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7:18pm PST |
Polls open for Pakistani vote
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Summary: Reuters - Fears of violence overshadowed
Pakistan's general election on Monday with 80,000 troops
backing up police to watch over a vote that could return a
parliament set on driving President Pervez Musharraf from
office. |
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Yahoo News |
7:17pm PST |
East stars lead West 74-65 at halftime
(AP)
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Summary: AP - LeBron James and Dwight Howard each scored 12 points, and the Eastern Conference led the West 74-65 at halftime of the All-Star game Sunday night. |
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7:01pm PST |
EU meets to debate Kosovo |
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Summary: EU ministers are to consider Kosovo's declaration of independence, with members split on how to respond. |
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7:01pm PST |
Divided EU meets to debate Kosovo |
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Summary: EU ministers are to consider Kosovo's declaration of independence, with members split on how to respond. |
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BBC News |
7:01pm PST |
Pakistanis vote in tense election |
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Summary: People in Pakistan take part in a crucial parliamentary election overshadowed by violence and fears of fraud. |
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7:00pm PST |
Chicago's suburbs grieve NIU victims
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Summary: AP - The sprawling Chicago suburbs that send their sons and daughters to Northern Illinois University struggled Sunday with the closeness of the country's latest massacre — this time the gunman grew up among them. |
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Cnn.com |
6:54pm PST |
Nancy Reagan hospitalized after fall |
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Summary: Former first lady Nancy Reagan was taken to a suburban Los Angeles hospital "as a precaution" Sunday after a fall at her home, an aide said.
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6:44pm PST |
Nancy Reagan hospitalized after falling
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Summary: AP - Nancy Reagan's spokeswoman says the former first lady is staying overnight in the hospital after falling in her home in Bel-Air. |
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Cnn.com |
6:34pm PST |
NIU shooter sent girlfriend 'goodbye' note |
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Summary: Around the day of the shootings at Northern Illinois University, Jessica Baty was sent packages in the mail by her boyfriend, shooter Steven Kazmierczak. One contained a "goodbye" note and a new cell phone, the other had a holster and ammunition, Baty sai |
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6:31pm PST |
Barack Obama visits John Edwards
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. Democratic presidential
candidate Barack Obama slipped away for a private meeting with
former rival John Edwards on Sunday to seek his endorsement as
the Illinois senator and Hillary Clinton battle for Wisconsin. |
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Yahoo News |
6:30pm PST |
Newman gives Penske overdue Daytona win
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Another thriller, another heartbreak at the Daytona 500. For the second straight year, The Great American Race came down to the last lap. This time the drama rewarded Ryan Newman, who hadn't won in 81 races over more than two years, and team owner Ro |
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Cnn.com |
6:22pm PST |
Toshiba may drop HD DVD format |
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6:16pm PST |
Reno campus on edge after attacks
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The hunt for a serial rapist spread fear around a college campus Sunday after police linked a 19-year-old woman's death to at least two other attacks in the area. |
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Yahoo News |
6:14pm PST |
Toshiba says it may end HD DVD
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Toshiba may pull the plug on its high-definition DVD format but no decision has been made, the Japanese electronics maker said in a statement Monday. |
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Yahoo News |
6:10pm PST |
Weather slows Dems on Wisconsin trail
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Grounded by bad weather, Hillary Rodham Clinton noshed on eggs at a diner and visited a Hispanic grocery Sunday while her advisers argued that Barack Obama had abandoned a commitment to accept public funding if he wins the Democratic presidential nom |
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6:06pm PST |
Defiant Kosovo celebrates independence
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Summary: AP - Revelers fired guns, waved red-and-black Albanian flags and set off fireworks over Kosovo Sunday after parliament proclaimed independence in defiance of Serbia and Russia, which condemned the declaration of the world's newest nation. |
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5:45pm PST |
Israel detains dozens of Gazans |
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Summary: Israeli forces carry out an incursion into the Gaza Strip, seizing more than 80 Palestinians and killing four. |
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5:42pm PST |
Action plan targets violent crime |
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Summary: A raft of new measures to tackle violent crime is to be announced by Home Secretary Jacqui Smith. |
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Cnn.com |
5:19pm PST |
'Jumper' teleports to top spot at box office |
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5:18pm PST |
USDA orders nation's largest beef recall
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Sunday ordered the recall of 143 million pounds of frozen beef from a California slaughterhouse, the subject of an animal-abuse investigation, that provided meat to school lunch programs. |
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Cnn.com |
4:42pm PST |
143 million pounds of beef recalled |
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4:36pm PST |
Kosovo awaits recognition and Serb challenge
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Summary: Reuters - Kosovo looked forward on
Monday to recognition by the Western powers who went to war to
save its Albanian majority, but Russia served notice the new
state will never be forced on its Serb allies in the territory. |
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Yahoo News |
4:29pm PST |
Newman earns Daytona 500 win for Penske
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Ryan Newman snapped an 81-race winless streak Sunday, using a huge push from teammate Kurt Busch to give car owner Roger Penske his first Daytona 500 victory. Penske, the most successful owner in open-wheel history with 14 wins in the prestigious Ind |
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4:16pm PST |
Wealth 'may not lead to health' |
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Summary: Economic growth does not always lead to better health or lower child mortality, new research suggests. |
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4:16pm PST |
Soldiers held in munitions probe |
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Summary: Three soldiers from the Royal Regiment of Scotland are arrested in Kent on suspicion of stealing munitions. |
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Cnn.com |
4:10pm PST |
Tornadoes, storms tear into South |
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4:03pm PST |
Side-effects 'should be reported' |
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Summary: A campaign is launched to get members of the public to report any side-effects from medicines. |
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4:03pm PST |
MPs criticise military healthcare |
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Summary: The Scottish Government comes under fire for failing to give priority to the healthcare needs of military personnel. |
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BBC News |
4:03pm PST |
Stem cell hope for bone fractures |
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Summary: UK scientists hope to mend shattered bones and damaged cartilage using a patient's own stem cells. |
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3:55pm PST |
Tests ordered for cleaver attack suspect |
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