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11:56pm PDT |
Asia stocks slip as global recession fears rise
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Summary: Reuters - Most Asian stock markets fell 1-3 percent while gold rose on Wednesday on investor worries of lower corporate earnings in a weakening global economy, even as money markets continued to heal gradually. |
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11:56pm PDT |
Bellamy targets 'massive' victory |
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Summary: Captain Craig Bellamy eyes a shock Wales victory against Germany in Monchengladbach on Wednesday. |
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Cnn.com |
11:46pm PDT |
Mother's papers tear MLK children apart |
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11:32pm PDT |
Bank crisis to dominate EU talks |
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Summary: EU leaders are to discuss multi-billion-euro rescue plans for Europe's ailing banks at a two-day summit in Brussels.
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Cnn.com |
11:29pm PDT |
Verify newly registered voters, state is told |
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Summary: A federal appeals court on Tuesday ordered Ohio's secretary of state to establish a system to verify hundreds of thousands of newly registered voters by Friday.
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11:29pm PDT |
Recession fears in focus, Asia joins bailout bonanza
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Summary: Reuters - Recession fears returned to center stage on Wednesday after trillions of dollars pledged for bank bailouts from Europe to Asia helped allay fears of an imminent financial meltdown. |
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11:27pm PDT |
Canada's Conservatives win with bolstered minority
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Summary: Reuters - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, the first Western leader to face the electorate since the financial meltdown began, won reelection with a significantly stronger minority government on Tuesday. |
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Cnn.com |
11:23pm PDT |
'Sex for secrets' spy gets 5 years |
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11:23pm PDT |
Man is stabbed in 'racial' attack |
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Summary: A man is stabbed in Liverpool by a number of men in what police say appears to be a racially-motivated assault. |
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11:21pm PDT |
U.S. budget deficit swells to record $455 billion
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Summary: Reuters - The U.S. budget deficit hit a record $455 billion in fiscal 2008 as a slowing economy sapped revenues while spending on wars, bank failures and unemployment-related benefits soared, the Treasury Department said on Tuesday. |
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11:18pm PDT |
Dundee Utd chairman Thompson dies |
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Summary: Dundee United chairman Eddie Thompson dies after a long battle with prostate cancer. |
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11:07pm PDT |
McCain and Obama meet in final White House debate
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Summary: Reuters - Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama face off in their final debate on Wednesday, with McCain hoping a strong performance can begin to turn around a White House race that could be slipping away. |
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11:01pm PDT |
Asian markets retreat after rally |
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Summary: After dramatic rises earlier in the week, Asian stock markets lose ground despite a regional plan to ease the crisis. |
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10:48pm PDT |
Water service worst road offender |
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Summary: NI Water is cited as the worst utility offender when it comes to returning dug up roads to how they were. |
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10:40pm PDT |
Services worry over council cash |
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Summary: Council leaders fear services may be hit as loocal authorities in Wales face below-inflation cash settlements. |
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10:31pm PDT |
England pre-Capello was 'circus' |
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Summary: Stand-in captain Rio Ferdinand brands the England set-up before the arrival of coach Fabio Capello "a circus". |
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10:25pm PDT |
Conservatives win with bolstered minority
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Summary: Reuters - Prime Minister Stephen Harper, the first Western leader to face the electorate since the financial meltdown began, won reelection with a significantly stronger minority government on Tuesday. |
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10:03pm PDT |
Hurricane Omar batters Aruba, heads for US islands
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Summary: AP - Omar strengthened into a hurricane late Tuesday and drenched islands in the southeastern Caribbean, downing trees and blowing off a school's roof as it menaced U.S. islands. |
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9:51pm PDT |
Aquatic alien 'thugs' set to meet |
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Summary: Scientists believe the UK ranges of the plague-carrying non-native crayfish and voracious Chinese mitten crab are beginning to overlap. |
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9:51pm PDT |
Aquatic alien 'thugs' set to meet in UK waters |
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Summary: Scientists believe the UK ranges of the plague-carrying non-native crayfish and voracious Chinese mitten crab are beginning to overlap. |
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9:51pm PDT |
Alien 'thugs' set to go claw to claw in UK - but who will win? |
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Summary: Scientists believe the UK ranges of the plague-carrying non-native crayfish and voracious Chinese mitten crab are beginning to overlap. |
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9:51pm PDT |
Alien 'thugs' are set to go claw to claw - but who will win? |
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Summary: Scientists believe the UK ranges of the plague-carrying non-native crayfish and voracious Chinese mitten crab are beginning to overlap. |
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9:49pm PDT |
LA wildfire fight makes progress |
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Summary: Firefighters in southern California, aided by better weather, contain a number of wildfires though the biggest is still spreading. |
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9:37pm PDT |
Climate concern as EU meets |
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Summary: Environmentalists fear an EU summit will see climate change plans hit by cost concerns, as financial uncertainty persists. |
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9:34pm PDT |
Port alert |
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Summary: Tracking untaxed foreign drivers on UK roads |
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Cnn.com |
9:15pm PDT |
Black vote could tip election scales |
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Summary: While Democrats are working to address the concerns of blue-collar and rural whites reluctant to support a black presidential candidate, there is an enthusiasm in the African-American community that the party believes could lead to dramatically higher tur |
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9:08pm PDT |
Canada's Conservative Party wins re-election
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Summary: AP - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, the first major world leader to face voters since the global financial meltdown, led his Conservative Party to victory in Tuesday's election but was forecast to fall short of a majority in Parliament. |
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9:07pm PDT |
Red Sox knuckle under, Rays surge to 3-1 ALCS lead
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Summary: AP - They fluttered in and rocketed out: Three more homers sent sailing over the Green Monster to help the Tampa Bay Rays blow out Boston for the second straight game and move within one win of their first AL pennant. |
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9:05pm PDT |
Federal bank buy-in no economic quick-fix
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Summary: AP - With any luck, the government's quarter-trillion dollar cash infusion in banks will get them lending again, but the radical move won't quickly turn around the tottering economy. |
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8:53pm PDT |
US appears to be in recession: San Francisco Fed chief
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Summary: AFP - The United States "appears to be in a recession," Janet Yellen, the head of the San Francisco branch of the Federal Reserve, has said. |
