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4:30pm PDT |
20% of parents 'block cancer jab' |
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Summary: A new vaccine for young girls to prevent cervical cancer later in life was rejected by 20% of parents during a trial. |
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4:27pm PDT |
Anti-racist rock |
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Summary: Can music change things or should it avoid politics? |
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Cnn.com |
4:23pm PDT |
McCain rips Bush administration on Katrina |
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Summary: Sen. John McCain on Thursday blasted the Bush administration and all levels of government for the failed response to Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.
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4:18pm PDT |
Teachers consider their next move |
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Summary: The National Union of Teachers is taking stock after staging its first national strike in a generation. |
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Yahoo News |
4:14pm PDT |
Obama seeks union's help while Clinton promotes vets issues
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Summary: AP - How does Sen. Barack Obama spend a day off in his hometown? By urging hundreds of union activists to back his presidential bid in the final Democratic primaries. |
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Cnn.com |
4:14pm PDT |
City awaits verdict in NYPD shooting case |
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Summary: Three New York Police Department detectives involved in the shooting death of an unarmed man in a 50-bullet barrage, hours before he was to be married, learn their fate Friday morning.
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BBC News |
4:03pm PDT |
Snipes jailed for tax offences |
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Summary: Hollywood actor Wesley Snipes is sentenced by a US federal judge to three years in prison for tax offences. |
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4:03pm PDT |
Snipes imprisoned for three years |
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Summary: Hollywood actor Wesley Snipes is sentenced by a US judge to three years in jail for tax offences. |
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4:03pm PDT |
Snipes sentenced to three years |
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Summary: Hollywood actor Wesley Snipes is sentenced by a US federal judge to three years in jail for tax offences. |
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Cnn.com |
4:03pm PDT |
Search for balloon-stunt priest suspended |
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Cnn.com |
3:57pm PDT |
Sect challenges legality of raid |
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Summary: Authorities knew reports of alleged abuse at a polygamist sect's Texas ranch were questionable before they raided the compound, attorneys for the ranch's families said in court documents Thursday.
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3:48pm PDT |
US accuses NKorea of secretly aiding Syria nuclear work
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The United States accused North Korea on Thursday of helping Syria build a nuclear reactor, charging that the secret facility had a military purpose until Israel destroyed it in a September raid. |
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3:32pm PDT |
World food fears mount as rice prices hit record
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Concerns about food security
mounted on Thursday, as rice prices hit records in Asia and the
United Nations warned that staples for the world's hungry were
getting much more expensive. |
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3:31pm PDT |
Hamas offers truce in Gaza Strip |
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Summary: Palestinian group Hamas proposes a six-month truce in the Gaza Strip, with a possible extension to the West Bank. |
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Cnn.com |
3:27pm PDT |
Mugabe trying to steal election, says U.S. envoy |
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Summary: A U.S. envoy said today that the opposition leader in Zimbabwe defeated longtime President Robert Mugabe in that nation's recent elections. "We are certain that Morgan Tsvangirai won," said Assistant U.S. Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Fra |
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3:22pm PDT |
Texas court: State can take sect children to foster homes
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Dozens of mothers from a polygamist retreat were bused away from their children Thursday, their legal efforts to stay united rejected as Texas officials sort out their massive custody case. |
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Cnn.com |
3:17pm PDT |
Wesley Snipes gets 3 years in tax case |
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Summary: Actor Wesley Snipes faces up to three years in prison and a fine of $5 million when he is sentenced Thursday on federal tax evasion charges.
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3:16pm PDT |
U.S. says North Korea aided Syrian nuclear activities
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The United States has concluded that
North Korea helped Syria on a covert nuclear program before and
after Israel destroyed a suspected reactor in Syria last year,
according to a U.S. intelligence document. |
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3:15pm PDT |
Smithsonian to open massive new 'Ocean Hall' in September
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The least understood two-thirds of planet Earth — the oceans — are soon to get needed attention from the Smithsonian Institution. "The oceans are a global system that is essential to all life in Earth, including you," acting Smithsonian Secretary Cri |
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3:15pm PDT |
Syria 'had covert nuclear scheme' |
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Summary: The United States accuses North Korea of helping Syria build a nuclear reactor "not intended for peaceful purposes". |
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3:08pm PDT |
Lobbyist Lott takes advantage of old Senate campaign cash
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Trent Lott had nearly $1.3 million in political donations left over when he quit the Senate to become a lobbyist. Now the former majority leader is doling it out to lawmakers who hold sway over his clients. |
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2:54pm PDT |
Legally blind man teaches alleged intruder a lesson
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A legally blind man beat up an intruder and held him at knifepoint until police arrived at the man's eastside home, authorities said. Allan Kieta, 49, told police he was at home Monday morning when his small dog began barking and he encountered the m |
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2:53pm PDT |
Tax rebates to start arriving Monday |
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Summary: The federal government, eager to boost the flagging economy, will start distributing special tax rebates on Monday - five days earlier than expected, the Treasury Department said Thursday.
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Cnn.com |
2:50pm PDT |
Gun seller offering discounts to 'save lives' |
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Summary: The owner of a company that sold firearm merchandise to both the Virginia Tech University and Northern Illinois University shooters announced Wednesday that he will sell his guns at cost for the next two weeks in hopes that "law-abiding" citizens will buy |
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Yahoo News |
2:41pm PDT |
Cook and Rockies beat Cubs 4-2 to end four-game slide
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Aaron Cook pitched eight strong innings and Brian Fuentes earned his first save in 10 months to help the Colorado Rockies end a four-game skid with a 4-2 win over the Chicago Cubs on Thursday. |
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Yahoo News |
2:39pm PDT |
Jennifer Lopez to star in a TLC reality series
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Jennifer Lopez is no stranger to reality television: She's made cameos on Fox's "American Idol" and MTV's "DanceLife," which she produced, about six aspiring dancers struggling to make it. |
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Cnn.com |
2:35pm PDT |
U.S.: Syria reactor likely wasn't for peaceful aims |
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Summary: A covert nuclear reactor destroyed last year in Syria would have been capable of producing plutonium and likely was "not intended for peaceful purposes," the White House said today. A senior U.S. official said the reactor had been weeks or months away fro |
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BBC News |
2:34pm PDT |
Mayor rivals' second votes battle |
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Summary: Lib Dem mayoral hopeful Brian Paddick warns his rivals he will not endorse either for second preference votes. |
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2:29pm PDT |
NI can be world beater - Paisley |
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Summary: Northern Ireland can "once again become a world leader" in business, First Minister Ian Paisley says. |
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Yahoo News |
2:25pm PDT |
Texas officials believe another 25 moms at sect are under 18
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The number of children in Texas custody after being taken from a polygamist retreat now stands at 462 because officials believe another 25 mothers from the compound are under 18. |
