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Cnn.com |
9:47am PDT |
Rivals embracing wireless hi-def video |
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BBC News |
9:46am PDT |
Opposition reprisals in Zimbabwe |
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Summary: Zimbabwean opposition activists attack government supporters in retaliatory attacks. |
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Yahoo News |
9:43am PDT |
Obama assures Israel he's a friend
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. Democratic presidential
candidate Barack Obama assured Israel and its U.S. Jewish
supporters on Wednesday he was a friend who would not press for
peace concessions that would compromise its security. |
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BBC News |
9:41am PDT |
Des O'Connor to leave Countdown |
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Summary: Veteran TV presenter Des O'Connor is stepping down as the host of Countdown at the end of the current series. |
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Cnn.com |
9:38am PDT |
Eye of Hurricane Dolly nears land |
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Summary: Residents are scurrying for cover as Hurricane Dolly heads toward land, now as a Category 2 storm. "Preparations to protect life and property should be rushed to completion," officials warned, adding the storm could trigger flooding and tornadoes in Texas |
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Cnn.com |
9:38am PDT |
Hurricane barrels toward Texas |
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Summary: Residents are scurrying for cover as Hurricane Dolly heads toward land, now as a Category 2 storm. "Preparations to protect life and property should be rushed to completion," officials warned, adding the storm could trigger flooding and tornadoes in Texas |
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BBC News |
9:38am PDT |
Three held over extortion claims |
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Summary: Three men are arrested in the west Belfast area, in what police have said was an operation against serious crime. |
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Cnn.com |
9:38am PDT |
Senator: Waste, fraud hurting soldiers |
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Summary: Tens of billions in taxpayer dollars have been lost, wasted or remain unaccounted for in Afghanistan and Iraq, and some of those funds -- and some missing weapons -- have landed in insurgents' hands, a U.S. senator alleged Wednesday.
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Yahoo News |
9:35am PDT |
Obama defends plans for direct talks with Iran
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama defended his proposal to negotiate with Iran Wednesday and said he would use "big sticks and big carrots" to persuade the country's leaders not to develop nuclear weapons. |
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Yahoo News |
9:33am PDT |
Stocks mostly rise following drop in oil prices
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Stocks were mostly higher Wednesday as another decline in oil prices and several upbeat profit reports eased some of Wall Street's concerns about the economy. |
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Yahoo News |
9:18am PDT |
White House says Bush will sign housing bill
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - President George W. Bush on
Wednesday dropped a threat to veto a housing rescue bill,
clearing the way for measures meant to shore up the worst U.S.
home market since the Great Depression. |
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Cnn.com |
9:14am PDT |
Child molester stays out of prison |
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Summary: Jurors convicted the art teacher of forcing a boy to have sex with him repeatedly in a classroom supply closet. A judge sentenced him to 43 years. But Aaron Mohanlal has yet to spend a day or night in prison. "I try not to think about it, but it's hard be |
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9:11am PDT |
Serb's fugitive life had mistress, bogus family
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Radovan Karadzic's secret life included a mistress, a bogus family he claimed he left behind in the U.S., and frequent visits to a Belgrade pub called "The Madhouse," acquaintances said Wednesday. |
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Cnn.com |
9:09am PDT |
Obama says he's committed to Israel |
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Summary: Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama pledged Wednesday to maintain a close relationship between the United States and Israel.
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Yahoo News |
9:02am PDT |
McCain credits Bush for drop in oil price
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Republican John McCain on Wednesday credited the recent $10-a-barrel drop in the price of oil to President Bush's lifting of a presidential ban on offshore drilling, an action he has been advocating in his presidential campaign. |
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Yahoo News |
8:59am PDT |
India warms to U.S. offer to help save WTO talks
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - India welcomed on Wednesday an offer by
the United States to limit its disputed farm subsidies as part
of efforts to save a global trade deal but immediately came
under pressure from Washington to make concessions itself. |
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Yahoo News |
8:55am PDT |
Stocks rise on upbeat profit reports, drop in oil
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Stocks extended their rally Wednesday as another decline in oil prices and several upbeat profit reports eased some of Wall Street's concerns about the economy. |
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BBC News |
8:54am PDT |
Canoe fraud couple sent to jail |
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Summary: Back-from-the-dead canoeist John Darwin and his wife Anne are jailed for a £250,000 fraud. |
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BBC News |
8:52am PDT |
UK men cleared of child sex abuse |
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Summary: Two Britons jailed in India for sexually abusing boys at a children's shelter are cleared on appeal. |
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Yahoo News |
8:51am PDT |
Dolly lashes Texas coast as Category 2 hurricane
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Hurricane Dolly churned into a Category 2 storm as its eye neared the Texas-Mexico border Wednesday, bringing fierce winds and heavy rains that blew down signs, damaged an apartment complex and knocked out electricity to thousands. |
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BBC News |
8:44am PDT |
Dramatic ironies |
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Summary: What next for Serbia after Karadzic arrest |
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Yahoo News |
8:43am PDT |
McCain and Obama hit crunch time in hunt for No. 2
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - After months of secrecy and
intrigue, presidential rivals Barack Obama and John McCain are
almost ready to unveil the winners in the vice presidential
sweepstakes. |
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Cnn.com |
8:34am PDT |
Hurricane crashes toward Texas |
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Summary: Residents are scurrying for cover as Hurricane Dolly heads toward land, now as a Category 2 storm. "Preparations to protect life and property should be rushed to completion," officials warned, adding the storm could trigger flooding and tornadoes in Texas |
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Yahoo News |
8:32am PDT |
Bush drops opposition to housing bill
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Bush dropped his opposition Wednesday to a broad housing package aimed at bolstering the sagging economy, despite his objections to including $3.9 billion for neighborhoods hit hardest by foreclosures. |
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Cnn.com |
8:29am PDT |
DNA gives clues to family's African past |
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Summary: With a flick of the wrist, James Johnson uses an elongated cotton swab along the inside of his 102-year old mother's cheek.
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BBC News |
8:22am PDT |
Obama firm on Iran nuclear plans |
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Summary: US White House hopeful Barack Obama says the world must prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. |
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BBC News |
8:15am PDT |
Shilton backs Terry for captaincy |
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Summary: England legend Peter Shilton believes John Terry should be given the captaincy on a regular basis. |
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Cnn.com |
7:58am PDT |
Our love for oil is like addiction, expert says |
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Summary: You've no doubt heard the language by now -- that Americans are plagued by an oil addiction.
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BBC News |
7:52am PDT |
Pensioner struck by vehicle dies |
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Summary: An elderly man, who was knocked down in the Tennant Street area of north Belfast on Tuesday, dies in hospital.
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Cnn.com |
7:50am PDT |
OMG! What will 'Gossip Girl' do next? |
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