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BBC News |
2:17pm PDT |
Gunman shot dead in armed siege |
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Summary: Armed police are involved in a stand-off with a gunman who shot at them near the King's Road in London. |
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Cnn.com |
2:17pm PDT |
Spears' visitation with sons expanded |
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Summary: Troubled pop star Britney Spears will be allowed to spend more time with her sons under modified custody arrangements agreed upon at a hearing Tuesday, said attorneys for Spears' ex-husband, Kevin Federline.
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ChristianPost |
2:13pm PDT |
McCain Castigates Obama on Judges |
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Summary: Republican John McCain criticized Democratic rival Barack Obama for voting against John Roberts as U.S. chief justice, reaching out to the Christian right on one of their chief concerns: the proper role of judges in ... |
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Yahoo News |
2:07pm PDT |
75 students arrested in San Diego State University drug bust
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Dozens of San Diego State University students were arrested after a sweeping drug investigation found that some fraternity members openly dealt drugs and one even sent a mass text message advertising cocaine, authorities said Tuesday. |
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BBC News |
2:04pm PDT |
Holiday 'care' family return home |
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Summary: An allegedly drunk couple whose children were taken into care in Portugal are thought to be back home. |
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BBC News |
2:04pm PDT |
Flood risk fear over key UK sites |
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Summary: Hundreds of power substations and sewage plants are potentially at risk from flooding, the BBC learns. |
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Yahoo News |
2:02pm PDT |
Special counsel's office raided amid obstruction probe
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Federal agents raided the office and home of U.S. Special Counsel Scott Bloch on Tuesday while investigating whether the nation's top protector of whistle-blowers destroyed evidence potentially showing he retaliated against his own staff. |
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Yahoo News |
2:00pm PDT |
K-Fed lawyer: Spears' expanded visits recognize 'progress'
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Britney Spears will have expanded visits with her sons following a child-custody hearing that went off without a hitch Tuesday, capping a three-month period of relative calm and stability for the troubled pop star and mother of two. |
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Yahoo News |
1:29pm PDT |
Obama and Clinton face new tests in White House duel
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton
faced critical tests in their grueling White House duel on
Tuesday, as millions of voters in Indiana and North Carolina
cast ballots in the latest Democratic showdowns. |
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BBC News |
1:27pm PDT |
Alexander in 'referendum threat' |
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Summary: Scottish Labour leader Wendy Alexander may bring forward plans for a public vote on independence. |
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Cnn.com |
1:21pm PDT |
Sect's 'Messiah' arrested on sex charges |
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Summary: The leader of an apocalyptic New Mexico church who claims to be the Messiah was arrested Tuesday on sex charges, state police said.
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BBC News |
1:19pm PDT |
Europe PS3 sales 'overtake 360' |
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Summary: Sony says sales of the PlayStation 3 console in Europe have overtaken those of Xbox 360. |
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Yahoo News |
1:11pm PDT |
Nearly 100 arrested in California university drug bust
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Nearly 100 people, most of them
students, were arrested during a lengthy undercover
investigation targeting drug trafficking at San Diego State
University in California, authorities said on Tuesday. |
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Yahoo News |
1:08pm PDT |
Trainer: Eight Belles was not on steroids
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The trainer of Kentucky Derby runner-up Eight Belles on Tuesday ordered drug testing as part of the autopsy, intent on dispelling any suggestion the fallen filly may have been on steroids. |
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Yahoo News |
1:07pm PDT |
75 students arrested in San Diego University drug bust
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Dozens of San Diego State University students were arrested after a sweeping drug investigation found that some fraternity members openly dealt drugs and one even sent a mass text message advertising cocaine, authorities said Tuesday. |
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ChristianPost |
1:07pm PDT |
Russian Church: E.U. Needs to Do More to Protect Christians |
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Summary: The European Union should do more to protect Christians worldwide, said the representative of the Russian Church to European Union officials on ... |
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Yahoo News |
1:07pm PDT |
Clinton, Obama battle in Indiana, North Carolina primaries
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama battled in the Indiana and North Carolina primaries on Tuesday, the last big-delegate prizes left in their marathon race for the Democratic presidential nomination. |
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BBC News |
12:55pm PDT |
Sarkozy 'non' to Blair presidency |
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Summary: Nicolas Sarkozy has withdrawn his backing of Tony Blair to become the first EU president, sources say. |
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Yahoo News |
12:51pm PDT |
Committee chairman accuses VA of criminal negligence
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Department of Veterans Affairs' top mental health official said Tuesday he made a poor choice of words when he sent his colleagues an e-mail about suicide data that started out with "Shh!" |
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Yahoo News |
12:47pm PDT |
Iraqi civilians flee fighting in Baghdad militia stronghold
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A rocket slammed into Baghdad's city hall and another hit a downtown park Tuesday as more frightened civilians fled a Shiite militia stronghold where U.S.-led forces are locked in fierce street battles. |
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Yahoo News |
12:45pm PDT |
Chile volcano blasts ash 20 miles high, forcing evacuations
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The long-dormant Chaiten volcano blasted ash some 20 miles (30 kilometers) into the Andean sky on Tuesday, forcing thousands to evacuate and fouling a huge stretch of the South American continent. |
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Yahoo News |
12:27pm PDT |
Hearing brings change in Britney Spears' custody order
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A change has been made to Britney Spears' child custody arrangement following a low-key hearing attended by the troubled pop star and ex-husband Kevin Federline in Los Angeles. |
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ChristianPost |
12:24pm PDT |
Christian Legal Group Protests New Pro-Gay Curriculum |
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Summary: Attorneys from the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF), a Christian legal group, are challenging a newly proposed lesson plan by schools in Minneapolis, Minn., to carry out what ADF claims amounts to the homosexual indoctrination of elementary school ... |
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Yahoo News |
12:17pm PDT |
Co-founder of Baskin-Robbins ice cream stores dies at 90
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The man who helped build the 31-flavor craze at ice cream store Baskin-Robbins has died at age 90. |
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Yahoo News |
12:17pm PDT |
Students claim police chief who shot himself was careless
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The police chief who shot himself in the ankle was waving a loaded pistol and being careless, according to two students who were attending his class to qualify for a concealed-weapons permit. "We were told the gun is the chief's personal sidearm, but |
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ChristianPost |
12:17pm PDT |
The Gospel Remedies Pastoral Malpractice |
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Summary: I would consider pastoral malpractice among the greatest treasons a minister can commit against the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Unfortunately, it is practiced weekly without ... |
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Cnn.com |
12:15pm PDT |
Cheney's chief of staff subpoenaed |
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Summary: A House of Representatives committee has subpoenaed Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff as part of its investigation into the treatment of suspected terrorists, the White House confirmed Tuesday.
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Cnn.com |
12:10pm PDT |
Nearly 100 arrested in university sting |
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Summary: Almost 100 people have been arrested after an undercover drug operation at San Diego State University in California.
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Yahoo News |
12:06pm PDT |
U.S. set for first execution after moratorium
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Georgia is set to execute a convicted
murderer on Tuesday, the first person to be put to death in the
United States since the Supreme Court ended a de facto
moratorium on capital punishment last month. |
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Yahoo News |
11:58am PDT |
Fannie Mae sees sharper home-price declines, loses $2.2B
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The steeper slide in home prices is accelerating the pace of foreclosures, Fannie Mae said Tuesday as it outlined plans for shoring up its finances following a $2.2 billion first quarter loss. |
