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Cnn.com |
3:54am PDT |
Funeral attack shatters calm in Beirut |
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Summary: Hezbollah militants have set up checkpoints in western Beirut a day after taking control in Lebanon's capital and dealing a major blow to the U.S.-backed government, as the previous violence largely subsided on Saturday.
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OneNewsNowPress |
3:54am PDT |
Christians urged to stand by Israel |
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Summary:
As Israel celebrates its 60th birthday, Rev. John Hagee says the Jewish state "has never been in greater danger."
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OneNewsNowPress |
3:52am PDT |
Anti-illegal immigration group takes on California lawmakers |
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Summary:
A group that fights against illegal immigration is accusing the state of California of trying to silence its message.
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BBC News |
3:45am PDT |
GM crops to be grown on test site |
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Summary: Approval is given for genetically-modified potatoes are to be grown on a test site in Yorkshire. |
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BBC News |
3:45am PDT |
Live - Turkish GP qualifying |
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Summary: The top drivers battle it out for pole position in Istanbul. |
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Yahoo News |
3:39am PDT |
Hezbollah tightens grip of Beirut
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Lebanon's Iranian-backed Shi'ite
movement Hezbollah tightened its control of the capital Beirut
on Saturday in a show of force after it routed gunmen loyal to
the Western-backed government. |
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BBC News |
3:31am PDT |
Live - Crystal Palace v Bristol City |
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Summary: Neil Warnock's Crystal Palace face Gary Johnson's Bristol City in the Championship play-off first leg at Selhurst Park. |
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BBC News |
3:26am PDT |
New Beirut violence hits funeral |
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Summary: At least one person is killed in a funeral procession in West Beirut, as Hezbollah militants withdraw from the streets. |
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Yahoo News |
3:13am PDT |
Myanmar junta hands out aid boxes with generals' names
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Myanmar's military regime distributed international aid Saturday but plastered the boxes with the names of top generals in an apparent effort to turn the relief effort for last week's devastating cyclone into a propaganda exercise. |
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OneNewsNowPress |
3:07am PDT |
Christians ureged to stand by Israel |
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Summary:
As Israel celebrates its 60th birthday, Rev. John Hagee says the Jewish state "has never been in greater danger."
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OneNewsNowPress |
3:07am PDT |
Media blitz assaulting children |
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Summary:
New research underscores the impact of marketing and advertising on children, and one author says the impact is largely negative.
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OneNewsNowPress |
3:06am PDT |
Vital campaign topic: Judicial nominees |
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Summary:
Ed Whelan, an expert on constitutional law and the judicial nomination process, says conservatives should be heartened by the position the Republican presidential nominee has staked out on judicial nominees.
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Yahoo News |
2:51am PDT |
Malkin's changeup gets Penguins off to fast start vs. Flyers
(AP)
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Summary: AP - For all the skill he possesses at age 21, all the goals he's scored, all he's done to put the Pittsburgh Penguins three victories away from the Stanley Cup finals, Evgeni Malkin has a weakness. Give him a breakaway, and one of the NHL's best players |
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Yahoo News |
2:49am PDT |
Boozer, Jazz find home cookin' better, beat Lakers 104-99
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Utah Jazz are back in the Western Conference semifinals thanks to another performance at home that was nothing like the way they play on the road. |
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BBC News |
2:46am PDT |
Thunderstorms bring flash floods |
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Summary: Homes in several areas of south Wales and a police station are pumped out after "incredible" amounts of rain. |
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Yahoo News |
2:28am PDT |
Tsvangirai to contest Zimbabwe presidential runoff
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai said Saturday he would contest a second-round presidential runoff, but called for international peacekeepers and observers to ensure a fair vote. |
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Cnn.com |
2:15am PDT |
Tsvangirai to contest Zimbabwe election runoff |
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Summary: Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai will contest the presidential runoff with incumbent Robert Mugabe, he announced on Saturday.
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BBC News |
2:13am PDT |
Thunderstorm brings flash floods |
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Summary: Homes in several areas of south Wales and a police station are pumped out after "incredible" amounts of rain. |
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Yahoo News |
1:31am PDT |
Myanmar junta votes as cyclone victims starve
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Myanmar's junta Saturday held a vote on a new constitution, ignoring pleas to focus on delivering urgently needed food supplies to 1.5 million cyclone victims facing disease and hunger. |
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BBC News |
1:29am PDT |
Fire crews attacked five times |
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Summary: Fire crews escape injury after they are attacked at five locations overnight across Northern Ireland. |
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BBC News |
1:25am PDT |
Tsvangirai to run in second round |
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Summary: Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai decides to contest a presidential run-off, despite fears of violence. |
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BBC News |
1:21am PDT |
Gerrard wants title bid next year |
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Summary: Steven Gerrard expects to finish his career at Liverpool but is desperate to challenge for the Premier League title. |
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Cnn.com |
1:14am PDT |
Militant rockets from Gaza land in Israel |
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Summary: Palestinian militants fired eight rockets into Israel early Saturday from Gaza, the Israeli military said.
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BBC News |
1:12am PDT |
Quarantined train given all-clear |
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Summary: An infectious disease did not cause a woman to die and several people to fall ill on a train, Canadian officials say. |
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Yahoo News |
1:11am PDT |
Hezbollah tightens control of Beirut
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The Shi'ite movement Hezbollah tightened
its control of the Lebanese capital on Saturday in a show of
force after it routed gunmen loyal to the Western-backed
government. |
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Yahoo News |
1:05am PDT |
Following year of division, Supreme Court avoids 5-4 splits
(AP)
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Summary: AP - This could be the Supreme Court term, one court watcher joked recently, that Justice John Paul Stevens remembers he is a Republican. |
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Yahoo News |
1:02am PDT |
Anti-illegal immigration group wants San Diego highway sign
(AP)
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Summary: AP - When members of an anti-illegal immigration group offered to sponsor litter cleanup on local roads, they never imagined California officials would offer them an Adopt-a-Highway stretch near a Border Patrol checkpoint on Interstate 5, the main artery |
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Yahoo News |
12:57am PDT |
Feminists sharply divided between Clinton, Obama
(AP)
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Summary: AP - No constituency is more eager to see a woman win the presidency than America's feminists, yet — despite Hillary Rodham Clinton's historic candidacy — the women's movement finds itself wrenchingly divided over the Democratic race as it heads toward th |
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Yahoo News |
12:54am PDT |
Commando leaders shift away from Rumsfeld strategy
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The military command overseeing the nation's most elite forces has moved away from a contentious plan that gave it broad control over anti-terrorism operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and other hot spots around the globe. |
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Yahoo News |
12:50am PDT |
New York Rep. Fossella faces calls for his resignation
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Embattled and embarrassed by the confession he fathered a child from an extramarital affair, New York Rep. Vito Fossella is facing public calls for his resignation. Secluded with his family, he must decide if he wants to keep his job badly enough to |
