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2:32pm PDT |
Scarlett's mother fears for safety |
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Summary: The mother of a 15-year-old British girl killed in Goa says she fears for her own safety after speaking out. |
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1:49pm PDT |
Abrams leads Longhorns into Round of 16
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Summary: AP - With a 17-point lead unbelievably cut to three, Texas needed somebody — anybody — to make a couple free throws. A.J. Abrams was ready — as he had been all day. |
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Cnn.com |
1:47pm PDT |
Fishing vessel sinking off Alaska; 4 dead |
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Summary: Four crew members of a fishing vessel sinking off the coast of Alaska have died, a U.S. Coast Guard spokesman said Sunday.
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1:26pm PDT |
Coast Guard: 4 dead from sinking ship
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Summary: AP - The Coast Guard says four crew members are dead after a Seattle-based fishing boat began sinking off Alaska's Dutch Harbor. |
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1:14pm PDT |
1986 message in bottle drifts 1,735 mi.
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Summary: AP - Merle Brandell and his black lab Slapsey were beachcombing along the Bering Sea when he spied a plastic bottle among the Japanese glass floats he often finds along the shore of his tiny Alaskan fishing village. |
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1:13pm PDT |
Attacks kill 57 in Iraq; Green Zone hit
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Summary: AP - Rockets and mortars pounded Baghdad's U.S.-protected Green Zone Sunday and a suicide car bomber struck an Iraqi army post in the northern city of Mosul in a surge of attacks that killed at least 57 people nationwide. |
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1:12pm PDT |
Bailey Rae's husband dead |
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Summary: The body of soul singer Corinne Bailey Rae's husband is found in a flat in Leeds, police confirm. |
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1:12pm PDT |
Singer's husband 'found dead' |
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Summary: The body of soul singer Corinne Bailey Rae's husband is found in a flat in Leeds, police confirm. |
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Cnn.com |
1:10pm PDT |
Cheney: Israel, Palestinians must sacrifice |
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Summary: Vice President Dick Cheney said Sunday it will take "painful concessions" from both Israelis and Palestinians to achieve the Bush administration's vision of a Palestinian nation alongside Israel.
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12:36pm PDT |
Reynolds helps Villanova reach Sweet 16
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Summary: AP - Scottie Reynolds and Villanova gave Upset City its first sense of normalcy. Reynolds scored 25 points and Corey Stokes added 20 as the 12th-seeded Wildcats beat tiny Siena 84-72 Sunday to reach the round of 16 in the NCAA tournament for the third tim |
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12:19pm PDT |
Pope rejoices over conversions on Easter
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Summary: AP - Pope Benedict XVI rejoiced over conversions to Christianity in an Easter Sunday Mass on the steps of St. Peter's Basilica a day after he baptized a prominent Muslim newspaper editor. |
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12:14pm PDT |
On violent Iraq Easter, 57 killed
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Summary: AP - Rockets and mortars pounded Baghdad's U.S.-protected Green Zone Sunday and a suicide car bomber struck an Iraqi army post in the northern city of Mosul in a surge of attacks that killed at least 57 people nationwide. |
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Cnn.com |
12:10pm PDT |
Richardson: I am 'loyal to the Clintons,' but ... |
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Summary: Facing fire from some Clinton supporters for his decision to endorse Sen. Barack Obama, Gov. Bill Richardson said today he still considers himself loyal to the family that helped make his political career.
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12:09pm PDT |
54 killed in Iraq bloodshed
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Summary: AFP - A wave of attacks across Iraq on Sunday killed 54 people, while insurgents bombarded Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone with mortar fire, sending US embassy staff scurrying into bunkers. |
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12:04pm PDT |
US ponders: How deep is economic abyss?
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Summary: AP - For months, Americans have been subjected to a sort of economic water torture — a maddening drip of bad news about jobs, gas prices, sagging home values, creeping inflation, the slouching dollar and a stock market in bumpy descent. |
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12:03pm PDT |
Cloning treats mouse Parkinson's |
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Summary: Therapeutic cloning has been successfully used to treat Parkinson's disease in mice, research shows. |
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12:02pm PDT |
Singer Estelle tops singles chart |
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Summary: Estelle goes straight to number one with her single American Boy, ending Duffy's five-week reign. |
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11:47am PDT |
Three dead in head-on road crash |
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Summary: Two adults and a child are killed and a woman is injured after a head-on crash on a road in Moray. |
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11:32am PDT |
MPs urged to support embryo bill |
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Summary: A coalition of more than 200 charities is urging MPs to support the embryo research bill, the BBC learns. |
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11:20am PDT |
Cheney hears Palestinian complaints
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Summary: AP - Palestinian leaders asked Vice President Dick Cheney on Sunday to pressure Israel to halt settlement construction and voiced other complaints that deflated Cheney's hopeful words about Mideast peace. |
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BBC News |
11:15am PDT |
Bailey Rae husband 'found dead' |
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Summary: Police find the body of a man who is believed to be the husband of soul singer Corinne Bailey Rae. |
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Cnn.com |
11:12am PDT |
Grammy winner Emilio badly hurt in bus crash |
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11:11am PDT |
Investors await housing, spending data
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Summary: AP - Few investors expect this week's readings on the housing market and personal spending to be especially strong. But many are hoping the data shows at least a few clues that an economic rebound is on the horizon. |
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Yahoo News |
11:06am PDT |
Cloned cells treat Parkinson's in mice
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Summary: Reuters - Researchers who used cloned
embryonic stem cells to treat Parkinson's disease in mice said
on Sunday they worked better than other cells. |
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Yahoo News |
11:04am PDT |
Mother fights Army over son's death
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Summary: AP - Joan McDonald believes her son was a casualty of the war in Iraq, but the Army says that while he did suffer a severe head wound in a bomb blast, the cause of his death is undetermined, keeping him off the casualty list. |
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Yahoo News |
11:03am PDT |
'Whos' on first at box office again
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Summary: AP - Audiences are still listening to Horton and his Who pals. "Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who," 20th Century Fox's animated adaptation of the beloved children's book, remained the top movie for a second straight weekend with $25.1 million, according to st |
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10:59am PDT |
Football: Drogba sinks Arsenal |
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Summary: Didier Drogba's double keeps Chelsea's title hopes alive while damaging Arsenal's as they come from behind for a vital win. |
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BBC News |
10:59am PDT |
Drogba dents Arsenal hopes |
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Summary: Didier Drogba's double keeps Chelsea's title hopes alive while damaging Arsenal's as they come from behind for a vital win. |
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Yahoo News |
10:54am PDT |
China blasts Dalai Lama, Pelosi on Tibet
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Summary: AP - China accused the Dalai Lama on Sunday of stoking Tibetan unrest to sabotage the Beijing Olympics and also berated House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, saying she is ignoring the truth about Tibet. |
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BBC News |
10:42am PDT |
Solution sought over embryo vote |
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Summary: Labour MPs opposed to parts of a controversial embryology bill will be "accommodated", the government says. |
