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Yahoo News |
1:00pm PDT |
Exercise-heart study casts doubt on 'fit but fat' theory
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Summary: AP - New research challenges the notion that you can be fat and fit, finding that being active can lower but not eliminate heart risks faced by heavy women. "It doesn't take away the risk entirely. Weight still matters," said Dr. Martha Gulati, a heart sp |
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BBC News |
12:55pm PDT |
US troops killed in Iraq clashes |
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Summary: Three US soldiers are killed in eastern Baghdad, the latest casualties of fierce clashes with Shia militia. |
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BBC News |
12:10pm PDT |
Forces homes complaints 'on rise' |
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Summary: Complaints about military housing appears to be a growing concern, a forces support group says. |
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Yahoo News |
11:59am PDT |
AP Poll: Clinton leads McCain, doing better than Obama
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton now leads John McCain by 9 points in a head-to-head presidential matchup, according to an Associated Press-Ipsos poll that bolsters her argument that she is more electable than Democratic rival Barack Obama. |
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Yahoo News |
11:55am PDT |
Bush to Mideast, no joint summit planned
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - US President George W. Bush will visit Israel, Egypt and Saudi Arabia May 13-18, but has no plans now for a joint summit with Israeli and Palestinian leaders, the White House said Monday. |
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Yahoo News |
11:55am PDT |
U.S. reports big battle with Shi'ite militants
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. forces fought their biggest battle
in a month against dozens of Shi'ite militants attacking a
Baghdad checkpoint under cover of dust storms and killed 45 in
24 hours of clashes, officials said on Monday. |
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Yahoo News |
11:52am PDT |
Tax rebates start showing up in bank accounts
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The government began depositing tax rebate checks in thousands of bank accounts on Monday as the stimulus program aimed at giving the ailing economy a jump-start got under way early. |
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BBC News |
11:22am PDT |
Leaders to meet over fuel dispute |
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Summary: Scotland's first minister is in London where he hopes to discuss the Grangemouth crisis with the prime minister. |
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BBC News |
11:22am PDT |
Leaders meeting over fuel dispute |
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Summary: Scotland's first minister is in London to discuss the Grangemouth crisis with the prime minister. |
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Yahoo News |
11:07am PDT |
Person close to Riley says he'll step down as Heat coach
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Pat Riley's worst season as coach of the Miami Heat will be his last. A person close to Riley says the Hall of Famer will resign Monday afternoon as the Heat's coach, but will remain team president. The person spoke on condition of anonymity to The A |
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Yahoo News |
11:04am PDT |
U.N. agencies weigh response to food crisis
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Leading figures from the United Nations
met in Switzerland on Monday to chart a solution to dramatic
food price increases that have caused hunger, riots and
hoarding in poor countries around the world. |
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Cnn.com |
11:01am PDT |
McCain rejects 'big government' health care |
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Summary: Sen. John McCain on Monday rejected a "big government" takeover of the health care, but said he would challenge the "parochial interests" that, he said, thrives in the system.
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10:57am PDT |
Christian Golden Rule Bridges Divisions in 'Day of Silence' |
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Summary: As thousands of students across the nation participated in the 'The Day of Silence' – a vow among students to remain silent throughout the day in recognition and protest of the perceived 'silence faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and |
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Yahoo News |
10:51am PDT |
Some slept, some stood before deadly derailment in China
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Summary: AP - Some passengers were sleeping, but others were standing in the aisle waiting to get off when their high-speed train derailed, toppling into a ditch "like a roller coaster" and slamming into another train. At least 70 people died and more than 400 wer |
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BBC News |
10:47am PDT |
Barbie and co accused of corrupting youth in Iran |
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Summary: A senior Iranian cleric warns that Western toys such as Barbie dolls are harming the country's youth. |
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BBC News |
10:37am PDT |
World Championship scores |
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Summary: Ryan Day takes on Stephen Hendry and Ali Carter faces Peter Ebdon in the quarter-finals in Sheffield. |
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Yahoo News |
10:29am PDT |
Austrian admits 24-year abuse of captive daughter
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A 73-year-old Austrian
electrical engineer has confessed to holding his daughter
captive in a secret, windowless cellar for 24 years and
fathering seven children by her, police said on Monday. |
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Cnn.com |
10:27am PDT |
Pain 'boot camp' helps sufferers cope |
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Summary: Gayle Parseghian's life changed while she and her husband were moving furniture into their new ski cabin in November of 2006. She strained her back.
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BBC News |
10:24am PDT |
Obama's pastor replies to critics |
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Summary: The controversial former pastor of US presidential hopeful Barack Obama hits back at his critics. |
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BBC News |
10:07am PDT |
Life underground |
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Summary: The mind of a child kept captive in a sunless cellar |
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Yahoo News |
10:01am PDT |
Mugabe 'must go': Zimbabwe opposition leader
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Summary: AFP - Zimbabwe's main opposition leader on Monday called on President Robert Mugabe to step down after 28 years in power following an historic victory by the opposition in parliament. |
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BBC News |
10:01am PDT |
£200 fines over MoT disc display |
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Summary: Drivers in Northern Ireland will soon be fined £200 if they fail to display a new style MOT disc on windscreens. |
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BBC News |
9:57am PDT |
Taking the flak |
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Summary: How nurses feel about being under fire from patients |
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BBC News |
9:56am PDT |
Maximum skill |
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Summary: Parrot enjoys O'Sullivan's 147 |
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Yahoo News |
9:49am PDT |
Father confesses to abuse in Austrian incest case: prosecutors
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - An elderly Austrian confessed Monday to imprisoning his daughter in a windowless cellar for 24 years and fathering her seven children, prosecutors said. |
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Cnn.com |
9:45am PDT |
Wright talks liberation, reconciliation, he says |
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Summary: The Rev. Jeremiah Wright today said the black church, not him, had been subjected to attacks in the 2008 presidential campaign. Speaking before the National Press Club, Sen. Barack Obama's former pastor sought to give insight into the black church and cla |
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BBC News |
9:40am PDT |
Opposition reunites in Zimbabwe |
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Summary: Zimbabwe's rival opposition factions say they have reunited, declaring they have a majority in parliament. |
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Cnn.com |
9:36am PDT |
Walking among 2,000 al Qaeda suspects |
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Summary: The 2,000 suspected al Qaeda loyalists swarm behind the barbed wire, darting about in all directions. Some have blinded guards by hurling tiny pebbles from the sandstone floor. "This is not a place you want to hang around," the Marine general tells CNN's |
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Yahoo News |
9:33am PDT |
Obama's ex-pastor confronts media in Washington
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Barack Obama's former pastor, the
Rev. Jeremiah Wright, blasted news media he said had
sensationalized his remarks in an often confrontational
appearance at a reporters' club on Monday. |
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BBC News |
9:30am PDT |
Boys jailed for life over Goth murder |
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Summary: Two teenagers are given life sentences for the murder of a woman killed because she was dressed as a Goth. |
