcasing personal bonhomie as well as common ground on vexing issues such as the Iraq war, a showdown with Iran, global trade and the c |
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4:18pm PDT |
Cash to boost further education |
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Summary: Millions of pounds will be spent on widening access to further education, it is announced. |
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4:16pm PDT |
Calzaghe Sr warns 'dirty' Hopkins |
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Summary: Joe Calzaghe's father and trainer Enzo says he is confident his charge will come out on top if Bernard Hopkins resorts to dirty tactics in Las Vegas on Saturday. |
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Yahoo News |
4:13pm PDT |
Hasselhoff to pay $25,000 a month to ex-wife, daughters
(AP)
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Summary: AP - David Hasselhoff has agreed to pay $25,000 a month to support his ex-wife and children. |
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Yahoo News |
4:09pm PDT |
Pope, in dramatic move, comforts sex abuse victims
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Pope Benedict, in a dramatic
surprise, held an emotional and tearful meeting on Thursday
with victims of sexual abuse by priests, consoling them and
promising them his prayers. |
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3:59pm PDT |
Veteran MP Dunwoody dies |
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Summary: The longest serving female MP Gwyneth Dunwoody has died, aged 77, the Labour party has confirmed. |
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Yahoo News |
3:59pm PDT |
Pope 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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3:43pm PDT |
Congress moves to calm student loan turmoil
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The U.S. Congress moved closer on
Thursday to putting a government safety net under the $85
billion student loan market as millions of young people make
preparations to head to college in the autumn. |
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BBC News |
3:30pm PDT |
Mugabe's party 'offered deal' |
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Summary: Zimbabwe's opposition leader says the ruling Zanu-PF had offered a deal to remove President Mugabe from power. |
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Cnn.com |
3:14pm PDT |
Carter visits Hamas with 'breakthrough' hopes |
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Summary: Former President Carter is expected to meet with two senior Hamas officials Thursday in the Egyptian capital, an encounter he calls a necessary step toward resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Cnn.com |
3:12pm PDT |
Al Qaeda still in Pakistan tribal areas, GAO says |
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Summary: Al Qaeda is still operating within Pakistan's mountainous tribal region bordering Afghanistan, and the United States lacks a "comprehensive" plan for meetings its national security goals there, a U.S. government study released Thursday said.
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3:06pm PDT |
Pope meets with victims of clergy sex abuse
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Pope Benedict XVI, after urging bishops, priests and parishioners to heal the wounds caused by the clergy sex abuse scandal, talked and prayed privately with survivors Thursday in what was believed to be a first-ever meeting between a pontiff and abu |
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Yahoo News |
3:04pm PDT |
Polygamist sect hearing in Texas descends into farce
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A court hearing to decide the fate of the 416 children swept up in a raid on a West Texas polygamist sect descended into farce Thursday, with hundreds of lawyers in two packed buildings shouting objections and the judge struggling to maintain order. |
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3:03pm PDT |
Obama says debate focused on 'gotcha,' not policy issues
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Democratic Sen. Barack Obama dismissively talked about his debate with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and the line of questioning from ABC News' moderators, arguing that it focused on political trivia at the expense of the problems facing average voters |
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Yahoo News |
2:59pm PDT |
Carter meets with more Hamas leaders, defends peace efforts
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Jimmy Carter held another meeting with officials from the Islamic militant group Hamas on Thursday, arguing it is necessary to talk to all parties to achieve peace between the Palestinians and Israel. |
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2:50pm PDT |
Maryland woman gives birth to rare quadruplets, 3 identical
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A mother has given birth to a rare set of quadruplets in which three of the four boys are identical. The boys were born 11 weeks premature in January at Greater Baltimore Medical Center in Towson. The parents plan to introduce themselves and their bo |
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Cnn.com |
2:45pm PDT |
Obama says 21 debates is enough |
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Summary: The three White House hopefuls each sat down for a one-on-one meeting Thursday with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown as he visited Washington.
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Yahoo News |
2:38pm PDT |
Study links incontinence drugs with memory problems
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Commonly used incontinence drugs may cause memory problems in some older people, a study has found. "Our message is to be careful when using these medicines," said U.S. Navy neurologist Dr. Jack Tsao, who led the study. "It may be better to use diape |
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2:37pm PDT |
US seeks to end N Korea deadlock |
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Summary: The US scales back demands on a North Korean nuclear declaration to tackle a disarmament deadlock. |
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2:36pm PDT |
Ravens' 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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Yahoo News |
2:28pm PDT |
Pope meets US victims sexually abused by priests
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday met with a small group of people who had been sexually abused by priests, the Vatican said in a statement. |
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Cnn.com |
2:21pm PDT |
Pope meets with victims of clergy sex abuse |
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Summary: Pope Benedict XVI today acknowledged the pain the Catholic Church's sexual abuse scandal has caused and urged all Catholics to help heal the wounds. Benedict also met with a group of abuse victims and told them he would pray for them, The Associated Press |
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Cnn.com |
2:12pm PDT |
Congress tackles credit card reform |
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Summary: A pair of Democratic lawmakers today urged Congress to pass legislation aimed at remedying what they view as questionable practices of the credit card industry that keep consumers mired in debt. Sens. Carl Levin and Ron Wyden called for action as American |
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Cnn.com |
2:08pm PDT |
Group: Pilot whose gun went off to be fired |
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Summary: An US Airways pilot who aviation officials say accidentally fired his handgun in the cockpit during a flight will be fired, a spokesman for a flight officers group said.
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1:59pm PDT |
Chelsea beat Everton to close gap |
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Summary: Chelsea close the gap on Premier League leaders Manchester United to two points with a 1-0 win at Everton. |
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BBC News |
1:58pm PDT |
Google shrugs off ad sales fear |
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Summary: Google reports a 30% rise in quarterly profits, easing worries of a slowdown in online advertising. |
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Yahoo News |
1:55pm PDT |
Nearly 1 in 5 troops has mental problems after war service
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Roughly one in every five U.S. troops who have survived the bombs and other dangers of Iraq and Afghanistan now suffers from major depression or post-traumatic stress, an independent study said Thursday. It estimated the toll at 300,000 or more. |
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Yahoo News |
1:44pm PDT |
Stocks mixed following divergent corporate quarterly reports
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Wall Street closed an erratic session mixed Thursday after an uneven batch of earnings reports made investors more cautious about buying stocks. Disappointing economic readings added to the market's uneasiness. |
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BBC News |
1:39pm PDT |
Online scam |
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Summary: How fraudsters cheated holidaymakers |
