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5:43pm PDT |
Crackdown on under-age drinkers |
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Summary: Police seized 44,000 pints of alcoholic drinks in the largest ever operation targeting under-age drinking. |
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Yahoo News |
5:42pm PDT |
Cavity-fighting candy helped cut tooth decay: study
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Most children are told to stay away
from chewy candies to keep their teeth cavity-free, but
children in Venezuela who ate a special cavity-fighting candy
had 62 percent fewer cavities than those who brushed their
teeth regularly, researchers |
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5:28pm PDT |
Prison system 'failing' Scotland |
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Summary: Scotland's prison system is failing the public, prisoners and staff, the chief inspector of prisons says. |
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Yahoo News |
5:23pm PDT |
Colombian rebels reject French hostage mission
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Colombian guerrillas on Tuesday refused
to allow a French medical mission to treat high-profile hostage
Ingrid Betancourt in their jungle camps in another setback to
attempts to free scores of guerrilla captives. |
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Cnn.com |
5:23pm PDT |
'Stupid' Oscar show still thrilled winner |
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Summary: Asked about the difference between a cinematographer and a director of photography -- two terms often used interchangeably -- Robert Elswit cracks a joke.
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Yahoo News |
5:23pm PDT |
Estrogen linked to benign breast lumps
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Add another risk to hormone therapy after menopause: Benign breast lumps. One type of hormone therapy — estrogen plus progestin — already is well-known to increase the risk of breast cancer. But a major study of women able to use estrogen alone didn' |
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Yahoo News |
5:19pm PDT |
A-Rod whiffs 4 times as Royals top Yanks
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Brian Bannister and the Kansas City Royals got the best of Alex Rodriguez. A-Rod struck out four times in a game for only the fourth time in his major league career, and the Royals won their home opener 5-2 over the New York Yankees on Tuesday. |
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4:58pm PDT |
Target the torch? |
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Summary: UK Olympic athlete and Tibetan protester disagree |
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4:54pm PDT |
Exit strategy |
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Summary: How to help young black men escape gang culture |
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Yahoo News |
4:36pm PDT |
GAO: Millions wasted on gov't cards
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Federal employees charged millions of dollars for Internet dating, tailor-made suits, lingerie, lavish dinners and other questionable expenses to their government credit cards over a 15-month period, congressional auditors say. |
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4:33pm PDT |
Does your face give away what you want from a relationship? |
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Summary: People's attitudes to relationships could be given away by just the look of their face, researchers claim. |
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4:33pm PDT |
Hospital targets |
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Summary: Medical staff facing violence as part of working life |
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4:31pm PDT |
Businesses urge action on crime |
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Summary: Crimes against business cost £12.6bn annually, the British Chambers of Commerce claims. |
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4:30pm PDT |
US 'must halt' Iraq withdrawal |
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Summary: The top US military leader in Iraq calls for troop withdrawals to be suspended to protect improved security. |
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4:23pm PDT |
HSBC's mortgage offer bucks trend |
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Summary: HSBC claims it will match homeowners' existing fixed rate deals while other lenders are withdrawing products. |
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4:19pm PDT |
Care not top priority - NHS staff |
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Summary: Less than half of NHS staff believe patient care is the top priority, an annual staff survey shows. |
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4:14pm PDT |
Ryanair faces probe over adverts |
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Summary: Ryanair is referred to the Office for Fair Trading (OFT) after a string of complaints about its adverts. |
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BBC News |
4:04pm PDT |
Halted drug trial safety concerns |
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Summary: The benefits of some cancer drugs may be exaggerated as a rising number of trials are stopped early, experts say. |
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4:02pm PDT |
Toni Braxton hospitalized for chest pain
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Toni Braxton canceled her Las Vegas show after being hospitalized overnight with chest pains, hotel officials said. The 40-year-old Grammy winner spent Monday night at a Las Vegas hospital and was expected to be released after precautionary tests, Fl |
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Cnn.com |
3:54pm PDT |
Rebels reject mission to aid ailing hostage |
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Cnn.com |
3:51pm PDT |
Candidates highlight differences, share stage |
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Summary: The sharp differences between the Democratic and Republican presidential candidates over the war in Iraq shared the spotlight today during Senate hearings with the top U.S. general and the top American diplomat in Iraq. The "State of Iraq" hearings brough |
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BBC News |
3:50pm PDT |
S Korea voters enticed to polls |
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Summary: South Koreans goes to polls amid forecasts of the lowest turnout since the end of military rule 20 years ago. |
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Cnn.com |
3:46pm PDT |
Affidavit: Report of child brides led to raid |
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Summary: Tipped that girls as young as 13 were being forced to enter "spiritual marriages," have sex and bear children, Texas officials raided an isolated polygamist retreat in West Texas, according to court documents released Tuesday.
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Cnn.com |
3:46pm PDT |
Report of child brides led to raid, affidavit says |
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Summary: Tipped that girls as young as 13 were being forced to enter "spiritual marriages," have sex and bear children, Texas officials raided an isolated polygamist retreat in West Texas, according to court documents released Tuesday.
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BBC News |
3:46pm PDT |
'Not to blame' |
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Summary: Photographer who trailed Diana recalls the night she died |
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BBC News |
3:40pm PDT |
Hungry mob attacks Haiti palace |
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Summary: Protesters in Haiti try to storm the presidential palace in Port-au-Prince in protest at rising food prices. |
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ChristianPost |
3:40pm PDT |
Ala. Baptists Sniff Noses at Wine Trail |
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Summary: Alabama has all sorts of tourist trails — there's one for civil rights, another for birds and yet another for old churches. The newest one was introduced Tuesday to promote the state's wineries, but Baptists aren't joining in the ... |
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Cnn.com |
3:40pm PDT |
Girls on alleged sex-abuse tape identified |
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Summary: Florida investigators have identified two victims of apparent underage sexual abuse seen on a video found in the former home of a man arrested last week, authorities said Tuesday.
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3:30pm PDT |
Cyber risk 'equals 9/11 impact' |
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Summary: The US homeland security chief calls on Silicon Valley to help secure the cyber highway from attacks. |
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Yahoo News |
3:30pm PDT |
Red Sox get rings, then drop Tigs to 0-7
(AP)
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Summary: AP - There was red-white-and-blue bunting hanging from the stands, a Green Monster-sized American flag on the left-field wall and an Air National Guard flyover punctuating "The Star-Spangled Banner." |
