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3:50pm PST |
Clinton, Obama prepare for battle in Wisconsin
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - John McCain, with little Republican
opposition, focused on the November presidential election on
Sunday while Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton
prepared for their next big fight in Wisconsin. |
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3:36pm PST |
Damaging tornadoes reported in South
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Summary: AP - Severe weather howled through much of the nation's eastern half Sunday, producing damaging tornadoes in the South and treating winter-weary parts of the Midwest to freezing rain, snow and flooding. |
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3:33pm PST |
Snooker: Selby makes comeback |
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Summary: Mark Selby stages a remarkable recovery to win the Welsh Open final against Ronnie O'Sullivan. |
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Yahoo News |
3:28pm PST |
Grim Pakistanis going to vote amid security scare
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Pakistanis will brave the risk of
bomb attacks to vote in an election on Monday that could return
a parliament set on driving U.S. ally President Pervez
Musharraf out of power. |
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3:28pm PST |
Chicago's surburbs grieve NIU victims
(AP)
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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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3:22pm PST |
US orders massive recall of beef |
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Summary: The US orders its largest-ever beef recall, saying a California meat plant broke rules on cattle inspection. |
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Cnn.com |
3:15pm PST |
Exclusive: NIU shooter's girlfriend speaks out |
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Summary: The girlfriend of the gunman who killed five people and himself at Northern Illinois University on Thursday said there was "no indication he was planning something." Jessica Baty said she still loves Steven Kazmierczak. "He was anything but a monster," sh |
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Cnn.com |
3:10pm PST |
USDA recalls record 143 million pounds of beef |
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3:02pm PST |
Wisconsin weather slows Clinton, Obama
(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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2:55pm PST |
Tornado rips through Alabama town
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The mayor of a town near Montgomery, Ala., says a tornado has destroyed numerous homes and may have trapped victims in the wreckage. |
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2:53pm PST |
UK tourist found dead in Venice |
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Summary: A British tourist who went missing in Venice while on a Valentine's trip with his girlfriend is found dead. |
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2:39pm PST |
California packer makes largest U.S. beef recall
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A California meatpacker accused of
animal cruelty is making the largest U.S. meat recall on record
-- 143 million lbs, the Agriculture Department said on Sunday. |
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2:28pm PST |
USDA makes nation's largest beef recall
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Sunday recalled 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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2:20pm PST |
Brain drug target discovery in MS |
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Summary: US researchers find two potential targets for treating multiple sclerosis after studying proteins in the brain. |
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Cnn.com |
2:17pm PST |
Clinton, Obama snipe over superdelegates |
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Summary: With the Democratic presidential race tied to a complex delegate system, the Clinton and Obama camps went after each other Sunday over "super delegates."
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2:15pm PST |
Scores killed in Afghan bombing |
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Summary: A suicide bomb kills up to 80 people in Kandahar in one of Afghanistan's deadliest attacks since 2001. |
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1:51pm PST |
Planet-hunters set for big bounty |
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Summary: Earth-like planets with conditions suitable for life may be more common in our galaxy than previously thought, a study finds. |
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1:51pm PST |
'Hundreds of worlds' in Milky Way |
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Summary: Rocky planets with conditions suitable for life may be more common than previously thought, a study finds |
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1:37pm PST |
Blue-collar suburbs mourn NIU victims
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The middle-class 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, in a community some consider "Mayberry |
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Cnn.com |
1:32pm PST |
USDA recalls 143 million pounds of frozen beef |
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1:17pm PST |
China concerned about US satellite plans
(AP)
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Summary: AP - China said Sunday it was concerned about U.S. military plans to shoot down a damaged spy satellite that is hurtling toward Earth with 1,000 pounds of toxic fuel. |
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12:56pm PST |
Woman dies after fall from UN building
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A woman who worked for the United Nations died Sunday after falling from the 19th floor of the U.N.'s Secretariat Building, authorities said. |
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12:38pm PST |
Kosovo declares independence, Serbia rejects
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Kosovo on Sunday declared independence from an angry and anxious Serbia, completing the conflict-strewn breakup of the former Yugoslavia. |
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Cnn.com |
12:27pm PST |
Investigator: Bhutto assassination cost $7,000 |
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Summary: The chief Pakistani investigator Sunday released details about the alleged role of Taliban commander Baitullah Mehsud in the assassination of Benazir Bhutto.
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Cnn.com |
12:27pm PST |
Investigator: Bhutto hit cost $7,000 |
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Summary: The chief Pakistani investigator Sunday released details about the alleged role of Taliban commander Baitullah Mehsud in the assassination of Benazir Bhutto.
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BBC News |
12:27pm PST |
Four dissidents freed by Havana |
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Summary: Cuba releases four political prisoners in what diplomats call a positive move by acting leader, Raul Castro. |
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12:06pm PST |
Old JFK documents may stir controversy
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A batch of old documents linked to the
slaying of President John F. Kennedy has reportedly been
unearthed, including a highly suspect transcript of a
conversation between assassin Lee Harvey Oswald and Oswald's
killer Jack Ruby, the Dallas M |
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BBC News |
12:01pm PST |
Prescott warns critics of China |
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Summary: Former Deputy PM John Prescott defends China's record on Darfur and calls on critics to stop lecturing Beijing |
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11:51am PST |
Up to 80 killed in Afghan bombing
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A suicide bomber penetrated a crowd watching a dog-fighting competition in the Taliban's former stronghold Sunday, killing up to 80 people in one of the bloodiest bombings since the regime's 2001 ouster. |
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BBC News |
11:47am PST |
Bosses defend City bonuses |
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Summary: Business figures defend the paying of bonuses to City executives after an attack by the chancellor. |
