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Cnn.com |
11:22am PDT |
McCain wants gas tax holiday |
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Summary: Sen. John McCain Thursday admitted his idea of a gas tax "holiday" would not solve the problem of rising oil prices but said it would give low-income Americans "just a little break this summer."
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BBC News |
11:18am PDT |
US confirms Somali missile strike |
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Summary: The US military confirms it carried out a pre-dawn missile strike in Somalia which killed a senior Islamist militant. |
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Yahoo News |
11:17am PDT |
Kevin Durant is 1st Sonics player to win NBA Rookie of Year
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Summary: AP - The Sonics' Kevin Durant has been honored as the NBA Rookie of the Year, becoming the first Seattle player to win the award — and perhaps the last. |
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BBC News |
11:16am PDT |
Azeris clear Iran nuclear cargo |
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Summary: Azerbaijan allows a Russian nuclear cargo to cross its territory into Iran after holding it up for a month. |
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Yahoo News |
11:14am PDT |
Iraqi police: Double suicide attack kills 35, wounds 65
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Summary: AP - A double suicide bombing struck a wedding convoy northeast of Baghdad Thursday, killing at least 35 people and wounding 65 others, police said. |
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Yahoo News |
11:00am PDT |
Police: Woman believed to be 'D.C. madam' kills herself
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Summary: AP - A woman police believe to be convicted Washington escort service operator Deborah Jeane Palfrey committed suicide, officials said Thursday. |
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Cnn.com |
10:56am PDT |
'D.C. Madam' believed dead |
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Summary: A woman believed to be Deborah Jeane Palfrey, known as the "D.C. Madam," was found dead in Florida today, according to Tarpon Springs police. "Detectives are investigating an apparent suicide of a W/F that appears to be in her early 50s," Tarpon Springs p |
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Yahoo News |
10:43am PDT |
Zimbabwe presidential election talks deadlocked
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Tense talks between Zimbabwe election officials and politicians on the result of a presidential poll were deadlocked Thursday as the opposition insisted it had delivered a knock-out blow to Robert Mugabe. |
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Cnn.com |
10:43am PDT |
Navarrette: Mexican flag waving's one bad tactic |
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Summary: They're baaaack.
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Cnn.com |
10:43am PDT |
Navarrette: Marches won't bring reform |
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Summary: They're baaaack.
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Cnn.com |
10:36am PDT |
Official: Two 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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Cnn.com |
10:36am PDT |
Official: Two bombs at Iraqi wedding kills 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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BBC News |
10:34am PDT |
Iraq suicide bombing hits market |
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Summary: At least 30 people are killed in a double suicide bomb attack in the northern Iraqi province of Diyala. |
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BBC News |
10:28am PDT |
Azeris clear Russia nuclear cargo |
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Summary: Azerbaijan allows a Russian nuclear cargo to cross its territory into Iran after holding it up for a month. |
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Yahoo News |
10:22am PDT |
Congress votes to ban genetic discrimination
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A landmark bill to forbid
discrimination against people whose genetic information shows a
predisposition to certain illnesses won final U.S.
congressional approval on Thursday. |
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Yahoo News |
10:16am PDT |
Ex-NBA star Rodman is arrested for allegedly hitting a woman
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Former NBA star Dennis Rodman has been arrested for allegedly hitting a woman at a Century City hotel. |
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Cnn.com |
10:11am PDT |
$500 in son's gas tank ends help for sick dad |
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Summary: Eduardo Gutierrez stopped sending a few hundred dollars a month back to Mexico ever since U.S. gas prices soared. It's forced his ailing dad to sell off his goats to buy medicine. Gutierrez is like millions of immigrants who have cut the payments. "I kind |
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Cnn.com |
10:11am PDT |
Immigrant worker: No $$$ left for Mexico |
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Summary: Eduardo Gutierrez stopped sending a few hundred dollars a month back to Mexico ever since U.S. gas prices soared. It's forced his ailing dad to sell off his goats to buy medicine. Gutierrez is like millions of immigrants who have cut the payments. "I kind |
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BBC News |
10:06am PDT |
Jury sees 7/7 bomb CCTV images |
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Summary: Footage of the aftermath of two of the London suicide bombings of 7 July 2005 is shown to a jury. |
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BBC News |
10:06am PDT |
Jury sees 7/7 bombing CCTV images |
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Summary: Footage of the aftermath of two of the 7/7 London suicide bombings are shown to a jury. |
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Yahoo News |
10:06am PDT |
Zimbabwe holds tense presidential election talks
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Zimbabwe election officials and politicians were locked in crunch talks Thursday on the result of its presidential poll as the opposition leader said he had delivered a knock-out blow to Robert Mugabe. |
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BBC News |
10:04am PDT |
Water chief expected to leave job |
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Summary: The Chief Executive of Northern Ireland Water is expected to leave her post in the near future. |
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Yahoo News |
10:04am PDT |
Obama fights perception he is elitist
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Democratic presidential
candidate Barack Obama sought to convince Americans he is not
elitist on Thursday as a new poll showed his aura of
inevitability has declined after weeks of negative headlines. |
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Yahoo News |
10:03am PDT |
Terminal operators say West Coast cargo traffic halted
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Terminal operators say West Coast cargo traffic has come to a halt as port workers stage daylong anti-war protests. |
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Yahoo News |
10:02am PDT |
Iraqi police: Double suicide attack kills 30, wounds 65
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Iraqi police say a double suicide bombing has struck a wedding convoy, killing at least 30 people and wounding 65 others. |
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Yahoo News |
10:01am PDT |
House approves anti-genetic discrimination bill
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Companies would no longer be able to use genetic information like a person's predisposition for breast cancer, sickle cell or diabetes to make insurance or job decisions under a bill passed by Congress on Thursday. |
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Yahoo News |
9:55am PDT |
Uma Thurman testifies at NYC trial of accused stalker
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Uma Thurman said Thursday that she was confused, frightened and panicked when her accused stalker delivered a card bearing a picture of an open grave and a man standing on the edge of a razor blade. |
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Yahoo News |
9:35am PDT |
US air strike kills Al-Qaeda leader in Somalia: officials
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - A US air strike in Somalia killed at least 12 people on Thursday, including a man said to be Al-Qaeda's military leader in the war-torn country, Ethiopian officials and rebels said. |
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BBC News |
9:35am PDT |
US expels last Belarus diplomats |
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Summary: The US orders the expulsion of the remaining six Belarus diplomats as relations deteriorate further. |
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BBC News |
9:33am PDT |
Man admits hitting fight victim |
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Summary: A man accused of murdering a student after a night out admits he did hit the victim during a fight. |
