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BBC News |
6:36am PDT |
Child aged eight 'abused alcohol' |
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Summary: Children as young as eight have been treated for alcohol-related health problems in Scottish hospitals. |
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BBC News |
6:34am PDT |
UK house prices in 1% 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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BBC News |
6:31am PDT |
TB outbreak hits 30 schoolgirls |
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Summary: An outbreak of tuberculosis is affecting 30 pupils at a Birmingham school, the BBC learns. |
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Yahoo News |
6:24am PDT |
Army did not know it was firing at TV crew: Israel
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Israeli troops were unable to
identify Reuters News cameraman Fadel Shana as a journalist
before they fired at him from a tank, the Israeli army said on
Wednesday, citing the preliminary results of an investigation. |
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BBC News |
6:23am PDT |
Brown seeks to keep sharks at bay |
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Summary: BBC political correspondent Ben Wright watches as Gordon Brown and David Cameron clash in the Commons. |
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Cnn.com |
6:15am PDT |
Economy continues to sputter |
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Summary: The nation's economy continued its sluggish growth in the first quarter, according to a government report Wedneday that showed a slightly better-than-expected gain in economic activity.
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Yahoo News |
6:14am PDT |
Economy grows by only 0.6 percent in 1st quarter of 2008
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The bruised economy limped through the first quarter of this year at only 0.6 percent as housing and credit problems forced people and businesses alike to hunker down. |
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Cnn.com |
6:11am PDT |
Martin: How Obama can get beyond Rev. Wright |
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Summary: Let's not kid ourselves, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright was going to be a part of this presidential campaign through November, whether Sen. Barack Obama smacked his former pastor upside the head, or not.
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Yahoo News |
6:11am PDT |
U.S. deaths in Iraq at seven-month high in April
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The death toll for U.S. troops in Iraq
reached a seven month high in April, with the reported deaths
of three more soldiers on Wednesday bringing the monthly toll
to 47, the highest since last September. |
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BBC News |
6:10am PDT |
Drugs raids lead to 250 arrests |
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Summary: Police target drugs, gangs and car crime during a two-day operation bringing more than 250 arrests. |
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Yahoo News |
6:04am PDT |
At least 925 killed in Iraq's Sadr City clashes
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - More than 900 people have been killed in clashes between militiamen and security forces in Baghdad's Sadr City that broke out last month, a senior Iraqi official told reporters on Wednesday. |
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BBC News |
5:52am PDT |
US growth ahead of expectations |
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Summary: The US economy grew at an annual pace of 0.6% in the first quarter of 2008, slightly stronger than expected. |
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BBC News |
5:45am PDT |
Austria seeks to 'rescue image' |
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Summary: Austria's chancellor says he is determined not to let the cellar family case darken the country's reputation. |
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BBC News |
5:43am PDT |
Bomb hoax civil servant is jailed |
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Summary: An NI-born Ministry of Justice official is jailed for 12 months for a bomb hoax on London's Tube. |
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BBC News |
5:43am PDT |
Civil servant jailed in bomb hoax |
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Summary: An NI-born Ministry of Justice official is jailed for 12 months for a bomb hoax on London's Tube. |
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BBC News |
5:43am PDT |
EU hails Turkey free speech move |
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Summary: Turkey's vote to amend a law that limits freedom of speech is welcomed by the EU. |
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Cnn.com |
5:35am PDT |
Family victimized by incest reunited |
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Summary: Family members at the center of a bizarre incest and imprisonment case spanning 24 years held an "astonishing" reunion, medical officials say. "The children came together and also it was astonishing how easy it happened that the grandmother and the mother |
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Yahoo News |
5:34am PDT |
Obama looks to put controversial pastor behind him
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Barack Obama is looking to get his campaign back on track today after making a strong effort to distance himself from his controversial former pastor. |
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BBC News |
5:32am PDT |
More drivers caught using phones |
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Summary: The number of drivers caught using mobile phones at the wheel has increased by nearly a third. |
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Yahoo News |
5:32am PDT |
Austrian police taking another look unsolved murder
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Police are looking into possible links between a young woman's killing and the man who confessed to holding his daughter captive for 24 years and fathering her seven children. |
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BBC News |
5:28am PDT |
Cameron attacks over terror plans |
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Summary: David Cameron urges the PM to make his plans to extend the terror detention limit a vote of confidence. |
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Yahoo News |
5:26am PDT |
North Korea heading towards famine: report
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Soaring global food prices and reluctant
donors are pushing North Korea back towards famine, which could
see the secretive government turn even more repressive to keep
control, a paper released on Wednesday said. |
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BBC News |
5:22am PDT |
Austrian questions |
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Summary: Soul-searching begins after horrific dungeon discovery |
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Yahoo News |
5:21am PDT |
Prom invite is written on lacrosse players' bare bottoms
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Thirteen members of a high school lacrosse team have been disciplined for baring their bottoms on which was written a prom invitation from one player to a girl. |
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Yahoo News |
5:15am PDT |
Another celebrity is finished `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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Yahoo News |
5:15am PDT |
April deadliest month for U.S. in Iraq since Sept
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Two U.S. soldiers were killed in
Baghdad, the U.S. military said on Wednesday, taking the
American troop death toll in Iraq for April to 46. |
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Yahoo News |
5:14am PDT |
Austrian incest suspect may be linked to unsolved murder
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Police say they are looking into possible links between the murder of a young woman and the man who has confessed to holding his daughter captive for 24 years and fathering her seven children. |
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Cnn.com |
5:06am PDT |
Paula Abdul gets confused on 'Idol' |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
5:00am PDT |
GM posts loss of $3.3B on weak US auto market, charges
(AP)
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Summary: AP - General Motors Corp. struggled to a $3.3 billion first-quarter loss, due in part to a weak U.S. market, a strike at a major supplier and plummeting sales of sport utility vehicles and pickups. |
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Yahoo News |
4:59am PDT |
Hornets, Spurs advance to 2nd round of NBA playoffs
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The New Orleans Hornets and the San Antonio Spurs have advanced to the second round of the NBA playoffs. |
