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BBC News |
4:04pm PDT |
Fuel poverty back on the agenda |
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Summary: Consumer groups and ministers are meeting for a summit to find ways of cutting fuel poverty in the UK. |
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BBC News |
3:45pm PDT |
Yahoo reports a jump in profits |
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Summary: Yahoo, fending off a takeover bid from Microsoft, says profits tripled in the first three months of 2008. |
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Cnn.com |
3:38pm PDT |
Chicago fears a long, bloody summer |
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ChristianToday |
3:37pm PDT |
Churches accept challenge of bringing healing to strifetorn Kenya |
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Summary: Be part of the healing of your nation Reformed Christians from two Kenyan churches were urged during a recent visit by Setri Nyomi the general secretary of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches WARC |
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ChristianPost |
3:35pm PDT |
Abstinence at Harvard |
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Summary: Next to freshman biology class, there is nothing more universal on college campuses than the “hookup scene.” It is simply expected that students from state schools to the Ivy League will experiment with premarital sex. In the words of one Harvard student |
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ChristianToday |
3:31pm PDT |
Farm barn plays host to BBC Rogation Service |
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Summary: More than fifty people gathered together in a farm barn to help people all over two counties celebrate the ancient ceremony that marks Rogationtide in the countryside calendar
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Cnn.com |
3:28pm PDT |
Exit polls: New Dems break for Obama |
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Summary: Sen. Barack Obama is scoring big with new Democrats in Pennsylvania's primary voting today, early exit polls show. Sen. Hillary Clinton is faring better with voters who made up their mind in the last week. Obama called Pennsylvania an "uphill climb" but s |
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Cnn.com |
3:28pm PDT |
Obama points to 'uphill climb' in primary |
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Summary: Sen. Barack Obama is scoring big with new Democrats in Pennsylvania's primary voting today, early exit polls show. Sen. Hillary Clinton is faring better with voters who made up their mind in the last week. Obama called Pennsylvania an "uphill climb" but s |
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BBC News |
3:28pm PDT |
Sea 'Queens' |
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Summary: Luxury fleet meets in home port - for first and final time |
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Cnn.com |
3:26pm PDT |
Dozens of sect kids moved to foster care |
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Summary: About 100 of the 437 children taken from a polygamist sect's Texas ranch amid allegations of sexual abuse were moved Tuesday to foster homes, the Texas Department of Health and Family Services said.
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Yahoo News |
3:25pm PDT |
Yahoo 1Q profit rises, but that might not thwart Microsoft
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Yahoo Inc. delivered first-quarter results that surpassed analysts' modest expectations, but the performance might not be enough to fortify the Internet pioneer's defense against software maker Microsoft Corp.'s takeover bid. |
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Cnn.com |
3:10pm PDT |
Town tapped for nation's best water |
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Summary: Tap water from Southampton, Massachusetts, was named Tuesday the best-tasting among samples from the nation's small-town water departments.
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BBC News |
3:10pm PDT |
Lampard says Blues worthy of draw |
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Summary: Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard says they were full value for their draw at Anfield in their Champions League semi-final with Liverpool. |
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Yahoo News |
3:07pm PDT |
Analysis: Pennsylvania is must-win for Clinton
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Women and older voters came out in force Tuesday in Pennsylvania's presidential primary, encouraging signs for Hillary Rodham Clinton as she sought a win to sustain her campaign. |
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BBC News |
3:06pm PDT |
Silent tsunami |
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Summary: Global food crisis sparks misery and malnutrition |
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Yahoo News |
2:53pm PDT |
It's no LOL: Few US doctors answer e-mails from patients
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Suzanne Kreuziger is a registered nurse who uses e-mail almost exclusively to communicate with friends. But when it comes to reaching her doctor, there's a frustrating firewall. |
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BBC News |
2:42pm PDT |
Disabled woman dies in house fire |
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Summary: Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus find a woman's body in the living-room of her home. |
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Yahoo News |
2:41pm PDT |
Cuba lashes out at wives of jailed dissidents
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Cuba launched a blistering attack on the
wives of imprisoned dissidents on Tuesday, accusing them of
working with its arch-enemy, the United States, to subvert
one-party socialist rule. |
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Yahoo News |
2:40pm PDT |
Canada, Mexico brush aside free trade threats
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The leaders of Canada and Mexico on
Tuesday brushed aside threats by the U.S. Democratic
presidential candidates to try to renegotiate NAFTA and adopt a
more protectionist approach to trade. |
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Yahoo News |
2:35pm PDT |
Pennsylvania votes in Democratic primary
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Hillary Clinton sought a convincing
win to keep her flickering White House hopes alive on Tuesday
as Pennsylvania Democrats chose between her and Barack Obama in
their presidential nominating contest. |
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Cnn.com |
2:32pm PDT |
Man, 84, charged with spilling U.S. secrets |
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Summary: A New Jersey man was arrested by FBI agents early Tuesday and charged with sending highly classified military information to Israel through an operative who also served as handler for convicted spy Jonathan Pollard.
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ChristianPost |
2:28pm PDT |
Satanic Cults in Fashion in Rome, Says Priest |
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Summary: Satanic cults are on the rise in an unexpected location – Rome, says a Catholic ... |
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Yahoo News |
2:25pm PDT |
Democrats Clinton, Obama collide in Pennsylvania primary
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama collided Tuesday in the Pennsylvania primary, the last of the big-state contests in a Democratic presidential campaign that was growing more negative the longer it lasted. |
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Yahoo News |
2:22pm PDT |
Chelsea Clinton says her mother is more prepared than father
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Chelsea Clinton said Tuesday her mother would be a better president than her father because Hillary Rodham Clinton is more prepared and more progressive. |
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BBC News |
2:19pm PDT |
Oil painting 'originated in East' |
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Summary: Painting with oils took place in ancient Afghanistan long before it was known in Europe, researchers say. |
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Yahoo News |
2:13pm PDT |
Bush says US should not walk away from NAFTA
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Bush chastised lawmakers on Tuesday for letting international trade deals falter in Congress and criticized Democratic presidential contenders for wanting to scrap or amend the vast North American free-trade zone. |
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Yahoo News |
2:12pm PDT |
War costs could be under $170 bln: Pentagon
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
will cost the United States less than the $170 billion estimate
given earlier this year by Defense Secretary Robert Gates, the
Pentagon's budget chief said on Tuesday. |
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Cnn.com |
2:09pm PDT |
911 call: There's a gator in my kitchen! |
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Yahoo News |
2:06pm PDT |
Albany, N.Y. mail carrier saves baby falling from window
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A postal worker is credited with saving a 1-year-old girl by catching her after she fell out of a second-story window in Albany, N.Y. |
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Yahoo News |
2:01pm PDT |
WSI raises 2008 Atlantic hurricane forecast
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Private weather forecaster WSI Corp
said on Tuesday it raised the number of Atlantic hurricanes it
expects this year to eight from seven due to warmer-than-normal
ocean temperatures that will likely encourage storm
development. |
