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10:11pm PDT |
McCartney urges vegetarianism to fight climate ills
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Former Beatle Paul McCartney is urging
the world to go vegetarian in a bid to fight global warming and
is surprised more green groups don't promote it. |
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Yahoo News |
10:10pm PDT |
Obama says McCain would be better president than Bush
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Democrat Barack Obama, who often argues that John McCain is the same as President Bush, said Sunday that the Republican presidential candidate would be an improvement over Bush's eight-year reign. |
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10:07pm PDT |
Fifth of GP surgeries 'at risk' |
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Summary: Up to a fifth of England's GP surgeries are under threat of closure, according to Conservative party figures. |
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Cnn.com |
9:56pm PDT |
Obama reports $42 million to start April |
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9:46pm PDT |
Pope Benedict XVI praises US church as visit ends
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Pope Benedict XVI celebrated Mass and American Catholicism in storied Yankee Stadium on Sunday, telling his massive U.S. flock to use its freedoms wisely as he closed out his first papal trip to the United States. |
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9:18pm PDT |
China launches education drive in Lhasa
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - China's Communist Party has launched a
political education drive in Tibet's restive capital, Lhasa,
vowing a long campaign to attack pro-independence sentiment and
support for the Dalai Lama. |
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Yahoo News |
9:13pm PDT |
76ers rally for 1st-ever playoff win on Pistons' home court
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Andre Miller scored 20 points and Willie Green had a career playoff-high 17, helping the Philadelphia 76ers stun the Detroit Pistons 90-86 Sunday in Game 1 of their first-round series. |
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9:05pm PDT |
Survey: 30 percent believe economy will shrink
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The odds the country will fall into its first recession since 2001 are rising sharply. |
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8:54pm PDT |
Stadium Mass ends Pope's US visit |
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Summary: Pope Benedict XVI ends his first visit to the US with an open-air Mass at New York's Yankee baseball stadium. |
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BBC News |
8:46pm PDT |
Ministers return to tax rebellion |
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Summary: Ministers returning from their spring break face a growing rebellion over the abolition of the 10p income tax rate. |
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Yahoo News |
8:27pm PDT |
Obama reports $51M to start April; McCain raised $15M
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Barack Obama raised $41 million in March and had $42 million available to spend against Democratic rival Hillary Rodham Clinton in April, campaign finance reports filed Sunday show. |
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8:25pm PDT |
Allen, K.G. spark Celtics to 104-81 rout of Hawks in Game 1
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Ray Allen scored 18 points and Kevin Garnett had 16 as the two newcomers who led the Boston Celtics to the NBA's best record sparked them to a 104-81 win Sunday night in their playoff opener against the Atlanta Hawks. |
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Cnn.com |
8:16pm PDT |
ACLU weighs in on polygamy case |
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Summary: The Texas branch of the American Civil Liberties Union said it was concerned that the basic rights of the children and mothers connected to a Texas polygamist ranch were violated during a recent raid and custody hearing.
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Cnn.com |
8:16pm PDT |
ACLU weighs in on 'basic rights' in polygamy case |
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Summary: The Texas branch of the American Civil Liberties Union said it was concerned that the basic rights of the children and mothers connected to a Texas polygamist ranch were violated during a recent raid and custody hearing. Meanwhile, Child Protective Servic |
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7:49pm PDT |
Worried shoppers 'turn to cash' |
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Summary: Consumers trying to control their finances are increasingly using cash not, a survey suggests. |
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7:42pm PDT |
Paraguay party's 60-year rule ended |
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Summary: More than 60 years of conservative party rule ends in Paraguay as Fernando Lugo wins the presidential election. |
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Cnn.com |
7:42pm PDT |
Paraguay ruling-party candidate concedes |
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Summary: Six decades of single-party rule may be coming to an end in Paraguay on Sunday after Colorado Party candidate Blanca Ovelar conceded a loss in the presidential election -- leaving former bishop Fernando Lugo in a comfortable lead in the in early results.
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Cnn.com |
7:33pm PDT |
Student accused of plotting to bomb school |
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Cnn.com |
7:19pm PDT |
Obama reports $51 million to start April |
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Yahoo News |
7:06pm PDT |
China launches education drive in Lhasa, warns citizens
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - China's Communist Party has launched a
two-month political education campaign in Tibet's restive
capital Lhasa to attack pro-independence sentiment and support
for the Dalai Lama. |
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Yahoo News |
7:04pm PDT |
Former bishop Fernando Lugo scores historic win in Paraguay
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Former Roman Catholic bishop Fernando Lugo won a historic victory in Paraguay's presidential election Sunday, ending more than six decades of one-party rule with a mandate to help the nation's poor and indigenous. |
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Cnn.com |
6:56pm PDT |
U.N. chief pushes more food production |
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6:52pm PDT |
Obama reports $51M to start April; McCain raises $15M
(AP)
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Summary: AP - New campaign finance reports show Barack Obama entered April with $51 million in the bank to mount his campaign for the White House. |
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Cnn.com |
6:29pm PDT |
Paraguay's ruling-party candidate concedes |
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Summary: Six decades of single-party rule may be coming to an end in Paraguay on Sunday after Colorado Party candidate Blanca Ovelar conceded a loss in the presidential election -- leaving former bishop Fernando Lugo in a comfortable lead in the in early results.
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Yahoo News |
6:14pm PDT |
Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning marries college sweetheart
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A Super Bowl championship isn't the only big event this year for New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning. |
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Yahoo News |
6:07pm PDT |
76ers rally for 1st ever playoff win on Pistons' home court
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Andre Miller scored 20 points and Willie Green had a career playoff-high 17, helping the Philadelphia 76ers stun the Detroit Pistons 90-86 Sunday in Game 1 of their first-round series. |
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6:02pm PDT |
Quitting Islam |
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Summary: Why parents feigned death of son who converted |
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6:02pm PDT |
Former Muslims |
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Summary: Christian converts tell of being disowned by family |
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5:55pm PDT |
Pope ends U.S. trip with Ground Zero visit, stadium Mass
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Pope Benedict ended his U.S trip on
Sunday with an emotionally charged visit to Ground Zero where
he prayed at the site of the felled World Trade Center, and a
triumphant Mass for 57,000 people at Yankee Stadium. |
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Cnn.com |
5:41pm PDT |
Pope departs U.S. with a call for peace |
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Summary: Pope Benedict XVI concluded his six-day visit to the U.S. with a final address, calling on people worldwide to pursue "justice and peaceful co-existence." Earlier, the pope capped his U.S. visit by celebrating Mass with a crowd of 60,000 at Yankee Stadium |
