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Yahoo News |
8:52am PDT |
Bush scolds Congress on Colombia trade
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Bush stepped up pressure Monday on Congress to approve a controversial free-trade pact with Colombia, saying the deal is "dead" unless House Speaker Nancy Pelosi schedules a vote. |
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Yahoo News |
8:51am PDT |
Bombings in northern Iraq kill 13 people
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Iraqi officials say 13 people have been killed and nearly 20 wounded in two separate bombings in northern Iraq. |
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Yahoo News |
8:49am PDT |
Wachovia posts surprise loss, raises $7 billion
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Wachovia Corp posted a surprise
first-quarter loss on Monday as credit problems from mortgages
and other debt soared, prompting the fourth-largest U.S. bank
to raise $7 billion of capital, slash its dividend and cut
jobs. |
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Cnn.com |
8:40am PDT |
Colbert: 'I don't need to be president' |
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Yahoo News |
8:40am PDT |
Carter wants US talks with Hamas
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Former President Jimmy Carter said he hoped to help open talks between Hamas and U.S. leaders, saying Washington's policy of not meeting with people it labeled terrorists was counterproductive. |
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BBC News |
8:39am PDT |
CyberCarpet opens way to Pompeii |
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Summary: A virtual walk around the ancient city of Pompeii will be made possible this week thanks to an omni-directional treadmill. |
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Yahoo News |
8:32am PDT |
March retail sales unexpectedly rise 0.2 percent
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. retail sales unexpectedly rose
in March as consumers had to dig deep to cover record high
gasoline costs, according to a government report on Monday that
did little to dispel the gloom hanging over the economy. |
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8:27am PDT |
Sunday-Only Churches Urged to Stay Open |
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Summary: Churches should leave their doors open throughout the week, making use of their facilities for more than just Sunday worship, the Archbishop of Wales ... |
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Cnn.com |
8:25am PDT |
Torch might not leave UK during 2012 relay |
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Yahoo News |
8:25am PDT |
General strike looms as Zimbabwe court rejects result bid
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Zimbabwe's post-election crisis intensified on Monday after a high court judge threw out an opposition demand for the immediate release of results from the March 29 presidential polls. |
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Yahoo News |
8:24am PDT |
Obama defends "bitter" remarks as McCain attacks
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - 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. |
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Cnn.com |
8:20am PDT |
When your spouse is a slob -- or a neat freak |
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Summary: Some couples battle over the dirty dish divide. Others fight over doing laundry. There are even more battlefields when one spouse is a neat freak and the other is a slob. Here are some tips for survival.
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Cnn.com |
8:16am PDT |
Commentary: Killer's bullet took 80% of my blood |
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Summary: On February 11, a group of renegade soldiers invaded my home. As I walked toward my house, I was not aware that they had disarmed my guards and broken into the house, knocking down doors looking for me. But as I walked up the street -- ironically, Robert |
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Cnn.com |
8:16am PDT |
Commentary: Surviving an assassination try |
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Summary: On February 11, a group of renegade soldiers invaded my home. As I walked toward my house, I was not aware that they had disarmed my guards and broken into the house, knocking down doors looking for me. But as I walked up the street -- ironically, Robert |
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BBC News |
8:16am PDT |
Europe signs Earth observer deal |
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Summary: The European Space Agency (Esa) orders the latest spacecraft in a major global monitoring programme. |
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BBC News |
8:12am PDT |
Drugs 'killed woman's 20 friends' |
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Summary: A woman tells a court drugs have led to the deaths of about 20 friends, including her husband and daughter. |
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Cnn.com |
8:08am PDT |
Gay couples face higher tax bills |
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BBC News |
7:55am PDT |
TV host Speight was found hanged |
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Summary: Children's TV presenter Mark Speight was found hanged on a building next to London's Paddington station, police say. |
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Yahoo News |
7:50am PDT |
Rowling to testify in lexicon lawsuit
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A lawyer for J.K. Rowling said Monday a U.S. publisher wants to scoop the author's plans to publish her own "Harry Potter" encyclopedia. |
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Cnn.com |
7:46am PDT |
Navarrette: Ugly immigration debate offends me |
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Summary: In an episode of the television show, "Seinfeld," Jerry Seinfeld worries that his dentist has converted to Judaism so he can tell jokes about Jewish people. Someone asks Seinfeld, "And this offends you as a Jewish person?" No, he says, "it offends me as |
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Cnn.com |
7:45am PDT |
Navarrette: I don't have a secret agenda |
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Summary: In an episode of the television show, "Seinfeld," Jerry Seinfeld worries that his dentist has converted to Judaism so he can tell jokes about Jewish people. Someone asks Seinfeld, "And this offends you as a Jewish person?" No, he says, "it offends me as |
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BBC News |
7:40am PDT |
Flintoff set for Lancs comeback |
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Summary: England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff is set to make his first-class return for Lancashire against Surrey on Wednesday. |
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Yahoo News |
7:36am PDT |
Blockbuster offers to buy Circuit City
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Blockbuster Inc. said Monday it has offered to pay more than $1 billion for struggling Circuit City Stores Inc., but the nation's second biggest consumer electronics chain questioned whether the movie-rental company can finance the deal. |
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BBC News |
7:32am PDT |
Carter: Sderot attacks criminal |
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Summary: Former US President Jimmy Carter describes missile attacks on Israel from Gaza as a crime during a visit. |
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BBC News |
7:19am PDT |
'Lesson learned' from nut tragedy |
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Summary: A girl died after suffering an allergic reaction to nuts when she ate chicken at a party, an inquest hears. |
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Yahoo News |
7:17am PDT |
Obama questions Clinton on trade
(AP)
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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 has eliminated thousands of U.S. jobs and mocked her weekend visit to an Indiana bar as pandering to th |
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Yahoo News |
7:15am PDT |
Berlusconi set for comeback as Italian PM
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Self-made billionaire Silvio Berslusconi looked set to secure a third term as Italian prime minister Monday, with exit polls predicting a narrow win for his conservative coalition in general elections. |
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BBC News |
7:12am PDT |
Shares regain poise as fears ease |
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Summary: US shares open trading only slightly lower, as a surprise rise in retail sales eases continuing recession fears. |
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BBC News |
7:07am PDT |
TV presenter was found hanged |
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Summary: TV presenter Mark Speight was found hanging in a building next to Paddington station, police confirm. |
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BBC News |
7:04am PDT |
Ecuador crash injured in hospital |
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Summary: Survivors injured in a bus crash in Ecuador which killed five UK tourists are taken to the capital Quito for treatment. |
