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Yahoo News |
5:12pm PDT |
Clinton, Obama go on attack ahead of crucial vote
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - With two days to go
before a crucial U.S. presidential vote, Democrats Barack Obama
and Hillary Clinton sharpened their attacks on Sunday, with
Clinton pouncing on Obama for saying Republican John McCain
would be better for the country than |
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5:03pm PDT |
Skype to sell unlimited international calls for $9.95/month
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Skype, the Internet calling subsidiary of eBay Inc., is introducing its first plan for unlimited calls to overseas phones on Monday. |
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BBC News |
4:51pm PDT |
Meningitis C deaths cut to zero |
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Summary: There were no deaths from meningitis C among under-19s in England last year, a government report reveals. |
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4:50pm PDT |
Bank to detail £50bn bonds plan |
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Summary: The Bank of England is to unveil details of a £50bn plan aimed at easing problems in the housing market amid the credit crunch. |
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BBC News |
4:50pm PDT |
Bank to detail £50bn rescue plan |
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Summary: The Bank of England is to unveil details of a £50bn plan to prevent the credit crisis further damaging the UK economy. |
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Yahoo News |
4:48pm PDT |
UN chief warns world must urgently increase food production
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The U.N. chief warned Sunday that the world must urgently increase food production to ease skyrocketing prices and pledged to set up a task force on a crisis threatening to destabilize developing nations. |
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4:47pm PDT |
Ovary problem 'may aid athletes' |
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Summary: A common cause of menstrual disorders may offer an advantage to some female athletes, a scientist says. |
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Cnn.com |
4:44pm PDT |
Exit polls point to new leader in Paraguay |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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4:38pm PDT |
Clot drug 'could save thousands' |
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Summary: Wider use of a new medication to prevent blood clots could save thousands of lives a year, say campaigners. |
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4:37pm PDT |
Increase in sex offender arrests |
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Summary: The UK organisation aimed at tackling chid sex abuse reports a threefold rise in arrests of offenders in the past year. |
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Cnn.com |
4:37pm PDT |
Spanish tuna boat hijacked off Somalia |
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Summary: Another vessel has been hijacked off the coast of Somalia, this time a Spanish tuna fishing boat, a senior Spanish Foreign Ministry official told CNN on Sunday.
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4:33pm PDT |
Brucie's big night |
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Summary: Bruce Forsyth is the toast of the Bafta awards ceremony |
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BBC News |
4:33pm PDT |
Paraguay polls suggest new leader |
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Summary: Early results in Paraguay indicate the governing party may have lost for the first time in six decades. |
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BBC News |
4:30pm PDT |
Method may boost cancer fertility |
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Summary: Experts develop a way of growing human eggs that could preserve young cancer patients' fertility. |
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4:29pm PDT |
18-year-old SC student accused of plotting to bomb school
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Authorities say an 18-year-old South Carolina student is behind bars after collecting the supplies needed to bomb his school. |
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Yahoo News |
4:28pm PDT |
McCain ends March with nearly $12 million
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Sen. John McCain reduced his spending and paid off debts in March after locking up the Republican presidential nomination. He ended the month with $11.6 million in the bank, according to financial reports filed Sunday. |
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BBC News |
4:10pm PDT |
Arrest in post-match murder probe |
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Summary: A murder suspect is held after a man, thought to be a football fan, is hit by a car following a match. |
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BBC News |
4:09pm PDT |
Exam warning over school strike |
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Summary: Hundreds of schools in England and Wales could close in this week's pay strike by teachers. |
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BBC News |
4:09pm PDT |
Schools facing strike shut down |
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Summary: Hundreds of schools in England and Wales could close in this week's teachers' pay strike. |
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Yahoo News |
4:08pm PDT |
Drivers paying record pump prices
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. drivers are paying record prices
to fill their gas tanks and they could see prices surge as much
as 30 cents more per gallon over the next few weeks, according
to an industry analyst. |
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3:43pm PDT |
McCain: Cutting taxes more important than balanced budget
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Republican John McCain said Sunday that cutting taxes and stimulating the economy are more important than balancing the budget, and accused both Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama of supporting tax hikes that would worsen the impact of a recessi |
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Yahoo News |
3:41pm PDT |
Gasol leads Lakers past Nuggets in his 1st playoff victory
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Pau Gasol finally discovered how it feels to be on the winning side in a postseason game. The 7-foot Spaniard had a whole lot to do with his first victory. |
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Yahoo News |
3:28pm PDT |
Benedict 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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BBC News |
3:11pm PDT |
Calzaghe ponders 'one last fight' |
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Summary: Joe Calzaghe says he will fight one more time - with Roy Jones Jr or Kelly Pavlik his likely opponent - before retiring from boxing. |
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Yahoo News |
2:59pm PDT |
Abbas to discuss Israel-Palestinian peace with Bush
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said
on Sunday he would consult President George W. Bush this week
on ways to advance peace talks so that a deal with Israel can
be reached by the end of the year. |
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Cnn.com |
2:53pm PDT |
Martial arts dream team conquers box office |
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Cnn.com |
2:38pm PDT |
Danica Patrick claims 1st IndyCar win |
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Yahoo News |
1:58pm PDT |
Silent, secretive sect unleashes public relations campaign
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Before authorities raided their west Texas retreat, members of a secretive polygamous church spent decades holding as tightly to their intense privacy as the Scriptures guiding their way of life. |
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Yahoo News |
1:42pm PDT |
Rice praises Iraq unity as cleric threatens war
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in a surprise visit to Baghdad on Sunday said Iraqi leaders were more united than ever, as Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr warned of a war against the government. |
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BBC News |
1:38pm PDT |
Somali pirates seize Spanish boat |
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Summary: A Spanish tuna boat with 26 crew on board is attacked by pirates off Somalia, officials in Spain say. |
