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Yahoo News |
10:54am PST |
Space shuttle crew readies for Wednesday landing
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Shuttle Atlantis crew
members prepared on Tuesday for their planned touchdown at the
Kennedy Space Center in central Florida after delivering
Europe's first permanent orbital laboratory to the
International Space Station. |
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BBC News |
10:45am PST |
Killer flees from security guards |
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Summary: A convicted murderer escapes from the custody of escort guards while being treated at hospital. |
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Yahoo News |
10:39am PST |
Top court won't review Bush domestic spying case
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The Supreme Court on Tuesday turned
down a legal challenge to the warrantless domestic spying
program President George W. Bush created after the Sept. 11
attacks. |
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Yahoo News |
10:38am PST |
Nancy Reagan to be released from L.A. hospital
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Former first lady Nancy Reagan was
expected to be released on Tuesday from a Los Angeles area
hospital where she spent two nights after a fall, her office
said. |
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Cnn.com |
10:30am PST |
Wisconsin voters brave freezing cold |
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Summary: Wisconsin and Hawaii become the latest battlegrounds in the struggle for the Democratic presidential nominee Tuesday, while Republican Sen. John McCain is looking for victories to finally knock his last remaining major rival out of the race.
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Theophiles |
10:27am PST |
Former prostitute makes it her business to minister to sex workers |
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Summary: From the Las Vegas Review-Journal:
When her boyfriend, who was in the Air Force, was transferred to California, Lobert, searching for a way to raise air fare to visit him, took a friend up on her offer to visit Hawaii. There, during a brief vacation, Lobe |
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ChristianPost |
10:26am PST |
Schools Pull Children's Book About Same-Sex Penguin Couple |
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Summary: A children's book about two male penguins that hatched a chick together was pulled from school library shelves earlier this month in Loudoun County, Va., for its pro-gay ... |
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BBC News |
10:18am PST |
Top US court rejects spying case |
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Summary: The US Supreme Court dismisses a legal challenge to an eavesdropping programme started after 9/11. |
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Yahoo News |
10:09am PST |
Obama, Clinton face off in Wis., Hawaii
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton squared off in a scrappy Wisconsin primary and in laid back Hawaii caucuses on Tuesday, their struggle for the Democratic presidential nomination veering toward the negative. |
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Yahoo News |
10:04am PST |
US rules out quick Cuba policy change
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Bush administration is ruling out any changes in its Cuba policy — including lifting a five-decade trade embargo — after Fidel Castro's resignation, deriding his brother and heir apparent, Raul, as "dictator lite." |
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BBC News |
10:03am PST |
US urges reform as Castro quits |
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Summary: Washington says Cuba should move to democracy after Fidel Castro says he is retiring, but its embargo stands. |
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Yahoo News |
10:02am PST |
Nets send Kidd to Mavericks in eight-player trade
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The New Jersey Nets have completed the trade of All-Star point guard Jason Kidd to the Dallas Mavericks. |
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BBC News |
10:01am PST |
'Hacker' launches iTunes copying |
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Summary: A firm run by a notorious Norwegian hacker offers software to make sharing music and films easier. |
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BBC News |
9:44am PST |
Radio 1 DJ jailed on drug charge |
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Summary: BBC Radio 1 drum 'n' bass DJ Grooverider is jailed for four years in Dubai for possession of cannabis. |
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Cnn.com |
9:41am PST |
Blind Iraq war vets take new path |
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Summary: Ivan Castro carefully makes his way down the ski slopes. It may not seem like much, but for this Iraq war veteran it's a huge feat. Castro is blind. "It's been 16 months and slowly I've come to learn the things I'm able to do visually impaired," he says.
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Cnn.com |
9:41am PST |
Blind skier follows voice to slope's bottom |
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Summary: Ivan Castro carefully makes his way down the ski slopes. It may not seem like much, but for this Iraq war veteran it's a huge feat. Castro is blind. "It's been 16 months and slowly I've come to learn the things I'm able to do visually impaired," he says.
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Cnn.com |
9:41am PST |
Blind vets learn to ski |
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Summary: Ivan Castro carefully makes his way down the ski slopes. It may not seem like much, but for this Iraq war veteran it's a huge feat. Castro is blind. "It's been 16 months and slowly I've come to learn the things I'm able to do visually impaired," he says.
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Cnn.com |
9:41am PST |
Voice leads blind skier down slopes |
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Summary: Ivan Castro carefully makes his way down the ski slopes. It may not seem like much, but for this Iraq war veteran it's a huge feat. Castro is blind. "It's been 16 months and slowly I've come to learn the things I'm able to do visually impaired," he says.
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Yahoo News |
9:40am PST |
Musharraf's foes circle after election win
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's opponents called on the key US ally to resign Tuesday after his backers conceded that voters dealt them a crushing defeat in general elections. |
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Yahoo News |
9:15am PST |
Pink and racer hubby Carey Hart split up
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Pink and motocross racer Carey Hart have separated after two years of marriage. |
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BBC News |
9:11am PST |
Rock plan debated by MPs |
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Summary: The bill to nationalise Northern Rock is being debated by MPs - as it emerges the bank's new boss is a non-dom. |
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Cnn.com |
9:11am PST |
Bam! Martha buys Emeril's rights for $50M |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
9:05am PST |
Assembly backs IRA murder motion |
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Summary: Assembly members vote to condemn the murder of Paul Quinn in the Irish Republic last October. |
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Yahoo News |
9:03am PST |
iTunes to carry `American Idol' songs
(AP)
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Summary: AP - "American Idol" fans will be able to download their favorite performances thanks to a new agreement between the Fox talent show and Apple Inc. |
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Yahoo News |
8:57am PST |
Verizon Wireless sells unlimited plan
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Verizon Wireless introduced an unlimited calling plan Tuesday with no roaming or long-distance fees for $99.99 a month, an offer that could spark a price war among carriers. |
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BBC News |
8:42am PST |
Murder accused's shame over sex |
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Summary: The man accused of killing a teenage model tells a court he is "disgusted" with himself for having sex with her corpse. |
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BBC News |
8:38am PST |
Aid workers flee Darfur bombing |
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Summary: UN refugee staff pull out of eastern Chad after bombing across the Sudan border in Darfur. |
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ChristianPost |
8:35am PST |
Iran Says God Protects Nuclear Program |
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Summary: Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Sunday that God would punish Iranians if they do not support the country's disputed nuclear program, state radio ... |
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BBC News |
8:31am PST |
Girl's body found in Bridgend |
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Summary: A girl's body is found, as police rule out a link between a series of suspected suicides in the Bridgend area. |
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Yahoo News |
8:18am PST |
Pakistan election winners gang up on Musharraf
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Pervez Musharraf's opponents said on
Tuesday they would try to form a coalition, after winning an
election that cast doubt over how long the U.S.-allied
Pakistani president can stay in power. |
