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Cnn.com |
6:48pm PDT |
Aftershock rattles China rescue efforts |
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Summary: Fears of the approach of a wall of water from the bursting of two natural lakes created by the China earthquake have caused rescuers, journalists and quake survivors to flee, Chinese officials said.
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6:47pm PDT |
Pompey parade to mark cup triumph |
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Summary: Thousands of football fans are set to join a victory parade to celebrate Portsmouth's first FA Cup win since 1939. |
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Cnn.com |
6:17pm PDT |
Pelosi meets with Iraqi leaders in Baghdad |
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Summary: One person was killed and 16 were wounded Saturday in two suicide bombings near an awakening council office in the capital of Diyala province, police said.
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6:07pm PDT |
New rail ticket system launched |
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Summary: The first phase of changes to the rail ticketing system
comes into force. |
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6:03pm PDT |
More quake survivors found as toll nears 30,000
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Rescue workers have plucked
more than 60 more survivors from the rubble following Monday's
massive earthquake in southwestern China, as a strong new
aftershock hit and the death toll rose to almost 30,000. |
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Cnn.com |
5:54pm PDT |
Apology for a desecration in Iraq |
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Summary: Maj. Gen. Jeffery Hammond stood facing the angry crowd. Using the Quran for target practice was a criminal act, he said, and the U.S. soldier who admitted to the desecration had been relieved of duty. "I am a man of honor. You have my word, this will neve |
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5:45pm PDT |
Simpson-Wentz wedding prep apparent at Calif. home
(AP)
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Summary: AP - If Ashlee Simpson's wedding is not happening at her parents' home, they were sure going out of their way to fake it Saturday. |
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5:43pm PDT |
Police: Gunman wounds 3 outside California church
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A man with a semiautomatic rifle opened fire at a church festival Saturday, wounding his ex-wife and two bystanders before festival-goers grabbed him and held him for police, authorities and a church official said. |
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5:30pm PDT |
Georgia condemns Russian actions |
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Summary: Georgia says it has evidence that Russia is deploying heavy military hardware in the breakaway region of Abkhazia. |
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Yahoo News |
5:26pm PDT |
Obama plans Iowa trip with victory in sight
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Sen. Barack Obama, hoping that
a pair of contests in Oregon and Kentucky on Tuesday will allow
him to essentially clinch the Democratic nomination, will make
a symbolic return to Iowa, the state that launched his underdog
bid for the White H |
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5:08pm PDT |
Women 'face raised whiplash risk' |
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Summary: Women drivers are three times more likely than men to suffer whiplash injuries in a crash, Swedish researchers say. |
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5:08pm PDT |
Modern wedding |
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Summary: How the royal couple ditched the traditional pomp |
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4:56pm PDT |
Historic Brooklyn Navy Yard gets modern makeover
(AP)
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Summary: AP - When the Pentagon closed the Brooklyn Navy Yard in 1966, it became an obsolete facility awash in history but torpedoed by time. |
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4:49pm PDT |
Doctor: Kennedy did not have stroke, is alert |
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Summary: Sen. Edward Kennedy apparently suffered a seizure this morning before being rushed to the hospital, a statement from his office said. Kennedy is resting comfortably and is undergoing tests at Massachusetts General Hospital, the statement said.
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Cnn.com |
4:49pm PDT |
More tests ahead for Ted Kennedy after seizure |
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Summary: Sen. Edward Kennedy apparently suffered a seizure this morning before being rushed to the hospital, a statement from his office said. Kennedy is resting comfortably and is undergoing tests at Massachusetts General Hospital, the statement said.
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4:45pm PDT |
Big Brown cruises to another easy win in Preakness
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Big Brown charged to the lead turning for home and then cruised down the stretch to win the Preakness on Saturday, still perfect and squarely pointed toward thoroughbred racing's first Triple Crown in 30 years. |
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4:43pm PDT |
Venezuela protests Colombian troop "incursion"
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Venezuela accused 60 Colombian troops
on Saturday of entering just inside its territory in what it
said was a provocation by a warmongering government seeking to
destabilize the region. |
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4:34pm PDT |
Theatre awards shortlist revealed |
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Summary: Dundee Rep heads the field with 13 nominations in the 2008 Critics' Awards for Theatre In Scotland. |
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4:33pm PDT |
Holyrood 'should not run ballots' |
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Summary: Future Scottish elections should not be run by the Scottish Government, a committee of MPs finds. |
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4:32pm PDT |
Kennedy hospitalized after seizure; not a stroke
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, the lone surviving son in a famed political family who helped define national Democratic Party politics, suffered a seizure at his Cape Cod home on Saturday and was recovering in good spirits at a Boston hospital. |
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4:22pm PDT |
Mother's tribute to crash victim |
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Summary: Tributes are paid to a British charity worker who died following a road accident in west Africa. |
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Yahoo News |
4:05pm PDT |
As cyclone refugees wait, Myanmar refuses aid
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Myanmar's junta kept a French navy ship laden with aid waiting outside its maritime border on Saturday, and showed off neatly laid out state relief camps to diplomats. |
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Yahoo News |
3:54pm PDT |
Thousands flee on flooding fears after China quake
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Thousands of Chinese fled their
homes on Saturday amid fears a lake could burst its banks,
hampering rescue efforts after the deadliest earthquake in more
than three decades killed about 29,000 people. |
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Cnn.com |
3:35pm PDT |
Sen. Kennedy has apparent seizure |
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Summary: Sen. Edward Kennedy apparently suffered a seizure this morning before being rushed to the hospital, a statement from his office said. Kennedy is resting comfortably and is undergoing tests at Massachusetts General Hospital, the statement said.
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Yahoo News |
3:07pm PDT |
Mike Tyson tells all in new documentary at Cannes
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Mike Tyson considers it a miracle that he lived to tell his tale. And he's telling it — in graphic detail — in a new documentary at the Cannes Film Festival. |
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Yahoo News |
3:03pm PDT |
Thousands flee on China flooding fears
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Thousands of Chinese fled their
homes on Saturday amid fears a lake could burst its banks,
hampering rescue efforts after the deadliest earthquake in more
than three decades killed about 29,000 people. |
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Cnn.com |
2:58pm PDT |
U.S. soldier uses Quran for target practice |
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Summary: The U.S. military on Saturday formally apologized to an Iraqi village after a soldier admitted using the Quran -- Islam's holy book -- for target practice.
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2:27pm PDT |
Idle at anchor |
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Summary: US ship barred from delivering cyclone aid to Burma |
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Yahoo News |
2:16pm PDT |
Spokeswoman: Sen. Kennedy conscious after seizure
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A spokeswoman for Sen. Edward Kennedy says he is conscious and talking to family after he suffered a seizure in his Cape Cod home and was flown to a Boston hospital. |
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Yahoo News |
1:49pm PDT |
Clinton presses on with campaign despite long odds
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The day of campaigning had barely begun and Hillary Rodham Clinton was already eyeing the whiskey. |
