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Yahoo News |
9:20pm PDT |
Madonna, Mellencamp head to rock hall
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Madonna, pop music's quick-change artist, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Monday and paid tribute to people who encouraged her and even critics who panned her for helping drive her career. |
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Cnn.com |
9:18pm PDT |
8 U.S. troops killed in Iraq double bombings |
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Summary: A roadside bomb killed three U.S. soldiers and an interpreter Monday in Diyala province. Earlier in the day, at least five U.S. soldiers on foot patrol were killed and three others wounded in a suicide bombing in Baghdad.
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Yahoo News |
9:16pm PDT |
WITNESS: Chase for the news can take a while in Africa
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Alistair Thomson has been a Reuters correspondent in Africa
for eight years, covering everything from military coups to
commodities markets. A British citizen, he has worked for
Reuters in London, Brussels, Ivory Coast and South Africa, and
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Yahoo News |
9:08pm PDT |
Rockets tie 3rd-longest win streak at 19
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Tracy McGrady pulled the towel over his shoulders, leaned back in his seat on the bench and smiled. The Houston Rockets' 19th consecutive victory was a laugher. McGrady scored 19 points in less than three quarters and the Rockets routed cold-shooting |
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Cnn.com |
9:07pm PDT |
'Material Girl' joins Rock and Roll Hall |
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Yahoo News |
8:35pm PDT |
As race heads to Mississippi, Obama mocks VP talk
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Democratic front-runner Barack Obama headed into Tuesday's primary in Mississippi, a state he is tipped to win, mocking talk of a "dream ticket" headed by his White House rival Hillary Clinton. |
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Yahoo News |
8:08pm PDT |
New York Gov. Spitzer linked to prostitute: report
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, the
one-time "Sheriff" of Wall Street who campaigned on a promise
to clean up state politics, was embroiled in a sex scandal on
Monday that threatened to force his resignation. |
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Yahoo News |
8:06pm PDT |
Rockets rout Nets to win 19th straight
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Tracy McGrady pulled the towel over his shoulders, leaned back in his seat on the bench and smiled. The Houston Rockets' 19th consecutive victory was a laugher. McGrady scored 19 points in less than three quarters and the Rockets routed cold-shooting |
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Yahoo News |
8:04pm PDT |
Billy Crystal to don Yankees pinstripes
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Billy Crystal will get to "look mahvelous" in pinstripes. The actor will sign a one-day, minor league contract with the New York Yankees and play in Thursday's exhibition game against the Pittsburgh Pirates. |
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Yahoo News |
8:02pm PDT |
Space shuttle poised for night launch
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Space shuttle Endeavour was poised for a rare nighttime launch Tuesday to the international space station and the longest visit ever to the orbiting outpost. All seven astronauts gave a thumbs-up as they boarded the van for the ride to the launch pad |
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BBC News |
7:54pm PDT |
UK to receive £120m EU flood aid |
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Summary: The UK is expected to receive about £120m from the EU to help pay for damage caused by floods last summer. |
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Yahoo News |
7:19pm PDT |
Rep. King defends comments about Obama
(AP)
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Summary: AP - An Iowa Republican congressman on Monday defended his prediction that terrorists would celebrate if Democrat Barack Obama were elected president, despite a rebuke from aides to John McCain, the GOP's apparent presidential nominee. |
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Yahoo News |
6:54pm PDT |
C's reach 50 wins for 1st time since '92
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Kevin Garnett had 26 points and 12 rebounds to help the Boston Celtics reach 50 victories for the first time in 16 years by beating the Philadelphia 76ers 100-86 on Monday night. |
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Yahoo News |
6:34pm PDT |
Probe into call girl ring started at IRS
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The federal investigation into a high-end prostitution ring linked to Gov. Eliot Spitzer apparently began last year as a financial probe by the Internal Revenue Service. |
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Cnn.com |
6:33pm PDT |
Billy Crystal 'mahvelous' in pinstripes? |
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DJ Chuang |
6:29pm PDT |
what about a car reviews aggregator |
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Summary: Where in the world is a car reviews aggregator?
There are review aggregators for all kinds of other things: movies (Rotten Tomatoes, cin-o-matic), wine (WineMad), technology products (Test Freaks, alaTest, Retrevo, ViewScore), consumer products (Wize), e |
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BBC News |
6:14pm PDT |
Killers tortured woman with blade |
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Summary: A 77-year-old woman bludgeoned to death in her home was tortured before she died, police reveal |
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BBC News |
6:13pm PDT |
Motherhood 'affects women's pay' |
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Summary: The gender pay gap increases as women hit their 30s, largely due to the effect of motherhood, the TUC says. |
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BBC News |
6:12pm PDT |
Surveyor gloom close to a record |
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Summary: The proportion of surveyors reporting house price falls is rising as stockpiles reach levels not seen for a decade. |
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BBC News |
6:12pm PDT |
House prices falling say surveyors |
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Summary: The proportion of surveyors reporting house price falls is rising as stockpiles reach levels not seen for a decade. |
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BBC News |
6:06pm PDT |
Gulf War illness 'chemical link' |
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Summary: US research links health problems suffered by Gulf War veterans to exposure to a particular group of chemicals. |
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BBC News |
5:54pm PDT |
Pollution 'alters brain function' |
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Summary: Exposure to exhaust fumes appears to affect the way our brains function, Dutch research suggests. |
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Yahoo News |
5:53pm PDT |
AP water probe prompts Senate hearings
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Two veteran U.S. senators said Monday they plan to hold hearings in response to an Associated Press investigation into the presence of trace amounts of pharmaceuticals in the drinking water supplies of at least 41 million Americans. |
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BBC News |
5:47pm PDT |
Prostate cancer services 'vary' |
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Summary: Prostate cancer services must be improved to help tackle the wide variations in care across England, health experts say. |
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BBC News |
5:40pm PDT |
Fears over DIY health tests boom |
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Summary: The public are being warned by leading health experts about the boom in tests and scans for the "worried well". |
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BBC News |
5:40pm PDT |
Fears over DIY health tests boom |
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Summary: The public are being warned by leading health experts about the boom in tests and scans for the 'worried well'. |
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Yahoo News |
5:38pm PDT |
Lt. governor could replace Spitzer in NY
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Less than two years after he reluctantly ran for lieutenant governor, David Paterson is suddenly in line to be only the third black governor since Reconstruction, and the first in New York. |
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Yahoo News |
5:24pm PDT |
Scandal puts Spitzer's career in danger
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Gov. Eliot Spitzer's political career teetered on the brink of collapse Monday after the corruption-fighting politician once known as "Mr. Clean" was accused of paying for a romp with a high-priced call girl. |
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BBC News |
5:23pm PDT |
Spat over top school's catchment |
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Summary: A row breaks out over enrolment at a school which was given an excellent inspection report. |
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Yahoo News |
5:22pm PDT |
'Girls Gone Wild' boss heads to Florida
(AP)
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Summary: AP - "Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis is being released from a Nevada jail so he can return to Florida to face charges related to the filming of underage girls. |
