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Yahoo News |
12:58pm PDT |
Wal-Mart to film gun sales in bid to fight crime
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Wal-Mart Stores Inc, the world's
largest retailer, unveiled plans on Monday to film its gun
sales in the United States and create a computerized log of
purchases in a bid to stop guns falling into the wrong hands. |
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Cnn.com |
12:49pm PDT |
Polygamy case creates 'logistical nightmare' |
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Summary: A judge was set to determine Monday how to handle the custody battles of 416 children taken earlier this month from a polygamist sect in central Texas.
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Yahoo News |
12:25pm PDT |
Polygamist sect kids move to new shelter
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Child welfare officials are moving the 416 children seized in a raid on a West Texas polygamist compound to a new shelter. |
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Yahoo News |
12:25pm PDT |
US military to free AP photographer
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The U.S. military says it will release Associated Press photographer Bilal Hussein after more than two years in custody. |
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Yahoo News |
12:24pm PDT |
American consumers showing signs of strain: Bespoke
(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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BBC News |
12:19pm PDT |
Friend shock at rugby fan attack |
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Summary: A friend of a rugby fan left critically injured after an attack outside his Belfast hotel speaks of his shock. |
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BBC News |
12:12pm PDT |
Berlusconi 'wins' Italy election |
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Summary: Conservative leader Silvio Berlusconi heads for victory in Italy's elections, as his main rival concedes. |
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ChristianPost |
12:10pm PDT |
Idaho Passes Anti-Coercion Abortion Law |
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Summary: Idaho became one of the first states in the nation last week to make into law what pro-life groups described as a 'historic' victory in the battle for the rights of women and the ... |
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Yahoo News |
12:00pm PDT |
Berlusconi wins Italian election
(Reuters)
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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 to deal with deep economic and
social problems. |
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BBC News |
11:50am PDT |
McCain enters 'bitter' voters row |
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Summary: US presidential hopeful John McCain responds to Barack Obama's description of blue-collar voters as "bitter". |
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Yahoo News |
11:48am PDT |
Billionaire Berlusconi wins Italian elections
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Self-made billionaire Silvio Berlusconi won a third term as Italian prime minister on Monday after his centre-left rival Walter Veltroni conceded defeat. |
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ChristianToday |
11:48am PDT |
Kidnapped UK journalist freed in Iraqs Basra |
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Summary: A British journalist held for two months by kidnappers in the southern Iraqi city of Basra was rescued on Monday by Iraqi forces sweeping through the city in a crackdown on militants the Iraqi military said |
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ChristianToday |
11:48am PDT |
5Kidnapped UK journalist freed in Iraqs Basra |
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Summary: A British journalist held for two months by kidnappers in the southern Iraqi city of Basra was rescued on Monday by Iraqi forces sweeping through the city in a crackdown on militants the Iraqi military said |
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ChristianToday |
11:47am PDT |
Portugal police rap McCann spokesman over leak |
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Summary: Portuguese police forcefully denied they leaked a statement by Kate McCann in which she reportedly said her daughter Madeleine was crying in her room the night before she disappeared nearly a year ago |
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ChristianToday |
11:47am PDT |
Melting mountains a time bomb for water shortages |
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Summary: Glaciers and mountain snow are melting earlier in the year than usual meaning the water has already gone when millions of people need it during the summer when rainfall is lower scientists warned on Monday |
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ChristianToday |
11:46am PDT |
French minister urges global action on food prices |
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Summary: Governments must take action to regulate surging food prices and stop them being driven by speculative forces French Agriculture Minister Michel Barnier said on Monday |
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ChristianToday |
11:46am PDT |
Zimbabwe poll wait aims to subvert peoples willUK |
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Summary: Zimbabwean authorities are delaying election results to allow them time to find an alternative to the will of the people British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said on Monday |
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Cnn.com |
11:42am PDT |
Boy who killed Nana, Pop-Pop 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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Cnn.com |
11:40am PDT |
Ex-NFL star says he tried Russian roulette |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
11:25am PDT |
Mugabe deploys troops as Zimbabwe general strike looms
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - President Robert Mugabe's security forces fanned out across Zimbabwe on Monday on the eve of a general strike called by the opposition after a judge threw out its bid to force the election results. |
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Yahoo News |
11:25am PDT |
U.S. envoy to see Dalai Lama in Michigan next week
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The United States' special envoy for
Tibet will meet the Dalai Lama next week while the exiled
Tibetan spiritual leader is visiting the United States, U.S.
officials said on Monday. |
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Yahoo News |
11:15am PDT |
Berlusconi heads for clear Italian election win
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Conservative billionaire Silvio Berlusconi
was on course on Monday to win a third term as Italy's prime
minister with a strong mandate to deal with deep economic and
social problems. |
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BBC News |
10:54am PDT |
Turning the tide |
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Summary: Will Japan's whaling industry fall foul of public opinion? |
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Cnn.com |
10:52am PDT |
Smallish city handles whopping polygamy case |
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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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Cnn.com |
10:52am PDT |
Smallish town handles whopping polygamy case |
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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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BBC News |
10:49am PDT |
Lecturers to join one-day strike |
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Summary: Further education college lecturers are to hold a one-day strike on the same day as school teachers. |
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Cnn.com |
10:48am PDT |
McCain more private about prayer than rivals |
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Summary: The two Democratic presidential candidates frequently weave religion into their stump speeches, but Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee, has been more tight-lipped on the subject.
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Cnn.com |
10:47am PDT |
Boy who killed Nana and Pop-Pop 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 |
10:44am PDT |
Melting mountains a "time bomb" for water shortages
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Glaciers and mountain snow are melting
earlier in the year than usual, meaning the water has already
gone when millions of people need it during the summer when
rainfall is lower, scientists warned on Monday. |
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Cnn.com |
10:39am PDT |
College field trip visits legal brothel |
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