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BBC News |
9:08am PDT |
STDs rife among US teenage girls |
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Summary: At least one in four teenage girls in the US has a sexually transmitted disease, a study finds. |
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BBC News |
9:06am PDT |
Afghan shops join doctors' strike |
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Summary: Shops and factories in the Afghan province of Herat join a doctors' strike to demand better security. |
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Yahoo News |
9:03am PDT |
Stocks rise on Fed lifeline to Wall St.
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Wall Street rebounded sharply Tuesday after the Federal Reserve and other central banks said they will pump $200 billion into the financial markets to help ease the strain from the credit crisis. The Dow Jones industrials surged about 150 points. |
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Yahoo News |
8:56am PDT |
NY Republicans threaten to impeach Gov. 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 report linking him to a prostitute that has raised
questions over whether he could face criminal charges. |
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Yahoo News |
8:53am PDT |
Google takes control of DoubleClick
(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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CrossMap |
8:52am PDT |
Caregiver Guidelines |
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Summary: Have you ever wondered what to say when you're face-to-face with another person's pain? Ever been speechless when speaking to someone who is suffering? |
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Cnn.com |
8:51am PDT |
Mississippi grabs Democrats' focus |
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Summary: One of the most Republican states in the nation takes center stage Tuesday in the battle for the Democratic presidential nomination.
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Cnn.com |
8:51am PDT |
Top Republican state grabs Dems' attention |
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Summary: One of the most Republican states in the nation takes center stage Tuesday in the battle for the Democratic presidential nomination.
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Cnn.com |
8:50am PDT |
Deal could bring 3-D movies to 10,000 screens |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
8:50am PDT |
Mississippi votes in tense White House race
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Mississippi headed to the polls Tuesday in the nailbiting US presidential race with Democrat Barack Obama tipped for another victory over his White House adversary Hillary Clinton. |
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BBC News |
8:47am PDT |
Radio 'could have saved SAS man' |
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Summary: A radio link may have saved an SAS soldier, killed on his first day parachute training, an inquest hears. |
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Yahoo News |
8:43am PDT |
McCain lashes Democrats for "NAFTA-bashing"
(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 |
8:41am PDT |
Croatian general on trial for war crimes
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Former Croatian general Ante Gotovina appeared before a war crimes court Tuesday, accused of unleashing a "nightmare" of persecution and murder on Croatian Serbs during the 1990s Balkan wars. |
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BBC News |
8:38am PDT |
Central banks try to ease crunch |
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Summary: Stock markets rise after central banks, announce more co-ordinated action to ease the credit crunch. |
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CTI News |
8:12am PDT |
Hazy Faith-Based Future |
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Summary: Charitable-choice funding will face challenges under the new administration.
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CTI News |
8:12am PDT |
Review: Joe Henry's 'Civilians' |
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Summary: Joe Henry's 'Civilians' portrays a country needing grace.
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Theophiles |
8:12am PDT |
The Creation of the Chemical Brain |
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Summary: Today's BBC Reports:
Chemical Brain Controls Nanobots
A tiny chemical "brain" which could one day act as a remote control for swarms of nano-machines has been invented. The molecular device - just two billionths of a metre across - was able to control ei |
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BBC News |
8:01am PDT |
50 councils may run post offices |
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Summary: Up to 50 councils are looking at taking over post offices scheduled for closure, it is claimed. |
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Yahoo News |
7:53am PDT |
Fed, central banks team up in bid 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
in fresh funds to cash-starved credit markets, allowing
financial firms to use home mortgages as collateral. |
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BBC News |
7:48am PDT |
MSPs' home allowance 'should end' |
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Summary: Taxpayers should no longer help MSPs pay for second homes in Edinburgh, says a review |
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Yahoo News |
7:41am PDT |
U.S. "road map" assessment seen critical of Israel
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The United States is not satisfied
with the pace at which Israel is moving to implement a
long-stalled peace "road map," U.S. and Western officials said
ahead of a key meeting to assess compliance with the plan. |
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Cnn.com |
7:39am PDT |
Sources: Moving cash set feds on Spitzer's trail |
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Summary: 'Kristen' the pretty, 105-pound brunette might be the watercooler element of New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer's link to a prostitution ring, but it was the moving around of a hunk of cash that put the crusading prosecutor in federal crosshairs.
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BBC News |
7:35am PDT |
'Shabby' lab blamed for disease |
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Summary: A review of last year's foot-and-mouth outbreak has criticised the laboratory at the source of the disease. |
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Yahoo News |
7:13am PDT |
Gaza rocket hits Israel, breaking lull
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip
hit southern Israel on Tuesday just hours after Prime Minister
Ehud Olmert visited the area and cautioned residents not to
expect a lull in Palestinian attacks to last. |
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Cnn.com |
7:10am PDT |
$200 billion loan pumps stocks |
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Summary: Stocks surged Tuesday morning after the Federal Reserve said it would loan up to $200 billion to banks and lenders in an effort to loosen up tight credit markets.
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Cnn.com |
7:04am PDT |
Japan criticized over child porn loopholes |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Cnn.com |
7:02am PDT |
Clinton, Obama battle in Mississippi |
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Summary: One of the most Republican states in the nation takes center stage Tuesday in the battle for the Democratic presidential nomination.
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Yahoo News |
7:00am PDT |
Prostitution scandal threatens N.Y. gov
(AP)
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Summary: AP - As Gov. Eliot Spitzer faced mounting calls to resign amid a prostitution scandal, a law enforcement official said Tuesday that the governor first came under suspicion because of cash payments from several bank accounts to an account operated by a cal |
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BBC News |
6:55am PDT |
Schools 'breaking admissions law' |
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Summary: A government probe finds a "significant minority" of schools are breaking new rules on admissions. |
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BBC News |
6:55am PDT |
Shock over schools 'breaking law' |
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Summary: A government probe finds a "significant minority" of schools are breaking new rules on admissions. |
