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BBC News |
7:32am PDT |
O'Sullivan 147 sees off Williams |
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Summary: Ronnie O'Sullivan hits a brilliant maximum as he sees off Mark Williams 13-7 to move into the quarter-finals of the World Championship at The Crucible. |
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Yahoo News |
7:30am PDT |
Supreme Court upholds photo ID law for voters in Indiana
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Summary: AP - The Supreme Court ruled Monday that states can require voters to produce photo identification without violating their constitutional rights, validating Republican-inspired voter ID laws. |
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Cnn.com |
7:22am PDT |
First stimulus checks arrive today |
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Summary: The federal government on Monday started depositing checks into the bank accounts of 800,000 Americans in the first installment in a weeks-long effort to boost the economy.
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BBC News |
7:14am PDT |
Man Utd hope Rooney & Vidic play |
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Summary: Manchester United hope Wayne Rooney and Nemanja Vidic will be fit to play in the Champions League semi-final, second leg against Barcelona. |
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BBC News |
7:14am PDT |
Man Utd hopeful on Rooney & Vidic |
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Summary: Manchester United hope Wayne Rooney and Nemanja Vidic will be fit to play in the Champions League semi-final, second leg against Barcelona. |
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Yahoo News |
7:12am PDT |
Court rejects challenge to photo ID voting law
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday
rejected a challenge to a law requiring voters to show photo
identification before casting a ballot, its most important
voting rights ruling since Bush v. Gore settled the 2000
presidential election. |
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BBC News |
6:59am PDT |
Funeral for hanged TV presenter |
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Summary: Hundreds of people attend the funeral of TV presenter Mark Speight, who was found hanged in central London. |
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BBC News |
6:56am PDT |
Olympic gym under closure threat |
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Summary: A London gym which was selected as a Centre of Excellence for the Olympic Games faces closure. |
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BBC News |
6:55am PDT |
Campaign tale |
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Summary: James Landale hits the road to a very swinging city |
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Cnn.com |
6:54am PDT |
'Boys with toys' expo hawks security goods |
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Summary: Though it looks like a space-aged android playing the harmonica, it's actually a device designed to protect you in a biological or chemical attack.
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Cnn.com |
6:51am PDT |
Miley Cyrus sorry about Vanity Fair pics |
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Summary: Teen superstar Miley Cyrus -- better known as Hannah Montana -- apologized Sunday after Vanity Fair magazine published provocative photos of her.
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BBC News |
6:43am PDT |
Voter registration 'considered' |
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Summary: Ministers consider individual registration for voters - as a report claims elections in the UK are vulnerable to fraud. |
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Yahoo News |
6:29am PDT |
Austrian admits 24-year abuse of daughter in dungeon
(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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Yahoo News |
6:25am PDT |
Wright says criticism is attack on black church
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Rev. Jeremiah Wright says criticism surrounding his fiery sermons is an attack on the black church. |
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Yahoo News |
6:22am PDT |
Mars buying gum maker Wrigley with financing from Buffett
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Candy maker Mars Inc. is buying Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co., the confectioner behind Juicy Fruit and Doublemint gum and Life Savers candy, for about $23 billion in cash, the companies announced Monday. |
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Yahoo News |
6:19am PDT |
Seventy dead in China train crash: state media
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Seventy people were killed and 420 injured early Monday when a passenger train from Beijing careered off the rails and slammed into another train in eastern China, state media reported. |
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BBC News |
6:01am PDT |
Chinese factory takes overseas orders for Free Tibet flags |
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Summary: Police in China have discovered a factory taking orders for the flag of the Tibetan government-in-exile. |
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Cnn.com |
6:00am PDT |
Hollywood trainers: Death is part of risk |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Cnn.com |
6:00am PDT |
Dozens dead in China train crash |
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Summary: The death toll in a collision between two passenger trains rose to at least 66 in eastern China's Shandong province on Monday, according to China's official news agency.
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BBC News |
5:57am PDT |
'Dubious' notion |
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Summary: US analyst queries Clinton's claim to 'popular vote' win |
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BBC News |
5:54am PDT |
Court told of 'gay sex predator' |
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Summary: A man accused of blackmailing a member of the royal family tells a court his intent was actually to unmask a gay sexual predator. |
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Yahoo News |
5:48am PDT |
Father confesses in Austrian abuse case
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - An elderly Austrian, portrayed by media as a "monster", confessed Monday to imprisoning his daughter in a cellar for 24 years and fathering her seven children, prosecutors said. |
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Yahoo News |
5:41am PDT |
Dean says either Clinton or Obama must drop out in June
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean said Monday that either Hillary Rodham Clinton or Barack Obama must drop out of the Democratic presidential race after the June primaries in order to unify the party by the convention and win the election in Nove |
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Yahoo News |
5:36am PDT |
Wildfire burns near LA, 1,000 flee homes, fire comes near
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Fire crews battling a wildfire had a close call early Monday as winds, which had been fairly tame, unexpectedly kicked up and sent flames within yards of several houses. |
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BBC News |
5:34am PDT |
Hair set to return in second Test |
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Summary: Umpire Darrell Hair will return to top-flight cricket in May when he stands in the second Test between England and New Zealand. |
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Yahoo News |
5:28am PDT |
Tax rebates should start showing up in bank accounts Monday
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Those long-promised tax rebates are now on their way to U.S. taxpayers. People who chose to have their rebates directly deposited into their bank accounts will see the money there beginning Monday. The government's paper checks will start going out o |
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ChristianPost |
5:20am PDT |
'Expelled' Filmmakers Sued Over Lennon Song |
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Summary: As Ben Stein’s pro-intelligent design documentary “Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed” soars into history as one of the most successful documentary films of all time, the producers of the film have found themselves threatened with a lawsuit – part of what |
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BBC News |
5:18am PDT |
Watering holes |
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Summary: Which British town has the most pubs for its size? |
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Yahoo News |
5:15am PDT |
Tax rebates start going out today, earlier than planned
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Tax rebates will start going out today, earlier than previously announced. President Bush announced the change in schedule on Friday. |
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Yahoo News |
5:13am PDT |
Mars, Buffett, cooperate in bid for Wrigley, newspapers say
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Mars Inc. and Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc., were close to a deal to acquire the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company for more than $22 billion, according to media reports, a takeover with the potential to transform the confectionary industry worldwide |
