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BBC News |
6:19am PDT |
20 year term for 'macabre' murder |
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Summary: A man who killed a 19-year-old just hours after celebrating his birthday is jailed for 20 years. |
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Yahoo News |
6:14am PDT |
Bear gave off no reasons for concern before trainer's death
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The grizzly bear that wrestled Will Ferrell's character in the recent film "Semi-Pro" seemed to obediently follow cues — which made its killing of its trainer with a bite to the neck all the more stunning. |
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Yahoo News |
6:08am PDT |
Stalemated Democratic race enters final stretch
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Democrats braced for weeks more of bitter fighting Wednesday after Hillary Clinton scored a solid win over Barack Obama in Pennsylvania's presidential primary, keeping her fragile White House hopes alive. |
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Yahoo News |
6:03am PDT |
Iran agrees to address nuclear arms allegations: IAEA
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Iran has agreed to clarify intelligence
alleging that it studied how to design nuclear bombs, a gesture
the U.N. nuclear watchdog chief on Wednesday called a
"milestone." |
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Cnn.com |
5:59am PDT |
Clinton wins |
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Summary: Hillary Clinton won Pennsylvania's primary, beating Barack Obama by about 10 percentage points. In what she called a "deeply personal" win, Clinton picked up a majority of the state's 158 delegates. But Obama still leads the overall count.
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Yahoo News |
5:39am PDT |
Years of poor decisions created food crisis: FAO
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Poor policy decisions over the past two
decades have combined to create the current food crisis and
resources must now be focused on the 2008 harvest, the head of
the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation said on Wednesday. |
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Yahoo News |
5:37am PDT |
Marlee Matlin is eliminated from `Dancing With the Stars'
(AP)
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Summary: AP - For the third consecutive week, a last-place finish has led to elimination on "Dancing With the Stars." |
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Yahoo News |
5:35am PDT |
Students suspended for skipping class to meet Obama
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Two high school seniors in Scranton, Pa., are paying a high price for their interest in politics. |
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BBC News |
5:34am PDT |
Anger over arthritis drug refusal |
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Summary: Campaigners have condemned a health watchdog's final decision not to recommend a new rheumatoid arthritis drug for NHS use. |
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BBC News |
5:29am PDT |
OAP 'neglected' by nursing staff |
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Summary: Eight nursing home workers go on trial for neglect of an 84-year-old woman, who died weeks later in hospital. |
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Cnn.com |
5:28am PDT |
Clinton wins, Obama still leads |
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Summary: Hillary Clinton won Pennsylvania's primary, beating Barack Obama by about 10 percentage points. In what she called a "deeply personal" win, Clinton picked up a majority of the state's 158 delegates. But Obama still leads the overall count.
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Yahoo News |
5:23am PDT |
Abbas to ask Bush to jump start peace plan
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will
call for urgent international action to jump start Middle East
peace talks when he meets President George W. Bush this week, a
senior Palestinian official said on Wednesday. |
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BBC News |
5:19am PDT |
20 year jail for 'macabre' murder |
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Summary: A man who killed a 19-year-old just hours after celebrating his birthday is jailed for 20 years. |
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Cnn.com |
5:13am PDT |
Delta reports $6.39B quarterly loss |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
5:02am PDT |
Bangladesh evacuates stranded workers from Iraq
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Bangladesh has begun evacuating thousands
of stranded workers who were trafficked into war-ravaged Iraq
by illegal manpower traders, officials said on Wednesday. |
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Cnn.com |
5:02am PDT |
Richie Sambora strikes deal in DUI case |
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Cnn.com |
4:53am PDT |
Suicidal bookkeeper stole $2M, audit finds |
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Yahoo News |
4:51am PDT |
Delta reports $6.4B loss in first quarter on fuel costs
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Delta Air Lines Inc., the nation's third-largest carrier, said Wednesday its loss widened in the first quarter to a whopping $6.39 billion because of soaring fuel prices and the steep decline in the company's market value. |
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Yahoo News |
4:44am PDT |
Clinton wins most delegates in Pennsylvania primary
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton won the most delegates in Pennsylvania's Democratic primary. |
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BBC News |
4:38am PDT |
Brown defends 'U-turn' on 10p tax |
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Summary: Gordon Brown defends moves to compensate those hit by the 10p tax rate's axing, as he is accused of "weakness". |
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BBC News |
4:30am PDT |
No apparent link on baby deaths |
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Summary: The deaths of four babies in the same hospital don't appear to be linked, say medical experts. |
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Yahoo News |
4:17am PDT |
Israel braces for fallout from U.S. spy case
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Israel was tightlipped on Wednesday
over the arrest in the United States of an 84-year-old American
suspected of providing it with U.S. military secrets in the
1980s, a new case that has opened old wounds. |
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BBC News |
4:08am PDT |
Family food shop up '£15 a week' |
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Summary: Steep increases in food costs add £15 to a weekly shop for an average family in the UK, new research shows. |
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BBC News |
4:01am PDT |
Boy or girl |
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Summary: Can you really influence a baby's gender? |
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BBC News |
3:54am PDT |
Slump in bank mortgage approvals |
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Summary: The global credit crunch has led to a further slump in mortgage lending by the UK's major banks. |
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BBC News |
3:53am PDT |
Hleb season over following FA ban |
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Summary: Arsenal's Alexander Hleb admits a FA charge of violent conduct and will miss Arsenal's final three games of the season. |
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Yahoo News |
3:42am PDT |
WTO should pressure food exporters: Mandelson
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The World Trade Organization (WTO) should
push food-producing countries to maintain exports to prevent a
worsening of the international food crisis, EU Trade
Commissioner Peter Mandelson said on Wednesday. |
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BBC News |
3:39am PDT |
Mugabe's party wins first recount |
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Summary: Zimbabwe's ruling party wins the first of 23 parliamentary seats to complete a recount from March's election. |
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BBC News |
3:34am PDT |
Darling 'U-turn' on 10p tax rate |
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Summary: People losing out as a result of the abolition of the 10p tax rate are to be compensated, Alistair Darling says. |
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Yahoo News |
3:33am PDT |
Yahoo profit rises, but Microsoft bid likely to stand pat
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Yahoo Inc.'s first-quarter performance was a little like Goldilocks' favorite soup — not too hot and not too cold, and that has set the table for a bitter battle over Microsoft Corp.'s bid to take over the Internet pioneer. |
