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6:28pm PDT |
Zimbabwe prepares to verify count |
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Summary: Zimbabwe's Electoral Commission is due to start verifying the country's long-delayed presidential results. |
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Cnn.com |
6:19pm PDT |
Fight for dollars: 'Grand Theft Auto' vs 'Iron Man' |
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Summary: Who would win in a fight: a police-killing, rampage-driven thug or a superhero encased in a technologically advanced suit of armor? The answer comes this weekend when violent, top-selling video game "Grand Theft Auto IV" could steal glory and revenue from |
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Cnn.com |
6:16pm PDT |
N.M. takes 3 kids from apocalyptic church |
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Yahoo News |
6:11pm PDT |
Indictment: Missing girl was beaten, denied medical care
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Summary: AP - A young girl who is missing and presumed dead had been repeatedly beaten and locked in a closet for hours because she wet herself, according to an indictment released Wednesday. |
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Yahoo News |
6:10pm PDT |
McCready back to recording after Clemens report
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Mindy McCready has "caught her breath" and gone back to work on a new album following her admission of a long-standing relationship with Roger Clemens, a representative for the country star said Wednesday. |
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Cnn.com |
6:06pm PDT |
Spy court OKs record eavesdropping requests |
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BBC News |
6:06pm PDT |
Leaders agree plan to save Niger |
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Summary: Nine West African countries agree an $8bn, 20-year plan to save Africa's third-largest river, the Niger. |
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Cnn.com |
5:53pm PDT |
CIA director says China not 'inevitable enemy' |
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Summary: The director of the CIA told an audience at Kansas State University Wednesday that China is "not the inevitable enemy" of the United States.
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Cnn.com |
5:53pm PDT |
CIA director: China not 'inevitable enemy' |
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Summary: The director of the CIA told an audience at Kansas State University Wednesday that China is "not the inevitable enemy" of the United States.
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BBC News |
5:52pm PDT |
Bluetongue vaccine for UK farms |
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Summary: The first vaccinations against the animal disease bluetongue are to take place later on a farm in Norfolk. |
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Yahoo News |
5:37pm PDT |
Obama tries to move beyond controversy over pastor
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Summary: Reuters - Democratic presidential candidate
Barack Obama tried on Wednesday to move past a controversy over
racially charged remarks by his former pastor and refocus his
message on kitchen-table economic issues. |
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BBC News |
5:36pm PDT |
Women's voices are sexier when they are fertile |
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Summary: A woman's voice becomes more alluring when she is at her most fertile, according to US research. |
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Cnn.com |
5:18pm PDT |
Native Hawaiians blockade historic palace |
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5:18pm PDT |
Tree-lined streets 'cut asthma' |
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Summary: Children who live in tree-lined streets have lower rates of asthma, a New York-based study suggests. |
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BBC News |
5:06pm PDT |
Duffy leads Mojo awards shortlist |
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Summary: Welsh soul singer Duffy receives three nominations, the most for any act, in this year's Mojo Honours List. |
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5:04pm PDT |
Heart disease warning for women |
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Summary: Fears are being raised that obesity may be affecting the fall in heart disease deaths in women aged under 50. |
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Cnn.com |
4:55pm PDT |
iReporters document Hollywood fire |
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Yahoo News |
4:55pm PDT |
Cher says she dated Tom Cruise when he was a 'shy boy'
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Cher says she dated Tom Cruise when he was just a "shy boy." The singer-actress discussed the relationship on an episode of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" taped Saturday in Las Vegas before a crowd of 4,000 people, according to Harpo Productions. |
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Yahoo News |
4:44pm PDT |
Mavericks fire Avery Johnson after another playoff flop
(AP)
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Summary: AP - From the start, Avery Johnson was a perfect fit as coach of the Dallas Mavericks. At the end, it was pretty obvious he wasn't. Johnson lost his job Wednesday, a move the team referred to as "relieving him of his duties." |
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BBC News |
4:43pm PDT |
Five die in Sydney harbour crash |
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Summary: Five people have died in a collision between a fishing trawler and a smaller boat in Sydney Harbour. |
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Yahoo News |
4:39pm PDT |
Clinton aims message at working class in Indiana
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Hillary Clinton pulled into a
gas station in a borrowed pickup truck on Wednesday hoping to
drive home the political message that she feels the pain of the
working class at the pump. |
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BBC News |
4:37pm PDT |
Councils await voters' verdicts |
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Summary: Millions of people are deciding how they will vote ahead of local elections taking place across England and Wales. |
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Yahoo News |
4:34pm PDT |
China to be focus of U.S. attention in Asia: CIA
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - China is likely to achieve
great-power status this century and maintain a military buildup
but is not an inevitable enemy, CIA Director Michael Hayden
said on Wednesday. |
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Cnn.com |
4:23pm PDT |
Troops fear mental health stigma, survey says |
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Summary: U.S. military personnel fear that seeking help for mental health problems could harm their careers, according to a survey released Wednesday.
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Cnn.com |
4:23pm PDT |
Study: Troops shy away from mental health care |
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Summary: U.S. military personnel fear that seeking help for mental health problems could harm their careers, according to a survey released Wednesday.
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Yahoo News |
4:21pm PDT |
Scientist rediscovers rare plant unseen since 1985
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A scientist with the Missouri Botanical Garden has rediscovered and identified a rare parasitic plant that hasn't been seen by botanists in more than 20 years. |
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BBC News |
4:19pm PDT |
Kampusch speaks out on abuse case |
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Summary: Former Austrian kidnap victim Natascha Kampusch speaks to the BBC about the woman held in a cellar for 24 years. |
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Yahoo News |
4:09pm PDT |
Rangers lose Avery, still hope for big comeback against Pens
(AP)
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Summary: AP - If the New York Rangers are going to pull off one of sport's biggest comebacks, they will have to do it without premier motor mouth Sean Avery. The agitating forward will spend the next few days in the hospital after lacerating his spleen during Tues |
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BBC News |
4:03pm PDT |
Share swindle |
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Summary: Spain's 'boiler room' salesmen have the UK in their sights |
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BBC News |
4:03pm PDT |
Gains and losses |
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Summary: Commodity prices transfer wealth from rich to poor |
