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Yahoo News |
9:56am PDT |
Detroit Mayor Kilpatrick pleads guilty, resigns
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Summary: AP - Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick pleaded guilty to felony charges Thursday in a sex scandal, forcing him out of office after months of defiantly holding onto his job leading the nation's 11th-largest city. He was ordered jailed for four months and fined $1 mil |
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BBC News |
9:51am PDT |
Man City boss cools transfer talk |
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Summary: Man City manager Mark Hughes tells fans not to expect the arrival of a host of big-names in January. |
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9:50am PDT |
Mammoths moved 'out of America' |
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Summary: Ancient DNA evidence points to the last Siberian woolly mammoths having originated in North America. |
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BBC News |
9:42am PDT |
Blow slow |
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Summary: What happens to wind power on dead calm days? |
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Cnn.com |
9:41am PDT |
Detroit mayor pleads guilty, agrees to resign |
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Summary: Embattled Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick pleaded guilty today to charges resulting from a sex scandal and is to resign from office, a prosecutor said. The mayor pleaded guilty to two counts of obstruction of justice. Kilpatrick will go to jail on October |
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BBC News |
9:40am PDT |
Dutch police in Irish gang raids |
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Summary: Dutch police arrest three men and a woman as part of an international investigation into an Irish crime gang. |
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BBC News |
9:40am PDT |
Live text - US Open mixed doubles final |
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Summary: Britain's Jamie Murray and Liezel Huber of the United States face Leander Paes and Cara Black at Flushing Meadows. |
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BBC News |
9:23am PDT |
The right choice? |
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Summary: Was the Bank of England right to keep rates at 5%? |
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9:22am PDT |
MSPs vote against Alexander ban |
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Summary: Former Scottish Labour leader Wendy Alexander will not be banned from parliament for breaking Holyrood rules. |
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Yahoo News |
9:18am PDT |
Cheney criticises Russia on Georgia visit
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - US Vice President Dick Cheney accused Russia Thursday of an "illegitimate" invasion to redraw the map of Georgia and cast doubt on whether Russia could be trusted as an international partner. |
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BBC News |
8:55am PDT |
Album leak welcomed by Metallica |
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Summary: The drummer of rock band Metallica, Lars Ulrich, welcomes an online leak of their new album ahead of its release. |
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BBC News |
8:53am PDT |
Di Canio wants to be Hammers boss |
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Summary: Paolo Di Canio has contacted West Ham about succeeding Alan Curbishley as the club's manager, according to his agent. |
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Cnn.com |
8:48am PDT |
Gulf Coast may be without power for weeks |
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Summary: Three days after Hurricane Gustav came ashore on the Gulf Coast, nearly 829,000 households were still without electricity, power company officials said Thursday, warning that power may be restored slowly in the hardest-hit areas.
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Yahoo News |
8:45am PDT |
U.S. prepares for Hanna; Category 4 Ike close behind
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Residents moved boats and booked inland hotel rooms while National Guard troops prepared to deploy along the Southeastern coast as Tropical Storm Hanna plowed through the Atlantic on Thursday, with Category 4 Hurricane Ike trailing a few days behind. |
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Yahoo News |
8:40am PDT |
FDA orders stronger warnings for 4 arthritis drugs
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Food and Drug Administration is ordering stronger warnings on four medications used to treat rheumatoid arthritis. |
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Cnn.com |
8:35am PDT |
Sanchez: Palin is a VP for the rest of us |
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Summary: In 1993, Kevin Kline starred in a movie called "Dave," playing a look-alike who winds up impersonating the president. In the movie, the real president has a stroke and is kept on life support in a restricted area of the White House by a power-mad chief of |
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BBC News |
8:31am PDT |
Cocktail puts woman in hospital |
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Summary: A teenager vows never to drink again after a holiday cocktail caused her head to swell to the size of a football.
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BBC News |
8:29am PDT |
Ad prompts surge in organ donors |
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Summary: While the debate about changing the law on organ donation rages, experts consider how to improve the current system. |
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Yahoo News |
8:28am PDT |
McCain to give big speech on rebuilt stage
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Convention workers hurriedly rebuilt the stage where John McCain will formally accept the Republican Party's presidential nomination Thursday night, embarking on his final drive for the White House after a vigorous sendoff boost from running mate Sar |
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Yahoo News |
8:28am PDT |
Cheney vows to support Georgia, slams Russia
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney vowed
on Thursday to stand by Georgia in its showdown with Russia,
calling Moscow's military push into the ex-Soviet state an
illegitimate act that cast doubt on its reliability. |
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Yahoo News |
8:27am PDT |
Detroit mayor agrees to plead guilty to obstruction and resign
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick pleaded guilty to felony charges Thursday in a sex scandal and will step down after months of defiantly holding onto his job leading the nation's 11th-largest city. He was ordered jailed for four months and fined $1 million. |
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Yahoo News |
8:24am PDT |
Stocks plunge after retail, unemployment data
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Wall Street tumbled Thursday on more disappointing economic news — retailers posted sluggish back-to-school sales reports and the government said the number of workers seeking unemployment benefits spiked last week. The Dow Jones industrials fell mor |
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Cnn.com |
8:23am PDT |
Detroit Mayor pleads guilty, agrees to resign |
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Summary: Embattled Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick pleaded guilty Thursday to charges resulting from a sex scandal and is to resign from office immediately, a prosecutor said.
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BBC News |
8:21am PDT |
McCain to detail presidency goals |
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Summary: John McCain is to set out his vision for the US presidency, accepting his party's candidacy for the White House. |
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Cnn.com |
8:15am PDT |
Rosen: Sarah Palin, right and wrong |
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Summary: Warning! This pundit isn't feeling the same way as many of my colleagues about Sarah Palin. She is being attacked for her lack of experience for the job and for whether she should be putting her family first instead of her career.
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BBC News |
7:54am PDT |
Hotel apology for soldier refusal |
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Summary: A hotel apologises for its "mistake" in refusing a room to an injured soldier home from Afghanistan. |
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BBC News |
7:54am PDT |
Soldier ban explanation call |
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Summary: The Armed Forces Minister demands a hotel explains why it refused a room to an injured soldier home from Afghanistan. |
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Yahoo News |
7:42am PDT |
Suspected U.S. missiles kill 4 militants in Pakistan
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A suspected U.S. drone aircraft fired
missiles at house in Pakistan's Waziristani tribal region on
Thursday, killing four Islamist militants a day after U.S.
commandoes killed 20 people in a cross-border assault. |
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Yahoo News |
7:42am PDT |
Detroit mayor agrees to plead guilty, resign
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick pleaded guilty to a pair of felony charges on Thursday in a sex-and-misconduct scandal and will step down after months of defiantly holding onto his job leading the nation's 11th-largest city. |
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Cnn.com |
7:36am PDT |
Honda unveils Prius challenger |
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Summary: Honda Motor Co. unveiled a pure-hybrid concept car Thursday that hopes to go head to head with Toyota's wildly popular Prius.
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