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ChristianPost |
10:32am PDT |
Harry Potter, Goosebumps Authors Urge Action for Darfur's Kids |
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Summary: The world’s most popular children’s authors – including J.K. Rowling, Judy Blume, R.L. Stine, and Louis Sachar – published an open letter Saturday demanding the world 'wake up' to the crisis that Darfurian children endure due to the conflict in ... |
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BBC News |
10:30am PDT |
Driver, 93, quits after £60,000 crash with two Porsches |
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Summary: An ex-church minister who caused £60,000 damage to two Porsches speaks of his "miracle" escape. |
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Cnn.com |
10:15am PDT |
Grain prices up 120%; hungry people riot |
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Summary: Riots from Haiti to Bangladesh to Egypt over the soaring costs of basic foods have brought the issue to a boiling point and catapulted it to the forefront of the world's attention, the head of an agency focused on global development said Monday.
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BBC News |
10:11am PDT |
Call for cleaning staff guarantee |
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Summary: Minimum cleaning staff quotas should be imposed on hospitals to help in the fights against infections, unions say. |
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BBC News |
10:04am PDT |
Berlusconi leads in Italian vote |
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Summary: Centre-right leader Silvio Berlusconi looks set to win Italy's elections, early projections suggest. |
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BBC News |
10:00am PDT |
Rowling testifies in Potter case |
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Summary: JK Rowling tells a US court that plans to publish an unofficial Harry Potter guide amount to "wholesale theft". |
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Yahoo News |
9:57am PDT |
AP poll: Mortgage payments worry many
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Summary: AP - One in seven mortgage holders worry they may soon fail to make their monthly payments and even more fret that their home's value is shrinking, according to a poll showing widespread stress from the nation's housing crisis. |
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CTI |
9:56am PDT |
Channel Surfing for Common Grace |
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Summary: How reality TV broadcasts echoes of the gospel. '(Christianity Today)' |
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CTI |
9:56am PDT |
Big Win for Va.'s Breakaway Anglican Parishes in Property Fight |
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Summary: Judge rules that 1867 law on church divisions applies in battle with Episcopal Church, diocese. '(Christianity Today)' |
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CTI |
9:56am PDT |
'A Poorer Story, but a Better Movie' |
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Summary: So says Douglas Gresham, C. S. Lewis's stepson and producer of the upcoming 'Prince Caspian,' in comparing it to 'The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe.' '(Christianity Today Movies)' |
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CTI |
9:56am PDT |
A Multifaceted Gospel |
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Summary: Why evangelicals shouldn't be threatened by new tellings of the Good News. '(Christianity Today)' |
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CTI |
9:56am PDT |
Cedarville's Tenure Tremor |
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Summary: The Baptist university is embroiled in a long-running dispute over the firing of two professors. '(Christianity Today)' |
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CTI |
9:56am PDT |
How to Save the Christian Bookstore |
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Summary: (Hint: Stop making it so religious.) '(Christianity Today)' |
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CTI |
9:56am PDT |
Red Herring: Mikhail Gorbachev's Not-Quite Conversion |
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Summary: Asking whether the former Soviet leader is a Christian has a long history. '(Christianity Today)' |
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CTI |
9:56am PDT |
Eric Clapton, In the Presence of the Lord |
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Summary: The bluesman has been haunted by God through his early years, his born-again period, and his recovery. '(Christianity Today)' |
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BBC News |
9:49am PDT |
Gerrard 'fixer' goes on the run |
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Summary: A robber who once worked for footballer Steven Gerrard goes missing before the end of his trial. |
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BBC News |
9:48am PDT |
Ecuador crash parents pay tribute |
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Summary: The parents of two gap-year students killed in a bus crash in Ecuador pay tribute to their daughters. |
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BBC News |
9:29am PDT |
Police deny claims of McCann leak |
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Summary: Portuguese police investigating Madeleine McCann's disappearance deny leaking statements by her parents. |
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Yahoo News |
9:28am PDT |
Beasley to decide today on NBA draft
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Summary: AP - Kansas State freshman Michael Beasley plans to announce whether he will enter the NBA draft at a Monday news conference on campus. |
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BBC News |
9:27am PDT |
Brown says economy sole focus |
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Summary: Gordon Brown says keeping the economy on track is Labour's "sole focus" as the Tories attack his record. |
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BBC News |
9:25am PDT |
Parry keen for talks with Benitez |
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Summary: Liverpool chief executive Rick Parry is set to hold discussions with boss Rafa Benitez to clear up any problems. |
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Cnn.com |
9:24am PDT |
Small-ish 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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Cnn.com |
9:09am PDT |
Supreme Court turns down boy killer's appeal |
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Summary: An imprisoned killer who was 12 years old when he committed a double murder, and then was given a 30-year sentence, was denied a hearing by the Supreme Court Monday.
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Yahoo News |
9:06am PDT |
Harry Potter author testifies in lawsuit
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Summary: AP - J.K. Rowling said Monday that her efforts to halt a publisher's "Harry Potter" lexicon have been crushing her creativity. |
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Yahoo News |
9:05am PDT |
White House: Bush concerned about food shortages
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Summary: Reuters - President George W. Bush is very
concerned about global food shortages and has asked senior
aides to look into how the United States can help alleviate the
problem, the White House said on Monday. |
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CTI News |
8:57am PDT |
Reel News: 'Expelled' Defended and Denounced |
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Summary: Colson, others champion new documentary for its defense of academic freedom; critics call it sloppy, unscientific. Plus: 'Ben-Hur' TV miniseries; Walden prez talks 'Narnia,' 'Screwtape'; Disney unveils animated lineup; and more.
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CTI News |
8:57am PDT |
Poll: When candidates talk about religion, what are you most interested in? |
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Summary: Poll: When candidates talk about religion, what are you most interested in?
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CTI News |
8:57am PDT |
Egypt's Identity Impasse |
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Summary: Former Muslims seek to change their government-issued cards as outreach gains ground.
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CTI News |
8:57am PDT |
Dispatch from Compassion Forum |
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Summary: Obama and Clinton face more questions on beliefs, personal piety at Messiah College event.
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Yahoo News |
8:53am PDT |
Berlusconi projected to win Italian elections
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Summary: AFP - Self-made billionaire Silvio Berlusconi looked set to win a third term as Italian prime minister Monday, with early projections giving him a wide margin of victory in the all-important Senate. |
