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BBC News |
5:51pm PDT |
Hundreds leave Texan sect ranch |
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Summary: Texas removes more than 500 women and children from a polygamist compound as part of a child abuse inquiry. |
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Yahoo News |
5:39pm PDT |
Over 400 children taken from Texas polygamist ranch
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Authorities have now removed 401
children from a remote ranch in west Texas belonging to a
breakaway Mormon sect linked to jailed polygamist leader Warren
Jeffs, local media reported on Monday. |
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Yahoo News |
5:30pm PDT |
U.S., North Korean envoys meeting on nuclear impasse
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A top U.S negotiator will meet his
North Korean counterpart in Singapore on Tuesday with hopes of
reviving stalled nuclear talks. |
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Yahoo News |
5:25pm PDT |
Giants fall in post-Bonds home opener
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Greg Maddux earned his 348th career win, Adrian Gonzalez went 4-for-5 with a homer and four runs, and the San Diego Padres spoiled the San Francisco Giants' first home opener since cutting ties with Barry Bonds by winning 8-4 Monday. |
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Yahoo News |
5:20pm PDT |
China condemns "despicable" torch disruptions
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - China on Tuesday condemned the
disruption of the Olympic torch relay in London and Paris,
vowing it would not impede the Olympic spirit. |
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BBC News |
5:17pm PDT |
Congress to hear update on Iraq |
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Summary: Top US officials in Iraq are due to deliver a scheduled report to Congress as Shia unrest continues. |
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BBC News |
5:06pm PDT |
Bagpuss cat-egorical winner in favourite TV animals survey |
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Summary: Cult cloth cat Bagpuss is voted the favourite children's TV animal of all-time in an online poll of 1,100 people. |
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Yahoo News |
4:59pm PDT |
Ga. soldier's widow wants his sperm
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A soldier's widow has succeeded in having sperm taken from his body and frozen four days after he was slain in Iraq, though medical experts said it's highly unlikely she would be able to bear his child. |
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ChristianPost |
4:51pm PDT |
WEA to Hold General Assembly after 7 Years |
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Summary: The world’s largest evangelical body will hold its first general assembly in seven years this October and will be presenting many new structures and projects, according to ... |
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BBC News |
4:49pm PDT |
America in Iraq |
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Summary: Congress hearing has added urgency in US election year |
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BBC News |
4:49pm PDT |
Baby sleep linked to weight risk |
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Summary: Lack of sleep and regular TV viewing increases the risk of babies and toddlers becoming overweight, a US study says. |
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BBC News |
4:48pm PDT |
Sunbed use 'puts lives at risk' |
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Summary: Most people who use sunbeds signficantly increase their risk of life-threatening skin cancer, experts warn. |
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BBC News |
4:47pm PDT |
Depression linked to Alzheimer's |
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Summary: People who have had depression may be more prone to Alzheimer's disease, research suggests. |
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BBC News |
4:44pm PDT |
Galileo legal process ticks over |
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Summary: EU ministers approve the legal instrument that releases the billions needed to build Europe's sat-nav system. |
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Yahoo News |
4:39pm PDT |
Clinton's tale part truth, part errors
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has stopped telling a story of a pregnant woman's medical tragedy after an Ohio hospital challenged its accuracy last weekend. |
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BBC News |
4:36pm PDT |
IMF plans gold sale to raise $6bn |
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Summary: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) plans to sell some of its gold holdings to raise $6bn. |
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BBC News |
4:34pm PDT |
Online ads 'to beat TV' by 2009 |
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Summary: Advertisers will spend more online than on TV adverts by 2009, the Internet Advertising Bureau says. |
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BBC News |
4:32pm PDT |
'Clearer' student access demanded |
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Summary: England's universities must have "transparent" admissions policies to show they are not biased, the government says. |
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Yahoo News |
4:31pm PDT |
Dad says 'Crocodile Hunter' suffered
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Late "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin concealed pain and suffering behind his enthusiastic public persona, his father said in an interview broadcast Monday. |
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Yahoo News |
4:31pm PDT |
Stem cells from skin treat brain disease in rats
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Skin cells re-programmed to act like
embryonic stem cells eased symptoms of Parkinson's disease in
rats, researchers reported on Monday in a first step toward
tailored treatments for people that bypass concerns about using
human embryos. |
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BBC News |
4:30pm PDT |
MacAskill dismisses custody plans |
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Summary: The Scottish Government dismisses suggestions that police custody services could be privatised. |
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BBC News |
4:12pm PDT |
NY blocks mayor's congestion plan |
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Summary: New York's state assembly blocks a plan to ease Manhattan gridlock with a congestion charge. |
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BBC News |
4:11pm PDT |
Intel 'will survive US recession' |
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Summary: Intel will ride out any US recession, the firm's chief executive Paul Otellini tells BBC News. |
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Cnn.com |
3:56pm PDT |
401 kids from polygamist sect in state custody |
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Summary: Authorities said today they have taken legal custody of 401 children who lived on an isolated West Texas polygamist retreat built by imprisoned "prophet" Warren Jeffs. The children are joined at a shelter by 133 women, most of them mothers, who were taken |
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ChristianToday |
3:43pm PDT |
Machetewielding teens attack Australian school |
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Summary: A group of teenagers armed with baseball bats and machetes attacked Australian teachers and students on Monday injuring 18 people and forcing a high school in Sydney to be locked down police said |
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Cnn.com |
3:41pm PDT |
Clinton: Bush should skip Olympic ceremonies |
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Summary: Sen. Hillary Clinton called on President Bush Monday to boycott the opening of this summer's Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
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Yahoo News |
3:38pm PDT |
Diana unlawfully killed, inquest rules
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Princess Diana and her lover Dodi
al-Fayed were unlawfully killed by the grossly negligent
driving of their chauffeur and paparazzi photographers pursuing
them into a Paris road tunnel 10 years ago, an inquest ruled. |
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ChristianToday |
3:33pm PDT |
Washington Post wins six Pulitzer Prizes |
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Summary: The Washington Post won six Pulitzer Prizes on Monday including the prestigious Public Service award for its reporting on conditions of US war veterans at Americas flagship military hospital |
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CTI Music |
3:27pm PDT |
Rissi Palmer |
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Summary: The 26-year-old rising star stands out not only as the rare African American in country music, but also for her willingness to be open about her faith.
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CTI Music |
3:27pm PDT |
Outside the Box |
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Summary: Charlotte Martin's eclectic sound is as unorthodox as her approach to artistry--a Christian who originally signed to a mainstream label, only to go independent instead. Find out why.
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