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Yahoo News |
2:03am PDT |
Australia to have unprecedented torch security
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Police began an unprecedented security
crackdown in Australia's national capital on Wednesday to
protect the Olympic flame from protests during the latest leg
of the torch's troubled journey around the world. |
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Yahoo News |
2:00am PDT |
Olympic torch arrives in Australia, quickly whisked away
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Olympic flame arrived in Australia on Wednesday for the next leg of the torch relay and was immediately whisked away to a secret location to avoid anti-China protesters. |
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Yahoo News |
1:59am PDT |
Grizzly bear kills man at Southern California training site
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A grizzly bear that appeared in a recent Will Ferrell movie killed a 39-year-old trainer with a bite to his neck Tuesday and had to be subdued with pepper spray. |
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BBC News |
1:52am PDT |
Lineker warns Man Utd over Henry |
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Summary: Ex-Barcelona striker Gary Lineker tells Manchester United not to underestimate Thierry Henry in the Champions League semi-final. |
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BBC News |
1:49am PDT |
21 July plotters lose appeal bid |
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Summary: Four men jailed for the failed 21 July suicide bombs in London lose a bid to challenge their convictions. |
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Yahoo News |
1:44am PDT |
Parker scores 32 in Game 2 as Spurs take 2-0 lead
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Another big comeback by the San Antonio Spurs. Now the Phoenix Suns will need one. |
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Yahoo News |
1:39am PDT |
Polygamist sect kids leave shelter for foster care, for now
(AP)
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Summary: AP - For 2 1/2 weeks, more than 400 children who lived on a polygamist compound in western Texas have been in state custody, exiled from home but relatively close to the parents who are fighting accusations of abuse within the sect. |
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BBC News |
1:19am PDT |
Talks resume over refinery strike |
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Summary: Talks aimed at resolving a dispute which could shut down Grangemouth oil refinery are back under way. |
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1:13am PDT |
Unity government call in Zimbabwe |
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Summary: Zimbabwe's state-run newspaper calls for a transitional government headed by President Mugabe. |
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BBC News |
1:01am PDT |
Are you worried about security online? |
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Summary: Levels of credit and debit card fraud on the internet are much higher than estimated. Have you been affected by internet fraud? |
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BBC News |
12:58am PDT |
Ovation for Darius's Rhett Butler |
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Summary: Darius Danesh gets an ovation on the opening night of Gone With The Wind, but reviews are mixed. |
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Yahoo News |
12:52am PDT |
US scraps $20 million prototype of virtual fence
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The government is scrapping a $20 million prototype of its highly touted "virtual fence" on the Arizona-Mexico border because the system is failing to adequately alert border patrol agents to illegal crossings, officials said. |
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Cnn.com |
12:52am PDT |
Gas prices help put Detroit in ditch |
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Summary: This was supposed to be a good year for Detroit's Big Three.
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12:51am PDT |
Sri Lanka forces 'kill 52 rebels' |
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Summary: At least 52 Tamil Tigers and 15 soldiers are reported killed in clashes in Jaffna in northern Sri Lanka. |
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BBC News |
12:50am PDT |
Microsoft unveils its web vision |
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Summary: Microsoft lifts the lid on Live Mesh, web-based software designed to connect devices and applications online. |
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BBC News |
12:46am PDT |
Thieves threaten woman with knife |
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Summary: Knife wielding robbers hold a blade to the throat of a 69-year-old woman before stealing her car, police say. |
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BBC News |
12:33am PDT |
Khmer Rouge leader seeks release |
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Summary: Former Khmer Rouge head of state Khieu Samphan makes his first appearance at Cambodia's genocide trial. |
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12:27am PDT |
UN warns Darfur war worsening, with perhaps 300,000 dead
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The conflict in Darfur is deteriorating, with full deployment of a new peacekeeping force delayed until 2009 and no prospect of a political settlement for a war that has killed perhaps 300,000 people in five years, U.N. officials said Tuesday. |
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BBC News |
12:23am PDT |
EBay sues Craigslist |
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Summary: EBay sues online ad site Craigslist, saying it needed to "safeguard its four-year financial investment". |
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Yahoo News |
12:18am PDT |
Barack Obama: Campaigning with a message of hope
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Barack Obama's rapid rise
from relative obscurity toward winning the Democratic Party
nomination for U.S. president hit another bump when he lost to
rival Hillary Clinton in Pennsylvania. |
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Yahoo News |
12:13am PDT |
Australia resorts to "dynamic" torch relay
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Australian police promised on
Wednesday a "dynamic" torch relay to dodge protesters when the
Olympic flame travels the Australian leg of its troubled
journey around the world. |
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BBC News |
12:09am PDT |
Beyonce, Jay-Z wedding confirmed |
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Summary: A marriage licence for Beyonce and Jay-Z has been filed with the authorities, an official says. |
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Yahoo News |
12:07am PDT |
Marlee Matlin 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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Cnn.com |
12:06am PDT |
Mambo spells end for 'Dancing' star |
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Yahoo News |
12:05am PDT |
Clinton's win still leaves her the underdog
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Still the underdog in a contest that won't quit, Hillary Rodham Clinton pulled off a feisty act of political survival in the Pennsylvania primary, defeating Barack Obama to keep her Democratic presidential hopes alive. |
