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BBC News |
8:40am PDT |
Tories keep heat on 10p tax row |
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Summary: Voters should "punish" Labour for scrapping the 10p tax band, says Tory leader David Cameron. |
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Yahoo News |
8:31am PDT |
IAEA to probe Syria atomic plant report
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The U.N. nuclear watchdog pledged on
Friday to investigate whether Syria secretly built an atomic
reactor with North Korean help but criticized the United States
for delaying intelligence information. |
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BBC News |
8:29am PDT |
Disabled man death pair released |
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Summary: Two people arrested on suspicion of the murder of a 22-year-old disabled man are released without charge. |
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BBC News |
8:18am PDT |
Many dead in Sri Lanka bus blast |
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Summary: At least 23 people are killed by a blast on a bus near Sri Lanka's capital, which officials blame on Tamil Tiger rebels. |
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BBC News |
8:17am PDT |
Police stripogram's truncheon not an offensive weapon, judges rule |
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Summary: A police stripogram's truncheon was not an offensive weapon, judges have ruled. |
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BBC News |
8:12am PDT |
Flying solo |
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Summary: Battle to keep eerie calm of iconic Berlin airport |
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Yahoo News |
8:04am PDT |
U.S.-contracted ship fires toward Iranian boat
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A cargo ship contracted by the U.S
Military Sealift Command has fired at least one shot toward an
Iranian boat, a U.S. defense official said on Friday. |
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BBC News |
8:03am PDT |
Ferguson & Grant set for decider |
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Summary: Chelsea are determined to stop Man Utd from all but retaining the Premier League crown with a win at Stamford Bridge on Saturday. |
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BBC News |
7:48am PDT |
Langham debate cancelled amid row |
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Summary: The Oxford Union withdraws its invitation for actor Chris Langham to address students next month. |
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Cnn.com |
7:47am PDT |
Dying for lack of insurance |
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Summary: Mark Windsor looks exhausted. For a week he's been undergoing radiation treatment on a cancerous tumor in his neck. A metal rod fused to his spine keeps his head stable. His muscles there are gone, the result of multiple failed surgeries to rid him of his |
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BBC News |
7:46am PDT |
No charges over neighbour killing |
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Summary: A man will not face charges after a stabbing to death a drunk neighbour who tried to force his way into his house thinking it was his home. |
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BBC News |
7:27am PDT |
'Assault' questions for Winehouse |
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Summary: Singer Amy Winehouse is to "voluntarily" speak to police about an alleged assault in London, her spokesman says. |
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BBC News |
7:26am PDT |
Strike refinery shutdown complete |
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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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Cnn.com |
7:24am PDT |
Student 'Twitters' his way out of jail |
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Summary: James Karl Buck helped free himself from an Egyptian jail with a one-word blog post from his cell phone.
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BBC News |
7:23am PDT |
Lampard set to miss Man Utd clash |
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Summary: Frank Lampard is set to miss Chelsea's Premier League showdown against Man Utd following his mother's death. |
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BBC News |
7:22am PDT |
Police acquitted over NY shooting |
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Summary: A judge in New York acquits three police officers over the fatal shooting of an unarmed man in 2006. |
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Yahoo News |
7:10am PDT |
3 NYPD detectives acquitted in 50-shot killing
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Three detectives were acquitted of all charges 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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Cnn.com |
7:07am PDT |
Amanpour: Is U.S. trying to force nuke standoff? |
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Summary: New U.S. claims that North Korea may have assisted in developing a covert nuclear reactor in Syria could be a bid by White House hardliners to derail talks with Pyongyang and force confrontation, says CNN's Christiane Amanpour.
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Cnn.com |
7:03am PDT |
Stimulus checks to go out early |
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Summary: The Treasury Department will start distributing its tax rebate checks on Monday, thanks to a new computer program that updates records daily instead of weekly. Last month, the department said it would begin giving rebates on May 2.
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Yahoo News |
6:58am PDT |
Bush says rebates going out Monday should help economy
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Bush says the economic-stimulus tax rebates will begin going out Monday and will help people cope with lofty energy and food prices, as well as giving the economy a jolt. |
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BBC News |
6:48am PDT |
Hackers warn high street chains |
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Summary: High street chains will be the next victims of cyber terrorism, some of the world's elite hackers warn. |
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BBC News |
6:42am PDT |
Sexy or sexist |
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Summary: Nordic neighbours split over sexually-loaded ads |
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BBC News |
6:40am PDT |
Zimbabwe police in election raids |
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Summary: Armed riot police raid the offices of Zimbabwe's main opposition party and independent poll monitors. |
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Yahoo News |
6:37am PDT |
Zimbabwe police raid opposition, election offices
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Heavily armed police swooped down on opposition headquarters and independent election observers' offices on Friday, arresting hundreds and beating and shoving scores of people. |
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Yahoo News |
6:36am PDT |
Microsoft 2009 outlook rosy, but investors trip on near-term
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Microsoft Corp. is looking ahead to a strong fiscal 2009, with or without Yahoo. |
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Cnn.com |
6:35am PDT |
Cops acquitted in groom's shooting |
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Summary: Three NYPD detectives were acquitted today in the shooting death of an unarmed man hours before his wedding. As the verdict was read, Nicole Paultre Bell -- Sean Bell's fiancee -- ran from the courtroom, saying, "I've got to get out of here."
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Yahoo News |
6:20am PDT |
3 NYPD detectives cleared in groom's 50-shot death
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Three NYPD detectives have been acquitted of all counts in the 50-shot killing of an unarmed groom-to-be on his wedding day. |
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Yahoo News |
6:17am PDT |
NY police cleared in 50-bullet wedding day shooting
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Three New York City police officers
were found innocent of all charges on Friday in the shooting
death of an unarmed black man killed in a hail of 50 bullets on
his wedding day. |
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Cnn.com |
6:04am PDT |
Reports: Fallon to succeed Conan |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
5:56am PDT |
Pelosi: Clinton, Obama sharing the ticket not a good idea
(AP)
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Summary: AP - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton shouldn't share the Democratic presidential ticket unless they really want to. |
