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Yahoo News |
3:04pm PDT |
Carmen Electra, Paris Hilton frolic at Coachella after-party
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Summary: AP - Carmen Electra showed off her fiance and black diamond engagement ring, while the Hilton sisters frolicked with their beaus at an exclusive Coachella after-party. |
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Yahoo News |
2:59pm PDT |
Hundreds flee wildfire burning in foothills near Los Angeles
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Summary: AP - An early season wildfire slowly chewed its way through dense brush near Los Angeles on Sunday, forcing more than 1,000 people from homes in the foothills. |
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BBC News |
2:55pm PDT |
Austrian detectives study cellar |
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Summary: Police in Austria see the cellar rooms where a woman was allegedly held and abused for 24 years by her father. |
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Yahoo News |
2:51pm PDT |
California wildfire forces 1,000 to evacuate
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A wildfire that began along a
popular hiking trail forced 1,000 people to evacuate their
homes in the hills northeast of Los Angeles on Sunday,
officials said. |
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Cnn.com |
2:37pm PDT |
Beaches still shut after shark attack |
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Cnn.com |
2:37pm PDT |
Beaches set to reopen after shark attack |
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Cnn.com |
2:13pm PDT |
'Baby Mama' bounces to No. 1 at box office |
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BBC News |
2:05pm PDT |
Vote fails to save Berlin airport |
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Summary: Berliners fail to back attempts to keep open the historic Tempelhof airport, early referendum results show. |
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BBC News |
1:58pm PDT |
Arrests over Morocco factory fire |
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Summary: Moroccan police arrest both the owner and the manager of a factory destroyed in a fire that killed at least 55. |
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Yahoo News |
1:43pm PDT |
Gene therapy experiments improve vision in nearly blind
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Summary: AP - Scientists for the first time have used gene therapy to dramatically improve sight in people with a rare form of blindness, a development experts called a major advance for the experimental technique. |
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BBC News |
1:37pm PDT |
Gene therapy 'aids youth's sight' |
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Summary: A 17-year-old whose sight was failing has his vision improved in a pioneering operation. |
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BBC News |
1:11pm PDT |
Doctor Who's Bafta Cymru triumph |
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Summary: Doctor Who scoops six awards at the Bafta Cymru awards while fellow BBC Wales's Coal House also wins. |
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Yahoo News |
1:08pm PDT |
West's 3-pointer with 5.4 seconds left hands Cavs 3-1 lead
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Summary: AP - King James got his crown knocked off, was booed every time he touched the ball, went 0-for-3 in the fourth quarter and passed up a chance to take the winning shot. And his Cleveland Cavaliers still beat the Washington Wizards. |
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Yahoo News |
1:01pm PDT |
Iraq Green Zone shelled amid sandstorm
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Suspected Shiite extremists hammered the U.S.-protected Green Zone Sunday in the fiercest salvo in weeks, apparently taking advantage of a sandstorm that blanketed the capital and grounded the American aircraft that normally prowl for launching teams |
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Yahoo News |
12:55pm PDT |
Nadal beats Federer on clay for 4th straight Monte Carlo win
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Rafael Nadal won his first title of the season, defeating top-ranked Roger Federer yet again on clay to claim his fourth consecutive Monte Carlo Masters. |
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ChristianToday |
12:53pm PDT |
Pope appeals for peace in Somalia Darfur Burundi |
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Summary: Pope Benedict on Sunday appealed to the world not to forget the tragic conflicts in Somalia Darfur and Burundi and called on authorities to honour their commitments to bring an end to the violence |
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BBC News |
12:51pm PDT |
Fixers used 'instead of police' |
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Summary: "Fixers" who deal out underworld justice, are being used instead of police, a chief constable says. |
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BBC News |
12:51pm PDT |
Gang fixers 'picked over police' |
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Summary: "Fixers" who deal out underworld justice, are being used instead of police, a chief constable says. |
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ChristianToday |
12:49pm PDT |
Rich get richer in Britain despite credit crunch |
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Summary: Britains rich are getting richer despite the global credit crunch and are now worth more than 400 billion pounds |
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ChristianToday |
12:49pm PDT |
London key as Browns Labour faces elections test |
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Summary: Gordon Brown faces his first major electoral test as prime minister this week battered by negative opinion polls industrial unrest and simmering rebellion within his Labour Party |
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ChristianToday |
12:48pm PDT |
Baghdad Green Zone blasted under cover of storm |
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Summary: Militants bombarded Baghdads Green Zone with rockets on Sunday taking advantage of the cover of a blinding dust storm to launch one of the heaviest strikes in weeks on the fortified compound |
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ChristianToday |
12:47pm PDT |
Torch faces SKorea protests and festivities in North |
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Summary: Protests and scuffles greeted the Olympic flame as it began a twoday journey on the divided Korean peninsula on Sunday along a route guarded by thousands of riot policeman wielding shields and truncheons |
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ChristianToday |
12:47pm PDT |
Karzai escapes assassination bid |
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Summary: Afghan President Hamid Karzai escaped unhurt on Sunday from an assassination attempt by Taliban fighters who fired guns and rockets at an official celebration near the presidential palace in Kabul |
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Yahoo News |
12:43pm PDT |
Militants strike Green Zone as sandstorm hits Baghdad
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Summary: AFP - Militiamen bombarded the heavily fortified Baghdad Green Zone under cover of a heavy sandstorm on Sunday as a hardline Iraqi Shiite group rejected government conditions to end the fighting. |
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Yahoo News |
12:21pm PDT |
Off endangered list, wolves face new pressure from hunters
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Tony Saunders stalked his prey for 35 miles by snowmobile through western Wyoming's Hoback Basin, finally reaching a clearing where he took out a .270-caliber rifle and shot the wolf twice from 30 yards away. |
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Yahoo News |
12:21pm PDT |
California wildfire forces hundreds to evacuate
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A 350-acre wildfire amid blazing
hot temperatures forced the evacuation of about 400 homes in
the hills northeast of Los Angeles on Sunday, officials said. |
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ChristianToday |
12:18pm PDT |
Virus outbreak in Chinese city kills 19 children |
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Summary: A virus outbreak in an eastern Chinese city has killed 19 children and left hundreds ill spreading panic among residents state media reported on Sunday nearly two months after the outbreak started
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ChristianToday |
12:17pm PDT |
Abbas downbeat on prospects for Mideast peace |
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Summary: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas came away disappointed from talks in Washington on IsraeliPalestinian peace and is pessimistic about prospects for a deal this year aides said on Sunday
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ChristianToday |
12:16pm PDT |
Pregnancy stoner comedies a hit at box office |
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Summary: A pair of new comedies aimed at distinctly different audiences took the top two spots at the weekend box office in North America with Tina Feys Baby Mama leading the charge
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ChristianToday |
12:15pm PDT |
Obama says wont debate Clinton before Indiana vote |
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Summary: Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said on Sunday he would not hold another debate with rival Hillary Clinton until after the May 6 nominating contests in North Carolina and Indiana
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