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BBC News |
7:49am PDT |
Officer unlawfully killed family |
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Summary: A police inspector unlawfully killed his wife and mother-in-law before killing himself, an coroner rules. |
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Yahoo News |
7:45am PDT |
Dalai Lama denies Chinese charges over Tibet riots
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - China accused the Dalai Lama on Tuesday
of orchestrating Tibetan riots to wreck Beijing's Olympic
Games, but the exiled spiritual leader denied the charge and
vowed to stand down if the violence spiraled out of control. |
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Yahoo News |
7:41am PDT |
McCain: Iran's influence on the rise
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Sen. John McCain, the Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting, expressed fresh concern Tuesday about Iran's influence in Iraq and rising sway in Mideast. |
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BBC News |
7:21am PDT |
UN officer dies after Kosovo riot |
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Summary: A Ukrainian policeman injured in clashes between Kosovo Serbs and international forces dies of his wounds. |
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BBC News |
7:21am PDT |
'Toxic cycle' of family breakdown |
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Summary: Underachievement and increasing family breakdown is holding society back, teachers say. |
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Yahoo News |
7:19am PDT |
Russia, U.S. fail to agree on missile shield
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Russia and the United States failed on
Tuesday to agree on Washington's plans to deploy parts of a
missile defense shield in eastern Europe. |
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ChristianPost |
7:13am PDT |
Texas Attorney General Asked Whether Bible Course is Obligatory |
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Summary: The top education official in Texas is asking the state's attorney general to clarify whether a new law requires high schools to offer a Bible course if enough students request ... |
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Yahoo News |
7:10am PDT |
Paulson admits U.S. economy in sharp decline
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry
Paulson on Tuesday described the economy as being in "sharp
decline," the closest he has come yet to conceding an
election-year recession has set in. |
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Yahoo News |
7:09am PDT |
Dow jumps 200 in opening minutes
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Stocks rallied Tuesday as investors, relieved by better-than-expected results from Lehman Brothers and Goldman Sachs, also anticipated a massive interest rate cut from the Federal Reserve. The Dow Jones industrial average surged more than 200 points. |
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ChristianToday |
7:05am PDT |
Vatican to issue conciliatory note to Jews sources |
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Summary: Pope Benedict has approved a conciliatory statement for Jews upset by a Good Friday prayer that many saw as a call for their conversion Catholic and Jewish sources said on Monday |
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BBC News |
7:04am PDT |
'Happy slap' girl sentenced |
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Summary: A girl who filmed a man being kicked to death in a so-called "happy slapping" incident is sentenced. |
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Yahoo News |
7:04am PDT |
McCartney divorce judge berates Heather Mills
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The judge in Paul McCartney's divorce
settlement berated the former Beatle's estranged wife Heather
Mills for giving "inconsistent and inaccurate" evidence,
according to details of his ruling released on Tuesday. |
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ChristianPost |
6:57am PDT |
McCain Pressed to Clarify Stance on Marriage |
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Summary: Presumptive Republican nominee John McCain was pressed by an influential conservative pro-family group Monday to clarify his stance on marriage and life as it relates to his party’s existing ... |
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Yahoo News |
6:55am PDT |
Oscar-winning director Minghella dies
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Oscar winning director Anthony Minghella, who turned such literary works as "The English Patient," "The Talented Mr. Ripley" and "Cold Mountain" into acclaimed movies, has died. He was 54. |
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Cnn.com |
6:47am PDT |
Judge rips McCartney's ex-wife in ruling |
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Summary: In his ruling on the divorce between Paul McCartney and Heather Mills, a British judge said Mills was "less than candid" in her dealings with the court.
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Cnn.com |
6:46am PDT |
High court gun-control case gets personal |
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Summary: Shelly Parker wants to keep a handgun in her house. She's single, been threatened by drug dealers, and violent crime is on the rise. But her home is in Washington, D.C., which does not allow residents to have handguns. The Supreme Court is hearing argumen |
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Yahoo News |
6:41am PDT |
Fed poised to slash rates as jitters ease
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. Federal Reserve
policy-makers opened a meeting on Tuesday that was expected to
lead to the biggest interest rate cut since 1982 as two major
Wall Street firms provided some relief to investors with
better-than-expected earnings. |
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Yahoo News |
6:40am PDT |
Russia says no agreement with U.S. on missile defense
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - No agreement has been reached between
the United States and Russia on Washington's plans to deploy a
missile defense system in eastern Europe or on the future of a
key nuclear arms control treaty, Russia's Foreign Minister
Sergei Lavrov said |
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BBC News |
6:39am PDT |
Game ratings under more scrutiny |
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Summary: The classification of games is coming under increased scrutiny following the decision to release Manhunt 2. |
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BBC News |
6:38am PDT |
Mills' evidence 'inaccurate' |
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Summary: Heather Mills' evidence in her divorce case with Sir Paul McCartney was "inaccurate", the judge's ruling states. |
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Cnn.com |
6:33am PDT |
Obama to deliver speech on race, ex-pastor |
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Summary: Sen. Barack Obama, who has mostly avoided focusing on race during his campaign, is delivering a major speech on the issue today after spending the weekend on the defensive over racially charged statements from his former minister.
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BBC News |
6:27am PDT |
End Tibet unrest, says Dalai Lama |
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Summary: The Dalai Lama calls for violence in Tibet to end and rejects China's claims he masterminded the unrest. |
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Cnn.com |
6:26am PDT |
Mummified dinosaur unearthed in North Dakota |
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BBC News |
6:25am PDT |
Officer 'staged wife's suicide' |
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Summary: A policeman who shot himself and his mother-in-law while on bail charged with his wife's murder may have staged her suicide, an inquest hears |
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Yahoo News |
6:24am PDT |
New NY governor admits extramarital affair: report
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The new governor of New York who
assumed power after his predecessor stepped down in a sex
scandal admitted to the New York Daily News that both he and
his wife had extramarital affairs years ago. |
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Yahoo News |
6:19am PDT |
Cheney says U.S. will complete mission in Iraq
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The United States intends
to complete its mission in Iraq and will not allow the country
to become a staging ground for terrorist attacks on Americans,
U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney said on Tuesday. |
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Yahoo News |
6:15am PDT |
Fed set to slash rates to battle banking liquidity crisis
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The US Federal Reserve opened a meeting Tuesday tipped to cut interest rates sharply as part of a multi-pronged effort to halt a mushrooming financial crisis, analysts say. |
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Yahoo News |
6:12am PDT |
Fed poised to cut interest rates again
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Federal Reserve is expected to aggressively lower interest rates in its intensified battle against the credit crisis and spreading economic weakness. The question is whether all of the effort will turn the tide. |
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Theophiles |
6:12am PDT |
Jesus in an electric chair causes a stir |
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Summary: From the Peterborough Evening Telegraph:
A city wood carver has defended a controversial sculpture he is completing for a top international artist.
Glyn Mould, who has worked as a carver for a quarter of a century, is currently sculpting a statue of the |
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Theophiles |
6:12am PDT |
Breaking bread and boundaries |
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Summary: From the LA Times:
"Would the group permit me to ask an impertinent question?" he said. "How many here believe there's a hell?"
It was not your typical icebreaker.
But then, this was not your typical dinner party.
The couples, strangers to one another, |
