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BBC News |
2:33pm PDT |
A first for Andrew Lloyd Webber - a Classical Brit |
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Summary: Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber is honoured with the outstanding achievement prize at the Classical Brits awards. |
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BBC News |
2:33pm PDT |
Classical Brit for Lloyd Webber |
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Summary: Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber is honoured with the outstanding achievement prize at the Classical Brits awards. |
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Cnn.com |
2:27pm PDT |
House OKs contentious housing plan |
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Summary: The House on Thursday passed a contentious foreclosure-prevention package, which still faces a veto threat from the White House and an uncertain fate in the Senate.
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Yahoo News |
2:25pm PDT |
Al Qaeda's leader in Iraq reportedly arrested
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Iraqi and U.S. forces have detained a
man suspected of being the leader of al Qaeda in Iraq, Iraqi
security officials said on Friday. |
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Yahoo News |
2:24pm PDT |
'CSI' star Gary Dourdan charged with felony drug possession
(AP)
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Summary: AP - "CSI" co-star Gary Dourdan has been charged with felony possession of heroin, cocaine and ecstasy stemming from his arrest last month, prosecutors said. |
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Cnn.com |
2:23pm PDT |
Behind the Scenes: Manson ranch body hunt |
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Summary: The Charles Manson murder spree of 1969 ended in a remote Death Valley, California, cabin called Barker Ranch. It's where Manson and members of his cult "family" hid after the seven murders, dubbed the "Helter Skelter" killings that terrified the country. |
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Yahoo News |
2:18pm PDT |
Extremists hone Internet skills: Senate report
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Al Qaeda and other radical groups
have dramatically increased their use of the Internet in recent
years to lure and train recruits worldwide, a U.S. Senate
report warned on Thursday. |
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Cnn.com |
2:16pm PDT |
Israeli PM denies taking money illegally |
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Summary: Police are investigating whether Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert received money illegally while he was mayor of Jerusalem and the nation's minister of industry, trade and labor.
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Cnn.com |
1:58pm PDT |
Limited cyclone aid begins moving |
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Summary: Myanmar's cyclone survivors do not have enough fuel to burn the rotting corpses of the dead as the country's military junta continues to drag its feet over access for aid groups.
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Yahoo News |
1:56pm PDT |
Iraqi army says Iraqi al-Qaida leader arrested
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The leader of al-Qaida in Iraq, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, was arrested in the northern city of Mosul, the Iraqi Defense Ministry spokesman said Thursday. Mohammed al-Askari said the arrest of al-Masri, also known as Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, was confirmed to h |
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BBC News |
1:47pm PDT |
Al-Qaeda Iraq leader 'arrested' |
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Summary: The leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, has been captured, reports from Iraq say. |
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Yahoo News |
1:46pm PDT |
Al Qaeda's leader in Iraq arrested: report
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The leader of al Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Hamza
al-Muhajir, has been arrested, the Arabic television station
al-Arabiya reported on Friday, quoting the Iraqi Defense
Ministry. |
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Yahoo News |
1:43pm PDT |
Hezbollah defiant as fighting rocks Beirut
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Fierce clashes raged in Beirut on
Thursday after the Iranian-backed group Hezbollah said the
U.S.-supported Lebanese government had declared war by
targeting its military communications network. |
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Yahoo News |
1:36pm PDT |
Israeli PM Olmert denies taking bribes, won't resign
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert
admitted on Thursday that he accepted campaign donations from
an American businessman but denied that they were bribes and
said he would only resign if he were indicted. |
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Yahoo News |
1:30pm PDT |
House passes major housing rescue bill
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The U.S. House of Representatives on
Thursday approved a bill to create a $300 billion
mortgage-insurance fund and provide billions more in homeowner
aid to stabilize a housing market shaken by a wave of
foreclosures. |
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Yahoo News |
1:23pm PDT |
House passes broad housing rescue despite veto threat
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The House has passed a housing aid plan to provide $300 billion in refinanced mortgages for struggling homeowners. President Bush says he'll veto the bill. It passed 266-154 with support from 39 Republicans. |
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Cnn.com |
1:12pm PDT |
Obama: World wants to see U.S. lead |
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Summary: Sen. Barack Obama today said the most important thing he could achieve as president would be to deal with Iraq and the threat of al Qaeda in Afghanistan while improving "our influence around the world." In his first interview since Tuesday's primaries, Ob |
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Yahoo News |
1:05pm PDT |
Yankees hit 4 homers to defeat the Indians 6-3
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Jason Giambi and the sluggish New York Yankees suddenly turned sluggerish. The Yankees played home run derby Thursday, with Giambi, Johnny Damon, Robinson Cano and Wilson Betemit connecting in a 6-3 victory over the Cleveland Indians. |
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Yahoo News |
1:05pm PDT |
Pentagon proceeding cautiously on aid drop
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday the U.S. military was moving forward with plans to mount a relief mission in Myanmar, but he said he couldn't imagine air dropping aid without permission from the closed regime. |
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Yahoo News |
12:53pm PDT |
Giambi, Yankees play home run derby against Cleveland
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Jason Giambi and the sluggish New York Yankees suddenly turned sluggerish. |
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Cnn.com |
12:50pm PDT |
Hostin: Self-appointed lawyers learn hard way |
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Summary: There's a courthouse adage: A person who represents himself has a fool for a client.
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BBC News |
12:46pm PDT |
Five killed in Beirut gun battles |
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Summary: At least five people are killed in armed clashes as Hezbollah accuses Lebanon's government of a "declaration of war". |
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Yahoo News |
12:44pm PDT |
Cindy McCain says she'll never release her tax returns
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Cindy McCain says she will never make her tax returns public even if her husband wins the White House and she becomes the first lady. |
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Yahoo News |
12:38pm PDT |
Medical know-how raises suicide risk for doctors
(AP)
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Summary: AP - There's a grim, rarely talked-about twist to all that medical know-how doctors learn to save lives: It makes them especially good at ending their own. An estimated 300 to 400 U.S. doctors kill themselves each year — a suicide rate thought to be highe |
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Yahoo News |
12:38pm PDT |
Clashes erupt for second day in Lebanon, killing 4
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Sectarian fighting tore through the streets of Beirut on Thursday as Shiite Hezbollah supporters and the Lebanese government's Sunni backers battled with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades after Hezbollah's leader vowed to fight any attempt t |
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Yahoo News |
12:36pm PDT |
Housing OKs foreclosed-property bill, weighs rescue bill
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The House on Thursday approved sending $15 billion to states to buy and fix up foreclosed property. The measure, passed 239-188, is part of a sweeping housing package Democrats are pushing to prevent more foreclosures and help homeowners and communit |
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Yahoo News |
12:35pm PDT |
Fighting rocks Beirut, kills six
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Fierce clashes raged in Beirut on
Thursday after the Iranian-backed group Hezbollah said the
U.S.-supported Lebanese government had declared war by
targeting its military communications network. |
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Yahoo News |
12:21pm PDT |
Woman files claim, saying dog feces ruined family outing
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A New York woman has filed a $100 claim against Norwalk saying a family outing to the Maritime Aquarium was ruined by dog feces. The woman claims her child's shoes, along with the entire outing, were ruined when her 1-year-old stepped in dog feces ou |
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Yahoo News |
12:11pm PDT |
New idea in mortuary science: Dissolving bodies with lye
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Since they first walked the planet, humans have either buried or burned their dead. Now a new option is generating interest — dissolving bodies in lye and flushing the brownish, syrupy residue down the drain. |
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Yahoo News |
12:08pm PDT |
Deadly battles as Hezbollah says Lebanon 'declares war'
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Deadly gunbattles erupted in Beirut on Thursday after Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah charged that a Lebanese government crackdown on his group was tantamount to a "declaration of war," raising fears of a full-blown sectarian conflict. |
