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BBC News |
11:59pm PDT |
Heavy rain causes more flooding |
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Summary: Another night of torrential rain has caused more flooding in Fife, with several roads affected by water. |
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BBC News |
11:59pm PDT |
Man is critical after house fire |
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Summary: Investigations continue into a house blaze which left a man critically ill with 60% burns. |
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Yahoo News |
11:57pm PDT |
Golden girls no more, Americans beaten by China
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Alicia Sacramone crouched on the ground near the floor, her head buried in her hands, disbelief etched across her face. |
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BBC News |
11:37pm PDT |
Coming good |
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Summary: Is British sport shaking off its underdog status? |
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Yahoo News |
11:36pm PDT |
Goldman to pay $1.5 billion for ABN assets: report
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A consortium led by Goldman Sachs Group Inc
has agreed to pay about $1.5 billion for a number of ABN
AMRO's private equity assets, the Wall Street Journal said
Wednesday. |
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Yahoo News |
11:26pm PDT |
American protesters taken away in Beijing
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Security forces dragged away five U.S.
pro-Tibetan protesters who chained their bicycles to the gate
of a northern Beijing park on Wednesday, breaking up the latest
protest on the sidelines of the 2008 Olympics. |
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BBC News |
11:21pm PDT |
Activists held over Games protest |
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Summary: A number of pro-Tibet activists and a British journalist are arrested in the Chinese capital, Beijing, reports say. |
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BBC News |
11:17pm PDT |
Bank to signal inflation pick-up |
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Summary: The Bank of England is expected to predict that inflation could hit 5%, reducing the chance of an early cut in interest rates. |
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Cnn.com |
11:16pm PDT |
Phelps captures record 11th career gold |
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BBC News |
11:13pm PDT |
Militants die in Pakistan strike |
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Summary: More than a dozen people, including militants, die in a missile strike in a Pakistani tribal area, officials say. |
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Cnn.com |
11:02pm PDT |
'Pregnancy pact' principal resigns |
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BBC News |
10:48pm PDT |
Liege concern over Liverpool game |
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Summary: Standard Liege defender Oguchi Onyewu criticises the Belgian champions having to play Liverpool in a Champions League qualifier. |
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BBC News |
10:46pm PDT |
Black market drugs 'health risk' |
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Summary: People are risking their health by buying prescription tranquilisers on the black market, a Belfast GP warns. |
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Yahoo News |
10:32pm PDT |
Golden girls no more, China beats Americans
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Chinese crashed what was supposed to be a U.S. Olympic party. |
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Yahoo News |
9:42pm PDT |
Youkilis gives Red Sox wild 19-17 win over Rangers
(AP)
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Summary: AP - In one of the wildest games of the season, Kevin Youkilis' go-ahead homer sent the Boston Red Sox to a 19-17 win after the Texas Rangers fought back from a 10-run first inning Tuesday night that included a pair of three-run homers by David Ortiz. |
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Yahoo News |
9:33pm PDT |
Phelps wins 10th, 11th golds of Olympic career
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A daily double. Michael Phelps swam into history as the winningest Olympic athlete ever with his 10th and 11th career gold medals — and five world records in five events at the Beijing Games. |
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BBC News |
9:20pm PDT |
Palestinians prepare to bury poet |
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Summary: Tens of thousands are due to attend the funeral of Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish in the West Bank city of Ramallah. |
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Cnn.com |
8:57pm PDT |
Roland Martin: Media's job is to focus on facts |
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Summary: Two recent stories are a prime example of how important it is for the media to confront the reality of rumors in the age of the Internet.
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BBC News |
8:55pm PDT |
Boy, 13, in court on gun charges |
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Summary: A 13-year-old boy is due in court charged with firearms offences after a converted gun and ammunition is found in London. |
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BBC News |
8:48pm PDT |
Medal mountain |
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Summary: Who has Michael Phelps surpassed? |
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Cnn.com |
8:40pm PDT |
Phelps captures record 11th career gold medal |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
8:31pm PDT |
Phelps breaks Olympic gold record |
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Summary: US swimmer Michael Phelps becomes the first Olympic athlete to win 10 gold medals and then claims his 11th with relay glory. |
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Yahoo News |
8:21pm PDT |
Phelps claims title of winningest Olympian ever
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Tied no more. Michael Phelps swam into history as the winningest Olympic athlete ever with his 10th career gold medal — and fourth world record of the Beijing Games. A day after etching his name alongside Mark Spitz and Carl Lewis with gold No. 9, Ph |
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Cnn.com |
8:16pm PDT |
Phelps wins 200 fly for record 10th career gold |
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BBC News |
7:46pm PDT |
Northern cities 'beyond revival' |
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Summary: Cities like Liverpool and Bradford are "beyond revival" and residents should move south to avoid being left behind, a think tank says. |
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Yahoo News |
7:42pm PDT |
Phelps wins 4th gold in world record 200 butterfly
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Michael Phelps has become the winningest Olympic athlete ever, earning his fourth gold medal of the Beijing Games with a world record in the 200-meter butterfly. The American touched in 1 minute, 52.03 seconds, breaking his old mark of 1:52.09 set at |
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Yahoo News |
7:40pm PDT |
Mighty Phelps becomes most successful Olympian
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - American swimmer Michael Phelps became
the most successful Olympian of all time when he won his 10th
gold medal on Wednesday and his fourth of the Beijing Games. |
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Cnn.com |
7:33pm PDT |
U.S. may seek ways to punish Russia |
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Summary: Furious over Russia's invasion of Georgia, the United States and its allies are weighing steps to diplomatically isolate Moscow as punishment for the conflict, senior administration officials said Tuesday.
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Yahoo News |
7:33pm PDT |
Sarkozy's Georgia peace plan agreed in principle
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Georgia and Russia agreed in principle
to an EU-brokered peace plan over South Ossetia on Wednesday as
the U.S. showed disapproval of Moscow's attacks on its neighbor
by cancelling a joint naval exercise. |
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BBC News |
7:25pm PDT |
Phelps becomes greatest Olympian |
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Summary: US swimmer Michael Phelps becomes the first Olympic athlete to win 10 gold medals with victory in the 200m butterfly. |
