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4:19pm PST |
UK reveals its spies had astrologer in World War Two
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Summary: Reuters - British spies hired an astrologer during
World War Two, although many thought he was a fraud, and even
sent him to the United States on a propaganda mission, secret
documents released on Tuesday revealed. |
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Cnn.com |
4:11pm PST |
700-year-old Magna Carta to be displayed |
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Summary: An investment executive who paid more than $20 million for an original, handwritten copy of the Magna Carta presented the ancient paper Monday to the media and plans to loan it to the National Archives.
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4:08pm PST |
Rice on rescue mission in Mideast
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Summary: AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is urging Palestinians to quickly resume peace talks with Israel. |
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4:06pm PST |
Colombia: Chavez funding FARC rebels
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Summary: AP - Venezuela vowed to expel Colombia's ambassador and Ecuador completely broke diplomatic ties on Monday, two days after Colombian commandos killed a guerrilla leader and several rebels in a cross-border incursion into Ecuador. |
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4:01pm PST |
NHS waits up under Labour |
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Summary: Average hospital waiting times have risen under Labour, figures obtained by the BBC News website show. |
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4:01pm PST |
Average NHS wait up under Labour |
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Summary: Average hospital waiting times have risen under Labour, figures obtained by the BBC News website show. |
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4:01pm PST |
'Testosterone link' to depression |
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Summary: Older men with less male sex hormone testosterone could be more prone to depression, research suggests. |
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3:59pm PST |
Pats re-sign Randy Moss to 3-year deal
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Summary: AP - Randy Moss is staying with the New England Patriots. The defending AFC champions re-signed the record-breaking receiver on Monday to a three-year deal worth $27 million, his agent said. The signing was confirmed by the team shortly after Moss posted |
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3:54pm PST |
Ecuador breaks off Colombia ties in Andean crisis
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Ecuador broke off diplomatic ties with
Colombia on Monday, escalating a dispute across the Andean
region that erupted after Colombian soldiers raided inside its
southern neighbor to kill a guerrilla leader. |
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3:35pm PST |
UK mulls Zimbabwe sporting ban |
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Summary: All Zimbabwean sports people may be banned from competing in the United Kingdom, the BBC's Inside Sport programme has learned. |
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3:23pm PST |
'Jackass' star Steve-O arrested
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Summary: AP - Steve-O of "Jackass" fame was arrested for investigation of vandalism and possession of a controlled substance at his Hollywood home. |
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3:18pm PST |
Vatican-Muslim talks due in Italy |
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Summary: Vatican officials and senior Muslims are due to meet in Rome, hoping to lay the groundwork for an historic meeting. |
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2:58pm PST |
Ecuador breaks ties with Colombia
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Summary: AP - Ecuador broke off diplomatic ties with Colombia on Monday following that country's strike against leftist rebels inside Ecuador, the Foreign Ministry said. |
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2:57pm PST |
Fireman, gunman dead in Wendy's shooting
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A gunman in a jacket and tie wordlessly opened fire inside a Wendy's during the lunchtime rush Monday, killing a firefighter who had gone back to fetch the toy left out of his child's meal and wounding five others. He then committed suicide. |
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2:51pm PST |
US urges diplomacy in Bogota row |
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Summary: The US urges Colombia and Ecuador to seek a diplomatic solution to the crisis over a Colombian cross-border raid. |
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Cnn.com |
2:49pm PST |
Ecoterrorism eyed as luxury homes burn |
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Summary: Five luxury homes burned today north of Seattle in what could be a case of ecoterrorism, officials said. A sign with the letters "ELF" was found in the "Street of Dreams" development. ELF may stand for Earth Liberation Front, which the FBI has called an e |
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2:46pm PST |
Obama denies assuring Canada on NAFTA
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Summary: AP - Barack Obama said Monday that his campaign never gave Canada back-channel assurances that his harsh words about the North American Free Trade Agreement were for political show — despite the disclosure of a Canadian memo indicating otherwise. |
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2:44pm PST |
Colombia says Chavez gave FARC $300M |
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Summary: Computers captured from a deceased rebel leader document "tremendously revealing" and "very grave" links between Ecuador and Colombian rebels, Colombia's director of national police said. His comments came after Ecuador and Venezuela rushed troops toward |
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2:42pm PST |
Ahmadinejad: US power crippling in Iraq
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Summary: AP - Iran's firebrand president wrapped up his landmark visit to Iraq with a bit of added swagger Monday_ insisting that U.S. power is crippling the region and portraying himself as the enduring partner of Baghdad's Shiite-led government. |
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2:41pm PST |
Palestinians call drones a deadly weapon
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Summary: AP - Palestinians say they know when an Israeli drone is in the air: Cell phones stop working, TV reception falters and they can hear a distant buzzing. They also know what's likely to come next — a devastating explosion on the ground. |
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Cnn.com |
2:31pm PST |
First Sioux receives Medal of Honor |
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Summary: Nearly 26 years after his death, Army Master Sgt. Woodrow "Woody" Keeble was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor Monday for his efforts during the Korean War.
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Cnn.com |
2:29pm PST |
Child abuse probe finds suspect sites |
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Summary: Debris excavated from the basement of a former children's home is being sent to laboratories for further examination, police said Monday.
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2:22pm PST |
Moms allegedly brawl at Chuck E. Cheese
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Summary: AP - A child's birthday party at a Chuck E. Cheese restaurant was cut short after a fight broke out between two mothers. Natick police said the mom of the 9-year-old birthday boy apparently became enraged because the other woman's son was "hogging" an arc |
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2:11pm PST |
Kidnappers Demand Huge Ransom for Iraqi Bishop |
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2:07pm PST |
U.N. council imposes new sanctions on defiant Iran
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Summary: Reuters - The U.N. Security Council
ratcheted up sanctions on Iran on Monday for refusing to
suspend nuclear enrichment and other sensitive activities, but
Tehran dismissed the decision as illegal. |
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2:01pm PST |
Blaze at town industrial estate |
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Summary: A blaze at a building in the Loguestown Industrial Estate in Coleraine is being tackled by firefighters. |
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1:52pm PST |
Was patient's death hastened for organs? |
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Summary: A respected California transplant doctor faces charges he hastened a comatose man's death to retrieve his organs -- a far-reaching case that could impact the nation's organ donation industry. If convicted, the doctor could get eight years in prison.
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1:52pm PST |
Doc accused of hastening patient's death |
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Summary: A respected California transplant doctor faces charges he hastened a comatose man's death to retrieve his organs -- a far-reaching case that could impact the nation's organ donation industry. If convicted, the doctor could get eight years in prison.
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Cnn.com |
1:47pm PST |
Clinton, Obama trade barbs as primaries loom |
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Summary: Sen. Hillary Clinton today questioned her Democratic rival's commitment to renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement, a charge that Sen. Barack Obama's camp called a "blatant distortion." The line of attack comes a day before crucial primaries |
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1:47pm PST |
Congress re-examines Cuba embargo
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Congressional opponents of the half-century-old attempt to isolate Cuba have been emboldened by Fidel Castro's resignation. But people who might be planning their vacation getaway to Havana should also be mindful that while President Fidel may be gon |
