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Yahoo News |
11:50pm PDT |
Suicide blast kills Sri Lanka minister
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber
killed Sri Lanka's highways minister and at least 11 others on
Sunday in a powerful blast near the capital, the government
said. |
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Yahoo News |
11:49pm PDT |
Kansas-Memphis meet for NCAA hoop title
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Memphis and its up-tempo offense vs. Kansas and its shutdown defense. O vs. D — the most classic confrontation in sports, and this time for the NCAA championship Monday night. |
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Yahoo News |
11:44pm PDT |
Kansas dismantles North Carolina 84-66
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Roy Williams taught Kansas all about how to handle cruel, crushing disappointments. |
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BBC News |
11:41pm PDT |
Bush and Putin in farewell talks |
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Summary: George Bush and Vladimir Putin are meeting in Sochi for their final talks, with security high on the agenda. |
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Yahoo News |
11:32pm PDT |
Officer: Ship victim fell during rescue
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A crewman who died at the site of a sinking fishing boat in the Bering Sea fell from a rescue basket being pulled into a helicopter, a rescuer has testified. |
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Cnn.com |
11:30pm PDT |
Hollywood legend Charlton Heston dies |
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Summary: Actor Charlton Heston has died at his Beverly Hills home at the age of 84, his family has said. Heston, known for portrayals of larger than life figures including Moses and Ben Hur, was suffering the late stages of Alzheimer's Disease.
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Yahoo News |
11:22pm PDT |
Bush, Putin concluding talks in Russia
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin have opened their farewell talks with Bush saying he has come to respect his Russian counterpart and appreciate his frankness. |
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Yahoo News |
11:20pm PDT |
Texas removes 183 women, girls from sect ranch
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Texas officials investigating a
potential child abuse case said on Saturday 183 children and
women had been removed from a ranch that is home to a breakaway
Mormon sect linked to jailed polygamist leader Warren Jeffs. |
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Yahoo News |
11:07pm PDT |
Tensions build at polygamist retreat
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Sect leaders at a polygamist compound in West Texas refused Saturday to let authorities search a temple for a teenage girl whose report of abuse led to the raid, and authorities said they were preparing "for the worst." |
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Yahoo News |
10:57pm PDT |
Actor Charlton Heston dies at 84
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Actor Charlton Heston, whose
chiseled features and commanding presence won him epic roles
from Moses to Michelangelo, died on Saturday night at the age
of 84, his family said. |
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Cnn.com |
10:47pm PDT |
Hollywood legend Charlton Heston dead at 83 |
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Summary: Actor Charlton Heston died at Beverly Hills home at the age of 84 Saturday, his family said.
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Yahoo News |
10:26pm PDT |
Actor Charlton Heston dies at 84: family
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Actor Charlton Heston, whose
chiseled features and commanding presence won him epic roles
from Moses to Michelangelo, died on Saturday night at the age
of 84, his family said. |
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Yahoo News |
10:19pm PDT |
Film legend Charlton Heston dead at 84
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Charlton Heston, who won the 1959 best actor Oscar as the chariot-racing "Ben-Hur" and portrayed Moses, Michelangelo, El Cid and other heroic figures in movie epics of the '50s and '60s, has died. He was 84. |
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BBC News |
10:12pm PDT |
Hollywood star Heston dies |
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Summary: Charlton Heston, who won a best actor Oscar for his performance in the 1959 epic Ben Hur, dies aged 84. |
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Yahoo News |
10:03pm PDT |
Suicide blast kills Sri Lanka minister, Tigers blamed
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Sri Lanka's highways minister and at
least nine other people were killed on Sunday in a suspected
suicide attack by Tamil Tiger rebels near Colombo, a security
official said. |
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BBC News |
9:55pm PDT |
Problems persist at Heathrow's T5 |
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Summary: More flights are cancelled after baggage handlers at Heathrow's Terminal 5 were forced to hand sort baggage overnight. |
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Cnn.com |
9:50pm PDT |
Hollywood legend Charlton Heston dead at 84 |
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Summary: Actor Charlton Heston died at Beverly Hills home at the age of 84 Saturday, his family said.
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Yahoo News |
9:50pm PDT |
Mugabe asks for poll recount as stalemate deepens
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Zimbabwe sunk deeper into political
stalemate on Sunday, with the opposition going to court to get
election results released and President Robert Mugabe's ruling
party asking for a delay and recount. |
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Yahoo News |
9:37pm PDT |
China insists torch will go through Tibet
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - China's top official in Tibet, rejecting a demand of activists around the world, has insisted that the Beijing Olympics torch relay will pass through the Himalayan region as planned. |
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BBC News |
9:25pm PDT |
Larger than life |
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Summary: Charlton Heston, screen hero who lived a film script |
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BBC News |
9:20pm PDT |
London ready for Olympic parade |
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Summary: A star-studded cast of athletes and celebrities prepares to accompany the Olympic torch in its journey across London. |
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Yahoo News |
9:20pm PDT |
Senior Sri Lanka minister killed in bomb blast: police
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - A senior Sri Lankan government minister was killed Sunday in a powerful bomb blast that also left at least another 10 people dead and 50 wounded, police said. |
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Yahoo News |
9:20pm PDT |
Obama tailors message to Western voters
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Hunting for votes out West, Democrat Barack Obama on Saturday rejected the idea that the region's sparsely populated states aren't important in the presidential race and renewed his promise to appoint a high-level adviser on Indian issues if elected. |
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Yahoo News |
9:17pm PDT |
Bush, Putin say goodbye
(AP)
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Summary: AP - With time running out on an often testy seven-year relationship, President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin are taking on a lot of unfinished business in their final leader-to-leader meetings Sunday. |
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BBC News |
9:12pm PDT |
Blast kills Sri Lankan minister |
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Summary: Sri Lankan Highways Minister Jeyaraj Fernandopulle is among 10 people killed by a bomb blast, officials say. |
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Yahoo News |
9:07pm PDT |
Sri Lankan minister killed in blast
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Sri Lanka's highways minister and at
least nine other people were killed on Sunday by a blast near
Colombo that was blamed on Tamil Tiger rebels, a security
official said. |
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Yahoo News |
8:24pm PDT |
Kansas dismantles North Carolina
(AP)
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Summary: AP - What Roy Williams needed was a comeback for the ages. What he got was a disappointing dose of payback — a chance to see what it feels like when Kansas breaks his heart. |
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BBC News |
7:57pm PDT |
Mugabe party demands poll recount |
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Summary: Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's party demands a delay of election results and a vote recount, reports say. |
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BBC News |
7:57pm PDT |
Mugabe party demands recount |
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Summary: Zimbabwean President Mugabe's party demands election results be delayed and votes recounted, reports say. |
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Yahoo News |
7:41pm PDT |
Bush opens farewell talks with Putin
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin opened suspenseful farewell talks as the White House abandoned hopes they would resolve differences on U.S. missile defense plans, one of the most contentious issues in a long list of security dispu |
