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Yahoo News |
11:33pm PDT |
Clinton seeks gas tax vote; Obama calls it 'shell' game
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Summary: AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton called for a vote Friday in the Democratic-controlled Congress on a summertime suspension of the federal gasoline tax, a plan that Barack Obama dismissed as a political stunt that would cost thousands of construction jobs. |
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11:27pm PDT |
'Game-changer' |
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Summary: Indiana could be tie-breaker in the Democratic race |
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Yahoo News |
11:21pm PDT |
Powers want Iran to suspend enrichment during talks: Russia
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - World powers concerned about Iran's nuclear programme want Tehran to suspend uranium enrichment during a negotiation period, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was quoted as saying Saturday. |
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10:43pm PDT |
Mechanical squirrels, robot lizards jump into research
(AP)
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Summary: AP - One gray squirrel, its bushy tail twitching, barked a warning as another scrounged for food nearby. It was an ordinary spring day at Hampshire College, except that the rodent issuing the warning was powered by amps, not acorns. |
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Yahoo News |
10:39pm PDT |
Twisters tear up parts of 4 states; 8 killed in Arkansas
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Violent storms unleashed tornadoes, high winds and hail in four central states and killed eight people in Arkansas, including a teenager who died when a tree fell into her bedroom as she slept. |
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Cnn.com |
10:32pm PDT |
Dalai Lama envoys to meet China officials |
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Summary: Envoys for the Dalai Lama are expected to hold talks in China on Saturday with representatives of the Chinese leadership, a spokesman of the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader said.
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Yahoo News |
10:28pm PDT |
Dalai Lama envoys expected in China
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Summary: AFP - China kept up a barrage of criticism against the Dalai Lama Saturday even as two of his envoys were set to arrive for talks on unrest in Tibet that has marred the runup to the Olympics. |
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Cnn.com |
10:24pm PDT |
Wife convicted after husband fatally shoots lover |
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10:21pm PDT |
Chile volcano prompts evacuation |
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Summary: The Chaiten volcano erupts in southern Chile, forcing more than 1,000 people to leave their homes. |
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10:02pm PDT |
U.S. weighs thousands more troops for Afghan war: paper
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The Pentagon is considering sending up
to 7,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan next year to make up
for a shortfall in contributions from NATO allies, The New York
Times reported on Saturday. |
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Cnn.com |
9:53pm PDT |
Moderate quake shakes Indonesia |
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Summary: A magnitude 5.7 earthquake shook the southern coastline of Indonesia's Sumatra island Saturday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
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9:43pm PDT |
Engine fault 'caused Sudan crash' |
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Summary: Engine failure is blamed for a plane crash in which South Sudan's defence minister died along with at least 22 others. |
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BBC News |
9:34pm PDT |
Cuba lifts ban on home computers |
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Summary: The first legalised home computers go on sale in Cuba, in the latest relaxation of restrictions on daily life. |
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9:12pm PDT |
Evangelicals say faith is now too political
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Summary: AP - Conservative Christian leaders who believe the word "evangelical" has lost its religious meaning plan to release a starkly self-critical document saying the movement has become too political and has diminished the Gospel through its approach to the c |
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8:57pm PDT |
Hawks beat Celtics again in Atlanta, 103-100; force Game 7
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Atlanta Hawks just won't let go of their first trip to the postseason in nine years. The playoff team with the worst record did it again to the team with the best mark, forcing an improbable Game 7 with the Boston Celtics, as Joe Johnson hit a cr |
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8:56pm PDT |
Report: Lakers star Kobe Bryant wins first MVP award
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Kobe Bryant won the NBA's MVP award for the first time, the Los Angeles Times reported on its Web site Friday night, citing anonymous sources familiar with the outcome of voting by media members. |
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Yahoo News |
8:42pm PDT |
Clinton seeks gas tax vote, Obama calls it 'shell' game
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton called for a vote Friday in the Democratic-controlled Congress on a summertime suspension of the federal gasoline tax, a plan that Barack Obama dismissed as a political stunt that would cost thousands of construction jobs. |
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Yahoo News |
8:33pm PDT |
Twisters tear up parts of 4 states; 7 killed in Arkansas
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Violent storms unleashed tornadoes, high winds and hail in four central states and killed seven people in Arkansas, including a teenager who died when a tree fell into her bedroom as she slept. |
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Yahoo News |
8:30pm PDT |
Hawks beat Celtics again in Atlanta, 103-100, force Game 7
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Atlanta Hawks just won't let go of their first trip to the postseason in nine years. |
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Yahoo News |
8:29pm PDT |
Zimbabwe poll result sparks global ire
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Zimbabwe came under mounting pressure Saturday after the long-delayed result of a contentious presidential poll showed Morgan Tsvangirai trouncing Robert Mugabe but falling short of an absolute majority. |
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Yahoo News |
8:10pm PDT |
Election rout for Britain's Brown in first key electoral test
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Britain's governing Labour Party suffered its worst local election results in 40 years Saturday with widespread losses, including the key political prize of running London. |
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Yahoo News |
8:02pm PDT |
Microsoft, Yahoo could reach weekend deal: sources
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Microsoft Corp and
Yahoo Inc are making last-minute efforts to seal a
deal before Microsoft takes its Yahoo bid hostile or abandons
it altogether, sources familiar with the matter said on Friday. |
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Yahoo News |
7:58pm PDT |
Brown's party loses London
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Britain's Labour Party suffered its
worst local election defeat on record and lost control of
London on Friday, forcing Prime Minister Gordon Brown to
rethink his strategy to avoid losing the next national poll. |
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Cnn.com |
7:57pm PDT |
Computers go on sale to Cubans |
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Summary: Computers went on sale Friday for Cubans' private use, the latest in a series of goods to become available under the communist government's new president.
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BBC News |
7:53pm PDT |
'Risk' from open prison criminals |
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Summary: Panorama investigates claims that unsuitable and dangerous convicts are being sent to open prisons to help solve the overcrowding crisis. |
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BBC News |
7:51pm PDT |
The fear factor |
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Summary: Why British tourists remain wary a year after Madeleine |
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Yahoo News |
7:28pm PDT |
James' triple-double helps Cavs beat Wizards to end series
(AP)
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Summary: AP - LeBron James was everywhere and did a little bit of everything. And, just as he seems to do every spring, he led the Cleveland Cavaliers past the Washington Wizards in the first round of the playoffs. |
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Cnn.com |
6:50pm PDT |
Poll: 70% in U.S. say things going badly |
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Summary: Seventy percent of people questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey say things are going badly in the United States. The last time the public gave the country's condition such a bad rating was January 1992 in the last year in office of the l |
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Cnn.com |
6:50pm PDT |
Poll: More Americans in sour mood about country |
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Summary: Seventy percent of people questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey say things are going badly in the United States. The last time the public gave the country's condition such a bad rating was January 1992 in the last year in office of the l |
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Cnn.com |
6:49pm PDT |
Christian leaders to denounce politics of faith |
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