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BBC News |
2:39pm PDT |
Why male sex hormones may be fuelling market turmoil |
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Summary: Hormone surges among City traders could be partly responsible for driving "boom and bust" economics, say researchers. |
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Yahoo News |
2:36pm PDT |
Obama: Clinton using GOP playbook
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Summary: AP - After days on the campaign defensive, Democrat Barack Obama accused rival Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday of leveling criticism straight from the Republican playbook and said even so, he will win the White House over John McCain and an "out of touch |
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Yahoo News |
2:29pm PDT |
Iraq's financial free ride may end
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Summary: AP - Iraq's financial free ride may be over. After five years, Republicans and Democrats seem to have found common ground on at least one aspect of the war. From the fiercest war foes to the most steadfast Bush supporters, they are looking at Iraq's surgi |
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Cnn.com |
2:25pm PDT |
NBA All-Star arrested on DUI suspicion |
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Yahoo News |
2:24pm PDT |
Red Cross: Change needed at US prison
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Summary: AP - The Red Cross criticized the way the U.S. handles prisoners at the highly secretive Bagram military base, urging reforms Monday that would allow detainees to introduce testimony in their defense. |
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ChristianPost |
2:19pm PDT |
McCain: More Conservative than His Image |
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Summary: The independent label sticks to John McCain because he antagonizes fellow Republicans and likes to work with Democrats. But a different label applies to his actual ... |
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Cnn.com |
2:18pm PDT |
Boy who killed grandparents won't get appeal |
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Summary: Christopher Pittman was 12 when he went into his grandparents' bedroom with a pump-action shotgun just before midnight and killed them. He got 30 years for the double murder, and his lawyers thought that was just too much for a child. They asked the U.S. |
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Yahoo News |
2:18pm PDT |
US friend returns to power in Italy
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Summary: AP - Media billionaire Silvio Berlusconi won a decisive victory Monday in Italy's parliamentary election, setting the colorful conservative and staunch U.S. ally on course to his third stint as premier. |
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Yahoo News |
2:16pm PDT |
Sect investigation moves to courtroom
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The judge and lawyers involved in one of the biggest child-custody cases in U.S. history struggled Monday with the legal and logistical morass of deciding the fate of 416 children seized by Texas authorities in a raid at a polygamist sect. |
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Yahoo News |
2:12pm PDT |
Bush releases $200 million in emergency food aid
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Summary: Reuters - President George W. Bush on Monday
ordered $200 million more in U.S. emergency food aid to be made
available to help alleviate food shortages in Africa and
elsewhere, the White House said. |
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BBC News |
2:10pm PDT |
British space policy gets revamp |
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Summary: UK space policy faces a major revamp with civil servants being moved out of London and stripped of some responsibilities. |
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Yahoo News |
2:01pm PDT |
Male sex hormone may affect stock trades
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The hormone that drives male aggression and sexual interest also seems able to boost short term success at finance. But what seems to start out well can turn bad, with elevated testosterone levels over several days possibly leading to irrational risk |
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BBC News |
2:00pm PDT |
Berlusconi hails election victory |
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Summary: Silvio Berlusconi warns of "difficult months ahead" after most official results indicated he had won Italy's election. |
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BBC News |
1:56pm PDT |
Late equaliser hits Chelsea title hopes |
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Summary: Emile Heskey strikes in injury time to snatch a point for Wigan and leave Chelsea's title hopes hanging by a thread. |
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BBC News |
1:54pm PDT |
Sheff Wed 1-1 Plymouth |
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Summary: Tommy Spurr's late equaliser earns Sheffield Wednesday a point to lift them out of the Championship relegation zone. |
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Yahoo News |
1:53pm PDT |
Boy blows up 213 balloons with his nose
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Summary: AP - A 13-year-old boy is claiming the world record for blowing balloons with his nose. Using one nostril at a time, Andrew Dahl inflated 213 balloons within an hour Friday in the town's public library. His feat has been submitted for review by Guinness W |
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BBC News |
1:48pm PDT |
Tesco tipped to see profit up 10% |
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Summary: Tesco is expected to unveil a 10% rise in annual profits when it releases its latest results on Tuesday. |
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Yahoo News |
1:33pm PDT |
Berlusconi wins 3rd term as Italy's PM
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Summary: Reuters - Conservative billionaire Silvio Berlusconi
won a third term as Italy's prime minister on Monday with an
unexpectedly strong mandate for reform, but warned of tough
times ahead for a country facing deep economic problems. |
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ChristianToday |
1:32pm PDT |
Zimbabwe court rejects bid to release poll result |
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Summary: Zimbabwes High Court on Monday rejected an opposition bid to force authorities to release the result of the countrys presidential election after a twoweek delay that has stoked fears of violence |
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Yahoo News |
1:30pm PDT |
American consumers showing signs of strain
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - While U.S. consumers may have spent
slightly more than expected last month, it was because they
paid more for necessities like gasoline and food, and not
because they bought more discretionary items, analysts said on
Monday. |
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ChristianToday |
1:19pm PDT |
Major quake almost inevitable for California study |
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Summary: California will almost inevitably be struck by a major earthquake and possibly a catastrophic quake sometime in the next 30 years scientists said on Monday in the most comprehensive geologic forecast for the state |
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Yahoo News |
1:17pm PDT |
Nuggets' Anthony nabbed on DUI suspicion
(AP)
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Summary: AP - NBA All-Star Carmelo Anthony was arrested early Monday morning on suspicion of driving under the influence, hours after his worst game of the season. Police said the Denver Nuggets forward was arrested on Interstate 25. He was pulled over for weaving |
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Cnn.com |
1:16pm PDT |
T.D. Jakes: My church walks the walk |
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Summary: "Bishop Jakes has always been a strong supporter of my father, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and the King family. Bishop Jakes, along with many other ministries of his ilk, all continue to convey the dream and the message of my father in the services they p |
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Yahoo News |
1:15pm PDT |
Obama questions Clinton on free trade
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Summary: AP - Democratic Sen. Barack Obama on Monday questioned rival Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's opposition to free trade agreements that some voters contend have eliminated thousands of U.S. jobs and mocked her weekend visit to an Indiana bar as pandering to t |
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ChristianToday |
1:14pm PDT |
Two RAF servicemen die in Afghanistan |
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Summary: Two servicemen from the RAF Regiment have died in a roadside blast in southern Afghanistan the Ministry of Defence said on Monday |
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Yahoo News |
1:13pm PDT |
Stocks close down amid earnings concerns
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Stocks finished a quiet session moderately lower Monday as investors grappled with concerns about the health of corporate profits after Wachovia Corp. posted disappointing quarterly results. |
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Yahoo News |
1:09pm PDT |
Diet reduces heart attacks, strokes
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A large study offers the strongest evidence yet that a diet the government recommends for lowering blood pressure can save people from heart attack and stroke. |
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ChristianToday |
1:09pm PDT |
Potter author in NY court in bid to block book |
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Summary: Harry Potter author JK Rowling said on Monday a bid by a fan to print an unofficial encyclopedic companion to the boy wizard series left her unsure if she had the heart to publish her own version |
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Yahoo News |
1:08pm PDT |
Toni Braxton's shows for April canceled
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Toni Braxton won't return to the stage on the Las Vegas Strip until at least next month. The Flamingo Las Vegas says Braxton's show will remain dark this week while the 40-year-old Grammy winner has more medical tests following her April 7 hospitaliz |
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ChristianToday |
1:02pm PDT |
TV host was found hanged in railway station |
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Summary: The body of missing BBC childrens television presenter Mark Speight was found hanging from the roof of a London railway station it was confirmed on Monday |
