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ChristianToday |
12:15pm PDT |
More babies born to diabetic mothers |
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Summary: More American women are entering pregnancy with diabetes raising the odds of a problem pregnancy and the potential that their children will become diabetic in the future US researchers said on Monday |
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ChristianToday |
12:14pm PDT |
Strike closes major British oil pipeline |
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Summary: A pipeline carrying nearly half of Britains oil was closed on Sunday as a strike over pensions began at the neighbouring Grangemouth refinery in Scotland operator BP BPL said
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ChristianToday |
12:13pm PDT |
Austrian woman says imprisoned abused by father |
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Summary: Austrian police have arrested a man they believe imprisoned his daughter in a windowless basement for 24 years abused her and fathered seven children with her they said on Sunday
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Yahoo News |
12:13pm PDT |
'Baby Mama' delivers $18.3 million at weekend box office
(AP)
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Summary: AP - "Baby Mama," Tina Fey and Amy Poehler's comedy about surrogate motherhood, delivered the No. 1 spot at the weekend box office with $18.3 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. |
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ChristianToday |
12:13pm PDT |
Haitis Preval names new prime minister |
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Summary: Haitian President Rene Preval named a new prime minister on Sunday after lawmakers fired his predecessor to quell violent protests over rising food prices in the impoverished nation a senator said
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ChristianToday |
12:12pm PDT |
Hamas urges end of fuel strike in Gaza |
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Summary: Hamass government in the Gaza Strip asked a striking Palestinian fuel association on Sunday to resume deliveries in the impoverished territory a Hamas official said
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Yahoo News |
12:09pm PDT |
Obama discounts race as a factor in presidential election
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Sunday that race is not the reason he is struggling to attract working-class votes and insisted he can win over uncommitted superdelegates by showing he is "best able to not just defeat John McCain, |
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Yahoo News |
12:05pm PDT |
Economist Ericq Pierre named Haiti prime minister: sources
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Haitian President Rene Preval has chosen Ericq Pierre, an official with the Inter-American Development Bank, to be the country's prime minister, sources told AFP Sunday. |
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Yahoo News |
12:03pm PDT |
Social networking applications can pose security risks
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Sarah Brown is unusually cautious when it comes to social networking. The college sophomore doesn't have a MySpace page and, while she's on Facebook, she does everything she can to keep her page as private as she can. |
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Yahoo News |
11:33am PDT |
Wall Street looks for cues from Federal Reserve meeting
(AP)
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Summary: AP - What a difference six weeks makes. Right before the last Federal Reserve meeting, investors were worried about the global banking system imploding. Now, investors are betting the credit markets are on the mend and Wall Street is looking forward to an |
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Yahoo News |
11:26am PDT |
3 killed in militant attack on Afghan president
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Militants firing rockets and automatic rifles attacked the Afghan president at a ceremony in Kabul on Sunday, missing their target but killing three and wounding eight others. |
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Cnn.com |
11:13am PDT |
Police: Captive woman had 6 children by father |
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Summary: Austrian police believe a 73-year-old man held his daughter captive in his cellar for the past two decades and fathered at least six children with her, according to police and state-run news reports today.
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BBC News |
11:02am PDT |
Monkeys star hits chart hat-trick |
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Summary: Arctic Monkeys star Alex Turner is celebrating his third number one album, with The Last Shadow Puppets. |
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Yahoo News |
10:58am PDT |
Private eye pulls his punches in Hollywood wiretapping trial
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Anthony Pellicano handled some sticky situations during his days as a private investigator for some of the biggest names in Hollywood. |
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ChristianPost |
10:55am PDT |
Franklin Graham to Visit Mainland China |
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Summary: Popular U.S. evangelist Franklin Graham will visit mainland China next month at the invitation of the Chinese Protestant ... |
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ChristianPost |
10:55am PDT |
Franklin Graham to Preach at China Megachurch |
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Summary: Popular U.S. evangelist Franklin Graham will visit mainland China next month at the invitation of the Chinese Protestant ... |
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BBC News |
10:54am PDT |
Extra oil due to dock in Scotland |
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Summary: Additional fuel is due in Scotland to cope with the Grangemouth strike which is nearing the end of its first day. |
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Yahoo News |
10:51am PDT |
Clashes break out at Olympic torch relay in South Korea
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Chinese students clashed with anti-Beijing demonstrators at the Olympic torch relay Sunday in Seoul, throwing rocks and punches at the latest stop on the flame's troubled round-the-world journey. |
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Yahoo News |
10:44am PDT |
Wildfire creeps toward Pasadena, forcing more evacuations
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A wildfire that broke out in a popular hiking area blackened the steep slopes of the foothills near Pasadena and forced mandatory evacuations for 300 homes, authorities said Sunday. |
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BBC News |
10:27am PDT |
Iraqi cleric rejects talks terms |
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Summary: Radical Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr rejects government conditions for talks on ending Iraqi army attacks on his militia. |
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Yahoo News |
10:24am PDT |
New round of evacuations as Calif. wildfire creeps closer
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A wildfire that broke out in a popular hiking area blackened the steep slopes of the foothills near Pasadena and forced mandatory evacuations for 300 homes, authorities said Sunday. |
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Cnn.com |
10:24am PDT |
Thousands honor Staff Sgt. Matt Maupin |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
10:20am PDT |
Squid thaw set for a fresh start |
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Summary: Technicians in New Zealand are to begin defrosting a rare colossal squid, following a day's postponement. |
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Yahoo News |
10:16am PDT |
Nadal defeats Federer on clay in Monte Carlo, 7-5, 7-5
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Rafael Nadal defeated Roger Federer 7-5, 7-5 Sunday to win the Monte Carlo Masters for a fourth consecutive year. |
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Yahoo News |
10:06am PDT |
Scholars run down more clues to a Holocaust mystery
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Budapest, November 1944: Another German train has loaded its cargo of Jews bound for Auschwitz. A young Swedish diplomat pushes past the SS guard and scrambles onto the roof of a cattle car. |
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Yahoo News |
10:02am PDT |
California wildfire rages in scorching heat
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A 350-acre wildfire amid blazing
hot temperatures forced the evacuation of 300 homes in the
hills northeast of Los Angeles on Sunday, officials said. |
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ChristianPost |
9:59am PDT |
No Thanks |
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Summary: In mid-April, Italian voters returned former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to power. Election post-mortems focused on what Berlusconi would do about the economy, crime, and Italy’s illegal immigration ... |
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BBC News |
9:39am PDT |
New OFT supermarket crackdown |
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Summary: The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) targets supermarkets as part of an investigation into price fixing. |
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Yahoo News |
9:29am PDT |
Olympic torch arrives in North Korea: Chinese state media
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The Beijing Olympic flame arrived in the North Korean capital Pyongyang late Sunday, Chinese state media said, on one of the final legs of its troubled worldwide journey. |
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Yahoo News |
9:11am PDT |
Baghdad Green Zone blasted under cover of storm
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Militants bombarded Baghdad's 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. |
