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1:54pm PDT |
Trio allegedly try to break dog out of pound for funeral
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Summary: AP - Two men have been charged with second-degree burglary after they and a teenager were trying to bust a dog out of the city pound for its owner's memorial service. |
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1:50pm PDT |
Court sees aftermath of London bombings |
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Summary: Videos of the chaos and horrified reactions after the July 7, 2005, London transit bombings were shown to jurors Thursday in the trial of three men charged with conspiracy in the case.
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1:33pm PDT |
Protesters across U.S. push immigration issues |
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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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1:27pm PDT |
Stocks rise as dollar advances on optimism about US economy
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Summary: AP - Wall Street shot higher Thursday as investors, while anticipating another dismal jobs report Friday, viewed the rising dollar and falling oil prices as promising for the economy. The Dow Jones industrial average rose nearly 190 points to finish above |
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1:26pm PDT |
Bush proposes $770 million in new food aid
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Summary: Reuters - President George W. Bush on Thursday
called for the United States to offer $770 million in new
global food aid in an effort to stem rising food prices
threatening to spread social unrest in the developing world. |
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1:25pm PDT |
Gates calls bad barracks conditions at Fort Bragg appalling
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates, after watching a YouTube video showing poor barracks conditions at the Army's Fort Bragg in North Carolina, said Thursday that what he saw was "appalling" and that all commanders must ensure that their troops have dece |
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1:23pm PDT |
US missile strike kills reputed al-Qaida leader in Somalia
(AP)
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Summary: AP - U.S. missiles destroyed the house of the man identified by the U.S. military as the top al-Qaida commander in Somalia, killing him and 10 others Thursday in a pre-dawn attack that analysts warned could torpedo peace talks. |
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1:20pm PDT |
Police: 'D.C. madam' kills herself in Fla. coastal town
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A woman convicted just weeks ago of being the "D.C. madam" hanged herself Thursday, apparently making good on her vow never to go to prison for running a high-end Washington prostitution ring. |
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1:20pm PDT |
McCain says no "mission accomplished" in Iraq
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Republican presidential candidate
John McCain said on Thursday he would be reluctant to ever
declare "mission accomplished" in Iraq, but suggested rosy
predictions of success there by President George W. Bush and
other officials fueled publi |
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1:20pm PDT |
Suicide bombers blow up wedding convoy, kill 35 |
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Summary: At least 31 people were killed and 63 were wounded in a double suicide bombing that struck a wedding Thursday in a town northeast of Baghdad, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said.
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1:18pm PDT |
E.coli meat inspections defended |
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Summary: A council defends its role in inspecting the meat factory at the centre of 2005's south Wales E.coli outbreak. |
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1:17pm PDT |
New study: 58 percent of black children can't swim
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Nearly 60 percent of African-American children can't swim, almost twice the figure for white children, according to a first-of-its-kind survey which USA Swimming hopes will strengthen its efforts to lower minority drowning rates and draw more blacks |
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1:15pm PDT |
Baby birds babble just like human babies learning to talk
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The happy babbling that entertains parents as their babies try to mimic speech turns out to have a parallel in the animal world. Baby birds babble away before mastering their adult song, researchers report in Friday's edition of the journal Science. |
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1:14pm PDT |
"D.C. madam" hangs herself in shed: Florida police
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A woman who ran a
prostitution ring catering to Washington's elite hanged herself
in a storage shed at her mother's home in Florida on Thursday
while awaiting sentencing, police said. |
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1:11pm PDT |
World Championship latest score |
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Summary: Ronnie O'Sullivan and Stephen Hendry continue their absorbing battle as the semi-finals continue at The Crucible. |
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1:10pm PDT |
Matt Kemp drives in go-ahead run as Dodgers top Marlins 5-3
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Matt Kemp drove in the tiebreaking run with a ninth-inning single, and the Los Angeles Dodgers completed their second consecutive series sweep by beating the Florida Marlins 5-3 on Thursday. |
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1:02pm PDT |
Poll: Bush most unpopular president on record |
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Summary: A new poll suggests that President Bush is the most unpopular president in modern American history.
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1:02pm PDT |
Girl faces Holland murder charge |
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Summary: A 16-year-old girl is to appear in court charged with murdering Belfast grocer Harry Holland last September. |
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12:51pm PDT |
Police: Mom found 'D.C. Madam' hanged herself |
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Summary: Deborah Jeane Palfrey, known as the "D.C. Madam," was found dead in Florida today, according to police. Palfrey hanged herself in a storage shed and was found by her mother, police said. Palfrey was convicted last month on charges related to a high-end pr |
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12:45pm PDT |
Official: Bombs at Iraqi wedding kill 35 |
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Summary: At least 31 people were killed and 63 were wounded in a double suicide bombing that struck a wedding Thursday in a town northeast of Baghdad, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said.
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12:32pm PDT |
Gates acknowledges mistakes in treatment of troops
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert
Gates on Thursday said the military had made mistakes in its
treatment of returning combat troops including in their
physical and mental health care and by providing some
sub-standard housing. |
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Cnn.com |
12:22pm PDT |
Barbara Walters: I had affair with U.S. senator |
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12:19pm PDT |
Barbara Walters reveals past affair with US senator
(AP)
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Summary: AP - After three decades of keeping mum, Barbara Walters is disclosing a past affair with married U.S. Senator Edward Brooke, whom she remembers as "exciting" and "brilliant." |
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11:58am PDT |
Fifteen injured as bus hits house |
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Summary: Fifteen people are taken to hospital after a bus crashes into a house in the West Midlands. |
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11:50am PDT |
"DC madam" may have killed herself: Florida police
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A woman convicted of
running a prostitution ring catering to Washington's elite
apparently committed suicide at her mother's home in Florida on
Thursday, police said. |
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Yahoo News |
11:50am PDT |
Results dispute signals more delays in Zimbabwe
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Zimbabwe election officials and the opposition locked horns Thursday over the outcome of a March 29 presidential poll with the main challenger claiming an outright victory over veteran leader Robert Mugabe. |
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Cnn.com |
11:43am PDT |
Jobs report may bring bad news |
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Summary: As the U.S. economy sheds jobs, concern is growing over competition between native-born and foreign-born workers.
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11:36am PDT |
Hong Kong ready for torch tour |
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Summary: Free Tibet activists are denied entry to Hong Kong, ahead of Friday's Olympic torch relay, reports say. |
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11:34am PDT |
Rally in Cuba marks May Day |
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Summary: Hundreds of thousands of Cubans attend a May Day parade in Havana, amid hopes for further reforms. |
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11:27am PDT |
Live: Uefa Cup semi-final |
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Summary: Rangers take on Fiorentina in the second leg of their Uefa Cup semi-final in Florence. |
