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Cnn.com |
6:10am PDT |
Diddy on Tupac: 'The story is a lie' |
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BBC News |
6:10am PDT |
Chambers 'must help drugs fight' |
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Summary: The head of Britain's anti-doping body tells BBC Sport that Dwain Chambers should help in the battle against drugs cheats. |
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BBC News |
6:06am PDT |
Dead cadet's parents seek charges |
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Summary: The parents of a teenage Army cadet killed in a boating accident call for criminal charges. |
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BBC News |
6:04am PDT |
Director Minghella dies aged 54 |
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Summary: British film director Anthony Minghella has died at the age of 54, his agent says. |
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BBC News |
6:04am PDT |
Scheme shuts door on home buyers |
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Summary: Northern Ireland's co-ownership housing scheme closes its doors to new applicants. |
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Yahoo News |
5:59am PDT |
Wholesale prices jump on energy costs
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Wholesale prices rose again in February as another hefty increase in energy costs offset falling food prices. Outside of food and energy, prices shot up at the fastest pace in 15 months. |
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Yahoo News |
5:54am PDT |
February home starts fell 0.6 pct to 1.065 mln pace
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. home building projects started
in February fell by 0.6 percent to a higher-than-expected
annual rate while building permit activity, a sign of future
construction plans, dropped off 7.8 percent, a government
report on Tuesday showed. |
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BBC News |
5:53am PDT |
Football: Gretna strike considered |
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Summary: Closure-threatened Gretna could face a strike by players awaiting unpaid wages, putting their fixture against Celtic in doubt. |
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ChristianToday |
5:43am PDT |
Every church has part to play in overcoming HIV conference |
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Summary: Over 300 Christians gathered last weekend for the UKs biggest church conference on HIV to get informed and engage with the issues that surround HIV and Aids |
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BBC News |
5:40am PDT |
US admits economy in downturn |
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Summary: US Treasury boss Hank Paulson says the US is in a downturn as the Fed prepares to slash interest rates to 2%. |
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BBC News |
5:26am PDT |
Drug trial safety monitoring fear |
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Summary: More needs to be done to monitor safety during drug trials on children, experts say. |
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Yahoo News |
5:18am PDT |
U.S., Russia fail to agree on missile shield: report
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Basic disagreements remain between
Moscow and Washington over U.S. plans for a missile defence
shield, the Interfax news agency reported on Tuesday, quoting a
source close to talks between the two countries' foreign and
defense ministers. |
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Cnn.com |
5:17am PDT |
U.S. Embassy in Yemen closes after blast |
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Summary: The U.S. Embassy in Yemen's capital, Sanaa, closed Tuesday after three mortar rounds detonated near the embassy compound, according to an embassy statement.
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Yahoo News |
5:17am PDT |
Dalai Lama offers to resign, Tibet exiles say 19 more dead in China
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The Dalai Lama vowed Tuesday he would resign as leader of Tibet's exiles if violence back home worsened, just hours before his aides said 19 people were killed in new demonstrations. |
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Yahoo News |
5:07am PDT |
High court considers landmark gun-rights case
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The U.S. Supreme Court considers on
Tuesday a landmark legal battle over gun rights, taking up for
the first time in nearly 70 years whether Americans have the
right to keep and bear arms. |
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BBC News |
4:56am PDT |
Religion 'linked to happy life' |
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Summary: A belief in God may boost our chances of leading a satisfying and contented life, research suggests. |
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Yahoo News |
4:55am PDT |
Iraq reconciliation talks hit by walkouts
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A conference to reconcile Iraq's
warring political groups began to unravel even before it got
under way on Tuesday, with the main Sunni Muslim Arab bloc
pulling out and protesting it had not been properly invited. |
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Yahoo News |
4:51am PDT |
Russia and U.S. start talks in upbeat mood
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Russia and the United States discussed
nuclear arms control, NATO expansion and U.S. plans to build a
missile defense shield on Tuesday in an effort to lay the
foundations of a better relationship. |
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BBC News |
4:47am PDT |
Al Fayed bid for Philip evidence |
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Summary: Mohamed Al Fayed is set to is to seek leave for a judicial review concerning the Diana inquest. |
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BBC News |
4:45am PDT |
Mills loses divorce ruling appeal |
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Summary: Full details of Sir Paul McCartney's divorce are to be made public after Heather Mills is told she cannot appeal. |
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Yahoo News |
4:45am PDT |
Obama seeks to quell pastor controversy in speech
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Presidential candidate Barack
Obama will seek to quell a controversy over inflammatory
rhetoric by his former pastor in a speech on Tuesday on the
issue of race. |
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Yahoo News |
4:44am PDT |
Amazon says Vista SP1 to arrive Tuesday
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A major package of updates and security fixes for Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Vista operating system will be available for download Tuesday, according to Amazon.com Inc.'s Web site. |
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Yahoo News |
4:42am PDT |
NCAA tourney starts tonight with play-in
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The NCAA men's basketball tournament begins tonight with the play-in game between Coppin State and Mount St. Mary's. |
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BBC News |
4:40am PDT |
Tindall 'drink-drive' allegation |
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Summary: Gloucester rugby club refuses to comment on reports that Mike Tindall has been arrested on suspicion of drink-driving. |
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BBC News |
4:40am PDT |
Club silent over Tindall claims |
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Summary: Gloucester Rugby refuses to comment on reports that Mike Tindall has been arrested on suspicion of drink driving. |
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Yahoo News |
4:31am PDT |
Markets set for big Fed rate cut as turmoil persists
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The U.S. Federal Reserve is
expected to slash interest rates by as much as a whole
percentage point at its policy meeting later on Tuesday as
investors warily await investment bank results that could
aggravate fears of a full-blown markets c |
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Yahoo News |
4:29am PDT |
China and Dalai Lama trade barbs over Tibetan 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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BBC News |
4:14am PDT |
Man remanded over Shannon |
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Summary: A man appears in court charged with the kidnap and false imprisonment of nine-year-old Shannon Matthews. |
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Cnn.com |
4:02am PDT |
Cracked pillar shuts Philly interstate |
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Cnn.com |
4:02am PDT |
Cracked pillar shuts down Philly interstate |
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