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Yahoo News |
6:06am PDT |
ABC-TV will have only 2 new fall shows
(AP)
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Summary: AP - ABC will introduce only two new series in the fall, one of them scripted, in a schedule the network admits was severely affected by the 100-day TV writers strike. |
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BBC News |
6:06am PDT |
Government in turmoil for Pakistan |
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Summary: Ministers from one of Pakistan's main parties, the PML-N, resign, just months after elections. |
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BBC News |
5:39am PDT |
Arrests follow Malawi 'coup plot' |
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Summary: Malawian police arrest four people, including an ex-general, after the president said there was a coup plot. |
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Yahoo News |
5:37am PDT |
Retail sales dip for second time in 2 months
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Consumers, battling soaring gasoline prices and a slumping economy, cut back further on their spending in April. |
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Yahoo News |
5:35am PDT |
More than 18,000 buried in one China town: Xinhua
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - China said on Tuesday 18,645 people
were buried under debris in the city of Mianyang, neighboring
Wenchuan county, the epicenter of Monday's devastating
earthquake. Some 3,629 people had been confirmed dead. |
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Yahoo News |
5:28am PDT |
Report: Death toll in China quake exceeds 12,000
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The toll of the dead and missing soared as rescue workers dug through flattened schools and homes on Tuesday in a desperate attempt to find survivors of China's worst earthquake in three decades. |
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Cnn.com |
5:28am PDT |
18,000 buried under debris in China |
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Summary: More than 18,000 people are reported buried under rubble in just one earthquake-hit city of China as teams of rescuers battle broken roads, mudslides and heavy rain in desperate efforts to reach them. The death toll in Sichuan province alone exceeds 12,00 |
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Yahoo News |
5:27am PDT |
Colombia extradites top militia bosses to U.S
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Colombia on Tuesday extradited more than
a dozen former paramilitary leaders to face U.S. justice in the
toughest measure against the warlords who are accused of drug
trafficking and massacres, a government official said. |
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BBC News |
5:27am PDT |
Rangers & Zenit chase Uefa glory |
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Summary: Rangers target a second of four possible trophies this season in Wednesday's Uefa Cup final in Manchester against Russian champions Zenit St Petersburg. |
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Yahoo News |
5:24am PDT |
Man says JetBlue made him sit on toilet
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A New York City man is suing JetBlue Airways Corp. for more than $2 million because he says a pilot made him give up his seat to a flight attendant and sit on the toilet for more than three hours on a flight from California. |
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BBC News |
5:21am PDT |
'Last breath' heard over mobile |
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Summary: A woman tells a court she heard her sister dying after she was shot in the head as they spoke on a mobile. |
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OneNewsNowPress |
5:18am PDT |
India applies restrictive religious law |
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An anti-conversion law enacted in a northern part of India could spell trouble for Christian missionaries.
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Yahoo News |
5:11am PDT |
Clinton aims for big win in West Virginia
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Hillary Clinton appeared headed to a
big West Virginia victory over front-runner Barack Obama in the
Democratic presidential race on Tuesday, although it could be
too late to turn around her faltering White House bid. |
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ChristianToday |
4:57am PDT |
Why cant all religious communities have places of worship |
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Summary: Random raids and stop and search are all part and parcel of being a Christian in Turkmenistan says one Christian |
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Yahoo News |
4:56am PDT |
More than 18,000 buried by quake in one China town: Xinhua
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - China said on Tuesday 18,645 people
were buried under debris in the city of Mianyang, neighboring
Wenchuan county, the epicenter of Monday's devastating
earthquake. Some 3,629 people had been confirmed dead. |
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BBC News |
4:47am PDT |
Rangers convoy hits road to final |
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Summary: Hundreds of Rangers fans join a convoy heading for the Uefa Cup Final in Manchester. |
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Yahoo News |
4:41am PDT |
Microsoft's WorldWide Telescope blasts off
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Microsoft Corp. launched its WorldWide Telescope late Monday, bringing the free Web-based program for zooming around the universe to a broad audience. |
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Yahoo News |
4:41am PDT |
Colombia says extradites top militia bosses to U.S.
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Colombia on Tuesday extradited top
former paramilitary bosses to face U.S. justice in the toughest
measure against the warlords who are accused of drug
trafficking and massacres, a top government official said. |
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Yahoo News |
4:40am PDT |
An odd musical year marks 2008 Tony nominations
(AP)
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Summary: AP - It's been an odd year for musicals on Broadway. Big, ballyhooed shows fizzled with the critics, little ones earned cheers but not sold-out houses, and the toughest ticket turned out to be a nearly 60-year-old musical that has audiences swooning over |
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Yahoo News |
4:38am PDT |
Matt Walsh to meet with Goodell, Specter
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Former Patriots video assistant Matt Walsh arrived at the NFL offices Tuesday morning to meet with commissioner Roger Goodell to discuss New England's videotaping of opposing coaches' playcalling signals in violation of league rules. |
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Yahoo News |
4:37am PDT |
James, Cavs batter Celtics to even series at 2-2
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Back to even, and back to Boston — with authority. LeBron James scored 21 points, jamming in a powerhouse dunk over a defenseless Kevin Garnett in the final two minutes, as the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the homesick Celtics 88-77 in Game 4 on Monday n |
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BBC News |
4:29am PDT |
Ukraine leader's speech blocked |
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Summary: MPs loyal to the Ukrainian prime minister prevent President Yushchenko making his annual address to parliament. |
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BBC News |
4:27am PDT |
Ministers' housing fears revealed |
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Summary: Ministers "can't know how bad it will get" for home buyers, a photo of briefing papers for the Cabinet reveals. |
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BBC News |
4:18am PDT |
Police hurt in stolen car crash |
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Summary: Two police officers are injured in a collision with a stolen car in south Belfast, the police say. |
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Cnn.com |
4:15am PDT |
Police stop U.S. ambassador to Zimbabwe |
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Summary: Police stopped the U.S. ambassador to Zimbabwe on Tuesday and asked him to go with them to a police station after he toured a hospital.
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Cnn.com |
4:14am PDT |
Quake toll nears 12,000 |
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Summary: The death toll in the massive earthquake that rocked central China is at nearly 12,000, officials say. Roads blocked by rocks and mudslides slowed rescuers trying to reach the epicenter in Wenchuan County, forcing military doctors and soldiers to walk alm |
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BBC News |
4:11am PDT |
Who grassed? Sixth formers turfed out for common room prank |
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Summary: The entire sixth year of a school is sent home after pupils turfed over the floor of their common room. |
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BBC News |
4:11am PDT |
Pupils sent home for turf 'prank' |
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Summary: The entire sixth year of a school is sent home after pupils turfed over the floor of their common room. |
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BBC News |
4:11am PDT |
Who grassed? Sixth year turfed out for common room prank |
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Summary: The entire sixth year of a school is sent home after pupils turfed over the floor of their common room. |
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Yahoo News |
4:10am PDT |
Shi'ite gunmen in Baghdad ignore truce
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - An agreement aimed at ending fighting
in the Baghdad bastion of Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr
was on the verge of collapse on Tuesday after gunmen launched a
spate of attacks on U.S. troops. |
