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Yahoo News |
3:35pm PDT |
Riots rage in China as protests overshadow Olympic ceremony
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Pro-independence protests raged Monday in Tibetan-populated areas of China with at least one policemen killed and several more wounded in a riot in Sichuan province. |
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Yahoo News |
3:26pm PDT |
US Airways pilot's gun accidentally goes off on plane
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The gun carried by a US Airways pilot
accidentally went off on a flight from Denver to Charlotte on
Saturday, causing the plane to be pulled from service, the
airline said on Monday. |
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Cnn.com |
3:22pm PDT |
Bush: 4,000 deaths 'laid foundations for peace' |
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Summary: President Bush today said U.S. deaths in Iraq had "laid the foundations for peace for generations to come," one day after the military announced its 4,000th death since the war started. The Democratic presidential candidates also noted the grim milestone, |
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Yahoo News |
3:17pm PDT |
"Dr. Death" Kevorkian plans to run for Congress
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Assisted suicide advocate
Jack Kevorkian, known as "Doctor Death" for helping more than
100 people end their lives, said on Monday he will run for the
U.S. Congress. |
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Yahoo News |
3:04pm PDT |
Bush sympathetic as war toll hits 4,000
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Marking a grim milestone, a determined President Bush declared Monday the lives of 4,000 U.S. military men and women who have died in Iraq "were not lost in vain." The White House signaled anew that additional troops won't be pulled out soon. |
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Yahoo News |
3:02pm PDT |
No Carville apology for Judas remark
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton adviser James Carville is refusing to apologize for comparing New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson to Judas. |
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Yahoo News |
3:01pm PDT |
Weighing costs in choosing cancer care
(AP)
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Summary: AP - You've just been diagnosed with cancer, and the doctor is discussing treatment options. Should the cost be a deciding factor? Chemotherapy costs are rising so dramatically that later this year, oncologists will get their first guidelines on how to ha |
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ChristianPost |
2:56pm PDT |
Muslim Baptized by Pope Says Life in Great Danger |
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Summary: A popular Muslim author who was baptized by Pope Benedict XVI Saturday night said that his life is now in great danger because of his conversion to ... |
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Yahoo News |
2:38pm PDT |
George Michael to tour North America
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Ladies and gentlemen, George Michael is giving North America one more try. The pop star is gearing up for his first tour of the United States and Canada in 17 years, opening a multi-city "25 Live" tour in San Diego on June 17, Michael announced Monda |
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Yahoo News |
2:37pm PDT |
Five found dead in Iowa home of accused banker
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A woman and four children were
found dead in an Iowa house on Monday, and her husband, who
faces bank embezzlement charges, may have died later in a fiery
highway crash, police and media reports said. |
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ChristianPost |
2:32pm PDT |
Why Muslims Convert |
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Summary: In church yesterday, as you celebrated Easter, did you notice anything—or anyone—... |
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Yahoo News |
2:29pm PDT |
Protesters mar Olympic flame-lighting
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Even before the Olympic flame was lit Monday, a protester of China's human rights policies disrupted the solemn ceremony, foreshadowing the prospect of demonstrations throughout the 85,000-mile torch-relay route right up to the Beijing Games themselv |
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BBC News |
2:21pm PDT |
Cleaner sweeps up £1.2m bingo win |
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Summary: A 38-year-old cleaner wins what bingo bosses claim is the game's biggest ever win - almost £1.2m. |
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ChristianPost |
2:21pm PDT |
Gorbachev Dispels 'Closet Christian' Rumors; Says He is Atheist |
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Summary: Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev made clear this past weekend that he is an atheist after European news agencies last week claimed that he had confirmed his Christian faith during a visit to the tomb of St. Francis of Assisi in ... |
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Cnn.com |
2:16pm PDT |
One 'Barbie Bandit' gets harsher sentence |
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Summary: A judge Monday sentenced one of two women dubbed the "Barbie Bandits" and a teller who helped them rob the bank where he worked.
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Yahoo News |
2:00pm PDT |
Sirius plan to buy XM gets antitrust approval
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Sirius Satellite Radio's $4.59
billion purchase of rival XM Satellite Radio was given
antitrust clearance on Monday as the Justice Department
concluded consumers have many alternatives, including mobile
phones and personal audio players. |
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BBC News |
1:57pm PDT |
Cameron attacks big price rises |
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Summary: David Cameron says the government's measure of inflation ignores huge prices rises for staple goods. |
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Yahoo News |
1:54pm PDT |
JPMorgan raises Bear Stearns bid, grabs stake
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - JPMorgan Chase & Co on Monday
raised its takeover offer for Bear Stearns Cos to about
five times its original bid and struck a deal to buy nearly 40
percent of the bank, all but locking up the controversial
acquisition. |
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Yahoo News |
1:37pm PDT |
Bush says Iraq war deaths not in vain
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Bush pledged Monday to ensure "an outcome that will merit the sacrifice" of those who have died in Iraq, offering both sympathy and resolve as the U.S. death toll in the five-year war hit 4,000. |
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BBC News |
1:26pm PDT |
Tibetan riots continue in China |
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Summary: Riots continue in Tibetan-populated areas of China, with state media reporting the death of a policeman. |
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ChristDot |
1:26pm PDT |
All good things come to an end |
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Summary: Christdot is coming to an end soon. Following is an attempt to provide
context, explanation and, for those who still love the site, a reason
for hope. |
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Yahoo News |
1:25pm PDT |
Remains of 2 US contractors recovered
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Authorities have recovered the remains of two U.S. contractors who were kidnapped in Iraq more than a year ago, the FBI said Monday. |
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Yahoo News |
1:22pm PDT |
Cheney says Hamas torpedoing peace talks
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Vice President Dick Cheney said Monday that Hamas, with support from Syria and Iran, is trying to "torpedo" peace talks between the Palestinians and Israel. |
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Yahoo News |
1:22pm PDT |
Green Zone shelling mirrors militia ire
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Rocket attacks on the U.S.-protected Green Zone may carry a message with implications across Iraq: rising anger within the Mahdi Army militia. |
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Yahoo News |
1:20pm PDT |
Clinton 'misspoke' on Bosnia trip
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign said she "misspoke" last week when she said she had landed under sniper fire during a trip she took as first lady to Bosnia in March 1996. The Obama campaign suggested it was a deliberate exaggeration on Clinton's pa |
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Yahoo News |
1:15pm PDT |
UN chief urges global fight against TB
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The U.N. secretary-general on Monday urged stepped-up action to stop the global tuberculosis epidemic that is killing 4,000 people every day. |
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Yahoo News |
1:13pm PDT |
Beatles' friend Neil Aspinall dies at 66
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Neil Aspinall, a longtime friend of the Beatles who managed their business enterprises and helped make the group a moneymaking phenomenon decades after they split up, has died. He was 66. |
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Yahoo News |
12:57pm PDT |
FBI recovers remains of two U.S. contractors in Iraq
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The FBI said on Monday it had
identified and recovered the remains of two kidnapped U.S.
security contractors in Iraq. |
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Yahoo News |
12:46pm PDT |
Pakistani prime minister frees judges
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The deposed chief justice emerged from house arrest Monday after Pakistan's new prime minister ordered police to pull back razor-wire barricades and release judges ousted last year by President Pervez Musharraf. |
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Yahoo News |
12:44pm PDT |
Miami doctor breaks new ground in cancer surgery
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Dr. Tomoaki Kato had to remove a lot more
than a cancerous tumor during an unprecedented operation on a
63-year-old Florida woman earlier this month. |
