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BBC News |
11:37pm PDT |
One dead as heavy rain batters UK |
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Summary: Storms which claimed the life of one person in mid-Wales are set to spread to other parts of the UK. |
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BBC News |
11:35pm PDT |
Paralympic hopes |
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Summary: Athletes chasing success in Beijing |
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BBC News |
11:24pm PDT |
Beijing Paralympics set to start |
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Summary: Thousands of athletes, officials and spectators are making final preparations for the Paralympic Games, which begin at 1300 BST. |
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BBC News |
11:24pm PDT |
Beijing awaits Paralympic launch |
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Summary: Thousands of athletes, officials and spectators are making final preparations for the Paralympic Games, which begin on Saturday. |
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BBC News |
11:16pm PDT |
Pakistan votes for new president |
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Summary: Pakistan's presidential election is under way with Asif Zardari, the widower of assassinated former PM Benazir Bhutto, tipped to win. |
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Yahoo News |
11:15pm PDT |
Boeing, machinists talks fail; strike is on
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Despite a 48-hour contract extension, negotiations between Boeing Co. and Machinists union officials have failed and the union declared: "The strike is on!" |
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Yahoo News |
11:14pm PDT |
Ethier, Dodgers win to cut D'backs' NL West lead
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Andre Ethier went 5-for-5 and drove in a career-high five runs, Derek Lowe held Arizona to two hits over eight innings and the Los Angeles Dodgers cut the Diamondbacks' NL West lead to a half-game with a 7-0 victory Friday night. |
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BBC News |
11:08pm PDT |
Britons in bogus degrees scam |
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Summary: Thousands of people, including some from the UK, have bought fake doctorates from an online university |
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BBC News |
11:08pm PDT |
False papers |
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Summary: How a 'doctor' bought her degree for £700 |
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11:03pm PDT |
McCanns' £1m search for Madeleine |
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Summary: Kate and Gerry McCann reveal they have spent more than £1m trying to find their daughter Madeleine. |
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Cnn.com |
10:18pm PDT |
Tropical Storm Hanna charges toward Carolinas |
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Summary: Parts of the South Carolina coast are feeling the effects of Tropical Storm Hanna as it sped toward an early Saturday morning landfall near the North Carolina-South Carolina state line. Forecasters said Hanna would weaken after landfall and quickly travel |
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10:11pm PDT |
Financial abuse of elderly 'huge' |
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Summary: Thousands of elderly people are having their life savings, possessions and homes stolen by family members, a charity says. |
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Yahoo News |
10:04pm PDT |
U.S. to take control of Fannie and Freddie: reports
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The U.S. government plans
to put government sponsored mortgage finance companies Fannie
Mae and Freddie Mac under federal control, the
New York Times and Washington Post newspapers reported late
Friday, in what could be the largest financi |
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9:57pm PDT |
Pakistan presidency vote begins
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Members of Pakistan's parliament and
four provincial assemblies began voting in a presidential
election on Saturday to choose a replacement for Pervez
Musharraf, who resigned last month. |
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Cnn.com |
9:56pm PDT |
U.S. envoy in China for N. Korea nuke talks |
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Cnn.com |
9:50pm PDT |
Residents jolted by Oakland quake |
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Summary: A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck east of Oakland, California, at around 9 p.m. ET Friday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
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Cnn.com |
9:50pm PDT |
Minor quake jolts Oakland area |
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Summary: A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck east of Oakland, California, at around 9 p.m. ET Friday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
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Yahoo News |
9:40pm PDT |
U.S. urges N.Korea to make next move
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The United States remains willing to
remove North Korea from a list of terror-sponsoring states as
soon as the North agrees rules to check its nuclear
disclosures, Washington's envoy in disarmament talks said on
Saturday. |
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BBC News |
9:28pm PDT |
One dead as storms move across UK |
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Summary: Storms which left one person dead in mid-Wales are set to spread to other parts of the UK. |
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9:17pm PDT |
Pakistan presidency vote starts |
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Summary: Voting in Pakistan's presidential election is under way, with Benazir Bhutto's widower, Asif Zardari, expected to win. |
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Yahoo News |
8:43pm PDT |
Hurricane Ike targets Gulf as Hanna hits Carolinas
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Fierce Hurricane Ike
weakened as it charged across the Atlantic on Friday and took
aim at south Florida and the oil fields of the Gulf of Mexico,
while Tropical Storm Hanna buffeted the Carolinas after killing
at least 529 people in Haiti. |
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Yahoo News |
8:41pm PDT |
AL home run leader Quentin breaks wrist
(AP)
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Summary: AP - American League home run leader Carlos Quentin has a broken right wrist stemming from his own temper, and the Chicago White Sox left fielder will have surgery Monday that could sideline him for the rest of the season. |
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Yahoo News |
8:19pm PDT |
U.S. to take control of mortgage giants: reports
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The U.S. government plans to put
troubled mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and
Freddie Mac under federal control, the New York Times
and Washington Post newspapers reported on Friday. |
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Yahoo News |
8:12pm PDT |
Government may soon back troubled mortgage giants
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The government is expected to take over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as soon as this weekend in a monumental move designed to protect the mortgage market from the failure of the two companies, which together hold or guarantee half of the nation's mortg |
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Cnn.com |
8:01pm PDT |
Guatemalan president claims office was bugged |
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Summary: Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom said Friday that government prosecutors are trying to determine who put microphones and video cameras in the presidential palace.
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BBC News |
7:59pm PDT |
Credit crunch 'to last into 2010' |
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Summary: The credit crunch is likely to last another 18 months, the head of the UK's largest mortgage provider warns. |
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Yahoo News |
7:50pm PDT |
2-time champ Serena Williams back in US Open final
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Serena Williams wound up and smacked a shot directly at Dinara Safina early in the second set of their U.S. Open semifinal. |
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BBC News |
7:40pm PDT |
US Boeing workers set to strike |
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Summary: Workers at the world's biggest aircraft manufacturer, Boeing, are to go on strike in the US. |
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Cnn.com |
7:40pm PDT |
Sprinter Marion Jones released from prison |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
7:29pm PDT |
Bhutto's widower set to become Pakistan president
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Pakistan lawmakers were Saturday expected to elect slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto's widower as president of the frontline state in the United States-led "war on terror". |
