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Yahoo News |
11:48pm PDT |
China braces for possible lake bursts: media
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A Chinese lake damaged by an
earthquake may be about to burst its banks, state media said on
Saturday, as President Hu Jintao headed for the epicenter with
the death toll expected to rise to 50,000. |
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BBC News |
11:44pm PDT |
Pakistan Afghan ambassador freed |
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Summary: Pakistan's envoy to Afghanistan, abducted by suspected Taleban militants in February, is released. |
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BBC News |
11:30pm PDT |
Shatila people |
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Summary: Meet key people in a 60-year-old Palestinian camp |
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Yahoo News |
11:11pm PDT |
Carnival ride collapses in California; 24 injured
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A carnival ride spinning with people collapsed at a county fair Friday night, injuring all 24 people aboard. |
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BBC News |
10:57pm PDT |
Girl killed by van in hit-and-run |
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Summary: A six-year-old girl is killed in a hit-and-run involving a van on Merseyside. |
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Yahoo News |
10:37pm PDT |
Lakers hold off Jazz 108-105, reach West finals
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Kobe Bryant scored 34 points and Los Angeles held off a furious rally by the Utah Jazz for a 108-105 victory Friday night, putting the Lakers in the Western Conference finals for the first time in four years. |
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BBC News |
10:22pm PDT |
Police aim for peaceful cup final |
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Summary: More than 1,000 police officers are drafted in to ensure the FA Cup final passes off peacefully. |
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BBC News |
10:00pm PDT |
Burma 'guilty of inhuman action' |
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Summary: Gordon Brown accuses Burma's military rulers of neglecting its people by blocking aid to survivors of Cyclone Nargis. |
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Yahoo News |
9:57pm PDT |
Report faults FBI handling of agents' Gitmo complaints: paper
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A new Justice Department report
praises FBI agents for refusing to join in the U.S. military's
abusive questioning of prisoners in Guantanamo Bay, Iraq and
Afghanistan, but faults the bureau's for responding slowly to
complaints from its own |
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Yahoo News |
9:35pm PDT |
Trapped survivors freed after nearly 100 hours
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A powerful aftershock knocked out roads and communications in some of the most quake-ravaged parts of central China on Friday, as emergency crews rescued 163 people who had survived up to 100 improbable hours trapped in the ruins. |
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Yahoo News |
9:29pm PDT |
Survivors emerge as China quake rescue intensifies
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - With survivors still emerging from the rubble Saturday nearly 115 hours after disaster struck, rescue teams waged an increasingly desperate battle to find victims of China's earthquake which has claimed an estimated 50,000 lives. |
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BBC News |
9:26pm PDT |
Dominican leader wins third term |
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Summary: President Leonel Fernandez wins re-election in the Dominican Republic as his main opponent concedes. |
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Yahoo News |
9:24pm PDT |
UAW, American Axle reach deal that may end strike
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A bitter 80-day United Auto Workers strike against an auto parts maker that has crippled dozens of General Motors Corp. factories could be coming to an end soon with a tentative contract agreement reached Friday. |
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Yahoo News |
9:09pm PDT |
Survivors found five days after China quake
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Chinese President Hu Jintao
urged rescuers in the southwestern province of Sichuan to race
to save lives, days after the most destructive earthquake to
hit modern China, state media said on Saturday. |
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BBC News |
9:07pm PDT |
China leader spurs rescue effort |
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Summary: China's President Hu Jintao urges rescuers in the earthquake-struck province of Sichuan to race to save lives. |
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Yahoo News |
8:27pm PDT |
James scores 32, Cavs beat Celtics to force Game 7
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Cleveland Cavaliers packed for a weekend stay in Beantown — not a few weeks on Cape Cod. |
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BBC News |
8:12pm PDT |
Bin Laden driver's trial delayed |
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Summary: A military judge postpones the trial of Osama Bin Laden's former driver, Salim Ahmed Hamdan. |
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Yahoo News |
8:11pm PDT |
U.S. plans new prison in Afghanistan
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The United States intends to build a
big new prison at its main military base in Afghanistan, a
shift from earlier aims to transfer most detainees to Afghan
custody, The New York Times reported. |
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Cnn.com |
7:42pm PDT |
Obama ties McCain to Bush policy of 'bombast' |
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Summary: Barack Obama on Friday linked John McCain with what he called "the failed policies" of the Bush administration, while McCain called some of Obama's ideas "reckless" and questioned his understanding of America's standing in the world.
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Cnn.com |
7:32pm PDT |
Chemist gets life for husband's acid vat murder |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Cnn.com |
7:14pm PDT |
Ex-head of UCLA cadaver program indicted |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
7:11pm PDT |
Werth hits 3 homers as Phillies beat Jays 10-3
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Jayson Werth homered in his first three at-bats and tied a Philadelphia Phillies record with eight RBIs in a 10-3 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday night. |
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BBC News |
6:46pm PDT |
Plastic bag policy 'a diversion' |
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Summary: Plans to tackle use of plastic bags are a diversion from the real environmental issues, a government adviser says. |
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Yahoo News |
6:17pm PDT |
Bush to head for Egypt talks with Palestinians
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - President George W. Bush flies to Egypt
on Saturday for talks with Palestinian leaders who will be
looking for signs they will not be neglected after he lavished
praise on Israel during a visit to the Jewish state. |
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BBC News |
6:12pm PDT |
Windsor ready for royal wedding |
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Summary: Princess Anne's son, Peter Phillips, is to marry Canadian management consultant Autumn Kelly at Windsor Castle. |
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Yahoo News |
6:08pm PDT |
China urges quake rescuers not to give up hope
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Chinese President Hu Jintao
urged rescuers in the southwestern province of Sichuan to race
against time to save lives, days after the most destructive
earthquake to hit modern China, state media said on Saturday. |
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Cnn.com |
6:02pm PDT |
In-suit device solves Air Force's No. 1 problem |
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Summary: Where do fighter pilots traveling faster than the speed of sound go when they really need to "go"?
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Yahoo News |
5:36pm PDT |
Robert Mondavi, California wine pioneer, dies at 94
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Robert Mondavi, the vintner who built his career and helped an iconic Northern California industry blossom by insisting that Napa Valley wines can compete with the best in the world, died in the valley Friday. He was 94. |
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BBC News |
5:17pm PDT |
Deadline looms for Gretna bidders |
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Summary: The deadline approaches for a buyer to declare an interest in struggling Gretna Football Club. |
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BBC News |
5:15pm PDT |
Brown gives Kirk assembly speech |
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Summary: Gordon Brown addresses the Kirk's General Assembly 20 years after Mrs Thatcher's sermon on the mound. |
