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Yahoo News |
11:35am PDT |
Congress presses oil execs on high prices
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Top executives of the five biggest U.S. oil companies were pressed Tuesday to explain the soaring fuel prices amid huge industry profits and why they weren't investing more to develop renewable energy source such as wind and solar. |
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Yahoo News |
11:29am PDT |
Mugabe ready to step down: sources
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe is ready to step down after he accepted he failed to win the country's presidential election, a senior source in his ruling party and diplomats told AFP Tuesday. |
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Yahoo News |
11:24am PDT |
US backs Georgia, Ukraine NATO bids
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - US President George W. Bush arrived in Romania Tuesday ready to back Ukraine and Georgia's bid to join NATO in the face of French concern that it would upset the balance of power in Europe. |
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Yahoo News |
11:24am PDT |
Bank news, mild econ. data boost stocks
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Wall Street began the second quarter with a big rally Tuesday as investors rushed back into stocks amid optimism that the worst of the credit crisis has passed and that the economy is faring better than expected. The Dow Jones industrials surged almo |
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BBC News |
11:21am PDT |
Nobel winner tear-gassed in Kenya |
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Summary: Kenyan police fire tear gas at dozens of protesters, including Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai, in Nairobi. |
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Yahoo News |
11:12am PDT |
Zimbabwe parties discuss Mugabe resignation: U.S.
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU-PF party and the
opposition MDC are believed to be discussing whether President
Robert Mugabe should resign after last Saturday's election, a
U.S. official said on Tuesday. |
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Yahoo News |
11:05am PDT |
Congress grills oil execs on record pump prices
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The U.S. Congress dragged in
executives from five international oil companies on Tuesday to
explain why they should not be blamed for record-high gasoline
prices after booking profits of $123 billion in 2007. |
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Cnn.com |
11:04am PDT |
Results of Zimbabwe election cloudy as ever |
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Summary: There was still no official results Tuesday from weekend's presidential vote in Zimbabwe, but an election monitoring group projected that opposition candidate Morgan Tsvangirai was leading President Robert Mugabe.
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Cnn.com |
10:59am PDT |
Congress lays into oil executives |
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Summary: Lawmakers grilled executives from the world's five largest publicly traded oil companies today, criticizing them for taking tax subsidies and not investing in renewable resources amid record prices, CNNMoney.com reports.
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Cnn.com |
10:59am PDT |
Congress lays into oil execs |
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Summary: Lawmakers grilled executives from the world's five largest publicly traded oil companies Tuesday, criticizing them for taking tax subsidies and not investing in renewable resources amid record prices for oil and gasoline.
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Cnn.com |
10:55am PDT |
Trucks keep rolling ... for now |
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Summary: Despite a threatened strike by some independent truck drivers, many trucks were still on the road Tuesday. But for how much longer?
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CTI News |
10:42am PDT |
Interview: Jazzed About the Big Screen |
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Summary: Donald Miller's 'Blue Like Jazz' been adapted into a screenplay, with 'The Second Chance' director Steve Taylor at the helm--and both men are pretty excited about it.
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CTI News |
10:42am PDT |
Hope and Nukes |
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Summary: While despairing of nuclear annihilation, I received an irresistible consolation.
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CTI News |
10:42am PDT |
Supreme Court to Consider "Seven Aphorisms" |
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Summary: Group wants "Seven Aphorisms" in park by Ten Commandments.
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CTI News |
10:42am PDT |
Do the Democrats Have a Prayer Yet? |
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Summary: Amy Sullivan explains how the Democrats alienated evangelicals and are trying to win them back.
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CTI News |
10:42am PDT |
Laughter Is Serious Business |
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Summary: Laughter is serious business.
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ChristDot |
10:42am PDT |
Jesuit president of University of San Francisco converts to Episcopal Church |
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Summary: From Catholic.org:Rev. Stephen A. Privett, S.J., president of the Jesuit University of San Francisco, has announced his intention to be received into the Episcopal Church, stating that "the Vatican is wrong on too many issues." Fr. Privett acknowledged t |
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Yahoo News |
10:39am PDT |
Zimbabwe opposition in talks with ruling party: U.S.
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Zimbabwe's opposition movement is in
talks with President Robert Mugabe's ruling party over whether
he should resign following presidential elections that put the
opposition ahead, said a U.S. State Department official on
Tuesday. |
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Yahoo News |
10:38am PDT |
Anarchy fears as Zimbabwe awaits poll results
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Zimbabwe's elections commission tried to calm growing disquiet Tuesday at the delay in announcing results from the country's presidential election amid warnings the country could lurch into anarchy. |
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BBC News |
10:34am PDT |
Lib Dem blow to referendum |
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Summary: The chances of a referendum on the EU treaty take a blow after Lib Dem peers say they will vote against one. |
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Yahoo News |
10:23am PDT |
Bank news, economic data boost stocks
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Wall Street began the second quarter with a big rally Tuesday as investors rushed back into stocks amid optimism that the worst of the credit crisis has passed and that the economy is faring better than expected. The Dow Jones industrials surged more |
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BBC News |
10:22am PDT |
Deal 'close' for Mugabe to leave |
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Summary: The outline of a deal is done for Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe to step down, opposition sources tell the BBC. |
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BBC News |
10:14am PDT |
Click on Rick |
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Summary: On Rick Astley's renewed fame - and other virals |
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Yahoo News |
10:14am PDT |
Bush backs Ukraine and Georgia for NATO
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. President George W. Bush vowed
on Tuesday to press for Ukraine and Georgia to be allowed to
start the process of joining NATO despite resistance from
Russia and skepticism from the alliance's European members. |
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ChristianPost |
10:13am PDT |
Nearly 20,000 Celebrate P.E.A.C.E. in Rwanda |
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Summary: Nearly 20,000 people gathered to join American Pastor Rick Warren and Rwandan President Paul Kagame to launch the first national “40 Days of Purpose” campaign in Rwanda ... |
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Cnn.com |
10:06am PDT |
No joke: Stocks start April higher |
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Summary: Stocks surged Tuesday, with the Dow jumping nearly 300 points on the first day of the new quarter, as investors hailed signs that the companies hit hardest by the credit market crisis seem to be pulling through and moving forward.
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BBC News |
10:04am PDT |
UK's first hybrid embryos created |
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Summary: Scientists have created part-human, part-animal hybrid embryos for the first time in the UK, the BBC can reveal. |
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Yahoo News |
9:58am PDT |
Clinton slams McCain on economy
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Democrat Hillary Clinton slammed
potential White House opponent John McCain's economic approach
on Tuesday, accusing the Republican of turning his back on
struggling workers and middle-class families. |
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ChristianToday |
9:57am PDT |
Britain delays pulling troops out of Iraq |
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Summary: Britain will delay pulling up to 1500 troops out of Iraq due to recent unrest in the southern city of Basra Defence Secretary Des Browne said on Tuesday |
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ChristianToday |
9:56am PDT |
Health screening to save 2000 lives a year |
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Summary: People aged between 40 and 74 in England are to be given free health screening to identify those at risk of vascular diseases that kill 170000 a year Health Secretary Alan Johnson announced on Tuesday |
