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BBC News |
9:47am PDT |
Finding sanctuary |
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Summary: A teenager on how foster care helped turn his life around |
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BBC News |
9:43am PDT |
Brown ally attacks rebel MP Field |
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Summary: Gordon Brown's closest ally, Ed Balls, suggests that rebel Labour MP Frank Field is a loner acting dishonourably. |
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BBC News |
9:42am PDT |
UN frustrated at Burma response |
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Summary: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon expresses his "immense frustration" at Burma's response to Cyclone Nargis. |
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Yahoo News |
9:40am PDT |
EPA testing air after twister in toxic Okla. town
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Environmental Protection Agency planned to check for high lead levels Monday after a deadly tornado blew through a heavily polluted former mining town where lead-filled waste is piled into giant mounds. |
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Yahoo News |
9:38am PDT |
Renewed fighting erupts in crisis-torn Lebanon
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Fierce fighting erupted in northern Lebanon on Monday, further exacerbating tensions after days of deadly sectarian battles that have driven the nation to the brink of full-blown civil war. |
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ChristianPost |
9:38am PDT |
Expert: 8 Myths about Evangelicals |
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Summary: It is a myth that evangelicals succeed because of conformity and unity, according to one ... |
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ChristianPost |
9:38am PDT |
8 Myths About Evangelicals |
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Summary: It is a myth that evangelicals succeed because of conformity and unity, according to one ... |
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Cnn.com |
9:37am PDT |
Polygamist writes Bush about 'terrorist acts' |
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Summary: An elder of a polygamist sect has sent a letter to the White House decrying what he calls "terrorist acts" that have separated the sect's children from their parents.
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ChristianToday |
9:32am PDT |
Future holds renewal and demise for Methodists says president |
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Summary: Extinction need not be inevitable if Methodists remember that their focus is not to survive but to be the missionary movement it was founded to be says Methodist President Martyn Atkins |
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Yahoo News |
9:31am PDT |
Death toll in China earthquake up to nearly 9,000
(AP)
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Summary: AP - One of the worst earthquakes in decades struck central China on Monday, killing nearly 9,000 people, trapping about 900 students under the rubble of their school and causing a toxic chemical leak, state media reported. |
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Yahoo News |
9:30am PDT |
Cablevision, 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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Cnn.com |
9:28am PDT |
McCain to make global warming pitch |
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Summary: Kicking off a week-long push seen as outreach to independent and Democratic voters in crucial swing states, John McCain on Monday will deliver a speech outlining his vision for combating global warming.
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Cnn.com |
9:28am PDT |
McCain appeals to independents |
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Summary: Kicking off a week-long push seen as outreach to independent and Democratic voters in crucial swing states, John McCain on Monday will deliver a speech outlining his vision for combating global warming.
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Cnn.com |
9:28am PDT |
McCain pollution talk close to Obama's, Clinton's |
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Summary: Kicking off a week-long push seen as outreach to independent and Democratic voters in crucial swing states, John McCain on Monday will deliver a speech outlining his vision for combating global warming.
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Yahoo News |
9:28am PDT |
Gunmen clash in Tripoli, instability grips Lebanon
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Pro-government Sunni Muslim gunmen
fought militiamen allied to Hezbollah in the northern city of
Tripoli on Monday, in further violence that has already
dismantled the balance of power in Lebanon. |
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Yahoo News |
9:27am PDT |
Stocks advance as oil falls, dollar advances
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Wall Street advanced moderately Monday as a rising dollar cooled some concerns about inflation and helped keep oil prices in check. The Dow Jones industrials at times rose more than 100 points. |
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Yahoo News |
9:26am PDT |
Obama heading to Michigan and Florida
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Barack Obama's surging presidential campaign announced Monday that he will visit politically neglected Florida and Michigan, as he focuses on a general election strategy with his primary race winding down. |
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BBC News |
9:20am PDT |
Chelsea seal £16.2m Bosingwa deal |
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Summary: Chelsea complete the signing of Porto right-back Jose Bosingwa on a three-year contract for £16.2m. |
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BBC News |
9:16am PDT |
Dead babies discovery 'a tragedy' |
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Summary: The discovery of two babies in toy boxes at the back of a wardrobe is described by police as a "tragic matter". |
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AgapePress |
9:13am PDT |
APA dodges debate |
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Summary:
The American Psychiatric Convention is over -- but controversy lingers.
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BBC News |
9:10am PDT |
Thousands dead in Chinese quake |
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Summary: At least 8,500 people are killed by a strong earthquake in south-western China, state media says. |
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BBC News |
9:00am PDT |
Slippery treasure |
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Summary: Searching the British undergrowth for rare adders |
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Cnn.com |
8:58am PDT |
Quake kills thousands, traps hundreds |
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Summary: A massive 7.8-magnitude earthquake killed more than 8,500 people in China and left hundreds trapped under rubble, state run media report. Some 900 students are reported buried under a collapsed school. China's Seismological Bureau said the quake affected |
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BBC News |
8:57am PDT |
England set to name tour squad |
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Summary: New England manager Martin Johnson will unveil a 32-man squad on Tuesday to tour New Zealand next month. |
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Yahoo News |
8:47am PDT |
Powerful quake kills thousands in southwest China
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - A massive earthquake stunned southwest China on Monday, killing more than 8,000 people and flattening schools, factories and homes in a powerful tremor that was felt across a swathe of southeast Asia. |
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Cnn.com |
8:46am PDT |
Bloated corpses pile up in Myanmar |
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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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Cnn.com |
8:42am PDT |
Rape victim wants DNA database expanded |
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Summary: Laura Neuman was raped when she was 18 years old. It took nearly 20 years to identify her attacker, even though he'd been arrested six times before her attack and at least six times afterward.
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Yahoo News |
8:40am PDT |
China quake kills nearly 9,000, toll likely to soar
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - China's most devastating
earthquake in three decades killed nearly 9,000 people on
Monday, with the toll likely to soar as authorities struggle to
reach casualties in large areas cut off from relief. |
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Yahoo News |
8:38am PDT |
Death toll in China earthquake rises to 8,533
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Chinese state media says more than 8,500 have died in Sichuan province alone from a massive earthquake. |
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Yahoo News |
8:37am PDT |
Obama, Clinton look to West Virginia
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Democratic presidential contenders Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton were preparing for Tuesday's primary in West Virginia, a contest that Clinton is heavily favored to win but which likely won't dent Obama's almost insurmountable lead in the d |
