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BBC News |
9:14am PST |
Dispute mediator votes for strike |
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Summary: Staff at labour conciliation service Acas vote for a programme of strike action in a row over pay. |
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BBC News |
9:13am PST |
Car maker invests £88m on Deeside |
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Summary: Car maker Toyota announces an £88m investment plan to fund production of its latest engine in Wales. |
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CTI News |
9:12am PST |
The Church after Rape |
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Summary: It was the body of Christ that picked up the pieces after a rape left me in shambles.
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CTI News |
9:12am PST |
Now a Christian, 'Salt' of Salt-N-Pepa on VH1 |
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Summary: Pushed to the edge, 'Salt' of Salt-N-Pepa turned to Jesus; now the hip-hop duo is reconciling on VH1.
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CTI News |
9:12am PST |
Excerpt: Genesis 3 from 'The Jesus Storybook Bible' |
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Summary: Genesis 3, from 'The Jesus Storybook Bible.'
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CTI News |
9:12am PST |
Review: 'The Jesus Storybook Bible' |
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Summary: 'The Jesus Storybook Bible' is as theological as it is charming.
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ChristDot |
9:12am PST |
High on Mount Sinai? |
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Summary: Reuters reports:
The biblical Israelites may have been high on a hallucinogenic plant when Moses brought the Ten Commandments down from Mount Sinai, according to a new study by an Israeli psychology professor.
Writing in the British journal Time and Mind |
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Yahoo News |
9:11am PST |
Italy prosecutors appeal U.S. soldier's murder case
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Italian prosecutors have appealed a Rome
court's decision to drop a murder case against a U.S. soldier
who killed an Italian intelligence agent in Iraq, taking the
matter to the country's highest court. |
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Yahoo News |
8:55am PST |
Russia's Medvedev must guard freedoms: rights chief
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Russia's human rights ombudsman said on
Tuesday Dmitry Medvedev has to prove he can ensure freedoms
when he takes over as Kremlin leader from President Vladimir
Putin later this year. |
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BBC News |
8:54am PST |
Hicks plots total control of Reds |
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Summary: Liverpool co-owner Tom Hicks plans to buy partner George Gillett's stake and take full control after DIC makes a £400m bid for the club. |
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BBC News |
8:54am PST |
Football: Hicks plans Reds buy out |
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Summary: Liverpool co-owner Tom Hicks plans to buy partner George Gillett's stake and take full control after DIC makes a £400m bid for the club. |
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Yahoo News |
8:54am PST |
Venezuela troops head to Colombia border
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Hundreds of Venezuelan troops deployed for the Colombian border on Tuesday under orders from President Hugo Chavez, who is sending about 9,000 soldiers to the frontier. |
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Cnn.com |
8:47am PST |
More make-or-break do-or-die primaries |
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Summary: Voters in four states head to the polls today in what some analysts are calling "Critical Tuesday" for the Democrats. Hillary Clinton must win Texas and Ohio to stay competitive with Barack Obama. This also could be the day John McCain secures the GOP nom |
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BBC News |
8:47am PST |
MPs reject 'in or out' EU debate |
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Summary: MPs overhwelmingly reject a Liberal Democrat call for a debate on the whole question of Britain's EU membership. |
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ChristianPost |
8:46am PST |
Film Exposes N. Korean Women Trafficked into China |
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Summary: Driven by hunger, family debt, and hopelessness, countless North Korean women have sold themselves across the North Korea-China border as wives, servants, and sex workers in hopes of finding freedom and a better life outside the grasp of ruthless dictator |
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Yahoo News |
8:39am PST |
Kenny Chesney leads ACM nominees with 11
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Kenny Chesney leads all nominees for the Academy of Country Music Awards with 11 nominations, including entertainer of the year and top male vocalist. |
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BBC News |
8:37am PST |
Road charging plan 'in tatters' |
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Summary: The Tories say plans for national road pricing are "in tatters", as Ruth Kelly admits they have effectively stalled. |
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Yahoo News |
8:35am PST |
Packers legend Favre retires at 38
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett
Favre has decided to retire at the age of 38. |
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BBC News |
8:28am PST |
Man jailed for murdering baby son |
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Summary: A former soldier from Devon is jailed for murdering his eight-week-old son by shaking him to death. |
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BBC News |
8:28am PST |
Man jailed for killing baby son |
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Summary: A former soldier from Devon is jailed for murdering his eight-week-old son by shaking him to death. |
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Yahoo News |
8:23am PST |
Train derails in Calif.; homes evacuated
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A freight train derailed in the Southern California desert and two tanker cars full of chemicals caught fire, sending up a cloud of fumes and forcing home evacuations, authorities said. |
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Cnn.com |
8:16am PST |
4 adults, 2 kids killed in Memphis home |
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Summary: Six people were killed, including two children, in a home Monday in Memphis, Tennessee, authorities said. Three other children were wounded. The four dead adults were shot and the two children were stabbed, sources told CNN affiliate WMC-TV.
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Yahoo News |
8:16am PST |
US states hold key polls
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Barack Obama sought Tuesday to knock Hillary Clinton out of the White House race after a mud-slinging campaign that Democratic grandees fear is helping nobody but Republican heir John McCain. |
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Cnn.com |
8:10am PST |
Brett Favre retiring from NFL |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
8:05am PST |
Brett Favre retires after 17 years
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre has decided to retire from the NFL after 17 seasons. "He has had one of the greatest careers in the history of the National Football League, and he is able to walk away from the game on his own terms — not ma |
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ChristianToday |
8:00am PST |
Killer nurse Colin Norris jailed for life |
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Summary: Nurse Colin Norris was jailed for life on Tuesday after being found guilty of murdering four elderly patients with lethal doses of the diabetes drug insulin |
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Yahoo News |
7:58am PST |
Top commander: Iraq assessment needed
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The top U.S. military commander in the Middle East said Tuesday that officials will probably need some time this summer to reassess the situation in Iraq before drawing down more troops. |
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Cnn.com |
7:56am PST |
More make-or-break-do-or-die primaries |
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Summary: Voters in four states will go to the polls Tuesday with a good chance at making the difference in deciding the Democratic and Republican presidential nominees.
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Cnn.com |
7:55am PST |
Wintry mess could slow voter turnout in Ohio |
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Summary: A possible tornado touched down late Monday in southern Mississippi, slashing through a National Guard barracks and injuring 14 guardsmen, according to a sheriff and a military spokesman.
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Yahoo News |
7:55am PST |
Rice urges renewed Middle East talks
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice came away from a meeting with Palestinian
President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday without any public
commitment to resume peace talks he froze over Israel's Gaza
offensive. |
