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Thousands flee China quake area over flood fears
(AP)
AP - Thousands of Chinese earthquake victims fled areas near the epicenter Saturday, fearful of potential floods from a river blocked by landslides.
Bush pivots to Arab side of Mideast peace dispute
(AP)
AP - President Bush pivoted to the Arab side of the Mideast peace dispute on Saturday, and got a far less glowing reception from his Egyptian host — a key player in the long-running fight — than he did in Israel earlier this week.
US House speaker Nancy Pelosi visits Iraq
(AP)
AP - U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a top Democratic critic of the U.S.-led war in Iraq, met with the Iraqi prime minister Saturday during a surprise visit to Baghdad.
Tsvangirai postpones Zimbabwe return after threat
(AP)
AP - Threats of assassination have derailed plans by Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai to return home to campaign for the presidential runoff vote, a party spokesman said Saturday.
French navy ship near Myanmar with aid
(AP)
AP - A French navy ship carrying 1,000 tons of food idled near Myanmar's coast Saturday, awaiting permission from the uncooperative ruling military regime to dock in the cyclone-devastated Irrawaddy delta.
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Lakers reach West finals, hold off Jazz (AP)Kobe Bryant has some time to rest his back. Not that he appears to need it. Bryant scored 34 points, 12 in the fourth quarter, and Los Angeles held off a furious rally by the Utah Jazz for a 108-105 victory Friday night in Game 6, putting the Lakers in the Western Conference finals for the first time in four years.
Cavs ride James, force Game 7 at Boston (AP)The Boston Celtics are going home for another Game 7. They handled the Atlanta Hawks. LeBron James may not be as easy. James scored 32 points -- 19 in the second half -- and the Cavaliers forced a decisive and fitting finale to this home-sweet-home playoff series with a 74-69 victory Friday night over the Celtics, who have gone from regular-season road kings to postseason road kill.
Pats coach Belichick lashes out at Walsh (AP)New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick lashed out at the team's former video assistant Friday, saying in a televised interview that Matt Walsh was a low-level staffer who was fired for "poor job performance" "There's not a lot of credibility," Belichick said in an interview broadcast on "CBS Evening News." "You know, he's tried to make it seem like we're buddies, and belong to the same book...
Magowan stepping down from Giants (AP)Peter Magowan, the owner who brought Barry Bonds to San Francisco, built a new ballpark and kept major league baseball in the city, is stepping down as managing partner of the Giants. The 66-year-old Magowan will retire from his duties at the end of the season on Oct. 1 but maintain an ownership stake, the team said Friday.
NFL owners could opt out of labor deal (AP)NFL owners could opt out of their agreement with the players union next week, leaving open the possibility of a 2010 season without a salary cap. The labor agreement is on the agenda for the league meetings in Atlanta on Tuesday. "If they don't do it next week then it will be soon after that," Gene Upshaw, the executive director of the NFL Players Association, said Friday.
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Morgan Stanley cut 1,500 jobs this week: source
(Reuters)
Reuters - Morgan Stanley cut 1,500 jobs
this week across its investment banking, trading and asset
management businesses, a person familiar with the situation
said Friday, a 5 percent reduction of non-broker employees.
Wall St ends flat as energy gains offset sentiment
(Reuters)
Reuters - Stocks finished little changed on
Friday as surging oil prices lifted energy shares and offset
data that showed consumer confidence sank to its lowest in 28
years.
Consumers' mood as grim as early-80s
(Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. consumer confidence tumbled to a
28-year low this month as rising prices strained household
finances, while another drop in single-family housing starts
underscored problems still plaguing the economy.
American Axle and UAW reach tentative agreement
(Reuters)Reuters - The United Auto Workers and American
Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc reached a tentative
contract agreement late Friday aimed at ending an 11-week-long
strike that had triggered thousands of layoffs and cost General
Motors Corp at least $1 billion.
Lehman Brothers job cuts to start next week: report
(Reuters)
Reuters - Investment bank Lehman Brothers
Holdings Inc will begin cutting jobs starting next
week, CNBC Television reported on Friday, without citing
sources.
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Carnival ride collapses in California; 24 injured
(AP)AP - A carnival ride spinning with people collapsed at a county fair Friday night, injuring all 24 people aboard.
Bush turns attention to Arabs
(AP)AP - President Bush pivoted to the Arab side of the Mideast peace dispute on Saturday, and got a far less glowing reception from his Egyptian host — a key player in the long-running fight — than he did in Israel earlier this week.
Same Sex Couples Common in the Wild
(LiveScience.com)LiveScience.com - As gay couples celebrate their newfound right to marry in
California and opposition groups rally to fight the ruling, many struggle with this
question: Is homosexuality natural?
Game of cat and mouse blacks out city
(Reuters)
Reuters - A cat chasing a mouse in Tirana's main
power station caused a 72-hour blackout across parts of the
Albanian capital, the electricity company said on Friday.
Thousands flee China quake area over flood fears
(AP)AP - Thousands of Chinese earthquake victims fled areas near the epicenter Saturday, fearful of potential floods from a river blocked by landslides.
