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Yahoo News |
12:36pm PDT |
Tiger's 6-month win streak ends at Doral
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Even someone like former U.S. Open champion Geoff Ogilvy can acknowledge being a bit mesmerized by seeing Tiger Woods win tournament after tournament after tournament. "It's quite fun to watch," Ogilvy said. |
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BBC News |
12:30pm PDT |
Teachers criticise over-testing |
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Summary: Teachers say that over-testing and league tables are making children in British schools unhappy. |
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Yahoo News |
12:18pm PDT |
US Air 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 |
12:12pm PDT |
Bodies of kidnapped U.S. contractors found |
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Summary: Four U.S. soldiers died Sunday night in a roadside bombing in Iraq, military officials reported, bringing the American toll to 4,000 deaths. The grim milestone comes less than a week after the fifth anniversary of the start of the war.
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BBC News |
12:06pm PDT |
Comoros president orders assault |
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Summary: The president of the Comoros islands authorises military force to retake the island of Anjouan from rebels. |
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Yahoo News |
11:57am PDT |
US blames rocket attacks on militias
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The U.S. military blamed Iranian-backed Shiite militia factions on Monday for a spate of rocket attacks that struck the Green Zone and surrounding areas, a day after the overall U.S. death toll in the five-year conflict rose to 4,000. |
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BBC News |
11:55am PDT |
City police attacked by 70 people |
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Summary: Police are attacked by up to 70 people at what is believed to have been an illegal dissident republican parade. |
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Yahoo News |
11:49am PDT |
Cheney says Hamas-Fatah deal unlikely
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Vice President Dick Cheney said on
Monday he did not believe Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
would agree to reconcile with Hamas until the Islamist group
gave up control of the Gaza Strip. |
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Yahoo News |
11:36am PDT |
Google wants TV 'white space' for wi-fi
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Less than a week after losing in the latest U.S. spectrum auction, Google Inc. has started pitching its plan to use TV "white space" — unlicensed and unused airwaves — to provide wireless Internet. |
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Yahoo News |
11:36am PDT |
Stocks jump on revised Bear Stearns deal
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Wall Street extended its big advance Monday as investors applauded a new agreement that will give Bear Stearns Cos. shareholders five times the payout than was outlined in a JPMorgan Chase & Co. buyout deal a week ago. Investors were also pleased by |
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Yahoo News |
11:28am PDT |
Chinese cop reported killed as Tibet riots rage
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - One Chinese policeman was killed and several more wounded in a riot in a Tibetan-populated area, state media said late Monday, as pro-independence protests raged on after two weeks of violence. |
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Yahoo News |
11:25am PDT |
Detroit's mayor indicted in sex scandal
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was
charged with perjury, obstruction of justice and official
misconduct on Monday stemming from a sex scandal and the
prominent Democrat's handling of an $8.4 million settlement of
a whistle-blower lawsuit aga |
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Yahoo News |
11:18am PDT |
JPMorgan raises Bear 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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ChristianPost |
11:15am PDT |
Cloned Stem Cells Treat Parkinson's in Mice, Researchers Claim |
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Summary: A group of scientists claim that they have treated Parkinson's disease in mice by using cloned embryonic stem ... |
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Yahoo News |
11:04am PDT |
Five slain in Iowa; killer may be accused banker
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A woman and four children were
found dead in an Iowa house on Monday and police searched for a
man who lived there, identified in media reports as a bank
official awaiting trial on embezzlement charges. |
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Cnn.com |
10:58am PDT |
'Working for gas' |
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Summary: Corey Carter spends a quarter of his paycheck on gas. Carter, who earns $7 an hour at a Hyundai factory near Montgomery, Alabama, spends $65 a week on gas. Residents of his hometown, Camden, pay a bigger chunk of their income for fuel than anyone else in |
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Cnn.com |
10:57am PDT |
Woman, 4 kids, found dead in Iowa home |
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Cnn.com |
10:57am PDT |
Woman, 4 kids found dead in Iowa home |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
10:43am PDT |
Beatles' ally Neil Aspinall dies |
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Summary: Neil Aspinall, a friend of the Beatles and chief executive of the Apple music empire, dies aged 66. |
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BBC News |
10:36am PDT |
Daley, 13, claims diving gold |
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Summary: Thirteen-year-old Tom Daley is the new European champion after winning the 10m platform title in Eindhoven in Holland. |
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BBC News |
10:36am PDT |
Diving: Daley claims Euro gold |
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Summary: Thirteen-year-old Tom Daley is the new European champion after winning the 10m platform title in Eindhoven in Holland. |
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Cnn.com |
10:33am PDT |
Detroit mayor indicted on felony charges |
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Summary: Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick defiantly declared his innocence an hour after a prosecutor charged him with perjury and other felonies stemming from a text-messaging sex scandal. "This has been a very flawed process from the beginning," said Kilpatrick. " |
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Yahoo News |
9:57am PDT |
Bhutto loyalist elected as Pakistani PM
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A longtime loyalist of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was elected Pakistan's new prime minister Monday and immediately freed judges detained by President Pervez Musharraf. |
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CTI |
9:57am PDT |
People of the Book |
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Summary: God's people are distinguished by one thing; my job is to teach it. '(Leadership)' |
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CTI |
9:57am PDT |
Speaking Out: I Knew I Wasn't Alone |
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Summary: The recent study findings on STDs confirm my experience--and my conviction that churches can do more to help young women. '(Christianity Today)' |
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CTI |
9:57am PDT |
Bearing the Silence of God |
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Summary: A Turkish theologian finds the image of Christ in the persecuted church. '(Christianity Today)' |
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CTI |
9:57am PDT |
Angel in the Water |
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Summary: A tour boat full of senior citizens capsized right before my eyes. '(Today's Christian)' |
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CTI |
9:56am PDT |
Reflections: Death and Resurrection |
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Summary: Quotations to stir heart and mind. '(Christianity Today)' |
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CTI |
9:56am PDT |
Trouble Brewing? |
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Summary: When Starbucks shuts down for retooling, maybe we all can learn something. '(Leadership)' |
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CTI |
9:56am PDT |
2008 'Christianity Today' Book Awards |
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Summary: This year, 49 publishers nominated 359 titles published in 2007. CT editors selected the top books in each category, and then panels of judges -- one panel per category -- voted. In the end, we chose 10 winners and gave 11 awards of merit to the books tha |
