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BBC News |
11:49pm PDT |
Zimbabwe opposition retains gains |
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Summary: A recount confirms seven results in Zimbabwe's polls, making it hard for the ruling party to regain a majority. |
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Cnn.com |
11:30pm PDT |
Teen pleads guilty to 'Jena 6' noose display |
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Summary: A teenager pleaded guilty Friday to a federal hate crime of threatening and intimidating civil rights marchers near Jena, Louisiana, last year by displaying hangman's nooses from the back of a pickup truck.
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BBC News |
11:20pm PDT |
Spurs sign Croatian star Modric |
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Summary: Tottenham sign Croatia midfielder Luka Modric, subject to a medical, for a fee believed to be £15.8m. |
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Yahoo News |
11:11pm PDT |
Karzai criticizes U.S.-British conduct of Afghan war
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Afghan President Hamid Karzai
criticized the U.S. and British conduct of the war in
Afghanistan, telling The New York Times in an interview
published on Saturday his government must be accorded the lead
in policy decisions. |
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Yahoo News |
10:58pm PDT |
Parker scores 41 and Spurs beat 115-99 Suns; take 3-0 lead
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The San Antonio-Phoenix series was supposed to be a spectacular first-round matchup of potential NBA champions. Instead, it's become a Spurs smackdown. Tony Parker had a career-high 41 points along with 12 assists and San Antonio routed the Suns 115- |
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Yahoo News |
10:25pm PDT |
Morrow's goal in overtime lifts Stars past Sharks in Game 1
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Even in the playoffs, Brenden Morrow and his "San Jose Stars" still rock the Shark Tank. Morrow scored his second goal of the night 4:39 into overtime, and the Dallas Stars opened their second-round series with a 3-2 victory over the San Jose Sharks |
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Yahoo News |
10:25pm PDT |
Parker scores 41, Spurs near sweep of Suns
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The San Antonio-Phoenix series was supposed to be a spectacular first-round matchup of potential NBA champions. Instead, it's become a Spurs smackdown. |
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BBC News |
10:02pm PDT |
Winehouse spends night in cells |
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Summary: Singer Amy Winehouse spends the night at a police station in London over an alleged assault on Wednesday. |
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BBC News |
9:54pm PDT |
Plans to control access to Amazon |
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Summary: Brazil is to consider a law that could require foreign visitors and workers in the Amazon to have a permit. |
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Cnn.com |
9:51pm PDT |
Man survives 500-foot fall into strip mine |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
9:48pm PDT |
Gambling firms 'fail to donate' |
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Summary: Two-thirds of gambling companies have contributed nothing to a fund for problem gamblers, the BBC learns. |
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Yahoo News |
9:18pm PDT |
Malkin caps frantic comeback as Penguins beat Rangers 5-4
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Evgeni Malkin deflected Sidney Crosby's one-timer from the right point on a Pittsburgh power play with 1:41 remaining to finish a frantic comeback, and the Penguins rallied from a three-goal deficit against the New York Rangers for a 5-4 victory in t |
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BBC News |
9:15pm PDT |
Oil firms in Nigeria cut output |
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Summary: The two biggest oil companies in Nigeria cut production in response to strikes and attacks by militant groups. |
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BBC News |
9:02pm PDT |
Scarlett mother returns to India |
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Summary: The mother of murdered Scarlett Keeling is returning to India to press the authorities over her daughter's death. |
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Cnn.com |
8:33pm PDT |
Tractor-trailer slams into Chicago train station |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
8:14pm PDT |
Everest diary |
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Summary: Following the Olympic torch to the world's rooftop |
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Yahoo News |
8:03pm PDT |
Four hurt in Olympic torch incidents in Japan: official
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Pro-Chinese supporters and protesters kicked and punched one another Saturday during the Olympic torch relay, in incidents that injured at least four Chinese, officials said. |
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BBC News |
7:58pm PDT |
Pipeline set to shut over strike |
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Summary: A key North Sea oil pipeline is expected to shut later, because of a planned strike by refinery workers. |
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Cnn.com |
7:54pm PDT |
FBI investigates possible kidnap for ransom |
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Summary: The FBI is investigating an alleged kidnapping for ransom of a 26-year-old Florida private pilot who has been missing since April 1, an FBI spokesman told CNN Friday.
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Yahoo News |
7:51pm PDT |
Torch supporters, protesters mark Japan relay
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Crowds of Chinese students waving
red flags and signs such as "One World, One Dream, One China"
vied for attention with pro-Tibet protesters as the latest leg
of the Olympic torch relay got underway in Japan. |
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BBC News |
7:43pm PDT |
Scuffles in Japan at torch relay |
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Summary: There are minor scuffles during the latest leg of the Olympic torch relay in the Japanese city of Nagano. |
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Yahoo News |
7:08pm PDT |
Philly gas station sells 76-cent fuel in honor of 76ers
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Philadelphia 76ers are in the playoffs for the first time in three years, but motorists were the ones celebrating on Friday. |
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Yahoo News |
7:08pm PDT |
Tractor trailer rams Chicago train station, killing 2
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A tractor trailer that witnesses said didn't seem to slow down rammed into a crowded bus shelter and a Chicago Transit Authority train station during the evening rush hour Friday, killing two people and injuring more than a dozen others. |
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Yahoo News |
7:05pm PDT |
Malkin, frantic comeback win it as Penguins beat Rangers 5-4
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Evgeni Malkin deflected Sidney Crosby's one-timer from the right point on a Pittsburgh power play with 1:41 remaining to finish a frantic comeback, and the Penguins rallied from a three-goal deficit against the New York Rangers for a 5-4 victory in t |
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Cnn.com |
6:51pm PDT |
U.S. blasted for delay on Syria intelligence |
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Summary: The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency criticized the United States on Friday for not sharing intelligence sooner about a facility in Syria that Israel bombed last September.
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Cnn.com |
6:21pm PDT |
Acquittals in NYC groom shooting spark outrage |
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Summary: Nicole Paultre Bell bolted from the courtroom as a judge acquitted three New York City detectives of all charges today in the shooting death of her fiance. "I've got to get out of here," she said. Outside the courthouse, there was shock. "Fifty shots is m |
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BBC News |
6:08pm PDT |
No sex please |
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Summary: Have US teen abstinence programmes failed? |
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BBC News |
6:08pm PDT |
Sexual abstinence |
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Summary: Have US school sex lessons promoting abstinence failed? |
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Yahoo News |
5:58pm PDT |
Authorities: Semi rams Chicago train station, killing 2
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A tractor trailer rammed into a Chicago Transit Authority train station during the evening rush hour on Friday, killing two people and injuring more than a dozen others, authorities said. |
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BBC News |
5:37pm PDT |
Bid to reduce jury numbers |
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Summary: The number of people serving on a jury could be reduced as part of a review by the Scottish Government. |
