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BBC News |
4:53pm PDT |
Asthma equipment 'of little use' |
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Summary: Specialist equipment to tackle the dust mites that cause asthma are of little use, experts say. |
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BBC News |
4:45pm PDT |
Smith pledges more terror police |
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Summary: Home Secretary Jacqui Smith is to announce an extra 300 police officers to fight terrorism and radicalisation. |
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Cnn.com |
4:14pm PDT |
Sect boys moved to temporary foster homes |
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Summary: About two dozen adolescent boys taken from a polygamist ranch were moved Monday afternoon to temporary foster placement outside the San Angelo, Texas, area, authorities said Tuesday.
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BBC News |
4:14pm PDT |
Deaf to the West |
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Summary: Why megaphone diplomacy will not work with Mugabe |
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Yahoo News |
4:12pm PDT |
UK's Brown to urge credit crunch action on U.S. trip
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Plagued by crumbling popularity and
slumping house prices at home, British Prime Minister Gordon
Brown will tell Wall Street bankers on Wednesday to reveal
their losses quickly to help end a global credit crunch. |
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BBC News |
4:12pm PDT |
Phoenix rising |
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Summary: The club who came in from football's wilderness |
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Cnn.com |
4:10pm PDT |
Senator's cancer returns; campaign continues |
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Summary: Sen. Arlen Specter's Hodgkin's disease, which he battled in 2005, has recurred, but doctors said its return was detected early and Specter has an "excellent chance" of once again achieving remission, according to a statement issued Tuesday by the senator' |
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Cnn.com |
4:10pm PDT |
Senator's Hodgkin's disease returns |
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Summary: Sen. Arlen Specter's Hodgkin's disease, which he battled in 2005, has recurred, but doctors said its return was detected early and Specter has an "excellent chance" of once again achieving remission, according to a statement issued Tuesday by the senator' |
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Yahoo News |
4:10pm PDT |
Cross-dresser accused of repeatedly crashing into shop
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Police say a man dressed as a woman repeatedly crashed his car into a suburban Detroit lingerie store that had refused to hire him earlier this year. |
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BBC News |
4:05pm PDT |
PM seeks boost |
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Summary: Gordon Brown is hoping for a fillip from US visit |
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BBC News |
4:04pm PDT |
Clampdown on wildlife criminals |
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Summary: A six month consultation is expected to lead to tougher action against wildlife crimes in Scotland. |
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Yahoo News |
4:02pm PDT |
Pa. Sen. Arlen Specter diagnosed again with cancer
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter's cancer has returned. The five-term Republican said in a statement released by his office Tuesday that he was diagnosed with an early recurrence of Hodgkin's disease, which is a cancer of the lymph system. |
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BBC News |
4:01pm PDT |
Fears over advert system privacy |
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Summary: Online advert system Phorm could make the net less secure and breaches human rights, the service's creators are told. |
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Cnn.com |
3:52pm PDT |
Illegal immigrants pay billions in taxes |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
3:47pm PDT |
Clinton sketches first 100 days, Obama vows to help workers
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton outlined an aggressive 100-day presidential agenda on Tuesday and Sen. Barack Obama promised to "play offense for working Americans," both rivals observing something of a lull in an increasingly personal Democratic nominat |
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Yahoo News |
3:44pm PDT |
Man arrested in pregnant girlfriend's shooting sobs in court
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A sex offender accused of shooting his pregnant girlfriend in front of their two children told police the gun went off accidentally during an argument, according to a police report released Tuesday. |
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Yahoo News |
3:43pm PDT |
Alicia Keys says comments to magazine were 'misrepresented'
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Alicia Keys says she's not a conspiracy theorist. In a statement issued Tuesday, Keys said she was clarifying "comments that were made during my recent Blender magazine interview since they have been misrepresented." |
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Yahoo News |
3:36pm PDT |
Sen. Specter again diagnosed with Hodgkin's
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Republican Sen. Arlen Specter said
on Tuesday he has been diagnosed with a recurrence of Hodgkin's
disease, a cancer of the lymph system, but expected to continue
working and campaigning for re-election in Pennsylvania. |
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Yahoo News |
3:34pm PDT |
Jackie Robinson's legacy set in stone at Mets' Citi Field
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Rachel Robinson walked past cheering construction workers and into the Jackie Robinson Rotunda for the first time, stood on a balcony above the 160-foot wide floor and was awed as she gazed at the 70-foot high arches. |
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Yahoo News |
3:30pm PDT |
Italy's premier-elect Berlusconi basks in victory
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Italian prime minister-elect Silvio Berlusconi wasted no time on Tuesday in naming key cabinet posts while his emphatic election victory drew a lukewarm response from abroad. |
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BBC News |
3:21pm PDT |
Three held after high-speed chase |
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Summary: Three men are arrested after an armed robbery and cross-border car chase involving PSNI and Garda. |
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Yahoo News |
3:18pm PDT |
Pope makes first visit to U.S.
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Pope Benedict arrived in Washington
on his first papal visit to the United States on Tuesday,
facing the sexual abuse scandal tarnishing the Roman Catholic
Church's image here by declaring himself "deeply ashamed" even
before he landed. |
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BBC News |
3:10pm PDT |
Tributes paid to veteran airman |
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Summary: Tributes are paid to the oldest British serviceman killed in the wars in either Iraq or Afghanistan. |
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ChristianPost |
3:10pm PDT |
The Demise of Marriage in Britain |
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Summary: According to a new report by Britain’s Office for National Statistics, the proportion of Britons getting married “has collapsed to a record low,” and that is a quote. One critic of the current government called it “a disaster for children, families, and s |
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ChristianPost |
3:09pm PDT |
10 Simple Suggestions for Stress Awareness Month |
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Summary: April is Stress Awareness Month -– a time where when health care professionals, health promotion experts, and caregivers across the country will join forces to raise public awareness about the cause and cures for our modern stress ... |
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Yahoo News |
3:02pm PDT |
Alicia Keys says comments to magazine were `misrepresented'
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Alicia Keys says she's not a conspiracy theorist. In a statement issued Tuesday, Keys said she was clarifying "comments that were made during my recent Blender magazine interview since they have been misrepresented." |
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BBC News |
2:57pm PDT |
Time to talk |
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Summary: Should Israel change tack to end Gaza deadlock? |
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Yahoo News |
2:55pm PDT |
Pope expresses "shame" over Church's sex scandals
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Pope Benedict arrived in Washington
for his first papal visit to the United States on Tuesday after
declaring himself "deeply ashamed" by a sexual abuse scandal
tarnishing the Roman Catholic Church's image here. |
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ChristianPost |
2:53pm PDT |
Report: N. Koreans with Faith Ties Face Torture |
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Summary: A federal commission said Tuesday that North Korean refugees suspected of meeting with religious groups are often marked for harsh interrogation, torture and long detentions without trial after they are forced by China to return to the ... |
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Yahoo News |
2:51pm PDT |
Danks gets first win in 12 starts
(AP)
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Summary: AP - John Danks celebrated his 23rd birthday with his first win in 12 starts, taking a shutout into the eighth inning to lead the Chicago White Sox past the Oakland Athletics 4-1 Tuesday for a two-game split. |
