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BBC News |
4:04pm PDT |
Breast checks 'benefit over-70s' |
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Summary: Women should be screened for breast cancer up to the age of 75, a study of over 860,000 women has suggested. |
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BBC News |
4:04pm PDT |
Breast checks 'benefit over 70s' |
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Summary: Women should be screened for breast cancer up to the age of 75, a study of over 860,000 women has suggested. |
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BBC News |
4:01pm PDT |
Queen at grandson's christening |
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Summary: The Queen is to attend the christening of the Earl and Countess of Wessex's baby son. |
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Cnn.com |
3:59pm PDT |
Fallen GI's military dog starts new life |
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Summary: Bo, a 2-year-old black Labrador and specialized search dog, has good reason to be wagging his tail.
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BBC News |
3:51pm PDT |
Calzaghe & Hopkins trade insults |
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Summary: Joe Calzaghe and Bernard Hopkins both weigh in at 12 stones 5lbs ahead of the light-heavyweight fight in Las Vegas on Saturday. |
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BBC News |
3:44pm PDT |
Bollywood bowl |
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Summary: Cricket comes second in Indian league opener |
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Yahoo News |
3:42pm PDT |
Clinton, Obama complain about complaining
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Democratic presidential rivals Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama are complaining about which candidate is the biggest complainer. |
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BBC News |
3:42pm PDT |
Citigroup to shed 9,000 jobs |
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Summary: Citigroup reports a loss of $5.11bn and cuts 9,000 jobs as the credit crisis continues to take its toll. |
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BBC News |
3:36pm PDT |
Texan sect 'indoctrinated girls' |
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Summary: Underage members of a Texan polygamist sect were vulnerable to abuse because of its culture, a judge hears. |
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Yahoo News |
3:29pm PDT |
Nevada dog finds its way home after a week, 77 miles
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A dog that ran off during a road-trip rest stop in north-central Nevada apparently made its way nearly 80 miles across Nevada's high desert and two mountain ranges to return home to Ely a week later. |
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Yahoo News |
3:26pm PDT |
Strongest quake in 40 years rattles Midwest
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A 5.2 magnitude earthquake centered in
southeast Illinois that was the strongest in the Midwest in 40
years startled residents before dawn on Friday, but officials
reported no injuries and only minor damage. |
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BBC News |
3:25pm PDT |
Carter in Hamas 'ceasefire call' |
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Summary: Ex-US President Jimmy Carter meets Hamas in Syria, urging it to end rocket fire on Israel, the militants say. |
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BBC News |
3:20pm PDT |
Bristol police plan second blast |
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Summary: Bomb disposal experts in Bristol are to carry out a second controlled explosion at a terror suspect's home. |
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Cnn.com |
2:55pm PDT |
McCain releases his taxes, not wife's |
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Summary: Sen. John McCain is considered one of the wealthiest members of Congress, but you wouldn't know it by looking at tax returns released Friday by his presidential campaign.
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Yahoo News |
2:52pm PDT |
Pope says unilateral acts undermine United Nations
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Countries that act unilaterally
on the world stage undermine the authority of the United
Nations and weaken the broad consensus needed to confront
global problems, Pope Benedict said on Friday. |
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Yahoo News |
2:39pm PDT |
Isiah Thomas fired as coach of New York Knicks
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Isiah Thomas was fired as coach of the New York Knicks on Friday after a season of listless and dreadful basketball, a tawdry lawsuit and unending chants from fans demanding Thomas' dismissal. |
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BBC News |
2:36pm PDT |
'Arrogant' Muslim preacher jailed |
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Summary: Six men convicted of supporting terror via speeches at a London mosque and fundraising are sent to prison. |
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Yahoo News |
2:34pm PDT |
Debate rages over plastic bottle chemical's safety
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Canada is moving to get rid of
products with a chemical common in plastic baby bottles, the
United States is expressing concern over its safety and some
retailers are planning to stop selling these items. |
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Yahoo News |
2:34pm PDT |
Texas polygamist sect is accused of indoctrinating girls
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Girls in the West Texas polygamist sect enter into underage marriages without resistance because they are ruthlessly indoctrinated from birth to believe disobedience will lead to their damnation, experts for the state testified Friday at a custody he |
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Yahoo News |
2:31pm PDT |
U.N. food aid agency's gap grows, ration cuts loom
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Surging crop prices have helped
widen the World Food Program's funding gap to around $750
million this year, and the U.N. food aid agency warned it may
have to cut rations for hundreds of thousands of schoolchildren
if new donations don't ma |
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Yahoo News |
2:19pm PDT |
5.2 earthquake rattles skyscrapers, nerves across Midwest
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Bricks shook loose and fell from buildings. Walls cracked. Books tumbled off shelves. |
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Cnn.com |
2:16pm PDT |
Quake shakes up iReporters |
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Yahoo News |
2:03pm PDT |
Alleged drug dealer calls police to report robbery
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A Long Island man had to know he would be arrested when he called police to report he had just been robbed during a drug deal that went bad. |
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Yahoo News |
1:53pm PDT |
FAA sets up high-level alerts for missed airline inspections
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Federal Aviation Administration is going to begin alerting its top headquarters officials when field inspectors miss airline safety inspections, Transportation Secretary Mary Peters announced Friday. |
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Yahoo News |
1:51pm PDT |
Carter meets Hamas chief in Syria
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Former President Carter defied U.S. and Israeli warnings and met Friday with the exiled leader of Hamas and his deputy, two men the U.S. government has labeled terrorists and Israel accuses of masterminding attacks that have killed hundreds of civili |
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Yahoo News |
1:50pm PDT |
Obama, Clinton make Pennsylvania push
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama pushed into each other's strongholds Friday as the long Pennsylvania primary race entered its final weekend, with each trying to pick off every vote they can get. |
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Yahoo News |
1:47pm PDT |
Bush nominates SBA's Preston as housing chief
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. President George W. Bush on
Friday nominated the head of the Small Business Administration,
Steve Preston, to lead the Department of Housing and Urban
Development as the administration tries to bolster the sagging
housing market. |
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BBC News |
1:46pm PDT |
£50bn bank rescue plan |
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Summary: Banks will be able to swap their mortgages for £50bn of government bonds, the BBC learns. |
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BBC News |
1:46pm PDT |
Bank £50bn mortgage rescue plan |
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Summary: Banks will be able to swap their mortgages for £50bn of government bonds, the BBC learns. |
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BBC News |
1:46pm PDT |
Government plan to bail out banks |
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Summary: Banks will be able to swap their mortgages for £50bn of government bonds, the BBC learns. |
