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BBC News |
7:04pm PDT |
Hitting a century |
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Summary: What future for the Territorial Army as it turns 100? |
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Yahoo News |
7:01pm PDT |
Ventura: No plans to run again, but ...
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Minnesota already has a comedian running for Senate. So why not its most famous former pro wrestler? In an interview Monday with The Associated Press, former Reform Party Gov. Jesse Ventura said there's nothing that could get him back into politics. |
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Yahoo News |
7:01pm PDT |
Edgy Zimbabwe awaits more vote results
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Zimbabwe sat on the knife-edge Tuesday as it awaited a new leader amid mounting pressure to swiftly release full results of an election already claimed by the opposition. |
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Yahoo News |
6:59pm PDT |
Gomez, Hernandez lead Twins past Angels
(AP)
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Summary: AP - With Torii Hunter watching from the other side, Carlos Gomez made a strong first impression in Minnesota. Gomez formally replaced Hunter as the center fielder and raced around the bases, giving Livan Hernandez and the Twins enough offense to beat the |
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6:48pm PDT |
The World War II heroine who was not classed as leadership material |
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Summary: The World War II heroine who was not classed as leadership material |
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BBC News |
6:44pm PDT |
Bush to back Ukraine's Nato hopes |
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Summary: President Bush is set to offer his backing for Kiev's controversial bid to join Nato as he arrives in Ukraine. |
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BBC News |
6:44pm PDT |
Bush to back Ukraine for Nato |
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Summary: President Bush is set to offer his backing for Kiev's controversial bid to join Nato as he arrives in Ukraine. |
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BBC News |
6:39pm PDT |
Film director Jules Dassin dies |
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Summary: US film director Jules Dassin, maker of Never on Sunday, dies aged 96 in his adopted homeland of Greece. |
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BBC News |
6:29pm PDT |
Necklace is 'oldest in Americas' |
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Summary: A necklace found in Peru is the oldest known gold object made in the Americas, archaeologists say. |
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BBC News |
6:23pm PDT |
MPs debate terror detention limit |
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Summary: MPs will debate controversial proposals to detain terror suspects for up to 42 days without charge. |
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BBC News |
6:05pm PDT |
NZ teen convicted of cyber crime |
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Summary: A New Zealand teenager is convicted of computer crimes linked to an international cyber-crime ring. |
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Cnn.com |
5:56pm PDT |
Andrea Yates' ex has child with new wife |
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Yahoo News |
5:51pm PDT |
Barack Obama takes aim at John McCain on Iraq
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Democrat Barack Obama
took aim on Monday at potential White House opponent John
McCain on Iraq, saying the Republican senator could not offer a
clear definition of success in the conflict and might leave
,U.S. combat troops there for decades |
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BBC News |
5:49pm PDT |
'Ecuador incursion' into Colombia |
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Summary: Colombia condemns "an incursion by an Ecuadorian military helicopter" which it says took place on Sunday. |
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BBC News |
5:23pm PDT |
Immigration 'small benefit' to UK |
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Summary: Record immigration levels have had "little impact" on the UK's economic well-being and should be capped, peers say. |
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BBC News |
5:20pm PDT |
Medication 'worsens Alzheimer's' |
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Summary: Anti-psychotic drugs commonly given to Alzheimer's patients often worsens their condition, a study suggests. |
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Yahoo News |
5:06pm PDT |
Simpson out of hospital, feeling better
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Jessica Simpson is feeling "much better" after being hospitalized with a kidney infection. Simpson was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on Friday for a "minor kidney infection" and was released Monday, Simpson's representative Lauren Auslander |
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Yahoo News |
4:53pm PDT |
Opposition claim clear victory in Zimbabwe vote as riot police deploy
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Zimbabwe's opposition claimed a clear lead over President Robert Mugabe and his party, as pressure mounted Monday for the swift announcement of full results from presidential and parliamentary polls. |
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BBC News |
4:40pm PDT |
Free transport pass is extended |
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Summary: Free off-peak bus travel for pensioners and disabled travellers is being extended. |
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BBC News |
4:40pm PDT |
Free bus travel scheme extended |
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Summary: Free off-peak bus travel for pensioners and the disabled is being extended so they can go anywhere in England. |
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Yahoo News |
4:39pm PDT |
Obama takes aim at McCain on Iraq
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Democrat Barack Obama
took aim on Monday at potential White House opponent John
McCain on Iraq, saying the Republican senator could not offer a
clear definition of success in the conflict and could leave
U.S. combat troops there for decades. |
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Yahoo News |
4:31pm PDT |
Santana wins debut as Mets top Marlins
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Johan Santana and one big inning were all the New York Mets needed. Santana struck out eight in seven dominant innings, David Wright hit a three-run double and New York opened its season with a 7-2 win Monday over the Florida Marlins. |
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BBC News |
4:19pm PDT |
Ping-pong politics |
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Summary: The game that got the diplomatic ball bouncing |
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BBC News |
4:19pm PDT |
New stitches could help stop MRSA |
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Summary: Stitches and dressings laced with viruses could help stop MRSA spreading in operating theatres, experts say. |
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BBC News |
4:16pm PDT |
Business to choose water supply |
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Summary: Businesses and public bodies in Scotland are allowed to decide who supplies them with water. |
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Yahoo News |
4:15pm PDT |
Lehman to raise $3 billion to quash stability fears
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc ,
an investment bank beset by rumors of not having enough
funding, said it plans to raise $3 billion of capital to quash
questions about its stability. |
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Yahoo News |
4:10pm PDT |
Clinton says Obama wants to stop votes
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton accused rival Sen. Barack Obama and his allies of trying to stop people from voting as some of his backers have called on her to drop out of the presidential race. The Obama campaign rejected the charge, dismiss |
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Yahoo News |
4:09pm PDT |
Chelsea Clinton criticizes Bush in N.C.
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Chelsea Clinton returned Monday to North Carolina, telling college students that the world will "breathe a sigh of relief" once President Bush leaves office. Clinton spoke Monday during a town hall meeting with students at North Carolina State Univer |
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BBC News |
4:09pm PDT |
Prescription charges drop to £5 |
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Summary: The cost of NHS prescriptions in Scotland are cut from £6.85 to £5, in the first move towards making them free. |
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BBC News |
4:09pm PDT |
Scottish prescriptions cut to £5 |
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Summary: The cost of NHS prescriptions in Scotland are cut from £6.85 to £5, in the first move towards making them free. |
