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3:25am PDT |
Police question Israeli PM |
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Summary: Israeli PM Ehud Olmert is interviewed by police - probably over allegations of corruption, reports say. |
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Yahoo News |
3:25am PDT |
Pistons take out Sixers in 6 games; Magic up next
(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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3:24am PDT |
GTA game smashes UK sales records |
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Summary: Video game Grand Theft Auto IV record sales figures despite problems with some versions of the game. |
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3:24am PDT |
GTA IV game smashes sales records |
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Summary: Video game Grand Theft Auto IV record sales figures despite problems with some versions of the game. |
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Yahoo News |
3:23am PDT |
The Androgynous Pharaoh? Akhenaten had feminine physique
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Akhenaten wasn't the most manly pharaoh, even though he fathered at least a half-dozen children. In fact, his form was quite feminine. And he was a bit of an egghead. |
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3:20am PDT |
Two guilty over shooting murder |
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Summary: Two men are convicted of a triple shooting at a Glasgow garage in which one man died and two others were injured. |
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3:08am PDT |
Man Utd v West Ham |
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Summary: Team news ahead of Saturday's Premier League match. |
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3:07am PDT |
World powers urge Arabs to honor Palestinian pledges
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - World powers called on Friday on Arab
states to honor their financial and political pledges to help
the Palestinians in their U.S.-backed Middle East peace effort
with Israel. |
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3:06am PDT |
Economists predicting that employers cut jobs yet again
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The country is bracing for more bad news on the jobs front. In advance of Friday's employment snapshot from the Labor Department, economists were predicting that employers cut jobs yet again in April. That would mark the fourth straight month of job |
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3:00am PDT |
Taylor 'had billions' in US bank |
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Summary: Liberia's ex-leader Charles Taylor had up to $5bn in US bank accounts while in office, prosecutors say. |
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Yahoo News |
2:44am PDT |
Powdered cocaine not just for white yuppies any more
(AP)
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Summary: AP - They were indelible images of the cocaine world of the 1970s and '80s: Rich yuppies and white suburbanites partying down with a couple of lines of "blow." Stockbroker Charlie Sheen snorting up in the limo in "Wall Street." Woody Allen's sneeze in "An |
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2:40am PDT |
Zimbabwe opposition disputes presidential tally
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Zimbabwe's opposition on Friday disputed
results of a March 29 presidential election released by
electoral officials, saying opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai
had the outright majority needed to avoid a run-off. |
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2:35am PDT |
Ministers discuss Mideast peace, Iran in London
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Four world powers urged Arab states to make good on promises of aid for the Palestinian territories, after a meeting of the international Quartet on the Middle East, UN chief Ban Ki-Moon said Friday. |
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2:27am PDT |
NHS faulty weigh scales warning |
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Summary: The NHS is being warned to check weigh scales after fears defective ones are being used. |
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2:24am PDT |
Call to Arabs on Palestinian aid |
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Summary: Top world diplomats call on Arab states to fulfil pledges to help the Palestinians, during talks on the Middle East. |
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2:23am PDT |
Stoke aiming for the Premiership |
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Summary: Team news ahead of Sunday's Championship match. |
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2:20am PDT |
Brown 'disappointed' at poll loss |
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Summary: Gordon Brown admits it has been a "bad" and "disappointing" night, as Labour has its worst local election results in 40 years. |
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2:17am PDT |
Court challenge to EU referendum |
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Summary: Millionaire Stuart Wheeler wins the right to challenge in court the decision not to hold an EU treaty referendum. |
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2:15am PDT |
US in landmark contact with Nepal Maoists |
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Summary: The United States holds its first official diplomatic contact with the leader of Nepal's former rebel Maoists. |
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2:14am PDT |
Bid to end Zimbabwe poll dispute |
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Summary: Zimbabwe's rival parties meet to try to reconcile their vote tallies, as people flee to neighbouring Botswana. |
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2:12am PDT |
Insolvencies figures up slightly |
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Summary: The number of people declared insolvent in England and Wales is up slightly, says the Insolvency Service. |
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1:26am PDT |
`D.C. madam' who vowed not to go to prison kills herself
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The so-called "D.C. Madam" vowed she would never go to federal prison for running a high-end Washington prostitution ring. Not even for a day. |
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1:19am PDT |
Franzen makes NHL history as Red Wings sweep Avalanche
(AP)
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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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1:13am PDT |
Halifax confirms house price fall |
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Summary: UK house prices saw an annual fall of 0.9% in April, the UK's biggest mortgage lender Halifax says. |
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1:10am PDT |
Thailand calls for a rice cartel |
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Summary: Thailand wants to form an Opec-style rice cartel to give it more control over international prices. |
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1:01am PDT |
Media 'keeping actors in closet' |
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Summary: Actor Alan Cumming says the media's attitude towards homosexuality is scaring off gay actors from coming out. |
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Yahoo News |
1:01am PDT |
Analysis: Momentum, Obama's distractions give Clinton hope
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton has an unmistakable bounce in her step these days — a sense of energy and optimism that somehow belies the daunting challenge she faces in wresting the Democratic presidential nomination from Barack Obama. |
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1:00am PDT |
Nursery child 'found on street' |
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Summary: A three-year-old boy is found wandering along a street by his mother who went to collect him from a nursery. |
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12:59am PDT |
Counting starts in 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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12:58am PDT |
Report: Microsoft-Yahoo deal may go hostile Friday
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Microsoft Corp. may go hostile in its bid for Yahoo Inc. as soon as Friday, according to a published report. |
