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Cnn.com |
11:57pm PDT |
Bonds is baseball's new home run king |
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Summary: Giants slugger Barry Bonds became baseball's home run king Tuesday night, crushing career homer No. 756 to wrest the most hallowed record in sports from Hank Aaron. Bonds later firmly rejected any suggestion that his feat was tainted by steroids.
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Cnn.com |
11:57pm PDT |
Bonds passes Aaron to become home run king |
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Summary: Giants slugger Barry Bonds became baseball's home run king Tuesday night, crushing career homer No. 756 to wrest the most hallowed record in sports from Hank Aaron. Bonds later firmly rejected any suggestion that his feat was tainted by steroids.
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Yahoo News |
11:56pm PDT |
Rare Yangtze River dolphin probably extinct: study
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The long-threatened Yangtze River
dolphin in China is probably extinct, according to an
international team of researchers who said this would mark the
first whale or dolphin to be wiped out due to human activity. |
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BBC News |
11:44pm PDT |
Fuel fraud spreads to petrol pump |
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Summary: Thousands of NI motorists could be buying contaminated fuel every day, a BBC Newsline investigation finds. |
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BBC News |
11:38pm PDT |
ITV sees further advertising fall |
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Summary: ITV reports a 5% dip in half-year advertising revenues, but insists the UK TV advertising market is now recovering. |
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BBC News |
11:37pm PDT |
Homes evacuated after major fire |
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Summary: Around 100 people spend the night away from their homes which were gutted in a fire and power was disrupted. |
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BBC News |
11:31pm PDT |
Diet food 'may fuel obesity risk' |
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Summary: Diet foods and drinks for children may inadvertently lead to overeating and obesity, say researchers. |
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BBC News |
11:26pm PDT |
Geeling murder inquiry to report |
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Summary: A report into the murder of an 11-year-old boy by a fellow school pupil is due to be published. |
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BBC News |
11:26pm PDT |
Iraq's Maliki set for Iran talks |
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Summary: Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki heads to Iran for talks which are expected to focus on security issues. |
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Yahoo News |
11:21pm PDT |
Space shuttle Endeavour in first mission in 4 years
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The U.S. space shuttle
Endeavour was due to blast off from Florida on Wednesday on its
first mission in nearly five years, carrying a former teacher
who trained with the ill-fated Challenger crew and gear for the
International Space Station. |
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BBC News |
11:00pm PDT |
Girl charged over stab murder |
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Summary: A 15-year-old girl is among three charged over the murder of a young mother stabbed to death on Tyneside. |
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Yahoo News |
10:56pm PDT |
China spending $1 billion on food and drug safety
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - China will spend more than $1 billion
improving food and drug safety by 2010 and the regulator will
be given stronger oversight powers, an official said on
Wednesday as fears persist over Chinese products. |
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Yahoo News |
10:52pm PDT |
Taliban attack U.S.-led coalition base
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A group of 75 Taliban militants tried to overrun a U.S.-led coalition base in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday, a rare frontal attack that left more than 20 militants dead, the coalition said in a statement. |
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BBC News |
10:49pm PDT |
Gusmao sworn in as East Timor PM |
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Summary: E Timor's independence hero Xanana Gusmao is sworn in as prime minister, after violence over the move. |
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BBC News |
10:48pm PDT |
'Crucial' talks on foot-and-mouth |
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Summary: Farmers' leaders hope to find out whether animals could be moved for slaughter under licence at a meeting with assembly officials. |
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ChristianToday |
10:01pm PDT |
Aid Agencies Launch Asia Flood Appeal |
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Summary: Christian Aid and World Vision New Zealand have launched an appeal to help the millions of people forced to flee their homes in India and Bangladesh following the worst flooding there in living memory |
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Yahoo News |
9:47pm PDT |
Pentagon to fly armored vehicles to Iraq: report
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The Pentagon has asked Congress for
nearly $750 million to urgently airlift needed armored vehicles
to U.S. troops facing roadside bombs in Iraq, USA TODAY
reported in its Wednesday editions. |
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Yahoo News |
9:46pm PDT |
SKorea, NKorea to hold first summit for seven years
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - North and South Korea said Wednesday they had agreed to hold their first summit for seven years to promote lasting peace on the peninsula, divided for 60 years by minefields and barbed wire. |
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BBC News |
9:45pm PDT |
UK lab to test Madeleine 'blood' |
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Summary: Suspected blood traces found in the McCann family's holiday apartment are sent to the UK for tests. |
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Yahoo News |
9:40pm PDT |
Bonds sets home run record with 756th blast
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Barry Bonds hit the 756th home
run of his career to set a new Major League record on Tuesday,
sparking wild celebrations among his hometown fans and a mixed
reaction elsewhere in the wake of past steroid allegations. |
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Yahoo News |
9:32pm PDT |
Virgin America threat not seen as dire
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Just as some airlines are beginning to get back on their feet after cutting capacity to lower costs and boost profits, Virgin America is entering the fray Wednesday with flights that could mark the beginning of stiffer price competition. |
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BBC News |
9:20pm PDT |
Foot-and-mouth transfer is probed |
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Summary: Officials investigate whether employees at a research site transferred the disease to a Surrey farm. |
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Cnn.com |
9:20pm PDT |
Bonds slugs HR No. 756 to pass Aaron |
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Summary: With a mighty swing of his black maple bat, in front of a raucous and all-forgiving home crowd at AT&T Park, San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds became baseball's home run king Tuesday night, crushing career homer No. 756 deep into the stands in |
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BBC News |
9:17pm PDT |
Koreas announce historic summit |
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Summary: North and South Korean leaders are to hold only their second-ever summit in late August, officials announce. |
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Yahoo News |
9:04pm PDT |
Korea leaders to hold second-ever summit
(AP)
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Summary: AP - North and South Korea announced Wednesday that their leaders will hold their second-ever summit this month, reprising the historic 2000 meeting that launched unprecedented reconciliation between the two longtime foes. |
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Yahoo News |
8:59pm PDT |
Bonds makes history with 756th home run
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Barry Bonds hit No. 756 over the right-center field wall Tuesday night, and hammered home the point: Like him or not, legitimate or not, he is baseball's new home run king. Bonds broke Hank Aaron's storied record in the fifth inning, connecting on a |
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Yahoo News |
8:30pm PDT |
Timberlake, Beyonce top VMA nominations
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Justin Timberlake and Beyonce lead the pop parade of nominees for the MTV Video Music Awards with seven nods apiece, it was announced Tuesday. |
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BBC News |
8:09pm PDT |
Brown steps into interpreters row |
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Summary: The prime minister says he will look again at the case of 91 Iraqi interpreters over their claim for asylum in the UK. |
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Yahoo News |
7:46pm PDT |
Two Koreas to hold summit
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The leaders of North and South Korea will
meet this month in the North Korean capital Pyongyang in only
the second summit between the two countries and their first in
seven years, both sides announced on Wednesday. |
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Yahoo News |
7:42pm PDT |
Utah miners' rescue may drag on for a week
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Six miners remained trapped
deep in a collapsed mine in Utah late on Tuesday as frustrated
rescuers said it could take up to a week to reach the men -- if
they are still alive -- and even longer to get them out. |
