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11:26pm PDT |
Nadal poised to become world number one |
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Summary: Rafael Nadal is set to succeed Roger Federer as world number one after reaching the Cincinatti Masters semi-finals. |
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Yahoo News |
10:44pm PDT |
Obama shifts position on offshore oil drilling
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Friday he would be willing to support limited additional offshore oil drilling if that's what it takes to enact a comprehensive policy to foster fuel-efficient autos and develop alternate energy sou |
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Cnn.com |
10:35pm PDT |
2 dead in Pennsylvania warehouse shooting |
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BBC News |
9:59pm PDT |
Agents 'breaking home pack law' |
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Summary: Some estate agents in England and Wales are breaking the law by marketing properties without ordering a Home Information Pack, the BBC learns. |
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9:56pm PDT |
Injured bridegroom returns to UK |
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Summary: Critically ill Benjamin Mullany is flown to a hospital in the UK after he was shot during his honeymoon in Antigua. |
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9:41pm PDT |
Vietnam deports alleged U.S. child abuser
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A U.S. citizen of Vietnamese origin,
wanted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation on charges he
sexually abused his daughter, has been arrested and deported
from Vietnam after being in hiding for more than three years. |
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Yahoo News |
9:39pm PDT |
Filthy Iraqi drinking water raises cholera fears
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Just months after Americans repaired a sewage treatment plant in southern Baghdad, insurgents attacked the facility and killed the manager. Looters took care of the rest. |
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BBC News |
9:33pm PDT |
Mexican police chief on US drug rap |
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Summary: A Mexican police chief is charged in the US with having more than $0.5m (£254,000) from suspected drug-trafficking. |
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Yahoo News |
9:33pm PDT |
Lawyer: Brazilian confessed to killing teen
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Brazilian man accused of killing and dismembering a British teenager and stuffing her torso in a suitcase confessed to the murder on Friday in a deposition to police, his lawyer said. |
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9:18pm PDT |
Wis. manhunt nabs suspect in deadly river ambush
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A gunman suspected of opening fire on a group of young swimmers gathered along a riverbank was arrested Friday after he emerged from woods near the scene where three teenagers were slain and a fourth person was wounded. |
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Yahoo News |
9:13pm PDT |
Canadian bus attack suspect charged with murder
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A man who witnesses said stabbed and beheaded his seat mate on a Greyhound bus in Canada made his first court appearance Friday, while police offered no motive for the savage attack against a 22-year-old carnival worker. |
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Yahoo News |
9:08pm PDT |
McCain chides Obama over school vouchers
(AP)
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Summary: AP - John McCain, the father of private school students, criticized Democratic rival Barack Obama on Friday for choosing private over public school for his kids. |
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9:07pm PDT |
Lindsay Lohan fires back at police 'gay' remark
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Lindsay Lohan said Friday that police have no business getting involved in her personal life, a day after the police chief explained that the paparazzi were no longer an issue — in part because the 22-year-old actress had evidently "gone gay." |
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BBC News |
9:07pm PDT |
Israel warns on Iran nuclear aims |
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Summary: Israel says Iran is near to a nuclear breakthrough, as a deadline for Tehran to respond to a Western offer is set to expire. |
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Yahoo News |
9:03pm PDT |
Suspect in 5 anthrax-letter deaths kills himself
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Anthrax-laced letters that killed five people and severely rattled the post-9/11 nation may have been part of an Army scientist's warped plan to test his cure for the deadly toxin, officials said Friday. The brilliant but troubled scientist committed |
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8:22pm PDT |
Dando killer 'may never be found' |
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Summary: Jill Dando's former agent says he never believed Barry George was her killer and it is unlikely the real murderer will be caught. |
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8:06pm PDT |
Critical newlywed returns to UK |
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Summary: Critically-ill Benjamin Mullany is back in the UK after he was shot during his honeymoon in Antigua. |
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Yahoo News |
8:01pm PDT |
Lohan fires back at LA chief's 'gay' remark
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Lindsay Lohan said Friday that police have no business getting involved in her personal life, a day after the police chief explained that the paparazzi were no longer an issue — in part because the 22-year-old actress had evidently "gone gay." |
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Cnn.com |
7:59pm PDT |
No evidence of al Qaeda No. 2's death, U.S. says |
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Summary: U.S. counterterrorism officials said Friday they have seen no evidence to support a media report that al Qaeda's No. 2 official, Ayman al-Zawahiri, may be critically wounded or dead.
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Cnn.com |
7:55pm PDT |
Make drug use legal, Argentina leader says |
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Summary: President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner repeated her call this week to decriminalize personal drug use and crack down on traffickers and dealers.
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7:53pm PDT |
India-Pakistan tensions to overshadow South Asia Summit
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - A summit of South Asian leaders was set to open in Sri Lanka on Saturday, with tensions between India and Pakistan likely to eclipse regional talks on trade, terrorism and poverty. |
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7:43pm PDT |
Mexico breaks its own 'torta' record with a giant baguette |
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Summary: Mexican caterers make a 44-metre (44-yard) sandwich in what they say is the longest "torta" in Latin America. |
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Yahoo News |
7:41pm PDT |
Fukuda aims for new start in Japan
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda was Saturday aiming to breathe new life into his government after a cabinet reshuffle that followed fears of a recession in the world's second-largest economy. |
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Cnn.com |
6:42pm PDT |
Reports of al Qaeda No. 2's death denied |
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Summary: U.S. counterterrorism officials said Friday they have seen no evidence to support a media report that al Qaeda's No. 2 official, Ayman al-Zawahiri, may be critically wounded or dead.
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Yahoo News |
6:36pm PDT |
Iraq suffers from dirty water, fears about cholera
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Just months after Americans repaired a sewage treatment plant in southern Baghdad, insurgents attacked the facility and killed the manager. Looters took care of the rest. |
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Yahoo News |
6:31pm PDT |
Police identify Canadian bus attack suspect
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A man who witnesses said stabbed and beheaded his seat mate on a Greyhound bus in Canada made his first court appearance Friday, while police offered no motive for the savage attack against a 22-year-old carnival worker. |
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Yahoo News |
6:31pm PDT |
McCain mocks 'anointed' Obama in new broadside
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Republican John McCain ratcheted up his attacks on Barack Obama, debuting a new web ad mocking the Democrat as a quasi-divine figure who had anointed himself to rule the world. |
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Yahoo News |
6:29pm PDT |
Lawyer: Brazilian man confessed to killing teen
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Brazilian man accused of killing and dismembering a British teenager and stuffing her torso in a suitcase confessed to the murder on Friday in a deposition to police, his lawyer said. |
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Yahoo News |
6:25pm PDT |
Lohan fires back at police 'gay' remark
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Lindsay Lohan said Friday that police have no business getting involved in her personal life, a day after the police chief explained that the paparazzi were no longer an issue — in part because the 22-year-old actress had evidently "gone gay." |
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Yahoo News |
6:21pm PDT |
Ramirez sports new attitude, new number with LA
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Manny Ramirez showed up at Dodger Stadium with a new attitude, a new number and a willingness to cut his flowing dreadlocks. "I feel great, man. I'm happy," Ramirez told some 200 media members behind home plate about three hours before making his deb |
