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11:44pm PDT |
Report tackles supermarket powers |
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Summary: The Competition Commission recommends measures to improve competition between stores and protect suppliers. |
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BBC News |
11:33pm PDT |
UK house prices see annual fall |
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Summary: House prices in the UK have recorded their first year-on-year fall for 12 years, says the UK's biggest building society. |
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Yahoo News |
11:27pm PDT |
Spurs beat Suns 92-87 to win first-round series 4-1
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Summary: AP - Tony Parker scored 31 points, Tim Duncan added 29 points and 17 rebounds, and the San Antonio Spurs advanced to the Western Conference semifinals with a 92-87 Game 5 victory over the Phoenix Suns on Tuesday night. |
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BBC News |
11:24pm PDT |
Tesco set to sell property website |
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Summary: Tesco is in talks to sell its online property business to a chain of estate agents, the BBC learns. |
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Cnn.com |
11:22pm PDT |
Woman found pinned by husband's dead body |
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Cnn.com |
11:15pm PDT |
Another star turns in 'Dancing' shoes |
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BBC News |
11:13pm PDT |
Journalist tells of Iraq kidnap |
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Summary: British journalist Richard Butler describes for the first time the terrifying moment he was captured by Iraqi militia. |
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BBC News |
11:03pm PDT |
130 fined for breaking smoke ban |
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Summary: More than 130 people have been fined for smoking illegally since the ban was introduced in NI. |
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10:49pm PDT |
Bid for powers over bus services |
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Summary: A bid to get new powers over bus and coach services for the National assembly is launched. |
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10:49pm PDT |
Australia to improve gay rights |
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Summary: Australia's Labor government says it will remove 100 laws that discriminate against gay couples. |
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Yahoo News |
10:41pm PDT |
Police kill Tibetan during gun battle in China: state media
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Summary: AFP - Police shot dead an alleged Tibetan independence "insurgent" in northwest China, state press said Wednesday, the first official admission that authorities killed anyone during recent unrest. |
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Yahoo News |
10:27pm PDT |
Afghans clash with suspected Taliban in Kabul, 2 dead
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Afghan security forces clashed with a
group of suspected Taliban militants holed up in a house close
to Kabul's old city on Wednesday, witnesses and police said. |
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Cnn.com |
10:09pm PDT |
Report: Iraq windfall soars with oil prices |
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Summary: Iraq's government is expected to reap a $70 billion windfall from soaring oil prices, about double the previous projections, the U.S. military's reconstruction watchdog reported Wednesday.
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Yahoo News |
10:06pm PDT |
Spurs win Game 5 to win first-round series against Suns
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Summary: AP - Tony Parker scored 31 points, Tim Duncan added 29 points and 17 rebounds, and the San Antonio Spurs advanced to the Western Conference semifinals with a 92-87 Game 5 victory over the Phoenix Suns on Tuesday night. |
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Cnn.com |
10:03pm PDT |
Fugitive Colombia drug lord killed |
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Summary: Colombian police killed a drug lord for whose capture the U.S. government had offered a $5 million reward, Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos told reporters.
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9:38pm PDT |
Moderate quake hits northern California
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Summary: Reuters - A moderate earthquake struck near
the coastal city of Eureka in Northern California on Tuesday
but there were no immediate reports of damage. |
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Yahoo News |
9:29pm PDT |
White House cautions against restricting aid to Iraq
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Summary: AP - White House officials this week privately cautioned lawmakers not to go too far in restricting U.S. aid to Iraq, warning that doing so might only prolong the war, now in its sixth year. |
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BBC News |
9:22pm PDT |
Conflicting stories |
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Summary: Contrasting views on what migration means for the UK |
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Cnn.com |
8:57pm PDT |
Moderate earthquake rocks northern California |
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Summary: A magnitude 5.2 earthquake shook northern California Tuesday evening, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
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8:54pm PDT |
Terror-charge student faces court |
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Summary: A teenager from Bristol is due to appear before magistrates charged with intending to commit terrorism. |
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8:49pm PDT |
Scientists examine colossal squid |
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Summary: Scientists are set to begin dissecting New Zealand's rare, intact colossal squid specimen. |
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BBC News |
8:33pm PDT |
Turkey reforms controversial law |
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Summary: Turkey's parliament approves the softening of a law criticised by the EU for limiting free speech, reports say. |
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BBC News |
8:30pm PDT |
Web in infancy, says Berners-Lee |
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Summary: The world wide web is "still in its infancy", the web's inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee tells BBC News. |
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Cnn.com |
8:22pm PDT |
'Father' of LSD dies at 102 |
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Yahoo News |
8:21pm PDT |
SKorea to deport Chinese torch relay attackers
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Summary: AFP - South Korea will deport Chinese nationals found guilty of attacking local protesters during the Olympic torch relay in Seoul at the weekend, the justice ministry said Wednesday. |
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BBC News |
8:16pm PDT |
Planned prison pay rise abandoned |
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Summary: A planned pay rise for inmates in England and Wales is ditched the day before it was due to come into force. |
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Yahoo News |
8:12pm PDT |
Obama seeking to divorce himself from former pastor
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Summary: AP - Barack Obama angrily denounced his former pastor for "divisive and destructive" remarks on race, seeking to divorce himself from the incendiary speaker and a fury that threatens to engulf his front-running Democratic presidential campaign. |
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Yahoo News |
7:49pm PDT |
Another celebrity is finished on `Dancing With the Stars'
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Shannon Elizabeth won't have to shed any more tears over "Dancing With the Stars." |
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Cnn.com |
7:41pm PDT |
Under guard, polygamist teen has baby |
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Yahoo News |
7:37pm PDT |
Paul's triple-double helps Hornets oust Mavs with 99-94 win
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Summary: AP - Byron Scott accepted his NBA coach of the year award, then guided his team to the second round of the playoffs. Chris Paul had 24 points, 15 assists and 11 rebounds, and the New Orleans Hornets held on for a 99-94 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on |
