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Yahoo News |
12:14pm PDT |
Clinton spurns "elite" economists on gas tax
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Democratic presidential candidate
Hillary Clinton on Sunday dismissed the "elite opinion" of
economists who criticized her gas tax proposal, using a term
that has dogged rival Barack Obama in recent weeks. |
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Yahoo News |
11:50am PDT |
Hawks forward Williams ejected after taking down Rondo
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Hawks forward Marvin Williams was ejected from Game 7 of Atlanta's playoff series against Boston on Sunday when he slammed Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo to the floor to prevent a layup. |
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Yahoo News |
11:45am PDT |
Marvel turns 'Iron Man' into gold with $100M-plus debut
(AP)
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Summary: AP - "Iron Man" was pure gold at the box office. |
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Yahoo News |
11:33am PDT |
Competitive zeal of Ballmer key element in Yahoo chase
(AP)
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Summary: AP - As Yahoo continued to resist Microsoft's $42 billion takeover offer, a key question was just how far Microsoft's excitable CEO, Steve Ballmer, was willing to go in hopes of defeating online advertising and search leader Google. |
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Yahoo News |
11:27am PDT |
'Smart' power meters herald future of our electricity use
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Determined to cut his electricity bill, Darrell Brubaker took the usual steps of raising his air conditioner's thermostat and cooking more on the grill. |
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Yahoo News |
11:25am PDT |
US-backed plan sees shiny future for embattled Green Zone
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Forget the rocket attacks, concrete blast walls and lack of a sewer system. Now try to imagine luxury hotels, a shopping center and even condos in the heart of Baghdad. |
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BBC News |
11:24am PDT |
Cocaine haul worth £15m is seized |
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Summary: Cocaine with a street value of £15m is recovered at an Essex port following a long-running police operation. |
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Yahoo News |
11:22am PDT |
Obama says Clinton's tough talk on Iran too much like Bush's
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Barack Obama likened Hillary Rodham Clinton to President Bush for threatening to "totally obliterate" Iran if it attacks Israel and called her gas-tax holiday a gimmick as he tried to fend off her challenge ahead of two pivotal Democratic primaries. |
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ChristianToday |
11:18am PDT |
Over 350 dead as cyclone pounds Burma |
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Summary: A cyclone killed more than 350 people in militaryruled Burma ripping through Yangon and the Irrawaddy delta where it flattened at least two towns officials and state media said on Sunday |
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ChristianToday |
11:17am PDT |
Boat with 80plus people sinks in Amazon |
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Summary: A boat carrying more than 80 people sank on Sunday at dawn on a major river in the Amazon rain forest rescue workers and media reports said |
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ChristianToday |
11:16am PDT |
Rice presses Israel on roadblocks and settlements |
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Summary: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Sunday pressed Israel to ease travel restrictions on Palestinians and called Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank particularly problematic |
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ChristianToday |
11:16am PDT |
China province records 622 new cases of virus |
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Summary: A province in eastern China recorded 622 new cases of the intestinal virus known as enterovirus 71 on Saturday alone the official Xinhua news agency said on Sunday |
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Yahoo News |
11:16am PDT |
Marvel turns `Iron Man' into gold with $100M-plus debut
(AP)
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Summary: AP - "Iron Man" was pure gold at the box office. |
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ChristianToday |
11:15am PDT |
Iraqi presidents wife escapes bomb attack |
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Summary: Iraqi President Jalal Talabanis wife narrowly escaped death on Sunday when a roadside bomb exploded near her convoy in central Baghdad the presidents office said |
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BBC News |
11:07am PDT |
Madonna celebrates chart double |
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Summary: Madonna's album Hard Candy goes straight to number one in the UK, while her single 4 Minutes stays at the top. |
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BBC News |
11:07am PDT |
Madonna celebrates a chart double as her album goes straight to number one in the UK |
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Summary: Madonna's album Hard Candy goes straight to number one in the UK, while her single 4 Minutes stays at the top. |
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Yahoo News |
11:02am PDT |
China farms the world to feed a ravenous economy
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The rice fields that blanketed this remote mountain village for generations are gone. In their place rise neat rows of young rubber trees — their sap destined for China. |
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BBC News |
10:57am PDT |
Iraqi first lady survives bombing |
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Summary: The wife of Iraq's president is unhurt after a bomb attack on her motorcade in Baghdad, the president's office says. |
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ChristianToday |
10:56am PDT |
Brown insists his party can recover |
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Summary: Prime Minister Gordon Brown admitted on Sunday he had made mistakes but insisted his party could recover from crushing local poll losses to win the next parliamentary election |
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ChristianToday |
10:56am PDT |
Pope set to meet Archbishop of Canterbury |
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Summary: Pope Benedict is expected to meet the Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams on Monday in only the second official meeting between the two religious leaders a Vatican source said on Sunday |
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ChristianToday |
10:55am PDT |
Government seen risking business exodus over tax |
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Summary: Some of the biggest names in British business have told the government that it risks a corporate exodus if it presses ahead with tax proposals on foreign earnings newspapers said on Sunday |
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ChristianToday |
10:54am PDT |
Angel of North trounces St Pauls in landmark poll |
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Summary: Sir Christopher Wrens St Pauls Cathedral came up short in a survey of Britains most recognisable landmarks on Sunday as Anthony Gormleys Angel of the North sculpture proved a convincing winner |
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ChristianToday |
10:54am PDT |
Police seize 13 million of cocaine |
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Summary: Cumbria police said on Sunday they had made one of the countrys biggest cocaine seizures netting drugs with a street value of 13 million pounds and arresting six men |
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ChristianToday |
10:53am PDT |
Brown calls for pressure on OPEC on oil price |
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Summary: Prime Minister Gordon Brown called on Sunday for international pressure on oil producers group OPEC to bring oil prices down |
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ChristianToday |
10:53am PDT |
WEA International Director visits key church leaders in Vietnam |
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Summary: During his first visit to Vietnam since becoming WEAs International Director Dr Geoff Tunnicliffe met with key church leaders in Ho Chi Minh City in early April and invited a number of leaders to come as observers to the WEA General Assembly in Thailand l |
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Yahoo News |
10:45am PDT |
Rice pushes for peace progress; Israel denies hidden agenda
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Facing mounting Palestinian frustration at the pace of peace talks, the United States leaned on Israel on Sunday to lift restrictions that chafe West Bank residents and stifle an already limping economy. |
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Yahoo News |
10:32am PDT |
Clinton dismisses "elite" economists on gas tax
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Democratic presidential candidate
Hillary Clinton on Sunday dismissed the "elite opinion" of
economists who criticized her gas tax proposal, using a term
that has dogged rival Barack Obama in recent weeks. |
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Yahoo News |
10:30am PDT |
Miley Cyrus performs at Disney but doesn't address photo
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Miley Cyrus returned to the stage for a concert in Orlando, Fla., but did not say anything about the recent controversy over her Vanity Fair portrait. |
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Cnn.com |
10:29am PDT |
Police use pepper spray, arrest NFL player |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
10:13am PDT |
Hundreds killed by Burma cyclone |
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Summary: A tropical cyclone killed at least 351 people in Burma and damaged thousands of buildings, state TV reports. |
