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Yahoo News |
11:42pm PDT |
'Pirates,' Sophia Bush top Teen Awards
(AP)
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Summary: AP - "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" dominated the seventh-annual Teen Choice Awards Sunday, taking honors for Choice Movie: Action Adventure. |
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BBC News |
11:38pm PDT |
Merkel presses China on climate |
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Summary: Germany urges China to address climate change, but China says it should still be allowed to grow economically. |
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BBC News |
11:32pm PDT |
US retrial for Scot on death row |
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Summary: A Scottish man on death row in the US is to face a retrial after his conviction was overturned a second time. |
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Yahoo News |
11:18pm PDT |
Vick set to plead guilty
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael
Vick, whose fall from grace has been one of the most sudden in
U.S. sport, will formally plead guilty Monday in a dog-fighting
case almost certain to wreck his football career. |
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Yahoo News |
11:12pm PDT |
China says U.S. also to blame for toy safety scares
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - China on Monday hit back at Mattel,
after a massive toy recall, saying designers and importers
should also take responsibility for product safety, but
promised to punish its own manufacturers who flout standards. |
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DJ Chuang |
11:03pm PDT |
how to find video podcasts |
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Summary: I got the itch to watch video podcasts. But they’re not easy to find. The iTunes Store has audio and video podcasts all lumped in together, and I want to look beyond new release videos or featured videos, while avoiding the assault of videos that st |
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Yahoo News |
10:43pm PDT |
Unpopular Japan PM taps veterans for cabinet: media
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has
picked veteran lawmakers for key posts in a new cabinet line-up
to be unveiled on Monday, media said, to try to revive
faltering support after a massive election defeat. |
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BBC News |
10:34pm PDT |
Camilla's memorial move welcomed |
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Summary: The Duchess of Cornwall's decision not to attend a memorial service for Princess Diana has met with approval. |
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Theophiles |
10:26pm PDT |
Evangelicals Turn Toward ... the Orthodox Church? |
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Summary: At The New Republic:While it's unlikely that the Orthodox Church--which, according to the best estimate, has only 1.2 million American members--will ever pose any sort of existential threat to evangelical Christianity in the United States, it is significa |
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Yahoo News |
10:19pm PDT |
Nukaga to be Japan finance minister: media
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Former Japanese defense minister
Fukushiro Nukaga will become finance minister in Prime Minister
Shinzo Abe's reshuffled cabinet, public broadcaster NHK
reported on Monday. |
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BBC News |
9:58pm PDT |
Shutdown to protest India bombs |
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Summary: India's opposition BJP party calls a shutdown in Hyderabad to protest against Saturday's twin blasts. |
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BBC News |
9:58pm PDT |
Shutdown call after India bombs |
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Summary: India's opposition BJP party calls a shutdown in Hyderabad to protest against Saturday's twin blasts. |
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Yahoo News |
9:58pm PDT |
No sign of miners as search goes on
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Mine officials will drill a seventh
bore hole into a Utah mine in a continuing effort to find six
missing coal miners after the latest effort turned up no sign
of the men, officials said on Sunday. |
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Yahoo News |
9:57pm PDT |
More help for Greece as fire toll rises above 60
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - More international help was set arrive in Greece on Monday to fight the deadliest forest fires in the past 150 years, amid growing suspicion that many of the blazes which have killed over 60 people were arson. |
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Yahoo News |
9:43pm PDT |
US lawmakers slam Iraqi PM, urge drawdown of US troops
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Top US lawmakers from across the political divide on Sunday expressed impatience with Iraqi leader Nuri al-Maliki and called for a withdrawal of US troops to begin. |
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Yahoo News |
9:42pm PDT |
Fire at UAE port's chemical depot triggers blasts
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A fire broke out at Jebel Ali port in the
United Arab Emirates on Monday, triggering explosions at a
depot storing chemicals, a Dubai civil defence official said. |
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BBC News |
9:39pm PDT |
Six released in Rhys murder case |
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Summary: Detectives looking for the killer of 11-year-old Rhys Jones in Liverpool release six people they were holding. |
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BBC News |
9:28pm PDT |
Vatican flight service launches |
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Summary: A senior Vatican cardinal is to inaugurate an international low-cost charter flight service for pilgrims. |
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Yahoo News |
9:11pm PDT |
Kobe, LeBron and Carmelo carry U.S.
(AP)
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Summary: AP - After containing Leandro Barbosa, Kobe Bryant still had time to keep up with LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony. |
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BBC News |
9:10pm PDT |
Vienna meeting seeks climate plan |
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Summary: Delegates from 150 countries meet in Vienna to discuss progress on steps to tackle climate change. |
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BBC News |
9:10pm PDT |
Vienna meeting on climate plan |
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Summary: Delegates from 150 countries meet in Vienna to discuss progress on steps to tackle climate change. |
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Yahoo News |
8:52pm PDT |
China blames differing standards for safety scares
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - China on Monday blamed differing
national standards, misleading statistics and lack of
communication for some of the product safety scares that have
alarmed foreign consumers, promising to punish manufacturers
who flout rules. |
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BBC News |
8:47pm PDT |
Report to show Afghan opium rise |
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Summary: The amount of opium produced in Afghanistan has broken records again, official figures are due to reveal. |
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Yahoo News |
8:44pm PDT |
Japan PM shakes up cabinet
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe tapped
a close ally as his party's No. 2 and was to announce a new
cabinet line-up on Monday to try to revive faltering support a
month after his coalition suffered a massive election defeat. |
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Yahoo News |
8:41pm PDT |
Merkel expected to press China on climate
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - German Chancellor Angela Merkel is
expected to push for tougher global action against climate
change and ending human rights abuses in Darfur in meetings
with top Chinese officials on Monday. |
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Yahoo News |
8:40pm PDT |
Yahoo Mail lets e-mailers text-message to phones
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Yahoo Inc said on Sunday it was
giving its e-mail users more ways to reach friends and online
contacts by allowing them to trade messages with mobile phone
users. |
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Yahoo News |
8:29pm PDT |
LeBron, Kobe, Melo lead U.S. past Brazil
(AP)
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Summary: AP - With big games from its three biggest stars, first place came impressively for the United States. LeBron James scored 21 points, Kobe Bryant added 20 and harassed Leandro Barbosa all over the court, and the United States clinched the top spot in its |
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Yahoo News |
8:15pm PDT |
Pre-orders surge for O.J. Simpson book
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A week ago, Barnes & Noble, Inc., announced it would not keep copies of the new edition of O.J. Simpson's "If I Did It" in its stores, saying the book was not expected to sell well. |
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Cnn.com |
8:06pm PDT |
Hulk Hogan's son seriously hurt in car wreck |
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Summary: A high-speed car accident in Florida has left the teenage son of wrestling star Hulk Hogan seriously injured and a companion in critical condition late Sunday, police said.
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Yahoo News |
8:03pm PDT |
Dunkin' Donuts dumping most trans fats
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Dunkin' Donuts, the food-on-the-go chain whose name celebrates a treat that's symbolic of unhealthy eating, is trying to refresh its image by largely eliminating trans fat across its menu — doughnuts included, Homer Simpson be damned. |
