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Yahoo News |
8:30am PDT |
Panel says link between smog and premature death is clear
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Short-term exposure to smog, or ozone, is clearly linked to premature deaths that should be taken into account when measuring the health benefits of reducing air pollution, a National Academy of Sciences review concludes. |
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Yahoo News |
8:16am PDT |
Iran says IAEA nuclear talks were "positive"
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Iran gave an upbeat assessment on
Tuesday of two days of talks with the top investigator of the
U.N. atomic energy watchdog, who was looking into Western
reports that Iran secretly studied how to design nuclear bombs. |
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Cnn.com |
8:14am PDT |
Delegate counter: Can Obama be overtaken? |
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BBC News |
8:13am PDT |
Five hurt in city pub explosion |
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Summary: A gas explosion at a disused public house in Leeds leaves five people injured. |
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Yahoo News |
8:13am PDT |
Israel says Streisand won't attend 60th anniversary bash
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Israel says Barbra Streisand has pulled out of a celebration of the country's 60th anniversary next month. |
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Cnn.com |
8:12am PDT |
Clinton, Obama tussle for 158 delegates |
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Summary: Pennsylvania's the big prize for Democratic presidential candidates. There are 10 primaries left, but none has as many delegates up for grabs as Pennsylvania has today.
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BBC News |
8:08am PDT |
Npower faces mis-selling probe |
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Summary: Utility firm Npower faces an investigation by regulator Ofgem over allegations over sales tactics. |
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BBC News |
8:07am PDT |
Colombia orders Uribe ally arrest |
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Summary: Colombian prosecutors order the arrest of Mario Uribe, a cousin of the president, over alleged paramilitary ties. |
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BBC News |
8:05am PDT |
Mother's body found in woodland |
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Summary: Detectives searching for a mother and her vulnerable son missing since Friday say they have found a body. |
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ChristianPost |
7:58am PDT |
Survey: Are Churches Doing Enough to Help the Poor? |
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Summary: Most Americans believe their church is doing enough to help the poor but recorded increases in the national poverty level indicate that Christians are disconnected with the reality of people in ... |
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BBC News |
7:58am PDT |
Church warning on Zimbabwe unrest |
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Summary: Church leaders in Zimbabwe call for intervention to prevent post-election unrest developing into "genocide". |
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Cnn.com |
7:56am PDT |
When green comes home |
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Summary: See how houses are getting greener and test your Earth Day IQ. Then Miles O'Brien, CNN Sr. Environment and Technology Correspondent, takes you inside a green McMansion.
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BBC News |
7:47am PDT |
Secret of Elvis Presley's London visit in 1958 finally revealed |
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Summary: Veteran rock star Tommy Steele admits he took Elvis Presley on a secret tour of London in 1958. |
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BBC News |
7:44am PDT |
Professor, 49, died from anorexia |
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Summary: A senior academic at Bournemouth University died from an eating disorder weighing under five stone. |
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Yahoo News |
7:34am PDT |
Existing home sales decline
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Sales of existing homes fell in March while the median home price declined, compared with the price a year ago, as a severe slump in housing showed no signs of abating. |
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Yahoo News |
7:28am PDT |
Al-Qaida No. 2 says 9/11 theory propogated by Iran
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Osama bin Laden's chief deputy in an audiotape Tuesday accused Shiite Iran of trying to discredit the Sunni al-Qaida terror network by spreading the conspiracy theory that Israel was behind the Sept. 11 attacks. |
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Yahoo News |
7:27am PDT |
U.N. official ends Iran nuclear talks with no details
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The U.N. atomic watchdog's top
investigator ended two days of talks with Iranian officials on
Tuesday that sought explanations of Western intelligence that
suggested Iran secretly studied how to design nuclear bombs. |
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BBC News |
7:22am PDT |
Hleb charged with violent conduct |
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Summary: Arsenal forward Alexander Hleb is charged with violent conduct by the Football Association. |
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BBC News |
7:13am PDT |
Worker trapped in lift shaft dies |
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Summary: A man dies after becoming trapped in a lift shaft at a carpet warehouse in North Lincolnshire. |
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BBC News |
7:13am PDT |
MEPs back Europe organ donor card |
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Summary: The European Parliament backs a plan for an EU donor card to tackle a shortage of transplant organs. |
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BBC News |
7:10am PDT |
Pakistan Taleban praise release |
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Summary: A spokesman for Taleban fighters in Pakistan welcomes the release of a well-known militant leader. |
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BBC News |
7:09am PDT |
Western forces 'in Basra raids' |
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Summary: US and UK forces lead operations in Basra against Shia militiamen, military sources say. |
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BBC News |
7:09am PDT |
US and UK forces 'in Basra raids' |
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Summary: US and UK forces target Shia militiamen in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, a Western military source says. |
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BBC News |
7:05am PDT |
Teachers defend strike disruption |
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Summary: NUT leader Christine Blower tells parents that the teachers' pay strike will help to protect standards. |
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Yahoo News |
6:52am PDT |
China: Ship carrying weapons to Zimbabwe may head home
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A shipment of weapons to Zimbabwe may be returned to China, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said Tuesday, after the troubled southern African nation's neighbors prevented the cargo from being unloaded. |
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ChristianPost |
6:52am PDT |
The High Cost of Immorality |
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Summary: For more than five decades, self-proclaimed experts and so-called sexual reformers, beginning with Alfred Kinsey, have worked to advance the belief that there are no public consequences to private sexual behavior. And Americans, for the most part, have bo |
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BBC News |
6:47am PDT |
Soldier killed by mine is named |
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Summary: The soldier who was killed by a mine in Afghanistan on Monday has been named by the Ministry of Defence as 22 year old Trooper Robert Pearson. |
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Yahoo News |
6:33am PDT |
Iraq PM chides neighbors for lack of support
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki
chided neighboring states on Tuesday for not beefing up ties
with Baghdad or writing off Iraq's debts now that Saddam
Hussein is gone and Iraq is no longer a threat to the region. |
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BBC News |
6:29am PDT |
Western Islam |
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Summary: Can ex-extremists get their message through? |
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Yahoo News |
6:21am PDT |
Woman finds 8-foot alligator in her Florida kitchen
(AP)
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Summary: AP - And some people get jittery about mice in the kitchen. |
