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Yahoo News |
10:07am PDT |
DNA tests reveal mystery surrounding playwright Schiller
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Who is buried in Friedrich Schiller's tomb? Several people, apparently, but none of them the famous poet and playwright, according to new research. |
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BBC News |
9:53am PDT |
O'Sullivan takes world final lead |
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Summary: Ronnie O'Sullivan secures a 6-2 lead over Ali Carter after the first session of the World Championship final. |
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Yahoo News |
9:52am PDT |
Obama slams Clinton's "cowboy" talk on Iran
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Democratic presidential candidate
Barack Obama accused rival Hillary Clinton of saber rattling
toward Iran on Sunday and compared her approach to that of
unpopular President George W. Bush. |
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Yahoo News |
9:49am PDT |
Old cemetery poses grave dilemma for buyers of Vt. farm
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The 130-acre property was exactly what Michel Guite and his family wanted: an old Vermont farm with mountain views, rolling hills and meadows. |
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Cnn.com |
9:46am PDT |
Iraq's first lady survives bomb attack |
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Summary: A bomb detonated near the Iraqi first lady's motorcade in downtown Baghdad on Sunday, wounding soldiers and at least two civilians, but the president's wife escaped without injury, officials said.
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Cnn.com |
9:46am PDT |
Attack on Iraqi first lady's convoy wounds others |
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Summary: A bomb detonated near the Iraqi first lady's motorcade in downtown Baghdad on Sunday, wounding soldiers and at least two civilians, but the president's wife escaped without injury, officials said.
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BBC News |
9:45am PDT |
Somalis protest against US strike |
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Summary: People in the Somali town of Dusamareb protest against a US strike that killed a militant leader and at least 10 others. |
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Yahoo News |
9:44am PDT |
Al Qaeda behind attack on Karzai, spy chief says
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Al Qaeda in Pakistan was behind last
week's assassination attempt on Afghan President Hamid Karzai,
Afghanistan's intelligence chief said on Sunday. |
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BBC News |
9:37am PDT |
Brother and sister found dead |
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Summary: A murder inquiry is launched after a brother and sister were found dead at a house in Fife. |
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BBC News |
9:29am PDT |
Children being 'dumped at school' |
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Summary: The leader of the National Association of Head Teachers accuses some parents of "dumping" children on schools. |
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BBC News |
9:27am PDT |
Dalai Lama aides hold China talks |
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Summary: Envoys of the Dalai Lama hold talks with Chinese officials, as Beijing continues to condemn Tibetan activists. |
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Yahoo News |
9:26am PDT |
Part II: Straining to progress, as family challenges mount
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Day 1 at Project Walk fell on their 13th wedding anniversary. In years past, John and Marci Pou might have gone to dinner. |
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BBC News |
9:26am PDT |
Top competitor's motorbike stolen |
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Summary: A 16-year-old motorcyclist who competes at international level has her specialist bike stolen from a shed. |
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Yahoo News |
9:10am PDT |
Differences between McCain and Obama go well beyond the obvious
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The differences couldn't be more striking — and they go well beyond older, white and Republican vs. younger, black and Democratic. |
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BBC News |
9:04am PDT |
Property lure |
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Summary: UK developers look to India for wealthy new customers |
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BBC News |
8:56am PDT |
Cocaine haul worth £13m is seized |
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Summary: Cocaine with a street value of £13m, believed to be one of the largest hauls in the UK, is recovered by Cumbria Police. |
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Yahoo News |
8:50am PDT |
Obama criticizes Clinton over her words about Iran
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Barack Obama scolded Democratic rival Hillary Rodham Clinton on Sunday for saying that the United States would "totally obliterate" Iran if it attacks Israel, and likened her to President Bush. Clinton stood by her comment. |
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BBC News |
8:48am PDT |
Targets 'drive out head teachers' |
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Summary: Ofsted inspection pressures deter good candidates from becoming head teachers, research suggests. |
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Yahoo News |
8:47am PDT |
Myanmar cyclone kills 350
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A cyclone killed more than 350 people in
military-ruled Myanmar, 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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ChristianPost |
8:40am PDT |
Copycat Christianity |
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Summary: Before there were marketing phenomena like the Purpose-Driven Life and The Prayer of Jabez—each selling millions of copies—there was a little devotional book that went through 6,000 editions and spread all across the world. It was written by a monk in 141 |
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Yahoo News |
8:27am PDT |
24 Chinese children die of virus; other countries affected
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A common illness that typically causes little more than a fever and rash has killed 24 children in China, and health officials fear the worst may be yet to come as outbreaks occur in neighboring countries. |
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Yahoo News |
8:23am PDT |
China seeking "positive results" from Tibet talks
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - China's president said he was
hoping for positive results from talks with envoys of the Dalai
Lama, which opened on Sunday, but state media kept up a barrage
of attacks on Tibet's exiled spiritual leader. |
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Yahoo News |
8:22am PDT |
Rice pushes for peace progress, Israel denies hidden agenda
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Israel isn't trying to expand Jewish housing in the West Bank to effect a land grab before an eventual military withdrawal, the country's senior diplomat said Sunday. |
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Yahoo News |
8:20am PDT |
Iraqi First Lady escapes Baghdad bombing
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Iraqi President Jalal Talabani's wife, Hero Ibrahim Ahmed, escaped a roadside bomb attack in the heart of Baghdad on Sunday that wounded her four bodyguards, officials said. |
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BBC News |
8:20am PDT |
Labour suffer 'kick up backside' |
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Summary: Welsh Secretary Paul Murphy says Labour must "listen hard and act hard" after council election losses. |
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BBC News |
8:19am PDT |
Two boys in car 'died violently' |
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Summary: Two young boys found dead in a car at a beauty spot near Glasgow are believed to have died violently, reports suggest. |
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ChristianPost |
8:18am PDT |
Evangelical Cizik Among Time's 100 Most Influential People |
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Summary: The Rev. Richard Cizik, the face of the green evangelical movement, was named among Time magazine’s top 100 most influential people in the world ... |
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Cnn.com |
8:04am PDT |
Iraqi first lady survives attack |
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Summary: A bomb detonated near the Iraqi first lady's motorcade in downtown Baghdad on Sunday, wounding soldiers and at least two civilians, but the president's wife escaped without injury, officials said.
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BBC News |
7:58am PDT |
West Brom take Championship title in style |
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Summary: West Brom take the Championship title and secure promotion after a win at QPR. |
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Cnn.com |
7:57am PDT |
Suspect charged in Philadelphia cop killing |
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