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1:36pm PDT |
Woods leaves no timetable for return from knee surgery
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Summary: AP - Tiger Woods is no longer on crutches since surgery last week on his left knee, but he said Friday in his monthly newsletter that he does not know when he will return. |
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Cnn.com |
1:30pm PDT |
Shark suspected in swimmer's death |
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Summary: A 66-year-old man died early Friday after being attacked by what authorities suspect was a great white shark off the southern California coast.
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Cnn.com |
1:27pm PDT |
Teller's unborn twins die after shooting |
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1:26pm PDT |
Oil prices up on word US ship fired on boats in Persian Gulf
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Summary: AP - Oil prices rose sharply Friday on news that a ship under contract to the U.S. Defense Department fired warning shots at two boats in the Persian Gulf. Retail gas prices as expected rose further into record territory, nearing $3.60 a gallon. |
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1:25pm PDT |
Iraq militia leader: `open war' threat only against US
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Summary: AP - Radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called for an end to Iraqi bloodshed on Friday and said his threat of an "open war" applies only to U.S.-led foreign troops — stepping back from a full-blown confrontation with the government over a crackdown aga |
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1:22pm PDT |
Madonna shows her documentary on Malawi at Tribeca festival
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Summary: AP - Madonna's harrowing new documentary on Malawi is clearly designed to draw attention to the poverty-stricken nation's plight and help to its people. But the superstar doesn't think much about enlisting aid from the U.S. government. |
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Cnn.com |
1:22pm PDT |
Man gets out of jail with one-word blog |
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Summary: With a one-word cell phone message, James Karl Buck, a University of California-Berkeley grad student, told friends of his arrest. Within seconds, colleagues in the U.S. and blogger-friends in Egypt were alerted, leading to his eventual release by Egyptia |
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Cnn.com |
1:22pm PDT |
One-word blog post helps to free man from jail |
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Summary: After being detained by Egyptian authorities, James Karl Buck took out his cell phone and sent a message to his friends and contacts using the micro-blogging site Twitter. The message only had one word, "Arrested." Buck's entry set off a chain of events t |
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1:21pm PDT |
U.S. chides China, Russia for piracy in annual list
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Summary: Reuters - Piracy and counterfeiting of
American goods remain serious problems in China and Russia,
despite some progress in both countries, the U.S. Trade
Representative's office said on Friday. |
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1:11pm PDT |
Stocks mostly up as investors overcome economic worries
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Summary: AP - Wall Street has ended a wobbly session mostly higher after earlier slumping on concerns about consumer confidence and inflation. |
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Cnn.com |
1:01pm PDT |
Singer Winehouse arrested again, report says |
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12:51pm PDT |
Angola to allow arms ship to dock |
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Summary: Angola authorises a Chinese ship to dock, but arms on board will not be allowed passage to Zimbabwe. |
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12:51pm PDT |
Angola allows arms ship to dock |
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Summary: Angola authorises a Chinese ship to dock, but arms on board will not be allowed passage to Zimbabwe. |
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12:47pm PDT |
Obama says he will fine-tune his campaign
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Democrat Barack Obama said on
Friday he would fine-tune his presidential campaign pitch and
remind voters of his humble roots after a defeat in
Pennsylvania fueled in part by his failure to win working-class
voters. |
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12:47pm PDT |
Chasing Amy |
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Summary: Covering the singer and her husband's appearances |
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12:47pm PDT |
Bush says rebates going out Monday will boost economy
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Summary: AP - President Bush said tax rebates will start going out Monday, earlier than previously announced, and should help Americans cope with rising gasoline and food prices, as well as aid a slumping economy. |
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12:44pm PDT |
Importing comedy |
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Summary: Will rerun of 'Allo 'Allo! make Germans laugh? |
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12:42pm PDT |
Hansbrough returns; Ellington, Lawson declare for NBA draft
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Summary: AP - North Carolina's Tyler Hansbrough — The Associated Press national player of the year last season — will return for his senior year, the school said Friday. |
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Yahoo News |
12:23pm PDT |
Report: Amy Winehouse arrested on suspicion of assault
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Summary: AP - Amy Winehouse was arrested on suspicion of assault Friday following reports that she scuffled with two men during a wild night out, Sky News television reported. |
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Cnn.com |
12:19pm PDT |
Al-Sadr threatens war on 'occupiers' |
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Summary: At least 11 people were killed and 36 others were wounded in overnight battles in northern Baghdad's Sadr City neighborhood, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said.
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Cnn.com |
12:06pm PDT |
Indiana poll shows Clinton, Obama in dead heat |
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Summary: Three days after Sen. Hillary Clinton's win in Pennsylvania, a new poll suggests a dead heat in the May 6 Indiana primary -- the next crucial battleground that could decide the Democratic presidential nomination.
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12:03pm PDT |
Shark kills swimmer off US coast |
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Summary: A swimmer is killed by a shark in the Pacific Ocean, a few miles north of San Diego, California. |
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11:57am PDT |
Scappaticci wins newspaper case |
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Summary: An alleged high-ranking British spy within the IRA has won an apology from a tabloid newspaper. |
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11:19am PDT |
Judge denies bail for suspect in Sean Taylor killing
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A Miami judge denied bail Friday for one of the suspects in the slaying of Washington Redskins star Sean Taylor. |
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BBC News |
11:09am PDT |
Body of missing man found in case |
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Summary: The body of a 22-year-old missing disabled man was found concealed in a suitcase in the garden of his family home, police confirm. |
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11:09am PDT |
Disabled man's body was in suitcase |
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Summary: The body of a 22-year-old disabled man was found in a suitcase in the garden of his family home, police confirm. |
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Yahoo News |
11:03am PDT |
3 NYPD detectives cleared in wedding-day shooting
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Three detectives were acquitted Friday in the 50-shot killing of an unarmed groom-to-be on his wedding day, a case that put the NYPD at the center of another dispute involving allegations of excessive firepower. |
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Yahoo News |
11:01am PDT |
Newlywed Gary Coleman brings marital woes to `Divorce Court'
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The honeymoon is over for Gary Coleman and his new bride. |
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Cnn.com |
10:59am PDT |
Dealer who sold Va Tech gun talks on campus |
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Summary: The owner of an online firearms store that sold one of the guns used by Seung-Hui Cho in the massacre at Virginia Tech spoke there Thursday in support of carrying concealed weapons on campus.
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BBC News |
10:50am PDT |
Klitschko rules out Haye showdown |
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Summary: Wladimir Klitschko says proposed talks with David Haye over a heavyweight title fight came to nothing. |
