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8:11pm PST |
Nazi-era singer returns to stage |
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Summary: A 104-year-old Dutch cabaret singer who once performed for the Nazis gives a concert for the first time in decades. |
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Yahoo News |
7:37pm PST |
Memphis survives scare to remain perfect
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Chris Douglas-Roberts converted a three-point play with 6.5 seconds left, giving No. 1 Memphis a 79-78 win over UAB Saturday night and keeping the Tigers perfect. |
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Yahoo News |
7:09pm PST |
Obama and Clinton take battle to Wisconsin
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton
traded fresh attacks and touted their economic leadership on
Saturday as they took their Democratic presidential duel to
Wisconsin. |
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Yahoo News |
7:00pm PST |
Deron Williams shows All-Star skills
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Deron Williams was flawless and fast. With a nearly perfect run through an obstacle course of dribbling, passing and shooting, Utah's point guard won the Skills Challenge on All-Star Saturday, defeating New Orleans playmaker Chris Paul in the final r |
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BBC News |
6:59pm PST |
Language GCSEs 'may drop orals' |
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Summary: GCSE language students could cease taking oral tests because they are "too stressful", a report says. |
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Cnn.com |
6:57pm PST |
Car rams street-race crowd, killing eight |
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Yahoo News |
6:47pm PST |
Carpenters fans try to save former home
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Owners of The Carpenters' former home aren't feeling on top of the world about the legions of fans who keep stopping by to pay tribute. |
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BBC News |
6:46pm PST |
Madagascar braced for cyclone |
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Summary: People in Madagascar are braced for a tropical cyclone which is expected to make landfall in the north-east. |
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Yahoo News |
5:58pm PST |
McCain gains 50 delegates in Mich., La.
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Sen. John McCain, the presumed Republican presidential nominee, picked up a total of 50 GOP national convention delegates from Michigan and Louisiana Saturday. |
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BBC News |
5:57pm PST |
Bush to address Africa's crises |
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Summary: US President George W Bush is due to hold talks in Tanzania with Darfur and Kenya on the agenda. |
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BBC News |
5:57pm PST |
Bush to address African conflicts |
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Summary: US President George W Bush is due to hold talks in Tanzania with Darfur and Kenya on the agenda. |
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Cnn.com |
5:15pm PST |
Police: Serial rapist, killer on the loose |
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Yahoo News |
5:14pm PST |
Clinton aide urges seating delegates
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Harold Ickes, a top adviser to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign who voted for Democratic Party rules that stripped Michigan and Florida of their delegates, now is arguing against the very penalty he helped pass. |
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Cnn.com |
4:57pm PST |
Interactive: Victims wanted to help people |
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4:55pm PST |
Eight killed at US drag car race |
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Summary: Eight people are killed as a car careens into a crowd at an illegal drag car race in the United States. |
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BBC News |
4:47pm PST |
Brazilian film wins Golden Bear |
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Summary: Brazilian movie The Elite Squad wins at the Berlin Film Festival, while Britain's Sally Hawkins is best actress. |
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BBC News |
4:47pm PST |
Brazil film wins Golden Bear |
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Summary: Brazilian movie The Elite Squad wins at the Berlin Film Festival, while Britain's Sally Hawkins is best actress. |
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Yahoo News |
4:19pm PST |
Olympic Games offer unique path to China markets
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - When the world's greatest sporting and
marketing event crosses paths with one of the best economic
growth stories ever, the result could be the opportunity of a
lifetime for corporate sponsors of the Beijing Olympics. |
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Yahoo News |
4:16pm PST |
Sidelined home buyers frozen by fears
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Home prices have plunged by 10 percent
or more in some parts of the United States and interest rates
on mortgages are at enticing levels, but many potential buyers
are waiting for prices to fall further. |
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BBC News |
4:03pm PST |
TV poll backs Berwick move |
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Summary: According to a television poll, 60% of people in Berwick-upon-Tweed want the town to become part of Scotland. |
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BBC News |
4:03pm PST |
TV poll backs Berwick border move |
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Summary: According to a television poll, 60% of people in Berwick-upon-Tweed want the town to become part of Scotland. |
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Yahoo News |
4:01pm PST |
Singer, 104, takes stage amid protests
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Several dozen people protested outside a theater Saturday where a 104-year-old singer who once performed for Adolf Hitler took the stage in the Netherlands for the first time in four decades. |
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BBC News |
4:01pm PST |
Spinal injury regeneration hope |
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Summary: Scientists believe they are close to a significant breakthrough in the treatment of spinal injuries. |
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BBC News |
3:56pm PST |
Kosovo gears up for independence |
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Summary: Jubilant ethnic Albanians in Kosovo pour onto the streets, ahead of an expected declaration of independence. |
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BBC News |
3:55pm PST |
Paedophile check trials launched |
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Summary: Parents will be able to check if people have child sex convictions under trials of a new policy. |
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Yahoo News |
3:55pm PST |
Hawks send 4 players to Kings for Bibby
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Atlanta Hawks traded four players and a draft pick on Saturday for Mike Bibby, the point guard they hope will end the league's longest streak without a playoff appearance. |
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BBC News |
3:36pm PST |
Call for calm after Pakistan bomb |
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Summary: The leader of Pakistan's main opposition party urges calm after a bomb kills 37 at a rally ahead of polls on Monday. |
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Yahoo News |
3:26pm PST |
Car hits Md. street-race crowd; 8 killed
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A car plowed into a group of street-racing fans obscured by a cloud of tire smoke on a highway Saturday, killing eight people and scattering bodies in the early morning darkness. |
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Yahoo News |
3:20pm PST |
Pakistan campaign rally bombing kills 37
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A suicide bomber rammed a car packed with explosives into a crowd following a rally for a candidate allied with the opposition, killing 37 people and heightening fears of Islamic militant violence during Monday's crucial parliamentary elections. |
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Cnn.com |
3:18pm PST |
Suspect arrested in meat cleaver killing |
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