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11:53pm PDT |
California in 'fiscal emergency' |
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Summary: Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declares a fiscal emergency in California to deal with a $24.3bn (£14.5bn) deficit. |
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11:48pm PDT |
Bomb kills Iraqi soldier and wounds 10 in Baghdad
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Summary: Reuters - A roadside bomb blew up as an Iraqi army patrol passed by in Baghdad on Thursday, killing one soldier and wounding 10 two days after U.S. troops pulled out of cities and handed security to their local counterparts, police said. |
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11:44pm PDT |
Plane with Comoros crash survivor arrives in Paris
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Summary: AP - A French official plane carrying a young girl thought to be the only survivor of the crash of a Yemenia A310 has arrived in Paris from Comoros. |
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11:43pm PDT |
Saddam's weapons bluff aimed at Iran: FBI reports
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Summary: Reuters - Saddam Hussein believed Iran was a significant threat to Iraq and left open the possibility that he had weapons of mass destruction rather than appear vulnerable, according to declassified FBI documents on interrogations of the former Iraqi lead |
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11:42pm PDT |
Rio Tinto cash-raising supported |
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Summary: Rio Tinto announces that there has been strong support from shareholders for its huge cash-raising exercise. |
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Cnn.com |
11:31pm PDT |
Indian court: Gay sex is legal |
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Summary: An Indian court on Thursday ruled that consensual sex between adults of the same gender is legal in the country, attorneys said.
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11:17pm PDT |
Plan to bury Michael Jackson at Neverland fizzles
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Summary: AP - A plan to bury Michael Jackson at his sprawling Neverland ranch fizzled Wednesday, leaving details about his funeral undecided as another mystery was solved: His newly unveiled will says his mother should raise his children, or failing her, Diana Ros |
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11:17pm PDT |
Major military operation under way in Afghanistan
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Summary: AP - U.S. Marines and Afghan security forces moved into Taliban-infested villages Wednesday evening in one of the Obama administration's first major military operations in the previously forgotten war in Afghanistan. |
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10:48pm PDT |
SEC lawyer raised alarm about Madoff: report
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Summary: Reuters - A U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission lawyer warned about irregularities at Bernard Madoff's financial management firm as far back as 2004, The Washington Post reported on Thursday, citing agency documents and sources familiar with the inves |
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10:46pm PDT |
Gay sex 'not criminal' in India |
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Summary: An Indian court rules that homosexual intercourse between consenting adults is not a criminal act, overturning colonial law. |
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10:46pm PDT |
Party offices cost public £473k |
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Summary: The main parties in Wales have been paid £473,000 in two years from public funds for politicians' offices, BBC research shows. |
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Cnn.com |
10:35pm PDT |
Jackson's will answers questions, raises more |
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Summary: Amid the frenzy of confusing and conflicting information that has followed the death of Michael Jackson, Wednesday began with clarity on two fronts. The day ended, however, with more questions than answers.
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10:05pm PDT |
Hossa's big deal with Blackhawks tops busy NHL day
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Summary: AP - Just when the slowing global economy figured to put a crimp in spending for NHL free agents, Marian Hossa hit the open market again. |
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9:56pm PDT |
Michael Jackson's will sets family trust, funeral sketchy
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A will signed by Michael Jackson putting his multimillion-dollar estate in a trust for his children and mother was filed in court on Wednesday, as details of his highly-anticipated funeral remained sketchy. |
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9:49pm PDT |
Two police dogs die in parked car |
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Summary: An investigation is under way after two police dogs died in a hot car parked outside a police station. |
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9:23pm PDT |
June jobless rate seen rising to 9.6 percent
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Summary: AP - Out-of-work with no place to land, the legions of America's unemployed are growing. |
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9:14pm PDT |
Companies pledge more openness about Web tracking
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Companies that track consumer behavior online for advertising purposes are vowing to make their practices more transparent and to give people a way to decline being shadowed. |
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9:02pm PDT |
Migrant squalor |
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Summary: Emma-Jane Kirby sees the Afghans in the Calais 'jungle' |
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8:54pm PDT |
US call to free Vietnamese priest |
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Summary: A bipartisan group of US senators call for the immediate release of a Vietnamese priest, Father Nguyen Van Ly, jailed for dissent. |
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8:41pm PDT |
Federal agents to join probe into Jackson's death
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The investigation into Michael Jackson's death deepened late Wednesday with word that federal authorities will step in to help local police take a look at Jackson's doctors and his medications. |
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8:24pm PDT |
U.S. Marines launch major assault in Afghan valley
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Thousands of U.S. Marines stormed into an Afghan river valley by helicopter and land on Thursday, launching the biggest military offensive of Barack Obama's presidency with an assault deep in Taliban territory. |
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Cnn.com |
8:14pm PDT |
Report: Newsweek reporter in Iran 'confesses' |
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Summary: A reporter for Newsweek magazine who was arrested in Tehran has confessed to doing the bidding of Western governments, the semi-official Fars News Agency reported Wednesday.
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7:36pm PDT |
Oscar-winning actor Karl Malden dead at 97
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Karl Malden, the Academy Award-winning actor whose intelligent characterizations on stage, screen and television made him a star despite his plain looks, died Wednesday, his family said. He was 97. |
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7:34pm PDT |
Young survivor of Comoros crash heading to Paris
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The only known survivor of the Yemeni airlines crash off the Comoros islands, Bahia Bakari, 12, was flying home to her father in Paris in a French government plane, officials said. |
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7:28pm PDT |
US Marines storm south in major Afghan offensive
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - US Marines launched a major offensive into the Taliban heartlands of southern Afghanistan before dawn on Thursday as President Barack Obama's new war plan swung into action. |
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Cnn.com |
7:14pm PDT |
Obama honors WWII-era women pilots |
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Summary: President Obama on Wednesday signed a measure awarding the 300 surviving Women Airforce Service Pilots from World War II the Congressional Gold Medal.
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7:00pm PDT |
AP: Ex-Edwards aide appears at federal courthouse
(AP)
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Summary: AP - An ex-aide to John Edwards who claimed he fathered a child born to the mistress of the two-time Democratic presidential candidate spent Wednesday in a federal courthouse, but declined to talk with a reporter about an investigation into his former bos |
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6:56pm PDT |
Boy, 14, charged with fire murder |
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Summary: A 14-year-old boy is charged with the murder of a teenage girl in an arson attack on her home, police say. |
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6:49pm PDT |
New Dem health plan has public option, lower cost
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Summary: AP - Democrats on a key Senate Committee outlined a revised and far less costly health care plan Wednesday night that includes a government-run insurance option and an annual fee on employers who do not offer coverage to their workers. |
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6:48pm PDT |
New York police expand dirty bomb security
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Thousands of additional law enforcement officers within 50 miles of New York City will have access to radiation detectors for dirty bombs and nuclear devices, New York police said on Wednesday. |
