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Cnn.com |
8:48pm PST |
911 calls reveal chaos of Wendy's shooting |
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BBC News |
8:43pm PST |
Cricket: England restrict Kiwis |
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Summary: England overcome some big-hitting from Brendon McCullum to restrict New Zealand to 282-6 on the opening day of their Test Series. |
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Yahoo News |
8:35pm PST |
Victorious McCain turns sights on Democrats
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Republican John McCain turned his sights
on his Democratic rivals on Tuesday after claiming his party's
presidential nomination, challenging them to explain how they
would end the Iraq war without making it worse. |
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Cnn.com |
8:25pm PST |
Clinton wins Ohio, CNN projects; McCain clinches GOP nod |
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Summary: • Hillary Clinton wins crucial Ohio primary, along with Rhode Island, CNN projects; Barack Obama takes Vermont • John McCain locks up GOP presidential nomination • Texas still too close to call in Democratic race
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BBC News |
8:16pm PST |
Crunch EU vote looms |
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Summary: MPs are preparing for the key Commons vote on whether to hold a referendum on the EU treaty. |
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BBC News |
8:11pm PST |
Focus turns to Paisley succession |
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Summary: Speculation is expected to intensify about who will succeed Ian Paisley as DUP leader and NI first minister. |
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Yahoo News |
8:08pm PST |
Kucinich in tough battle in Ohio
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Dennis Kucinich, the liberal Ohio politician who made two failed White House campaigns, fought Tuesday in the Democratic primary to keep his seat against the toughest, best-financed challenger in his 12-year congressional career. |
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Yahoo News |
8:05pm PST |
Woman gives birth to identical triplets
(AP)
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Summary: AP - When they get older, Logan, Eli and Collin Penn may blanch at the notion they wore nail polish to their first press conference. But it's the only way their parents know how to tell the boys apart right now. The identical triplets were born last Wedne |
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Yahoo News |
8:02pm PST |
Clinton takes Ohio and McCain wins nomination
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - John McCain clinched the Republican
presidential nomination on Tuesday and Democrat Hillary Clinton
won a crucial showdown with rival Barack Obama in Ohio to
breathe new life into her struggling campaign and prolong the
Democratic race. |
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Yahoo News |
8:00pm PST |
'Idol' nearly mum on contestant's past
(AP)
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Summary: AP - David Hernandez's stripper past didn't come back to haunt him on Tuesday night's "American Idol." Hernandez's three-year stint as a male stripper wasn't even mentioned during the live telecast, which featured the 24-year-old from Glendale, Ariz., per |
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Yahoo News |
7:58pm PST |
Obama, Clinton battle; McCain seals nod
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton split a pair of New England primaries Tuesday night and vied for bigger prizes in Ohio and Texas in a riveting Democratic presidential race. Arizona Sen. John McCain, an unflinching supporter of the war in Iraq |
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Yahoo News |
7:42pm PST |
Man flies son to tennis to beat traffic
(AP)
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Summary: AP - When Robert Kadera's teenage son was running late for a tennis date near their northern Illinois home, Kadera came up with a novel way to avoid 45 minutes' worth of traffic — fly. There was just one problem — he had to land, without permission, at a |
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Cnn.com |
7:33pm PST |
McCain wins 4 states, becomes presumptive Republican nominee |
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Summary: • John McCain locks up GOP presidential nomination by winning Texas, Ohio, Rhode Island, Vermont primaries, CNN projects • Mike Huckabee drops out of GOP race • Hillary Clinton wins Rhode Island, Barack Obama takes Vermont; Texas, Ohi |
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Yahoo News |
7:09pm PST |
Huckabee drops out of presidential race
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Mike Huckabee bowed to reality Tuesday and out of the Republican presidential race. "We kept the faith," he told his end-of-the-road rally Tuesday after John McCain clinched the nomination. "I'd rather lose an election than lose the principles that g |
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Yahoo News |
7:09pm PST |
McCain takes Republican nod as Democrats brawl
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Senator John McCain returned from the political abyss to clinch the Republicans' White House nomination late Tuesday as Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton slugged it out in Ohio and Texas. |
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Yahoo News |
7:03pm PST |
McCain clinches GOP nod; Clinton wins RI
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton split a pair of New England primaries Tuesday night and sought bigger prizes in Ohio and Texas in a riveting Democratic presidential race. Arizona Sen. John McCain, a political maverick and unflinching supporte |
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Yahoo News |
6:56pm PST |
'Idol' mum on contestant's stripper past
(AP)
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Summary: AP - David Hernandez's stripper past didn't come back to haunt him on Tuesday night's "American Idol." Hernandez's three-year stint as a male stripper wasn't even mentioned during the live telecast, which featured the 24-year-old from Glendale, Ariz., per |
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BBC News |
6:54pm PST |
Migrants challenge rule changes |
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Summary: A judicial review is sought of the decision to retrospectively change the rules for highly skilled migrants. |
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Yahoo News |
6:52pm PST |
FAA probes dad who landed on golf course
(AP)
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Summary: AP - When Robert Kadera's teenage son was running late for a tennis date near their northern Illinois home, Kadera came up with a novel way to avoid 45 minutes' worth of traffic: He decided to fly. There was just one problem — he had to land, without perm |
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Yahoo News |
6:44pm PST |
Rice ends latest Mideast peace bid amid new violence
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is to wrap up her latest Middle East peace bid on Wednesday only hours after Israeli troops briefly rolled into the Gaza Strip in another deadly incursion. |
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BBC News |
6:44pm PST |
McCain wins Republican nomination |
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Summary: John McCain clinches the Republican nomination for US president with projected wins in four states. |
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Yahoo News |
6:37pm PST |
McCain clinches Republican nomination
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - John McCain clinched the Republican
presidential nomination on Tuesday with four big victories that
drove his last major rival, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee,
out of the race. |
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Yahoo News |
6:35pm PST |
John McCain wins Republican nomination: US media
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Senator John McCain won the Republican Party nomination to run for president in the November elections by sweeping all four of Tuesday's nominating contests, US media said. |
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Yahoo News |
6:35pm PST |
Clinton wins Rhode Island Democratic contest
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Sen. Hillary Clinton won the Rhode
Island contest to chose a Democratic U.S. presidential
candidate on Tuesday, a tiny-state victory that broke Obama's
string of 12 consecutive victories but did little to offset his
growing lead, CNN project |
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Cnn.com |
6:33pm PST |
McCain locks up Republican nomination, CNN projects |
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Summary: • John McCain locks up GOP presidential nomination by winning Texas, Ohio, Rhode Island, Vermont primaries, CNN projects • Mike Huckabee drops out of GOP race • Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama in competitive races in Texas, Ohio, Rhode |
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Yahoo News |
6:31pm PST |
Huckabee drops out of presidential race
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee
abandoned his U.S. presidential bid on Tuesday after voting in
four more state contests made it clear his rival, Arizona Sen.
John McCain, would be the Republican candidate in the November
election. |
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Yahoo News |
6:23pm PST |
Vietnam showcases McCain at "Hanoi Hilton"
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - In the prison everyone calls the "Hanoi
Hilton," artifacts in glass cabinets and black-and-white
photographs on the walls recall the historic link between
Republican presidential candidate John McCain and Vietnam. |
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Yahoo News |
6:17pm PST |
Iran calls new UN sanctions 'worthless'
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Iran vowed to push ahead with uranium enrichment Tuesday, a day after the U.N. Security Council passed a third round of sanctions that Tehran called "worthless" and politically biased. |
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BBC News |
6:13pm PST |
Ecuador seeks to censure Colombia |
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Summary: Ecuador urges the Organisation of American States to condemn Colombia for violating its territory. |
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Yahoo News |
6:11pm PST |
Snow eating now endangered kid pleasure
(AP)
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Summary: AP - To the list of simple childhood pleasures whose safety has been questioned, add this: eating snow. A recent study found that snow — even in relatively pristine spots like Montana and the Yukon — contains large amounts of bacteria. |
