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Yahoo News |
9:39am PDT |
Nearly 100 students at San Diego State arrested in drug bust
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Summary: AP - Authorities say nearly 100 students have been arrested at San Diego State University on drug-related charges. |
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BBC News |
9:33am PDT |
Man convicted of stalking Thurman |
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Summary: A man who was accused of making actress Uma Thurman "panicked" and "frightened" is found guilty of stalking. |
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ChristianPost |
9:31am PDT |
Anglican Head, Pope Discuss Christian-Muslim Relations |
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Summary: The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams, met privately with Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican where the two religious leaders discussed Christian-Muslim ... |
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BBC News |
9:24am PDT |
Spain seizes 'priceless' antiques |
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Summary: A couple in arrested in Spain, accused of trafficking artefacts plundered from Latin American archaeological sites. |
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Yahoo News |
9:21am PDT |
NYC jury convicts fan of stalking Uma Thurman
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Summary: AP - A lovesick former mental patient was convicted Tuesday of stalking and harassing Uma Thurman for more than two years, showing up on her front doorstep and movie set and sending the actress a series of creepy love letters. |
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Yahoo News |
9:13am PDT |
Asia sets $2.5 bln farm boost, aid in food price fight
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Summary: Reuters - The ADB pledged $2.5 billion in
emergency aid and loans in Asian nations hit hardest by soaring
food costs as finance chiefs agreed on Tuesday to boost farm
output as a long term solution to the crisis. |
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Cnn.com |
9:07am PDT |
Britney in court, fans stay away |
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BBC News |
8:59am PDT |
Scots referendum date 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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CTI News |
8:56am PDT |
My Top 5 Presidential Biographies |
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Summary: By Paul Kengor, author, 'God and Ronald Reagan: A Spiritual Life' (Harper Perennial)
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CTI News |
8:56am PDT |
The Weight of Story |
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Summary: Director Andrew Adamson, whose latest Narnia movie, 'Prince Caspian,' releases to theaters next week, fully feels the burden to get it just right.
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Yahoo News |
8:54am PDT |
Yahoo shares up on hope of talks
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Investors in Yahoo Inc
latched onto hopes the company could resume talks with
Microsoft Corp , though an executive at the software
maker cast doubt on Tuesday about any return to a deal. |
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Cnn.com |
8:48am PDT |
Kilauea's toxic gas kills crops, sickens islanders |
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Cnn.com |
8:48am PDT |
Town evacuated as volcano spews ash |
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Summary: Officials have ordered a total evacuation of a nearby area after the Chaiten volcano spewed lava and blasted ash more than 12 miles (20 kilometers) into the sky on Tuesday.
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BBC News |
8:45am PDT |
Make doping a crime, says Lewis |
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Summary: Olympic legend Carl Lewis tells BBC Sport governments should make the use of banned substances in sport a criminal offence. |
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BBC News |
8:39am PDT |
Alexander makes 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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Yahoo News |
8:33am PDT |
Britney Spears arrives at LA courthouse with little fanfare
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Britney Spears showed up at the county courthouse for a custody hearing Tuesday, but there were no screaming fans, no signs or banners, no frenzied chase into the parking garage. |
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Cnn.com |
8:31am PDT |
Heavy turnout for today's primaries |
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Summary: Poll workers in Indiana and North Carolina report heavy turnout for today's primaries that could be crucial to the Democratic presidential nomination battle between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Polling officials at one Indianapolis precinct said that |
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Yahoo News |
8:30am PDT |
Pandemic flu threat remains substantial, health experts say
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The world still faces a substantial threat of a flu pandemic and countries need to speed up preparations for a global outbreak, health experts said Tuesday. |
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BBC News |
8:29am PDT |
Gas explosion destroys city house |
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Summary: Forty people are led to safety from a street in Birmingham after a gas explosion destroys a house. |
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ChristianPost |
8:27am PDT |
T.D. Jakes: Black Church Unfairly Portrayed |
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Summary: Black megachurch leader Bishop T.D. Jakes expressed pain on Monday at seeing the African-American church portrayed negatively by the ... |
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Yahoo News |
8:24am PDT |
ADB to fight food crisis with $500mln emergency loans
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The Asian Development Bank said on
Tuesday it would give up to $500 million in emergency loans to
regional economies hardest hit by the food price crisis and
double investment in the farm sector to $2 billion in 2009. |
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Cnn.com |
8:16am PDT |
Oil hits yet another high |
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Yahoo News |
8:12am PDT |
Fannie Mae loses $2.2B in 1Q, warns of severe weakness
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Fannie Mae reported losses of $2.2 billion in the first quarter and the nation's largest buyer of home loans said Tuesday it would cut its dividend and raise $6 billion in new capital, with expectations that the housing slump will persist into next y |
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Cnn.com |
8:10am PDT |
Schools to build tornado safe rooms |
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ChristianPost |
8:09am PDT |
Diminishing Glory |
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Summary: When the prophet Isaiah and the apostle John caught glimpses of God, they were overcome with despair at their own unworthiness in the light of His glory. The same could be said of Daniel or Paul, or any number of figures from ... |
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BBC News |
8:06am PDT |
Darling 'to meet 10p tax rebels' |
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Summary: Chancellor Alistair Darling is due to meet Labour rebels over the scrapping of the 10p tax rate, the BBC learns. |
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BBC News |
8:04am PDT |
BBC News website wins Webby vote |
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Summary: The BBC News website wins the People's Voice prize in the news category at this year's Webby Awards. |
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Cnn.com |
8:01am PDT |
Bush to Myanmar: 'Let us help' |
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Summary: President Bush joined a chorus of international leaders urging Myanmar's reclusive military government to allow the flow of aid after a disastrous weekend cyclone killed tens of thousands of people.
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ChristianPost |
8:00am PDT |
Chinese City Set to Become Bible Printing Capital of the World |
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Summary: In two weeks, the world’s largest Bible printing facility will open in Nanjing, China, prompting some to dub the historic eastern Chinese city the Bible printing capital of the ... |
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Yahoo News |
7:57am PDT |
Volcano in Chile spews lava and blasts ash 12 miles into sky
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Chaiten volcano spewed lava and blasted ash more than 12 miles into the sky on Tuesday, prompting a total evacuation of the provincial capital and other settlements. |
