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BBC News |
11:29am PDT |
Chancellor looks to green budget |
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Summary: Chancellor Alistair Darling is expected to include green taxes in his budget to boost state coffers, analysts say. |
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Cnn.com |
11:25am PDT |
U.S. report: China abusing human rights |
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Yahoo News |
11:16am PDT |
EU clears Google to buy DoubleClick
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Google Inc. took control of online ad tracker DoubleClick Inc. Tuesday just hours after European regulators cleared Google's $3.1 billion bid for the company. |
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ChristianPost |
11:07am PDT |
Green Southern Baptists Avoid Divisive Talk |
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Summary: Leaders in the new Southern Baptist environmental movement were careful Monday to avoid criticizing fellow Southern Baptists still skeptical of climate change, while at the same time pushing them to have greater concern for the ... |
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Yahoo News |
10:56am PDT |
Site plans hundreds of TV shows online
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Hulu.com, a joint venture between News Corp. and NBC Universal, plans to open its vast online library of ad-supported TV shows and movies to the public on Wednesday, the company announced. |
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Yahoo News |
10:53am PDT |
44 killed as Iraq and US ponder future American role
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - At least 44 people were killed in violence across Iraq on Tuesday, including 16 in a bomb attack on a bus, as US and Iraqi officials began talks on the US military's future role in the country. |
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ChristDot |
10:42am PDT |
Atheist In Illinois Calls ''God'' License Plates Unfair |
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Summary: From The State Journal-Register:
Atheist Rob Sherman believes that if Illinoisans are able to buy license plates saying “In God We Trust,” they also should have the right to purchase “God is Make-Believe” plates. |
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BBC News |
10:39am PDT |
Top UK police chief is found dead |
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Summary: Michael Todd, the head of one of the biggest police forces in Britain, is found dead. |
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BBC News |
10:38am PDT |
Gale force winds set to batter NI |
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Summary: A severe weather warning is issued for NI, as the UK braces itself for further storms. |
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Yahoo News |
10:37am PDT |
U.S. critical of Russia in new rights report
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The United States took aim at Russia
on Tuesday for its human rights record, accusing the government
of corruption, harassment of the media and electoral abuse and
the security forces of killings and torture. |
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BBC News |
10:29am PDT |
Central banks fight credit crisis |
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Summary: The world's largest central banks launch their latest coordinated action to calm jittery credit markets. |
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Yahoo News |
10:27am PDT |
GOP to push for NY gov impeachment
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Pressure mounted Tuesday on Gov. Eliot Spitzer to resign because of a prostitution scandal, with a top state Republican threatening to push for impeachment proceedings if the governor doesn't step down in 48 hours. |
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BBC News |
10:22am PDT |
Serial killer main murder suspect |
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Summary: A French serial killer is to be questioned over the kidnap, rape and murder of a Gloucestershire woman in 1990. |
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BBC News |
10:21am PDT |
London 2012 to shelve ship idea |
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Summary: The organisers of the London Olympics scrap plans to have a ship sail the world promoting Britain's cultural riches. |
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BBC News |
10:21am PDT |
Olympics: 2012 ship idea shelved |
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Summary: The organisers of the London Olympics scrap plans to have a ship sail the world promoting Britain's cultural riches, the BBC learns. |
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Yahoo News |
10:21am PDT |
Fed and central banks team up to unstick markets
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The U.S. Federal Reserve and other
central banks on Tuesday teamed up to get hundreds of billions
of dollars in fresh funds to cash-starved credit markets,
allowing financial firms to use securities backed by home
mortgages as collateral for |
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Yahoo News |
10:06am PDT |
U.S. criticizes Russia in new rights report
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The United States took aim at Russia
on Tuesday for its human rights record, accusing the government
of corruption, harassment of the media and electoral abuse and
the security forces of killings and torture. |
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Cnn.com |
10:01am PDT |
Is prostitution-linked governor about to quit? |
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Summary: Aides to New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer and Lt. Gov. David Paterson are discussing a transfer of power today, less than 24 hours after federal prosecutors linked Spitzer to a high-end prostitution ring, a top legislative staffer told CNN.
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Yahoo News |
9:51am PDT |
Google closes DoubleClick deal
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Google Inc. says it has taken control of online ad service DoubleClick Inc., completing a deal that the Internet search leader announced 11 months ago. |
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Yahoo News |
9:45am PDT |
McCain lashes Democrats for criticizing NAFTA
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Republican presidential candidate
John McCain criticized his Democratic rivals on Tuesday for
pledging to renegotiate a hemispheric trade treaty that
Democrats blame for U.S. manufacturing job losses. |
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Yahoo News |
9:43am PDT |
Obama tears into Clinton as Mississippi votes
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Mississippi headed to the polls Tuesday as Democrat Barack Obama launched a withering assault on the foreign policy boasts of his White House adversary Hillary Clinton. |
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Cnn.com |
9:42am PDT |
Stanford recruit, ball star gunned down in L.A. |
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Summary: Jamiel Shaw was just three doors from his house on March 2. His father told the 17-year-old high school football star to be home before dark. That is exactly what he was trying to do when, just before dusk, gunshots rang out.
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Cnn.com |
9:38am PDT |
1 out of 4 teen girls has an STD, study finds |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
9:37am PDT |
NY Republicans threaten to impeach Spitzer
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - State Republicans threatened on
Tuesday to impeach New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer if he does not
quit over a sex scandal that has raised questions over whether
he could face criminal charges. |
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BBC News |
9:34am PDT |
Cassini to make audacious flyby |
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Summary: Nasa directs its Cassini spacecraft to make an ultra-close pass of the Saturnian moon Enceladus. |
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Cnn.com |
9:34am PDT |
Suicide bombers blast Pakistan's version of FBI |
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Summary: Two suicide bombers exploded a car Tuesday at a building containing the offices of Pakistan's national investigative agency, destroying it and killing and wounding people inside.
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Yahoo News |
9:32am PDT |
1 in 4 teen girls has sexual disease
(AP)
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Summary: AP - At least one in four teenage girls nationwide has a sexually transmitted disease, or more than 3 million teens, according to the first study of its kind in this age group. |
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BBC News |
9:22am PDT |
Deadline to quit for NY's Spitzer |
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Summary: New York Governor Eliot Spitzer is given 48 hours to quit over sex allegations or face impeachment. |
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BBC News |
9:17am PDT |
Man guilty of raping schoolgirls |
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Summary: Schoolgirls as young as 12 were raped and abused by a Newtownards man, Belfast Crown Court has heard. |
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BBC News |
9:15am PDT |
'Challenging' local tax unveiled |
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Summary: Scottish ministers unveil plans to replace the "unfair" council tax with a local income tax. |
