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10:45am PDT |
Iraq militias 'recruit child bombers' |
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Summary: Insurgent groups in Iraq are recruiting children for suicide attacks, according to a senior UN official. |
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BBC News |
10:35am PDT |
Disabled man found in a 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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Cnn.com |
10:34am PDT |
Al-Sadr threatens 'open 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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Yahoo News |
10:30am PDT |
Sky News: Amy Winehouse is arrested on suspicion of assault
(AP)
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Summary: AP - British singer Amy Winehouse was arrested on suspicion of assault Friday following reports that she scuffled with two men during a night out in a trendy north London neighborhood, Sky News television reported. |
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BBC News |
10:23am PDT |
Morrissey saves anti-racism gig |
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Summary: Singer Morrissey steps in to save Sunday's Rock Against Racism music festival from possible financial ruin. |
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10:19am PDT |
Tables 'restrict A-level choices' |
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Summary: The pressure of league tables forces independent and state schools to stop pupils taking difficult subjects, it is claimed. |
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10:18am PDT |
US vessel fires at boats in Gulf |
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Summary: A ship contracted by the US Navy fires warning shots at two unidentified speed boats in the Gulf. |
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BBC News |
10:15am PDT |
Winehouse held over 'assault' |
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Summary: Singer Amy Winehouse is arrested at a police station in London over an alleged assault on Wednesday. |
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BBC News |
10:15am PDT |
Refinery shut down ahead of strike |
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Summary: The shutdown of the Ineos oil refinery at Grangemouth is complete ahead of a planned strike, the company has said. |
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BBC News |
10:15am PDT |
Winehouse arrested over 'assault' |
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Summary: Singer Amy Winehouse is arrested at a police station in London over an alleged assault on Wednesday. |
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Yahoo News |
10:06am PDT |
Prosecutor: Pregnant teller wounded in robbery loses twins
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Summary: AP - A prosecutor says a pregnant bank teller has lost the twins she was carrying when she was shot in an Indianapolis bank robbery. |
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Cnn.com |
10:06am PDT |
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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Cnn.com |
10:03am PDT |
LASIK patients share tales of pain, suffering |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
9:59am PDT |
U.S.-contracted ship fires warning shots in Gulf
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A civilian ship working for the U.S. military fired warning shots at two small boats that approached it in the Persian Gulf, the U.S. Navy said Friday. |
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BBC News |
9:43am PDT |
Lithuania raises Russia concerns |
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Summary: Lithuania wants the EU to delay partnership talks with Russia because of energy security worries. |
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Cnn.com |
9:43am PDT |
Acquittals in groom's 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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Yahoo News |
9:42am PDT |
China says will resume talks with Dalai Lama envoy
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - China said Friday it would soon open fresh talks with aides to the Dalai Lama in a response to fierce pressure from world leaders less than four months before Beijing hosts the Olympic Games. |
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BBC News |
9:40am PDT |
Mission to prove Europe's sat-nav |
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Summary: Europe's quest to build its own version of GPS is about to take an important step forward with the launch of a test spacecraft, Giove-B. |
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BBC News |
9:30am PDT |
UN condemns Turkey border deaths |
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Summary: The UN blames Turkish police for the deaths of four men forced to cross a fast-flowing river on the Iraqi border. |
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BBC News |
9:28am PDT |
Home Office reports torch guards |
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Summary: Complaints about Chinese guards on the Olympic torch relay are being passed to Games organisers. |
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9:22am PDT |
Trucker jailed over woman's death |
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Summary: A sleep-deprived lorry driver is jailed over a fatal crash after he had been on the road almost non-stop for 19 hours. |
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Cnn.com |
9:18am PDT |
U.S.-contracted ship fires warning shots in Gulf |
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Summary: A U.S.-contracted cargo ship fired warning shots in the Persian Gulf at two small patrol boats believed to be from Iran, U.S. Navy officials said Friday.
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Yahoo News |
9:17am PDT |
Ship hired by U.S. military fires warning shots in Gulf
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A cargo ship hired by the U.S.
military fired warning shots at boats suspected to be Iranian,
the U.S. Navy said on Friday, underscoring tension in the Gulf
as the Pentagon sharpened its warnings to Tehran. |
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Yahoo News |
9:11am PDT |
Snipes gets 3 years, apologizes for `costly mistakes'
(AP)
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Summary: AP - After haggling with revenue agents, criminal investigators and eventually U.S. prosecutors for almost a decade, Wesley Snipes finally caught them by surprise. |
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Yahoo News |
9:04am PDT |
US-contracted ship fires warning shots in Gulf
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The U.S. Navy says a Defense Department contractor's ship fired flares and warning shots at two small boats approaching it in the Persian Gulf. |
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Yahoo News |
9:01am PDT |
Bush: Economy in slowdown, checks on the way
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - President George W. Bush said on
Friday the U.S. economy is in a slowdown but tax rebates that
will start hitting consumers' bank accounts next week should
help. |
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BBC News |
8:56am PDT |
A police force carries out a risk assessment - of its staff winning the lottery |
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Summary: A police force carries out a risk assessment in case a syndicate of its workers wins the National Lottery. |
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Yahoo News |
8:48am PDT |
Obama presses on gas prices, Clinton hits on debates
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Barack Obama on Friday blamed high gasoline prices on Washington and a political establishment that he says hasn't stood up to oil companies, his two rivals for the presidency included. |
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Cnn.com |
8:45am PDT |
Gun seller talks 2nd amendment at Va Tech |
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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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Cnn.com |
8:42am PDT |
First the man cave, then cross-dressing |
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Summary: CNN.com and iReport.com got an overwhelming response when we asked readers to send in photos and stories of their man caves: spaces that foster men's hobbies, decorating skills and technological needs. Rob Klein's man cave, however, was the only one to co |
