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Cnn.com |
7:44am PDT |
Soledad O'Brien: Black and shopping |
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Summary: For Atlanta native Leah Wells, it's the humiliation she remembers most.
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Yahoo News |
7:37am PDT |
Karadzic to defend himself against genocide charges
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Radovan Karadzic will conduct his own
defence in the Hague tribunal and is convinced he will be
cleared of the charges of genocide, relatives and associates of
the war crimes suspect said on Wednesday. |
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Yahoo News |
7:36am PDT |
India warms to U.S. farm offer, hopes for WTO deal
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - India welcomed on Wednesday an offer by
the United States to limit its farm subsidies as part of
efforts to save a global trade deal. |
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Cnn.com |
7:32am PDT |
Bush will back mortgage rescue |
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Summary: President Bush dropped his threat Wednesday to veto a sweeping housing bill that will offer up to $300 billion in assistance to troubled homeowners and throw government support behind mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
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7:29am PDT |
Stocks fluctuate following mixed profit reports
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Wall Street fluctuated Wednesday after another drop in oil prices blunted reaction to a mixed set of earnings reports. |
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7:29am PDT |
Rice pushes top North Korean diplomat on nukes
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pushed North Korea on Wednesday to accept terms to verify the dismantling of its nuclear weapons program, as the two countries held cabinet-level talks for the first time in four years. |
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7:29am PDT |
Hurricane Dolly front edge hits Texas-Mexico coast
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Hurricane Dolly's leading edge blew down signs, damaged an apartment complex and knocked out electricity to thousands as it hit the Gulf Coast on either side of the Texas-Mexico border early Wednesday. |
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7:27am PDT |
Canoe couple jailed for fraud |
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Summary: Former prison officer John Darwin and his wife Anne are jailed for fraud for faking his death in a canoe accident. |
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7:02am PDT |
White House says Bush will sign housing bill into law
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - President George W. Bush will sign a
housing rescue package into law despite opposing part of the
legislation, the White House said on Wednesday, paving the way
for measures to shore up the worst U.S. home market since the
Great Depression. |
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Cnn.com |
6:49am PDT |
China to set up Olympic protest zones |
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6:45am PDT |
Man murdered in front of children |
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Summary: A murder inquiry is launched after a man was stabbed to death while out for a walk with his girlfriend and her two children. |
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6:40am PDT |
Stocks open mixed as oil prices continue to fall
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Stocks are mixed in early trading as another drop in oil blunts the market's reaction to uneven earnings reports. |
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6:38am PDT |
Obama tries to reassure Israelis and Palestinians
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Presidential hopeful Barack Obama donned a Jewish skullcap at Israel's Holocaust memorial on Wednesday and vowed to preserve America's close ties with Israel in a dramatic visit to the Holy Land in which he also promised the Palestinians to push vigo |
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6:25am PDT |
West Ham sign Lazio star Behrami |
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Summary: West Ham sign Lazio's Switzerland international Valon Behrami in a £5m deal. |
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6:24am PDT |
President Bush drops opposition to housing bill
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Bush dropped his opposition Wednesday to legislation aiming to calm the chaotic housing market despite his objections to a $3.9 billion provision. The House was expected to vote on the bill Wednesday, and it could become law as early as thi |
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Cnn.com |
6:24am PDT |
Iraq's president rejects election law |
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Summary: Iraq's president has rejected the recently passed provincial elections law, his office said on Wednesday -- a move that appears to doom what has been touted as all-important legislation for the country.
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6:23am PDT |
Edge of Hurricane Dolly lashes Texas coast
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Hurricane Dolly strengthened early Wednesday as its leading edge lashed the Gulf Coast near the Texas-Mexico border with heavy rain and powerful winds. |
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6:13am PDT |
Eco-towns proposal 'not unlawful' |
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Summary: The government denies claims that its approach to delivering up to 10 eco-towns could be "unlawful". |
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6:10am PDT |
Dolphin call tells calf who's mum, say researchers |
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Summary: Bottlenose dolphins whistle more to their newborns, perhaps to stop theft by other females, researchers say. |
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6:02am PDT |
US takes tough stand with NKorea on nuclear issue but hails good spirit
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pressed her North Korean counterpart to move rapidly on new nuclear disarmament steps Wednesday but hailed the "good spirit" at unprecedented six-party talks. |
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BBC News |
6:01am PDT |
Canoeist's wife guilty of fraud |
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Summary: Canoeist's wife Anne Darwin is convicted of fraudulently claiming money after helping her husband fake his death in an accident. |
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Cnn.com |
6:01am PDT |
Obama meets key Mideast leaders |
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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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5:51am PDT |
Schools hunting 'missing' papers |
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Summary: Schools in England are trying to track down national curriculum test papers mislaid by the Sats contractor, ETS. |
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5:48am PDT |
'Act of God' saved RIR soldiers |
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Summary: The mother of one of the Royal Irish Regiment soldiers injured in Afghanistan says it is a miracle they are still alive. |
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5:46am PDT |
Karadzic to run own defence, gets shave, haircut
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Radovan Karadzic will conduct his own
defence in the Hague tribunal and is convinced he will be
cleared of the charges of genocide, relatives and associates of
the war crimes suspect said on Wednesday. |
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BBC News |
5:42am PDT |
Mother charged over newborn's death |
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Summary: A British woman is charged with causing the death of her newborn baby son in a hotel room in Crete. |
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BBC News |
5:42am PDT |
Mother charged with baby's death |
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Summary: A British woman is charged with causing the death of her newborn baby son in a hotel room in Crete. |
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Yahoo News |
5:33am PDT |
Handshakes and smiles at North Korea meeting
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Ministers from six nations involved
in nuclear talks with North Korea, including U.S. Secretary of
State Condoleezza Rice, held a rare meeting on Wednesday that
China said showed a "political will" to move the disarmament
process forward. |
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Yahoo News |
5:28am PDT |
Majority of economists see McCain better for stocks
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The U.S. stock market would fare
better in the first year after a victory by Republican
presidential candidate John McCain than by his Democratic rival
Barack Obama, according to a majority of economists at U.S.
banks and research groups pol |
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BBC News |
5:22am PDT |
No action over Leslie rape claim |
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Summary: No further action is being taken over a rape allegation made against former Blue Peter presenter John Leslie, police have confirmed. |
