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Yahoo News |
2:34pm PST |
Pakistan opposition seize early lead in polls
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Summary: AFP - Early results show Pakistani opposition parties have made "big gains" in elections that could determine the future of President Pervez Musharraf, the former ruling party and officials said Tuesday. |
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BBC News |
2:29pm PST |
'Frog from hell' fossil unearthed |
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Summary: A 70-million-year-old fossil of a giant frog has been unearthed in Madagascar by a team of UK and US scientists. |
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BBC News |
2:27pm PST |
'Mafia boss' arrested in Italy |
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Summary: Police in southern Italy have arrested the head of the powerful 'Ndrangheta Mafia clan, officials say. |
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Yahoo News |
2:18pm PST |
Lohan recreates Monroe photo shoot
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Summary: AP - Lindsay Lohan is following in the footsteps of the most famous blond bombshell of them all — Marilyn Monroe. |
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Cnn.com |
2:18pm PST |
Doomed satellite may be shot down Thursday |
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Summary: The U.S. Navy will likely attempt to shoot down a faulty spy satellite on Thursday, the day after the space shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to land, two officials told CNN today. The Navy plans to fire a missile at the satellite as it enters Earth's atmosph |
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Cnn.com |
2:18pm PST |
Satellite-shootdown try to come Thursday |
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Summary: The U.S. Navy will likely attempt to shoot down a faulty spy satellite on Thursday, the day after the space shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to land, two officials told CNN today. The Navy plans to fire a missile at the satellite as it enters Earth's atmosph |
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Yahoo News |
2:12pm PST |
Clinton camp accuses Obama of plagiarism
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Summary: AP - Top advisers to Hillary Rodham Clinton accused Democratic rival Barack Obama of plagiarism Monday, the latest effort by her campaign to undermine the Illinois senator's credibility. |
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2:10pm PST |
Aging Air Force wants big bucks fix
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Summary: AP - Air Force officials are warning that unless their budget is increased dramatically, and soon, the military's high-flying branch won't dominate the skies as it has for decades. |
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BBC News |
2:10pm PST |
Tennis: Federer vows 10 years |
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Summary: Roger Federer says he has no plans to retire early and wants to go on until he is 35. |
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BBC News |
2:09pm PST |
US drops Africa military HQ plan |
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Summary: The US decides to keep the base for its new Africa Command in Germany, after a lack of interest from nations. |
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2:08pm PST |
Scientists find 'Devil Toad' fossil
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Summary: AP - A frog the size of a bowling ball, with heavy armor and teeth, lived among dinosaurs millions of years ago — intimidating enough that scientists who unearthed its fossils dubbed the beast Beelzebufo, or Devil Toad. |
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Yahoo News |
2:05pm PST |
US and European powers recognise Kosovo
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Summary: AFP - The United States and major European powers led international moves to recognise Kosovo's independence on Monday, prompting Serbia to recall its ambassador to Washington in protest. |
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BBC News |
2:02pm PST |
Soldiers in court over explosives |
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Summary: Three soldiers appear in court on charges which include the illegal possession of explosives or firearms. |
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Cnn.com |
1:52pm PST |
Admiral: Al Qaeda in Iraq killing ex-allies |
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Summary: Video provided to CNN shows an al Qaeda in Iraq firing squad executing one-time allies -- fellow Sunni extremists -- who were not loyal enough to the terror organization, coalition military analysts said. The video shows armed men wearing masks standing b |
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Cnn.com |
1:45pm PST |
Texas poll shows dead heat among Dems |
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Summary: It's all tied up in Texas.
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CTI Music |
1:41pm PST |
'Relentless' Living |
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Summary: The hectic pace of music, ministry, and motherhood are all in a day's work for Natalie Grant and her tireless passion to reflect the love of God to a new generation.
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CTI Music |
1:41pm PST |
39th Annual GMA Dove Award Nominees |
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Summary: The Gospel Music Association expands the main artist categories to celebrate the industry's diversity, recognizing artists both old and new.
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Cnn.com |
1:41pm PST |
Satellite-shootdown try days away, sources say |
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Summary: The U.S. Navy will likely attempt to shoot down a faulty spy satellite on Thursday, the day after the space shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to land, two officials told CNN today. The Navy plans to fire a missile at the satellite as it enters Earth's atmosph |
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Yahoo News |
1:25pm PST |
Musharraf allies struggle in Pakistan vote count
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Summary: Reuters - Early Pakistani election results show
supporters of President Pervez Musharraf struggling, television
stations reported on Tuesday. |
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1:23pm PST |
McCain still short of nomination
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Summary: AP - Not so fast, Sen. McCain. John McCain's campaign issued a statement last week claiming the Arizona senator had surpassed the number of delegates needed to secure the GOP nomination for president, after Mitt Romney endorsed him. John McCain sure looks |
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Yahoo News |
1:20pm PST |
Musharraf pleads for unity after vote
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Summary: AP - Pakistan's embattled president appealed for national unity Monday after parliamentary elections aimed at bolstering democracy and calming political strife. But fear and apathy kept millions at home, raising the prospect of no clear winner and a gover |
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Yahoo News |
1:17pm PST |
Superpower divide over Kosovo widens
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Summary: AP - The U.S. and the European Union's biggest powers quickly recognized Kosovo as an independent nation Monday, widening a split with Russia, China and some EU members strongly opposed to letting the territory break away from Serbia. |
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Yahoo News |
1:16pm PST |
Biden, Bond seek probe of vehicle delay
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Summary: AP - Two senators are urging the Pentagon to investigate a Marine Corps report that bureaucrats refused an urgent request from battlefield commanders in 2005 for blast-resistant vehicles. |
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Yahoo News |
1:15pm PST |
Italian police arrest Mafia 'super-boss': report
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Summary: AFP - Italian police on Monday arrested Pasqualle Condello, 57, one of Italy's most wanted bosses of the southern 'Ndrangheta Mafia, who has been on the run since the 1980s, the ANSA news agency reported. |
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Yahoo News |
1:14pm PST |
Obama says borrowed lines not a big deal
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Summary: AP - Sen. Barack Obama said Monday that he doesn't think it's a big deal that he borrowed lines from his friend Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, although he probably should have given him credit. |
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Yahoo News |
1:13pm PST |
JFK assassination documents revealed
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Summary: AP - Long-hidden items and documents relating to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy are being revealed for the first time in decades. |
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Yahoo News |
1:09pm PST |
Croc hunter's son unfazed by snake bite
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Summary: AP - Like father, like son? The 4-year-old son of "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin wasn't at all alarmed when he was recently bitten by a baby boa constrictor, according to his mother. |
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Cnn.com |
1:06pm PST |
Flock forgives confessed-killer minister |
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Yahoo News |
1:05pm PST |
Musharraf allies admit Pakistan opposition in poll lead
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Summary: AFP - Early results show Pakistani opposition parties have made "big gains" in elections that could determine the future of President Pervez Musharraf, the former ruling party and officials said Tuesday. |
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BBC News |
1:03pm PST |
Poll count under way in Pakistan |
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Summary: Vote counting is well under way in Pakistan after an election intended to complete the transition to civilian rule. |
