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11:59pm PDT |
Push to ease Palestinian crisis |
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Summary: Middle East mediators are due to meet top world diplomats in London to tackle the crisis facing the Palestinians. |
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Cnn.com |
11:45pm PDT |
Miley Cyrus cancels Florida appearance |
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Cnn.com |
11:32pm PDT |
Tapes suggest LBJ considered second term |
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BBC News |
11:27pm PDT |
Day of destiny |
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Summary: Championship season finale |
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BBC News |
11:07pm PDT |
Sun Micro to cut up to 2,500 jobs |
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Summary: US computer firm Sun Microsystems reports an unexpected loss and says it will cut up to 2,500 jobs. |
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Yahoo News |
11:04pm PDT |
Mostly cheers for Olympic torch in Hong Kong
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Summary: AFP - The troubled Olympic torch began its Chinese tour Friday in Hong Kong, where tens of thousands cheered in the streets and there were few of the protests that have marred its relay around the world. |
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BBC News |
11:02pm PDT |
Torch cheered through Hong Kong |
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Summary: Cheering crowds and a few protesters turn out in Hong Kong to watch the Olympic torch parade. |
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10:55pm PDT |
All eyes on London mayor contest |
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Summary: Tories hope Boris Johnson can top off their local election wins, while Labour looks for a consolation prize. |
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Cnn.com |
10:50pm PDT |
Bloomberg, Winfrey on Time magazine's Top 100 |
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10:49pm PDT |
Officer's drink-driving double |
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Summary: A police officer convicted of drink-driving twice is currently suspended on full pay, BBC News reveals. |
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10:25pm PDT |
SNP 'repaying the people's trust' |
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Summary: Alex Salmond says Scots lives are better, one year after the SNP won the Holyrood election. |
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10:03pm PDT |
Flush Tories count on Johnson win |
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Summary: Conservatives hope Boris Johnson can top off their May Day election triumph by winning the London mayoralty. |
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9:51pm PDT |
Franzen's hat trick helps Wings beat Avs 8-2, sweep series
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Summary: AP - Johan Franzen outscored the Colorado Avalanche by himself. Franzen's second hat trick in three games fueled the Detroit Red Wings' 8-2 rout Thursday night that completed a sweep of the injury-riddled Avalanche. |
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BBC News |
9:08pm PDT |
Freed Guantanamo prisoner is home |
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Summary: A cameraman from the al-Jazeera television station freed from US detention in Guantanamo Bay has arrived home in Sudan. |
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BBC News |
8:48pm PDT |
Hong Kong torch relay kicks off |
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Summary: Cheering crowds and a few protesters turn out in Hong Kong as the eight-hour Olympic torch parade begins. |
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Yahoo News |
8:46pm PDT |
Foreign ministers to discuss Mideast peace, Iran in London
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice criticised Arab states for dragging their feet on the Middle East peace process and not contributing enough to the Palestinian cause ahead of talks on Friday with key counterparts in London. |
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8:43pm PDT |
Scouting mission |
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Summary: Previously unseen footage of London bombers released |
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Yahoo News |
8:21pm PDT |
Olympic torch relay underway in Hong Kong
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Summary: AFP - The troubled Olympic torch began its Chinese leg Friday in Hong Kong, the last chance for protesters who have dogged its worldwide trek to pile more pressure on Beijing over its human rights record. |
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Cnn.com |
8:01pm PDT |
Concrete-encased body parts found at home |
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7:48pm PDT |
Pistons crush 76ers 100-77 in Game 6 to reach second round
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Close for four games, no contest the last two. Richard Hamilton hit his first five shots during Detroit's overpowering start, and the Pistons rolled into the second round of the playoffs by crushing the Philadelphia 76ers 100-77 on Thursday night to |
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BBC News |
7:41pm PDT |
Labour suffers big council losses |
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Summary: Labour is hammered in local elections in England and Wales, sinking to third place in projected national share. |
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7:37pm PDT |
Labour suffers in Welsh heartland |
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Summary: Rhodri Morgan says the tide has turned strongly against Labour as his party is battered in the Welsh council elections. |
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Yahoo News |
7:26pm PDT |
Palestinian donors meet amid doubts on peace moves
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Summary: Reuters - Donor nations meet on Friday to discuss
aid to the Palestinian Authority among recriminations that some
have been slow to provide promised money and doubts about a
U.S.-backed Middle East peace effort. |
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Cnn.com |
7:21pm PDT |
T-38C jets grounded after fatal crashes |
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Cnn.com |
7:16pm PDT |
Protesters across U.S. push immigration issue |
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Summary: Thousands of demonstrators -- but not as many as in past years -- are gathering in U.S. cities today to protest federal immigration raids and deportations and to call for comprehensive immigration legislation, including citizenship opportunities for illeg |
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Yahoo News |
7:10pm PDT |
USGS reports 6.5 magnitude quake near Alaska
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Summary: Reuters - The U.S. Geological Survey on
Thursday reported a 6.5 magnitude earthquake in a sparsely
inhabited area near the tip of the Aleutian island chain, 45
miles WNW of Adak, Alaska. |
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Yahoo News |
7:02pm PDT |
Jagr and Lundqvist keep Rangers alive in 3-0 win over Pens
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Summary: AP - Jaromir Jagr was flat on his stomach after scoring and cheers echoed through Madison Square Garden in what might have been his last home game with the New York Rangers. |
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Yahoo News |
6:56pm PDT |
Key powers to discuss Mideast, Iran
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Summary: AFP - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will hold talks with key counterparts in London Friday on the stalled Middle East peace process and the West's nuclear standoff with Iran. |
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Cnn.com |
6:56pm PDT |
Lowe's ex-nanny says wife sexually harassed |
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Cnn.com |
6:51pm PDT |
Cameraman freed from Guantanamo Bay |
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Summary: Al-Jazeera cameraman Sami al-Hajj has been released after nearly six years in the U.S. Navy prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a senior Pentagon official aware of the details of the release told CNN on Thursday.
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