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Yahoo News |
12:38pm PDT |
Delta, Northwest seeking support for merger
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Executives of Delta Air Lines Inc hope
to win over Northwest Airlines Corp pilots, who oppose Delta's
bid to buy Northwest for more than $3 billion to create the
world's biggest airline by traffic. |
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Cnn.com |
12:27pm PDT |
Legendary Disney animator dies at 95 |
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ChristianPost |
12:24pm PDT |
Sydney Archbishop Backs Gay Ban at School Prom |
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Summary: The Anglican Archbishop of Sydney said he supports a church-related school’s decision to ban gay students from bringing their same-sex partner to a school ... |
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Cnn.com |
12:08pm PDT |
Headwinds for Delta-Northwest deal |
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Summary: Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines have finally agreed to a merger. But it could be a bumpy ride before a deal is officially completed.
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Yahoo News |
12:07pm PDT |
Congo plane crashes at end of runway and bursts into flames
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A Congolese jetliner with about 85 people on board failed to take off Tuesday from an airport in this eastern town, slamming into a busy market neighborhood at the end of the runway and bursting into flames, officials said. |
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ChristianPost |
11:51am PDT |
U.S., Israel to Carter: Hamas Meeting Bad Idea |
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Summary: Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter was told by U.S. officials and Israel that his plan to meet the top leader of Hamas, a group both countries consider a terrorist, is a bad ... |
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Yahoo News |
11:29am PDT |
British music festival is criticized for inviting Jay-Z
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Organizers of one of Britain's best-known music festivals on Tuesday defended their decision to book Jay-Z as their headline act after Oasis songwriter Noel Gallagher blamed the U.S. rapper for disappointing ticket sales. |
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Yahoo News |
11:23am PDT |
U.S. military holds hearing in first contractor case
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The U.S. military held a pre-trial
hearing on Tuesday for an interpreter accused of a stabbing in
Iraq, the first attempt to apply military law to civilian
contractors working for U.S. forces in Iraq. |
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BBC News |
11:17am PDT |
Lack of progress on bed blocking |
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Summary: The problem of bed blocking has not improved in hospitals in Wales over the last two years, a review concludes. |
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Yahoo News |
11:05am PDT |
Zimbabwe general strike flops, Tsvangirai warms on run-off
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The Zimbabwe opposition's campaign to force the release of results from last month's presidential election suffered a fresh blow on Tuesday when a call for a general strike went largely unheeded. |
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BBC News |
10:57am PDT |
Train deaths pair 'may have argued' |
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Summary: A man and a woman who died when they were struck by an 80mph train may have been arguing moments before. |
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Yahoo News |
10:40am PDT |
McCain proposes consumer tax cuts to boost economy
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Republican presidential hopeful John
McCain proposed a summer gas tax reduction and other tax cuts
on Tuesday in a bid to reassure voters he would help them
navigate an ailing economy. |
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Yahoo News |
10:33am PDT |
Congo plane crashes at end of runway; 85 aboard
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A Congolese jetliner carrying around 85 people failed to take off Tuesday from an airport in this eastern town, crashing at high speed into a busy market neighborhood at the end of the runway, officials said. |
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Cnn.com |
10:30am PDT |
Dad: Virginia Tech treated suicidal son like 'joke' |
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Summary: Daniel Kim, a Korean-American at Virginia Tech, fell into a deep depression after last year's massacre. He feared students would mistake him for shooter Seung-Hui Cho. Campus health officials were notified Kim was suicidal, but he was never referred to a |
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BBC News |
10:30am PDT |
Capello tips Rooney for captaincy |
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Summary: England boss Fabio Capello believes striker Wayne Rooney will one day captain his country. |
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10:25am PDT |
Banking defence |
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Summary: There are no easy answers to the credit crunch |
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Yahoo News |
10:23am PDT |
McCain calls for summer-long suspension of gas tax
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Republican Sen. John McCain on Tuesday called for a summer-long suspension of the federal gasoline tax and several tax cuts as the likely presidential nominee sought to stem the public's pain from a troubled economy. |
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BBC News |
10:15am PDT |
Day in pictures |
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Summary: Striking images from around the world |
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BBC News |
10:14am PDT |
Forecast for big sea level rise |
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Summary: Sea levels could rise by up to one-and-a-half metres by the end of this century, according to scientific analysis. |
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BBC News |
10:11am PDT |
Mayor admits Olympic torch error |
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Summary: It was a mistake to allow Chinese secret police to guard the Olympic torch in London, Mayor Ken Livingstone admits. |
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BBC News |
10:03am PDT |
Plane crashes into DR Congo city |
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Summary: Dozens are feared dead after a plane with about 80 people ploughs into buildings in Goma in the DR Congo. |
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BBC News |
9:55am PDT |
Council slap £300,000 repair bill on 'mole man' |
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Summary: A pensioner who created a network of tunnels under his house is ordered to pay £300,000 for repairs. |
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BBC News |
9:55am PDT |
Council slaps £300,000 repair bill on 'mole man' |
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Summary: A pensioner who created a network of tunnels under his house is ordered to pay £300,000 for repairs. |
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BBC News |
9:53am PDT |
Rebrand for BBC's news programmes |
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Summary: The BBC unveils revamped graphics for its TV news bulletins and is renaming BBC News 24 and BBC World. |
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BBC News |
9:52am PDT |
Pope 'ashamed' of US clergy abuse |
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Summary: Pope Benedict XVI, on his way to the US, says he is deeply ashamed of the clergy abuse in the US Catholic Church. |
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Cnn.com |
9:52am PDT |
State wants child rapists executed, too |
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Summary: Execution shouldn't be for murderers only, a Louisiana prosecutor plans to tell the U.S. Supreme Court. People who rape children should die in spite of the nation's 44-year history of using the death penalty for killers only, prosecutors contend. A Louisi |
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Yahoo News |
9:49am PDT |
"Ashamed" Pope vows no more pedophile priests
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Pope Benedict said on
Tuesday he was "deeply ashamed" over sexual abuse by clergy in
the United States and vowed to keep pedophiles out of the
priesthood, as he began his first U.S. trip as pontiff. |
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BBC News |
9:49am PDT |
Price cut knocks £100 off iPhone |
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Summary: O2 and Carphone Warehouse cut the price of the standard iPhone handset by £100 to £169 to attract new buyers. |
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BBC News |
9:43am PDT |
Snipes 'should serve three years' |
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Summary: Film star Wesley Snipes should spend three years in prison for failure to submit tax returns, US prosecutors say. |
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Yahoo News |
9:41am PDT |
Italy's Berlusconi vows crackdown on criminal 'army of evil'
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Silvio Berlusconi wasted no time in naming key cabinet posts Tuesday, a day after his emphatic victory in Italian elections, as he vowed to crack down on illegal immigrants and a criminal "army of evil." |
