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BBC News |
11:35am PST |
Kosovo declares independence |
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Summary: Kosovo's parliament declares independence from Serbia, to jubilation in Pristina but angry protests in Belgrade. |
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Yahoo News |
11:25am PST |
Some homeless squat in foreclosed houses
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Summary: AP - The nation's foreclosure crisis has led to a painful irony for homeless people: On any given night they are outnumbered in some cities by vacant houses. Some street people are taking advantage of the opportunity by becoming squatters. |
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Yahoo News |
11:17am PST |
McCain looks to November vote
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - John McCain, with little Republican
opposition, looked forward on Sunday to the November
presidential election while Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary
Clinton prepared for their next big fight in Wisconsin. |
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Cnn.com |
11:13am PST |
Bush brings aid, Shaq's shoes to Tanzania |
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Summary: President Bush gave Tanzania's president, who played basketball as a youth, a pair of NBA star Shaquille O'Neal's size 23 shoes today, along with millions of dollars to help combat disease and poverty in the east African country.
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Yahoo News |
11:09am PST |
Students fight back against gossip site
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Cornell University junior was in his dorm between classes when the text message came in from a friend. Check out JuicyCampus.com, it said. |
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Yahoo News |
11:05am PST |
'Jumper' hurtles competition, earns $27M
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The globe-trotting thriller "Jumper" leaped to a box office win with $27.2 million on a weekend when Hollywood offered something for everyone, with new films for action fans, teens, family audiences and the date-movie crowd. |
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Yahoo News |
11:05am PST |
New Clinton economic message has echoes of Edwards
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - White House hopeful
Hillary Clinton has a message for hairdressers in Wisconsin,
postal workers in Ohio and autoworkers across the United States
who are struggling financially: She cares. |
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Yahoo News |
11:01am PST |
Democrats: What Clinton must do to win
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Ask a dozen die-hard Democrats around the country what Hillary Rodham Clinton can do to beat Barack Obama and win the presidential nomination and they have plenty of ideas — some of them contradictory. |
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BBC News |
10:59am PST |
Football: Teams await Cup draw |
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Summary: League One side Bristol Rovers will join Barnsley and three other Championship clubs in the FA Cup quarter-final draw on Monday. |
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BBC News |
10:41am PST |
Pompey pip Preston to FA quarter final |
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Summary: Darren Carter's late own goal ensured Portsmouth undeservedly progressed to the FA Cup quarter-finals. |
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BBC News |
10:40am PST |
Soul newcomer Duffy tops UK chart |
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Summary: Duffy, the Welsh soul singer hotly tipped for success in 2008, enters the singles chart at number one with Mercy. |
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BBC News |
10:37am PST |
Star's support for cancer woman |
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Summary: Film producer Trudie Styler pledges her support for a campaign to allow a terminally ill woman back to the UK. |
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Yahoo News |
10:35am PST |
In Africa, Bush wants AIDS plan renewed
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Bush rejected proposed Democratic changes to his prized AIDS relief program, issuing a challenge Sunday to Congress to "stop the squabbling" and renew it as is. Tanzanian leader Jakaya Kikwete made an impassioned appeal for the same thing, |
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BBC News |
10:24am PST |
Cypriot president ousted in poll |
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Summary: Incumbent Tassos Papadopoulos is knocked out of presidential elections in Greek-controlled Cyprus. |
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Yahoo News |
10:15am PST |
Scores dead in one of Afghanistan's deadliest attacks
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - A suicide blast tore through a crowd watching a dog fight in Afghanistan Sunday, killing up to 80 men and boys in one of the deadliest attacks of a Taliban-led insurgency. |
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Cnn.com |
9:57am PST |
Kosovo declares independence from Serbia |
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Summary: Kosovo's parliament officially declared the province's independence from Serbia today, a move opposed by Serbia and Russia but supported by many western governments. "From this moment on, the political position of Kosovo changes. Kosovo is a republic -- a |
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Yahoo News |
9:21am PST |
Hard times heighten long-felt unease
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Even when experts were declaring the economy healthy, many Americans voiced a vague, but persistent dissatisfaction. |
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Yahoo News |
9:15am PST |
Daytona 500 could come down to teamwork
(AP)
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Summary: AP - He won 10 races last season and his second consecutive NASCAR championship, yet Jimmie Johnson isn't the marquee driver on his own team. |
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Yahoo News |
9:13am PST |
80 die in bombing at Afghan dog fight
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A suicide bombing at an outdoor dog fighting competition killed 80 people and wounded scores on Sunday, an Afghan governor said. It appeared to be the deadliest terror attack in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban in 2001. |
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Yahoo News |
8:51am PST |
Churchgoers pray for shooting victims
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Churchgoers are remembering the victims of the Northern Illinois University shooting rampage with prayers and support for the school and family members. |
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Yahoo News |
8:46am PST |
McCain looks to November's presidential vote
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton
carried their fight for the Democratic nomination to the next
battleground of Wisconsin on Sunday while John McCain, with
little Republican opposition, looked forward to the November
presidential election. |
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Yahoo News |
8:40am PST |
Britain announces nationalisation of Northern Rock
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - British finance minister Alistair Darling announced on Sunday that troubled bank Northern Rock would be brought into a "temporary period of public ownership." |
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BBC News |
8:34am PST |
Pakistan tense on eve of key vote |
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Summary: Security is high in Pakistan on the eve of key elections overshadowed by violence and vote-rigging fears. |
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BBC News |
8:34am PST |
Pakistan tense ahead of key vote |
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Summary: Security is high in Pakistan on the eve of key elections overshadowed by violence and vote-rigging fears. |
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Yahoo News |
8:16am PST |
Kosovo declares independence, Serbia vows to resist
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Kosovo on Sunday declared its independence from an angry and anxious Serbia in the final fallout from the conflict-strewn breakup of the former Yugoslavia. |
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Yahoo News |
8:09am PST |
Supreme Court weighs 5 age bias cases
(AP)
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Summary: AP - There is only one anti-bias law — the one against discrimination based on age — that would cover all nine Supreme Court justices, if such laws applied to them. |
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Cnn.com |
8:06am PST |
Killing puts FBI terror squads on alert |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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ChristianPost |
8:00am PST |
Selling to Saudi |
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Summary: Last month, the president announced his intention to sell Saudi Arabia some of our most sophisticated weapons. This is a bad idea, and you should let your representative know it right ... |
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ChristianPost |
7:44am PST |
Church Services Focus on NIU Shooting |
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Summary: Churches in several Illinois communities are remembering the victims of the shooting at Northern Illinois ... |
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BBC News |
7:42am PST |
Kosovo MPs vote for independence |
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Summary: Kosovo's parliament declares independence from Serbia, to jubilation in Pristina but anger in Belgrade. |
