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Yahoo News |
8:13pm PDT |
Swift, Pickler, win big at CMT awards
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Taylor Swift won video of the year and female video for her smash "Our Song" while newcomer Kellie Pickler took home three awards during Monday's Country Music Television awards. "I wrote that song in the 9th grade for a talent show," said the 18-yea |
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8:01pm PDT |
Scientists: Big quake likely in Calif.
(AP)
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Summary: AP - California faces an almost certain risk of being rocked by a strong earthquake by 2037, scientists said Monday in the first statewide temblor forecast. New calculations reveal there is a 99.7 percent chance a magnitude 6.7 quake or larger will strike |
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Yahoo News |
7:52pm PDT |
Cano, A-Rod help Yankees hold back Rays
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Robinson Cano's pinch-hit homer snapped an eighth-inning tie, and Alex Rodriguez hit No. 521 to match Hall of Famers Ted Williams and Willie McCovey on the career list during the New York Yankees' 8-7 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday night. |
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Cnn.com |
7:35pm PDT |
Huge, delayed U.S. embassy ready in Iraq |
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Summary: After months of delay, the United States has established an embassy in Baghdad, the State Department said Monday.
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Yahoo News |
7:18pm PDT |
Zimbabwe opposition strikers face police crackdown
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Zimbabwe opposition supporters face the prospect of a heavy crackdown by security forces Tuesday if they heed a call to launch a general strike to show their disgust at long-delayed election results. |
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Yahoo News |
7:10pm PDT |
Italy's Berlusconi wins third term by surprise margin
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Conservative billionaire Silvio Berlusconi won Italy's general elections by an unexpectedly wide margin on Monday, securing a third term as prime minister but warning of tough times ahead for the country in the grip of an economic downturn. |
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Yahoo News |
7:05pm PDT |
Forecast: Big quake likely in Calif.
(AP)
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Summary: AP - California faces an almost certain risk of being rocked by a strong earthquake by 2037, scientists said Monday in the first statewide temblor forecast. |
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Yahoo News |
6:58pm PDT |
Rowling tells court she's stopped working
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - An emotional J.K. Rowling said on
Monday she had stopped working on a new novel because her
creativity was stifled by a fan's bid to print an unofficial
encyclopedic companion to her Harry Potter series. |
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Yahoo News |
6:57pm PDT |
Delta, Northwest to merge, create largest airline
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Delta Air Lines Inc and
Northwest Airlines Corp said on Monday they have agreed
to merge in a deal valued at more than $3 billion, aiming to
cut costs amid skyrocketing fuel prices and compete better
globally. |
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BBC News |
6:56pm PDT |
Gaza militant dies in air strike |
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Summary: A senior Palestinian militant died when his vehicle was hit in an Israeli air strike in the northern Gaza Strip, medics say. |
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Yahoo News |
6:54pm PDT |
Swift, Pickler, Rimes among CMT winners
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Taylor Swift won female video for "Our Song" and Rascal Flatts won group video of the year for "Take Me There" during Monday's Country Music Television awards. |
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BBC News |
6:52pm PDT |
Petrol must now include biofuels |
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Summary: New rules have come into force requiring all petrol and diesel sold in UK garages to contain biofuels. |
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BBC News |
6:47pm PDT |
US in $200m food crisis response |
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Summary: The White House gives $200m in emergency aid to alleviate food shortages around the world amid spiralling prices. |
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Cnn.com |
6:46pm PDT |
Delta-Northwest deal could reshape industry |
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Summary: The directors of Delta and Northwest on Monday approved a deal for the two companies to merge into the world's largest airline. The merger could lead to a series of other deals to reshape the U.S. airline industry, potentially leading to less competition, |
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Yahoo News |
6:42pm PDT |
Delta, Northwest agree to combine
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Delta Air Lines Inc. and Northwest Airlines Corp., squeezed by record high fuel prices and a slowing economy, are combining in a stock-swap deal that would create the world's biggest carrier. The boards of both companies gave the deal the go-ahead Mo |
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Cnn.com |
6:31pm PDT |
China, U.S. in top 5 for executions, report says |
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BBC News |
6:28pm PDT |
Anwar 'could topple Malaysia PM' |
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Summary: Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim says he has the support of enough MPs to topple the government. |
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BBC News |
6:22pm PDT |
Archives reveal bid to ban 1947 BBC radio play about the Titanic |
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Summary: Archive documents show shipping firms and the government tried to block a 1947 radio play about the sinking of the Titanic. |
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Cnn.com |
6:12pm PDT |
Delta, Northwest approve merger |
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Summary: The directors of Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines today approved a deal for the two companies to merge into the world's largest airline, according a statement from Delta. The deal could lead to a series of other deals to reshape the U.S. airline ind |
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Cnn.com |
6:10pm PDT |
Women return to Texas polygamist ranch |
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Summary: A group of women from a polygamist sect's Texas ranch returned to the compound Monday after authorities separated them from the 400-plus children now in state custody.
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Cnn.com |
6:01pm PDT |
Obama goes on offensive against Clinton |
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Summary: After a weekend of playing defense about his "bitter" comments, Sen. Barack Obama went on offense today against his Democratic rival and the presumptive GOP nominee. Obama has mocked Sen. Hillary Clinton for downing a shot of whiskey in front of TV crews |
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Yahoo News |
6:00pm PDT |
Rascal Flatts wins CMT group video award
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Rascal Flatts won group video of the year for their hit "Take Me There" during Monday's Country Music Television awards. "It's great to be able to be home and be able to do this. It's more like a party than an awards show," singer Gary LeVox said. |
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BBC News |
6:00pm PDT |
Wounded Iraqi is given £2m payout |
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Summary: A young Iraqi man accidentally shot by a British soldier is to receive £2m, the Ministry of Defence confirms. |
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Yahoo News |
5:56pm PDT |
Delta and Northwest agree to combine
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Delta Air Lines Inc. and Northwest Airlines Corp., squeezed by record high fuel prices and a slowing economy, are combining in a stock-swap deal that would create the world's biggest carrier. |
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Yahoo News |
5:54pm PDT |
Delta and Northwest to merge
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Delta Air Lines Inc and
Northwest Airlines Corp said on Monday that they have
agreed to merge in a deal valued at more than $3 billion that
would create the world's largest airline. |
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Yahoo News |
5:53pm PDT |
Threats close 3 colleges, 4 more schools
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A message scrawled in a university bathroom — "Be prepared to die on 4/14" — left not just the college's campus empty Monday, but also those of two adjoining high schools and a pair of nearby elementary schools. |
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Yahoo News |
5:26pm PDT |
Pa. voters divided over Obama remarks
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Yes, some Democrats in Pennsylvania's Rust Belt communities were upset by Barack Obama's suggestion that voters there "cling to guns or religion" because of bitterness about their economic lot. But many more seem to think it was no big deal — and if |
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Yahoo News |
5:24pm PDT |
Old cellulose found in NM salt crystals
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Cellulose dating back 253 million years — along with some possible ancient DNA — has been found in salt crystals from an underground nuclear waste dump in southern New Mexico. |
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DJ Chuang |
5:14pm PDT |
Why check-in for flights early |
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Summary: I missed it. Missed my morning flight from Newark to Seattle. I missed Day 1 of the Multi-site Exposed conference. I’m such a novice road warrior wannabe.
This day would have been entirely different had I done 1 thing: Check-in early for my flight t |
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BBC News |
5:11pm PDT |
Police pay battle goes to court |
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Summary: A legal challenge to the government's decision not to back-date a police pay rise begins in the High Court. |
