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Yahoo News |
2:13pm PDT |
China quake death toll rises above 8,700
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A powerful earthquake toppled buildings, schools and chemical plants Monday in central China, killing more than 8,700 people and trapping untold numbers in mounds of concrete, steel and earth in the country's worst quake in three decades. |
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Yahoo News |
2:02pm PDT |
ATF chief: Crime rose as cities' funding dropped
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Violent crime has increased in some cities in recent years in part because local police are too cash-strapped to fight it, the ATF chief said Monday. |
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Yahoo News |
1:59pm PDT |
Ex-State officials allege corruption in Iraq
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Bush administration repeatedly ignored corruption at the highest levels within the Iraqi government and kept secret potentially embarrassing information so as not to undermine its relationship with Baghdad, according to two former State Departmen |
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BBC News |
1:49pm PDT |
EDS shares up on HP buyout report |
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Summary: Shares in EDS rise by 28% on reports that it is close to being taken over by Hewlett-Packard. |
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Yahoo News |
1:46pm PDT |
Iran says to sue U.S. and Britain over mosque blast
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Iran's judiciary said on Monday it would
file international lawsuits against the United States and
Britain, accusing them of providing financial support to those
behind a blast in a mosque that killed 14 people. |
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Yahoo News |
1:41pm PDT |
Cablevision and Tribune reach deal for Newsday
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Cablevision Systems Corp has
sealed a $650 million deal to buy the Long Island daily
newspaper Newsday from Tribune Co, but analysts doubt the cable
company can achieve cost savings to justify its investment. |
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Yahoo News |
1:29pm PDT |
Duke leads Pirates past Braves 5-0 in Game 1
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Freddy Sanchez's three-run double in the fifth inning broke a scoreless tie, leading Zach Duke and the streaking Pittsburgh Pirates past the Atlanta Braves 5-0 Monday in the first game of a doubleheader. |
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Yahoo News |
1:23pm PDT |
Wildfires force evacuations in central Florida
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Dry, windy weather fueled several wildfires on Florida's central Atlantic coast Monday, destroying at least three homes and driving hundreds of residents away as the governor declared a state of emergency. |
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Yahoo News |
1:22pm PDT |
NBC says Fallon will succeed O'Brien
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Jimmy Fallon's kindergarten yearbook at St. |
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ChristianPost |
1:02pm PDT |
Franklin Graham Preaches to 12,000 in Mainland China |
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Summary: Franklin Graham preached to some 12,000 people in mainland China on Sunday at the largest church in the ... |
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Yahoo News |
1:01pm PDT |
Duke, Sanchez lead Pirates past Braves 5-0
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Freddy Sanchez's three-run double in the fifth inning broke a scoreless tie, leading Zach Duke and the streaking Pittsburgh Pirates past the Atlanta Braves 5-0 Monday in the first game of a doubleheader. |
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Yahoo News |
1:00pm PDT |
Study: Older brains don't benefit from painkillers
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Results from a large government experiment are dimming hopes that two common painkillers can prevent Alzheimer's disease or slow mental decline in older people. |
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Yahoo News |
12:58pm PDT |
China quake death toll nears 9,000
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A earthquake devastated
southwestern China on Monday, killing close to 9,000 people and
trapping hundreds of others under flattened schools, factories
and houses. |
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Cnn.com |
12:58pm PDT |
Apple says iPhone online stores sold out |
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BBC News |
12:56pm PDT |
BBC soap burial complaints upheld |
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Summary: Complaints about two episodes of EastEnders have been upheld by the corporation's complaints unit. |
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BBC News |
12:51pm PDT |
Ministers attack rebel MP Field |
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Summary: Two Cabinet ministers round on Labour rebel Frank Field after he suggested Gordon Brown would quit by 2010. |
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Cnn.com |
12:48pm PDT |
NBC picks new 'Late Night' host |
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BBC News |
12:44pm PDT |
Family and friends remember Jimmy |
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Summary: The mother of Jimmy Mizen, stabbed to death at a baker's shop, speaks of her shock, horror and pain following his death. |
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Yahoo News |
12:34pm PDT |
Ex-State officials allege corruption cover up
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Bush administration repeatedly ignored corruption at the highest levels within the Iraqi government and kept secret potentially embarrassing information so as not to undermine its relationship with Baghdad, according to two former State Departmen |
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Cnn.com |
12:31pm PDT |
Gitmo judge bars Pentagon official from trial |
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Summary: A military judge's ruling that a Pentagon lawyer improperly pressured prosecutors could hurt efforts to try top al Qaeda suspects held at the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, a defense lawyer said Monday.
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Yahoo News |
12:12pm PDT |
Old gas pumps can't handle ever-rising prices
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Mom-and-pop service stations are running into a problem as gasoline marches toward $4 a gallon: Thousands of old-fashioned pumps can't register more than $3.99 on their spinning mechanical dials. |
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Cnn.com |
12:01pm PDT |
5 toilets for 35,000; little clean drinking water |
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Summary: The United States government launched its first airlift of relief supplies to cyclone-ravaged Myanmar with the landing of a military airplane in the south Asian country Monday morning.
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Yahoo News |
11:52am PDT |
Lebanese army says will intervene from Tuesday
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Lebanon's army said it will use force
from Tuesday to stop fighting in the country between pro- and
anti-government forces that has recalled the 1975-90 civil war. |
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BBC News |
11:22am PDT |
Stars at Sex and the City movie launch in London |
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Summary: Hundreds of fans greet the stars of the Sex and the City movie at its world premiere in London's West End. |
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BBC News |
11:18am PDT |
'They paid taxes' |
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Summary: Families across the UK face the costs of elderly care |
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Yahoo News |
11:11am PDT |
Obama defends his patriotism, quarrels with McCain
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Addressing criticism he expects this fall, Sen. Barack Obama emphasized his patriotism and support for a strong and humane military Monday, while Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton implored West Virginians to sustain her hopes of somehow denying him the Dem |
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BBC News |
11:08am PDT |
Gentle giant |
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Summary: Local people voice shock at the killing of Jimmy Mizen |
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Yahoo News |
11:06am PDT |
Sudanese troops hunt for rebels in Khartoum
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Sudanese forces hunted for suspected
Darfur rebels in Khartoum on Monday after an unprecedented
rebel attack at the weekend and detained Islamist opposition
leader Hassan al-Turabi before releasing him. |
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Yahoo News |
11:01am PDT |
Apple: iPhone sold out in US, UK
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Apple Inc. says its online stores in the U.S. and U.K. are sold out of the iPhone, a sign supplies are being winnowed ahead of the launch of the device's next generation that will feature faster Internet surfing speeds. |
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ChristianPost |
11:00am PDT |
Cardinal: Britain Must Not Be 'God-Free Zone' |
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Summary: British public life must not be a “God-free zone,” said the head of the Catholic Church in England and ... |
