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Yahoo News |
11:36pm PDT |
U.S. troops kill Iraq shrine bomber
(AP)
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Summary: AP - U.S. troops killed an al-Qaida leader behind the bombing of twin minarets at Iraq's prized Golden Dome shrine in Samarra, the military said Sunday. |
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BBC News |
11:35pm PDT |
Congress backs foreign wiretaps |
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Summary: The House of Representatives backs President Bush's bill allowing wiretaps on foreign terrorist suspects. |
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Yahoo News |
11:27pm PDT |
No deal yet on Afghan hostage talks venue: Taliban
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Taliban insurgents said on
Sunday there was still no agreement on where to hold direct
talks with South Korean diplomats seeking the release of 21 of
their countrymen kidnapped more than two weeks ago. |
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Yahoo News |
11:10pm PDT |
Death toll mounts as floods rage in India
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The death toll from raging floods in India neared 1,100 Sunday as more people drowned in swollen rivers that have stranded millions in their homes, officials said. |
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BBC News |
10:57pm PDT |
Sixteen flee detention centre |
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Summary: Police are looking for 16 asylum seekers who have escaped from a detention centre following a fire. |
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Yahoo News |
10:50pm PDT |
8 reported missing in bridge collapse
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Divers spent a third fruitless day searching for victims of a deadly bridge collapse, finding no bodies inside a crushed car pulled earlier Saturday from the murky Mississippi River waters. |
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Yahoo News |
10:30pm PDT |
House approves $460B Pentagon budget
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The House approved modest changes to President Bush's record Pentagon budget proposal early Sunday, but Democrats signaled plans to resume a more contentious debate over the Iraq war after the August recess. |
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Yahoo News |
10:28pm PDT |
More black women consider 'dating out'
(AP)
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Summary: AP - For years, Toinetta Jones played the dating game by her mom's strict rule. "Mom always told me, 'Don't you ever bring a white man home,'" recalled Jones, echoing an edict issued by many Southern, black mothers. But at 37, the Alexandria divorcee has |
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Yahoo News |
10:27pm PDT |
House approves Pentagon funds, holds fire on Iraq
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The House of Representatives early
on Sunday approved more money for the Pentagon but not the
unpopular Iraq war, which is expected to be the subject of a
major legislative clash this fall. |
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BBC News |
10:20pm PDT |
US House passes clean energy bill |
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Summary: US legislators adopt a radical new energy bill, supporting renewable fuels and cutting tax breaks to oil firms. |
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Cnn.com |
9:38pm PDT |
Ex-steroid user serves up Bonds' 755th HR |
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BBC News |
9:35pm PDT |
Tensions high for Lebanon polls |
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Summary: Security forces are on alert in two Lebanese districts holding by-elections to replace assassinated MPs. |
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Yahoo News |
9:07pm PDT |
Bonds hits 755th homer to tie Aaron
(AP)
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Summary: AP - With a short swing and a strong shot for all the doubters, Barry Bonds caught Hank Aaron and tied the career home run record Saturday night. |
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BBC News |
8:58pm PDT |
Experts to visit Japanese plant |
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Summary: International inspectors arrive in Japan to examine the nuclear power plant damaged in last month's earthquake. |
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Yahoo News |
8:50pm PDT |
Man mauled at Rhames' house identified
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A man who died in a dog attack at the home of actor Ving Rhames was identified Saturday as Jacob Adams, 40, of Los Angeles. |
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Cnn.com |
8:37pm PDT |
Bonds hits 755th home run to tie Aaron |
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BBC News |
8:34pm PDT |
Eighteen flee detention centre |
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Summary: Police hunt for 18 asylum seekers who have escaped from a detention centre following a fire. |
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Yahoo News |
8:27pm PDT |
Congress yields to pass Bush spying bill
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The Congress yielded to President
George W. Bush on Saturday and approved legislation to
temporarily expand the government's power to conduct electronic
surveillance without a court order in tracking foreign
suspects. |
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Yahoo News |
8:26pm PDT |
House approves foreign wiretap bill
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The House handed President Bush a victory Saturday, voting to expand the government's abilities to eavesdrop without warrants on foreign suspects whose communications pass through the United States. |
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Yahoo News |
8:21pm PDT |
Bush visits site of wrecked Minnesota bridge
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Divers searched for bodies in
debris in the murky Mississippi on Saturday as President George
W. Bush toured the site of this week's deadly rush-hour bridge
collapse and promised quick federal help in rebuilding. |
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Yahoo News |
8:14pm PDT |
House approves wiretap bill
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The House handed President Bush a victory Saturday, voting to expand the government's abilities to eavesdrop without warrants on foreign suspects whose communications pass through the United States. |
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Yahoo News |
8:10pm PDT |
Obama hits back over "lack of experience" tag
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Democratic presidential candidate
Barack Obama hit back at critics who said he lacks foreign
policy experience to be president and said on Saturday many of
those critics had voted for the war in Iraq. |
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Yahoo News |
8:07pm PDT |
Montana gov: Fire is in 'hands of God'
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Authorities worried about firefighters' safety on Saturday pulled them off a fast-growing wildfire in western Montana and told residents of about 200 homes to get out of the way. |
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Yahoo News |
8:07pm PDT |
Bonds hits 755th career homer to tie record
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - San Francisco Giants slugger
Barry Bonds hit the 755th home run of his spectacular and
controversial career on Saturday, tying the all-time record
held by Hank Aaron since 1974. |
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Yahoo News |
7:58pm PDT |
Giants' Bonds hits 755th HR, ties record
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Barry Bonds swung, took a half-dozen steps and clapped his hands. With no trace of a smile but a strong shot for all the doubters, he caught Hank Aaron and tied the career home run record Saturday night. |
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BBC News |
7:56pm PDT |
Madeleine police continue search |
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Summary: Police in Portugal will resume their search of the home of the only official suspect in the Madeleine McCann case. |
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Cnn.com |
7:55pm PDT |
Kids died in car while mom worked double shift |
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Cnn.com |
7:53pm PDT |
Congress expands U.S. power to eavesdrop |
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Yahoo News |
7:50pm PDT |
Congress approves Bush's spy bill
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The Congress yielded to President
George W. Bush on Saturday and approved legislation to
temporarily expand government's power to conduct electronic
surveillance without a court order in tracking foreign
suspects. |
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Cnn.com |
7:46pm PDT |
Bonds hits 755th home run, tying record |
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