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BBC News |
8:26am PDT |
Gazza's family 'feel powerless' |
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Summary: The daughter of troubled ex-football star Paul Gascoigne says his family feel powerless to help him. |
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Yahoo News |
8:17am PDT |
Clinton struggles to hang on in Democratic race
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Barack Obama moved into a commanding
lead in the Democratic presidential race on Wednesday, and
Hillary Clinton's campaign said she loaned her struggling bid
$6.4 million over the last month to stay alive. |
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BBC News |
8:16am PDT |
Masked man |
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Summary: How can CCTV spot suspects by their clothing logos? |
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Yahoo News |
8:06am PDT |
Too much, too little sleep tied to ill health in CDC study
(AP)
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Summary: AP - People who sleep fewer than six hours a night — or more than nine — are more likely to be obese, according to a new government study that is one of the largest to show a link between irregular sleep and big bellies. |
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BBC News |
8:04am PDT |
Pakistan girls' school burnt down |
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Summary: Militants in north-west Pakistan destroy a girls' school in the second attack of its kind since Sunday. |
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BBC News |
7:48am PDT |
EU's sat-nav pioneer calls home |
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Summary: A demonstrator satellite for the European Galileo system begins transmitting navigation signals back to Earth. |
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Cnn.com |
7:43am PDT |
Analysis: Can Clinton rebound? |
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Summary: Barack Obama has taken a big step toward securing the Democratic presidential nomination. He score a convincing win in North Carolina and the close race in Indiana made Hillary Clinton's job even harder.
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BBC News |
7:41am PDT |
£2m Kent landmark sculpture designs revealed |
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Summary: Five designs for a £2m Ebbsfleet Landmark to be built on a hilltop in Kent are unveiled. |
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BBC News |
7:41am PDT |
£2m sculpture designs revealed |
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Summary: Five designs for a £2m Ebbsfleet Landmark to be built on a hilltop in Kent are unveiled. |
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BBC News |
7:41am PDT |
900 jobs go in Goldfish closure |
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Summary: The Goldfish credit card business is planning to close its customer service centre in Cumbernauld. |
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BBC News |
7:39am PDT |
BAA boss 'unaware' of T5 problems |
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Summary: The head of airport operator BAA says he "was unaware" that Heathrow's Terminal 5 was not ready for business. |
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Yahoo News |
7:26am PDT |
15 Philly officers taken off street after videotaped beating
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Fifteen Philadelphia police officers have been taken off the street as authorities investigate a video showing three suspects being kicked and beaten by city police. |
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BBC News |
7:19am PDT |
Wenger laments Flamini departure |
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Summary: Arsene Wenger says Arsenal's rigid wage structure made them powerless to prevent Mathieu Flamini's move to AC Milan. |
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Yahoo News |
7:17am PDT |
Iraq urges Iran, U.S. to talk
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Iraq's foreign minister urged Iran and
the United States on Wednesday to stop trading accusations and
sit down for a fourth round of talks to seek solutions to
Iraq's security woes. |
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Cnn.com |
7:16am PDT |
Julie Andrews feels 'lucky' to have made it |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
6:56am PDT |
Care home ratings 'may mislead' |
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Summary: New star ratings for care homes in England have been criticised for giving a misleading impression. |
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Yahoo News |
6:47am PDT |
Clinton lends herself $6.4M as Obama's lead grows
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A campaign aide says Hillary Rodham Clinton lent herself $6.4 million in the past month. |
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Yahoo News |
6:44am PDT |
Austrian minister says officials "gullible" on Fritzl
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Austria's justice minister said local
authorities were gullible in their dealings with Josef Fritzl,
who has admitted imprisoning his daughter in a cellar for 24
years and fathering her seven children. |
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BBC News |
6:36am PDT |
Is it over? |
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Summary: Hillary Clinton has lost, says pollster John Zogby |
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Yahoo News |
6:35am PDT |
Consumers mark tax rebates for bills, savings
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The first batch of
taxpayers has already started to receive their federal tax
rebates as part of the economic stimulus package, but very few
consumers interviewed by Reuters in the past week said they
plan to spend them on anything other tha |
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Yahoo News |
6:33am PDT |
Obama ascendant after trading primary wins with Clinton
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Politically wounded and financially strapped, Hillary Rodham Clinton plunged back into the presidential campaign Wednesday even as Barack Obama declared that Tuesday's primary results left him with a "clear path to victory." |
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Yahoo News |
6:32am PDT |
Obama advances, Clinton hangs on in Democratic race
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Barack Obama took a big step toward
the Democratic presidential nomination with an easy victory in
North Carolina, and Hillary Clinton vowed to keep her
struggling campaign alive after narrowly winning Indiana. |
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BBC News |
6:30am PDT |
Aid arriving in cyclone-hit Burma |
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Summary: Foreign aid begins to arrive in cyclone-ravaged Burma, but complaints remain that full access to aid workers is being denied. |
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Cnn.com |
6:19am PDT |
Forget your shrink -- just blog |
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Summary: When a 24-year-old woman who called herself "90DayJane" launched a blog in February announcing she would write about her life and feelings for three months and then commit suicide, 150,000 readers flocked to the site. Some came to offer help, some to deli |
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Cnn.com |
6:19am PDT |
Your blog can be group therapy |
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Summary: When a 24-year-old woman who called herself "90DayJane" launched a blog in February announcing she would write about her life and feelings for three months and then commit suicide, 150,000 readers flocked to the site. Some came to offer help, some to deli |
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Cnn.com |
6:17am PDT |
6 fraternities suspended after drug bust |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
6:00am PDT |
Obama closes in on Democratic presidential nomination
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Barack Obama appeared Wednesday to be closing in on the Democratic presidential nomination after trouncing Hillary Clinton in the North Carolina primary and battling to a close finish in Indiana. |
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BBC News |
5:59am PDT |
PlayStation 'will reclaim lead' |
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Summary: PlayStation 3 will help Sony reclaim its spot as the leading console maker, says the head of the firm's games division. |
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Yahoo News |
5:55am PDT |
Colombia extradites first paramilitary boss to U.S.
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Colombia extradited Carlos "Macaco"
Jimenez to the United States on Wednesday, marking the first
time the government has sent a former right-wing paramilitary
boss to face U.S. justice for drug trafficking. |
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Yahoo News |
5:54am PDT |
Worker productivity up at 2.2 percent rate in first quarter
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Worker productivity rose by a better-than-expected amount in the first three months of the year while labor cost pressures eased. |
