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Cnn.com |
5:08pm PDT |
Israeli airstrike kills Palestinian militant |
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Summary: An Israeli airstrike killed a wanted Palestinian militant in Beit Hanoun, Israel Defense Forces and Palestinian sources said Monday.
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BBC News |
5:07pm PDT |
Aquatic relative |
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Summary: Meet the ancient ancestor of the elephant |
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BBC News |
5:07pm PDT |
Elephant 'had aquatic ancestor' |
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Summary: Modern-day elephants are descended from an early ancestor that lived in water, say scientists. |
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BBC News |
5:02pm PDT |
PM and bank bosses discuss crisis |
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Summary: Prime Minister Gordon Brown is to meet City leaders amid rising concerns over the state of the global economy. |
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Yahoo News |
4:58pm PDT |
Berlusconi sweeps back to power in Italy election
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Silvio Berlusconi has won his third
Italian election with a bigger than expected swing to the
centre right, but the media magnate said it would not be easy
to solve deep economic problems. |
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Yahoo News |
4:52pm PDT |
Delta, Northwest sign off on deal
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A person familiar with the negotiations says Delta Air Lines' and Northwest Airlines' directors have approved a deal for Delta to take over Northwest and create the world's biggest carrier. |
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Yahoo News |
4:50pm PDT |
Mothers of sect children forced to leave
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Texas officials who took 416 children from a polygamist retreat into state custody sent many of their mothers away Monday, as a judge and lawyers struggled with a legal and logistical morass in one of the biggest child-custody cases in U.S. history. |
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Yahoo News |
4:46pm PDT |
A-Rod ties Williams, McCovey with 521st
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Alex Rodriguez hit his 521st home run Monday night, tying Ted Williams and Willie McCovey for 15th place on the career list. |
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BBC News |
4:23pm PDT |
Warning over jail radicalisation |
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Summary: Officers are "insufficiently trained" to combat radicalisation among terror suspects at Belmarsh prison, says the prisons watchdog. |
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BBC News |
4:20pm PDT |
Dell aims to reclaim global lead |
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Summary: Michael Dell tells BBC News that his firm can regain its spot as the world's number one PC maker. |
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BBC News |
4:11pm PDT |
China 'now top carbon polluter' |
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Summary: China has already overtaken the US as the world's biggest polluter, according to a new report by US scientists. |
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BBC News |
4:02pm PDT |
Scots house prices buck UK trend |
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Summary: Scotland is the only part of the UK where house prices are continuing to rise, figures from surveyors suggest. |
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BBC News |
4:01pm PDT |
Retail sales 'declined in March' |
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Summary: UK retail sales declined in March, posting their first fall in almost two years, warns the British Retail Consortium. |
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BBC News |
4:01pm PDT |
Housing gloom 'worst in 30 years' |
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Summary: Confidence in the UK property market among surveyors hits its lowest level in March since 1978, according to a report. |
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BBC News |
4:01pm PDT |
Pneumonia 'linked' to pollution |
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Summary: Pollution may have contributed to thousands of pneumonia deaths in recent years, a study suggests. |
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BBC News |
3:48pm PDT |
Robbery leaves pensioner shaken |
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Summary: A woman in her 80s has been left shocked following a robbery at her south Belfast home. |
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Yahoo News |
3:42pm PDT |
Ancient biological material found in NM
(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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Yahoo News |
3:34pm PDT |
Beasley decides to leave K-State for NBA
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Michael Beasley is headed to the NBA. Kansas State's All-American freshman announced Monday that he will skip his final three seasons to enter the June 26 NBA draft, where he could be the No. 1 overall pick. |
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ChristianPost |
3:32pm PDT |
Study: Few Born Agains Tithe to Churches |
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Summary: Only 9 percent of all born again adults gave 10 percent of their income to churches and charitable groups, a new survey ... |
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BBC News |
3:24pm PDT |
We're still in title race - Grant |
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Summary: Avram Grant says Chelsea can still win the Premier League title despite losing ground on leaders Man Utd with a 1-1 draw against Wigan. |
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Yahoo News |
3:19pm PDT |
Man loses 17th-century violin on train
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A retired shipping consultant said he lost an expensive 17th-century violin after forgetting it on a train. Rob Napier said he did not realize the instrument, made by master Venetian craftsman Matteo Goffriller in 1698, was still on the train's lugga |
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Yahoo News |
3:17pm PDT |
Ancient cellulose found in N.M.
(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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Yahoo News |
3:13pm PDT |
Carter offers to be Hamas go-between
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Former President Jimmy Carter defended his plan to meet with the top leader of the violently anti-Israel Hamas movement, saying Monday he hopes to become a conduit between the Islamic militant group and Washington and Israel. |
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Cnn.com |
3:10pm PDT |
Hundreds of kids from polygamous sect moved |
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Summary: A judge needs to determine what will happen to more than 400 children removed from a polygamist sect in central Texas. But that means a small town must find a way to accommodate lawyers, journalists, church members and activists. A lawyer took the last ro |
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Yahoo News |
3:03pm PDT |
Rowling says lexicon theft of her work
(AP)
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Summary: AP - J.K. Rowling testified before a packed courtroom in a lawsuit to block publication of a Harry Potter lexicon, telling a judge that the book amounts to a "wholesale theft" of nearly 20 years of her hard work. "We all know I've made enough money. That' |
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ChristianPost |
2:55pm PDT |
Zimbabwe Political Deadlock Worries Global Church Body |
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Summary: Zimbabwe’s high court ruled Monday against forcing the country’s electoral commission to release the long-overdue results of the March 29 presidential ... |
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Cnn.com |
2:53pm PDT |
Tax season becomes a little more taxing |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
2:50pm PDT |
Tycoon Berlusconi wins third term as Italian prime minister
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Conservative billionaire Silvio Berlusconi won Italy's general elections on Monday, securing a third term as prime minister but warning of tough times ahead for the country. |
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BBC News |
2:47pm PDT |
Berlusconi declares election win |
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Summary: Silvio Berlusconi warns of "difficult months ahead" as he hails a major victory in Italy's general election. |
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Yahoo News |
2:43pm PDT |
Obama defends "bitter" remarks; McCain attacks
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. Democratic presidential
candidate Barack Obama spent a fourth day on Monday defending
himself for calling people in small towns with economic blight
"bitter" in a controversy that rival Hillary Clinton is trying
to use for a comeback. |
