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Yahoo News |
1:31pm PDT |
Shiites unleash rockets in Baghdad
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Iraq's leaders faced their gravest challenge in months Tuesday as Shiite militiamen loyal to anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr battled for control of the southern oil capital and unleashed rockets on the U.S.-protected Green Zone in Baghdad. |
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Yahoo News |
1:11pm PDT |
Study links preemies, long-term risks
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The largest-ever study of the long-term consequences of premature birth finds that children born early have higher death rates in childhood and are more likely to be childless in adulthood. |
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Yahoo News |
1:10pm PDT |
Photos show bullet damage to plane
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Photos show that a shot fired from a US Airways pilot's pistol blasted a small hole through the cockpit wall of a plane that landed in North Carolina. |
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Yahoo News |
1:05pm PDT |
Obama releases tax returns, says Clinton should too
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Democrat Barack Obama released seven
years of tax returns on Tuesday, cranking up the pressure on
presidential rival Hillary Clinton to make public her recent
filings and renewing a battle between the two camps over
transparency. |
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BBC News |
12:53pm PDT |
Fresh evidence at child inquest |
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Summary: An inquest into the death of a six-year-old boy in a plunge from a hotel balcony will hear from new witnesses. |
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Yahoo News |
12:51pm PDT |
Crane topples in Miami; 2 killed, 4 hurt
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A crane collapsed Tuesday at a construction site for a high-rise condominium, killing two workers, injuring four and smashing into a home that the contractor had been using as an office, police said. |
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Yahoo News |
12:38pm PDT |
Iraqi forces battle for control of oil city
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Iraqi security forces battled
fighters loyal to Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in Basra on
Tuesday in a drive to win control of the southern oil city,
triggering a wave of violence in Baghdad and other cities. |
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Cnn.com |
12:33pm PDT |
Detroit mayor, former aide enter pleas |
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Summary: The criminal case against Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is about much more than sexually explicit text messages, Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy said Tuesday.
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Yahoo News |
12:26pm PDT |
70 vehicles slam together in Austria
(AP)
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Summary: AP - About 70 vehicles slammed into each other Tuesday in heavy snowfall on an autobahn in northwestern Austria, killing one person and injuring at least 37 others, police said. |
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Yahoo News |
12:20pm PDT |
Top court hears case on Americans held in Iraq
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. Supreme Court justices
questioned on Tuesday whether federal judges in the United
States can block U.S. military officials in Iraq from turning
over Americans to Iraqi authorities for trial or punishment. |
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Cnn.com |
11:54am PDT |
Brain-damaged woman at center of Wal-Mart suit |
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Summary: Debbie Shank breaks down in tears every time she's told her 18-year-old son was killed in Iraq. Shank, 52, suffered brain damage in a car accident nearly eight years ago. It was the beginning of a series of battles for her family -- one of the biggest wit |
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Cnn.com |
11:54am PDT |
Brain-damaged woman focus of Wal-Mart suit |
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Summary: Debbie Shank breaks down in tears every time she's told her 18-year-old son was killed in Iraq. Shank, 52, suffered brain damage in a car accident nearly eight years ago. It was the beginning of a series of battles for her family -- one of the biggest wit |
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ChristianPost |
11:47am PDT |
Algeria Shuts Down 13 Protestant Churches |
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Summary: Algeria, a close to fully Sunni Muslim country in northern Africa, has ordered 13 Protestant churches to shut down since November, the head of Algeria’s Protestant church group said ... |
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BBC News |
11:46am PDT |
Constitution reform plans set out |
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Summary: Jack Straw proposes giving MPs the final say on going to war as part of a package of constitutional reforms. |
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Cnn.com |
11:31am PDT |
Obama releases tax returns, challenges Clinton |
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Summary: Sen. Barack Obama's campaign released his tax returns from 2000 to 2006 on its Web site Wednesday and challenged Sen. Hillary Clinton to release hers.
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Yahoo News |
11:28am PDT |
Vatican says Pope's baptism of Muslim not a hostile act
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Pope Benedict's baptism of an
Italian Muslim over Easter weekend was not a hostile act
against Islam, the Vatican's newspaper wrote on Tuesday after
the public conversion prompted criticism in the Muslim world. |
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Theophiles |
11:25am PDT |
A boy named Sue and a forum named ??? |
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Summary: A hotly discussed item on the admin mailing list has been a name for the new site. We've come up with a few, but what names do you suggest?
We recommend researching your names through Whois at InterNIC instead of visiting the site, as not all sites are |
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Yahoo News |
11:24am PDT |
Government benefit programs in trouble
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Trustees for the government's two biggest benefit programs warned Tuesday that Social Security and Medicare are facing "enormous challenges" with the threat to Medicare's solvency far more severe. |
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Yahoo News |
11:21am PDT |
Detroit mayor, aide plead not guilty
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his former top aide have pleaded not guilty to charges they lied under oath about having an affair. |
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BBC News |
11:20am PDT |
German far-right leader charged |
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Summary: Udo Voigt, leader of Germany's far-right NPD, is charged with defamation and inciting racial hatred. |
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Yahoo News |
11:19am PDT |
Government sees overhaul of AIDS vaccine effort
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The U.S. government began a
major overhaul of its effort to produce an AIDS vaccine on
Tuesday, stressing basic scientific research after the failure
of a key clinical trial last year. |
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Cnn.com |
11:08am PDT |
Huge Antarctic ice chunk collapses |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
10:43am PDT |
Bear Stearns staff face reality of buyout
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Employees at Bear Stearns Cos
were hardly celebrating the day after JPMorgan Chase & Co
raised its bid for Bear five-fold. |
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Yahoo News |
10:38am PDT |
Western Antarctic ice chunk collapses
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A chunk of Antarctic ice nine times the size of Manhattan has suddenly collapsed, putting an even larger glacial area at risk. |
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BBC News |
10:27am PDT |
Clinton pressed over Bosnia claim |
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Summary: US White House hopeful Hillary Clinton is challenged over claims she came under sniper fire while visiting Bosnia. |
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Yahoo News |
10:16am PDT |
US sent Taiwan nuclear missile components by mistake
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The United States mistakenly sent Taiwan four fuses used to trigger nuclear warheads on ballistic missiles in late 2006 and only discovered the mistake last week, the Pentagon said Tuesday. |
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Yahoo News |
10:11am PDT |
Court overturns air passenger rights law
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A federal appeals court has rejected a law requiring airlines to provide food, water, clean toilets and fresh air to passengers trapped in a plane delayed on the ground. |
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BBC News |
10:05am PDT |
US investigates Taiwan arms error |
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Summary: The Pentagon says it is investigating after ballistic missile fuses were mistakenly shipped to Taiwan. |
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BBC News |
10:03am PDT |
Beckham to win 100th England cap |
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Summary: David Beckham will win his 100th England cap in the friendly international against France on Wednesday, coach Fabio Capello has confirmed. |
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BBC News |
10:00am PDT |
US examines Suez Canal shooting |
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Summary: US authorities say they are investigating after a US container ship shot at an Egyptian boat in the Suez Canal. |
