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2:54pm PDT |
Top US commando says strain of war limits forces elsewhere
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Summary: AP - The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are making such heavy use of the nation's Green Berets and other elite warriors that they cannot fulfill their roles in other parts of the world, the military's top commando told The Associated Press on Monday. |
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Cnn.com |
2:48pm PDT |
GOP senators call for easing of ethanol rules |
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Summary: Sen. John McCain Monday joined other GOP senators urging environmental regulators to ease rules demanding a sharp increase in ethanol use to help head off further increases in food prices.
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2:46pm PDT |
AP Interview: Eight Belles' trainer defends jockey's conduct
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Summary: AP - The trainer of euthanized filly Eight Belles adamantly defended the way jockey Gabriel Saez handled the Kentucky Derby runner-up. In an interview with The Associated Press on Monday, Larry Jones said Saez applied the whip only to prevent Eight Belles |
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2:35pm PDT |
Luis Palau Hits Jamaica with Good News, Fun |
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Summary: American evangelist Luis Palau preached the Good News of Jesus Christ to an estimated 150,000 people in Jamaica’s capital city of Kingston this past ... |
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2:30pm PDT |
Olmert and Abbas 'make progress' |
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Summary: Differences have narrowed, officials say, as Israeli and Palestinian leaders meet for a new round of talks. |
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2:29pm PDT |
China leader to begin Japan visit |
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Summary: Chinese President Hu Jintao is set to begin a five-day state visit to Japan, the first such trip in a decade. |
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2:29pm PDT |
China leader begins Japan visit |
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Summary: Chinese President Hu Jintao arrives in Japan on a five-day state visit, the first such trip in a decade. |
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Cnn.com |
2:22pm PDT |
Martin: Wright will haunt conservative media |
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Summary: Now that Sen. Barack Obama has denounced his former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, many of his critics, especially those who call themselves conservative, are happy he has put the dashiki-wearing, American-criticizing former Marine in his place.
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2:19pm PDT |
Christian Group Battles 'Perfect Storm' |
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Summary: As the world continues to steer an uneasy course with political, social, and economic instability wrecking havoc on the lives of millions, one Christian ministry is carrying out its commission to feed the hungry and clothe the poor in the face of what has |
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Cnn.com |
2:12pm PDT |
Polygamy roll lists 21 wives for 1 member |
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Summary: In the secretive, illegal world of American polygamy, life has been good to 67-year-old Wendell Loy Nielsen of Eldorado, Texas.
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2:03pm PDT |
River search teams recover body |
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Summary: Coastguards searching for a missing boy who was swept into the River Foyle in County Donegal recover a body. |
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2:00pm PDT |
On eve of Indiana, NC, Clinton, Obama duel on gas prices
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Summary: AP - Dueling over gas prices, Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama strained for every last vote on Monday, the eve of the Indiana and North Carolina primaries that are the biggest prizes left in their epic Democratic nomination fight. |
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1:43pm PDT |
Brazil tour offers 'chance to meet drug dealers' |
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Summary: Visitors taking tours of Brazil's shanty towns are being introduced to armed drug dealers, a Brazilian newspaper reports. |
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1:29pm PDT |
Obama and Clinton clash on gas tax before big votes
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Summary: Reuters - Democrats Barack
Obama and Hillary Clinton renewed their battle over gas tax
relief on Monday in a late push for support on the eve of
critical presidential showdowns in North Carolina and Indiana. |
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Cnn.com |
1:29pm PDT |
Denial of clemency paves way for execution |
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Summary: Georgia's Parole and Pardon Board has denied a condemned inmate's request for clemency, paving the way for William Earl Lynd to die by injection at 7 p.m. on Tuesday.
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1:22pm PDT |
Diaries show Saddam feared getting AIDS in prison
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Summary: AP - Saddam Hussein feared catching AIDS or other diseases during his U.S.-supervised captivity, a leading Arab newspaper said Monday in publishing excerpts of his prison writings. |
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1:20pm PDT |
Captain's 'heart sank' when pirates attacked |
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Summary: Colin Darch piloted his ship off the Somalia coast when pirates surrounded him and opened fire. It was the start of a 47-day hijacking. Sometimes, the pirates slaughtered goats in front of everyone. "We were told that if we behaved no one would get hurt, |
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1:19pm PDT |
Top US commando sees more demand for elite forces in Iraq
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Summary: AP - Even as the overall U.S. force in Iraq shrinks, the number of elite troops known as special operations forces is likely to grow, the military's top commando told The Associated Press on Monday. |
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1:17pm PDT |
Mildred Loving, matriarch of interracial marriage, dies
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Summary: AP - Mildred Loving, a black woman whose challenge to Virginia's ban on interracial marriage led to a landmark Supreme Court ruling striking down such laws nationwide, has died, her daughter said Monday. |
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1:17pm PDT |
Study: Restaurant tobacco bans influence teen smoking
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Summary: AP - A Massachusetts study suggests that restaurant smoking bans may play a big role in persuading teens not to become smokers. Youths who lived in towns with strict bans were 40 percent less likely to become regular smokers than those in communities with |
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1:16pm PDT |
Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds engaged
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Summary: AP - Scarlett Johansson and her boyfriend, Ryan Reynolds, are engaged. The 23-year-old actress and the 31-year-old actor have not set a wedding date, Johansson's publicist, Marcel Pariseau, said Monday. |
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1:15pm PDT |
Eight Belles' trainer defends jockey
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Summary: AP - The trainer of euthanized filly Eight Belles adamantly defended the way jockey Gabriel Saez handled the Kentucky Derby runner-up. In an interview with The Associated Press on Monday, Larry Jones said Saez applied the whip only to prevent Eight Belles |
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1:10pm PDT |
Discussion on Religion, Homosexuality, Therapy Canceled Amid Protest |
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Summary: What was intended to be an academic symposium, or a "balanced" discussion, on religion, homosexuality and therapy has been canceled amid a wave of criticism from gay activists who painted the event as anything ... |
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Cnn.com |
1:02pm PDT |
Laura Bush pushes Myanmar on cyclone aid |
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Summary: The U.N. and international relief groups are scrambling to get aid to Myanmar as an official there said the cyclone death toll will top 10,000. U.S. first lady Laura Bush urged Myanmar to allow a U.S. team into the country and blasted the military governm |
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12:59pm PDT |
A Look Back at China's Growing Faith |
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Summary: Much attention has been paid to China’s human rights violations, including its suppression of religious freedom, ahead of the Beijing Olympics in August. But a look back at the past decade shows how far the strictly secular and formerly atheistic nation |
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Cnn.com |
12:45pm PDT |
Aid groups scramble with 10,000 feared dead |
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Summary: The United Nations and international relief organizations scrambled to get aid to Myanmar as a government minister said the count of those killed in Friday's cyclone will top 10,000.
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Yahoo News |
12:39pm PDT |
Yahoo investors seek Microsoft return
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Summary: Reuters - Yahoo Inc's shares tumbled on
Monday as investors punished the company for rejecting
Microsoft Corp's $47.5 billion bid, though the fall
was cushioned by hopes a deal may still be possible. |
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BBC News |
12:38pm PDT |
O'Sullivan wins third world title |
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Summary: Ronnie O'Sullivan secures third World Championship after beating Ali Carter 18-8 at the Crucible. |
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Yahoo News |
12:20pm PDT |
Deliberations at NYC trial for accused Uma Thurman stalker
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Summary: AP - A former mental patient "terrified" Uma Thurman by stalking and harassing her for more than two years, a prosecutor said in closing arguments at his trial. |
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12:13pm PDT |
Police: Motorcyclist flipped bird, popped wheelie, crashed
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Summary: AP - A Long Island man who flipped his finger at a police cruiser and then popped a wheelie on his motorcycle is recovering from injuries after crashing. |
