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Cnn.com |
2:33pm PDT |
FARC commander gives up, calls for dialogue |
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Summary: The commander of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia's Force 47 told reporters in Bogota Monday -- a day after surrendering -- that "the solution is not through war. There must be dialogue."
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Yahoo News |
2:19pm PDT |
Photographer speared by javelin at Utah meet
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A newspaper photographer got a little too close to the action at the state high school track championships — and was speared through the leg by a javelin. |
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Yahoo News |
2:14pm PDT |
Warning of major aftershock sparks panic in China
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A government warning of a major aftershock sent thousands of panicked survivors running into the darkened streets Monday night following an unprecedented display of mourning for more than 34,000 people killed in a powerful earthquake one week ago. |
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ChristianPost |
2:09pm PDT |
Zimbabwe Military Accused of Assassination Plot |
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Summary: Zimbabwe’s leading opposition party accused the country’s military, which is loyal to President Robert Mugabe, of plotting an assassination attempt on dozens of its top leaders, including its founder Morgan ... |
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2:08pm PDT |
McCain: Obama's Iran remarks show inexperience
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Republican John McCain accused Democrat Barack Obama of inexperience and reckless judgment for saying Iran does not pose the same serious threat to the United States as the Soviet Union did in its day. McCain made the attack Monday in Chicago, Obama' |
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Yahoo News |
1:59pm PDT |
Microsoft plan on Yahoo involves buying search: source
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Microsoft Corp has proposed an
alternative deal to Yahoo Inc , a complex transaction
that would include just buying Yahoo's search business, rather
than a full-blown buyout, a person familiar with the
discussions said on Monday. |
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BBC News |
1:50pm PDT |
US 'violated Venezuela airspace' |
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Summary: Venezuela denounces what it says was a violation of its airspace by a US military aircraft at the weekend. |
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Yahoo News |
1:45pm PDT |
Two dead, 13 injured in Oklahoma prison brawl
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Two inmates were killed and 13 injured
in a brawl on Monday in the recreation yard of a medium
security prison in Granite, Oklahoma, said a senior official at
the state medical examiner's office. |
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Yahoo News |
1:40pm PDT |
A-Rod set to rejoin Yankees Tuesday
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Alex Rodriguez is set to rejoin the slumping New York Yankees on Tuesday night after finishing his rehabilitation of a strained right quadriceps. |
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Cnn.com |
1:40pm PDT |
Four officers in taped beating will be fired |
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Summary: Four Philadelphia police officers have been recommended for dismissal for their roles in the videotaped beatings of three men this month, Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey said Monday.
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BBC News |
1:40pm PDT |
Rangers win sends title race to wire |
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Summary: Rangers beat St Mirren 3-0 to draw level on points with Celtic going into Thursday's final round of SPL fixtures. |
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ChristianToday |
1:40pm PDT |
MPs back humananimal embryos |
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Summary: Parliament backed on Monday the creation of humananimal embryos which some scientists say are vital to research cures for diseases but religious leaders have argued pervert Gods creation |
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ChristianPost |
1:35pm PDT |
Police: Gunman Wounds 3 Outside California Church |
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Summary: 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 ... |
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Yahoo News |
1:34pm PDT |
Twins graduate as valedictorians in Washington
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Like Michelle and Erica Wheeler, lots of twins have a special closeness, sharing likes and dislikes, good times and tough going. The Wheelers also have something else in common, graduating from the 850-student high school in this Eastern Washington t |
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1:34pm PDT |
Janet Jackson announces first new tour in 7 years
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Though going out on tour means connecting with fans, it can also mean long hours, high stress, and sleepless nights. Janet Jackson says she's looking forward to all of it. |
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Yahoo News |
1:34pm PDT |
Mars robot heading for '7 minutes of terror' on Sunday
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Like a miner prospecting for gold, NASA hopes its latest robot to Mars hits pay dirt when it lands Sunday near the red planet's north pole to conduct a 90-day digging mission. The three-legged Phoenix Mars lander fitted with a backhoe arm is zeroing |
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Yahoo News |
1:34pm PDT |
Philly police to fire 4 over videotaped beating
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Philadelphia's police commissioner said Monday that four officers will be fired and four others disciplined for their roles in the beatings of three shooting suspects, an encounter that was captured on videotape and drew widespread outrage. |
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Yahoo News |
1:34pm PDT |
Court upholds part of child pornography law
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Supreme Court ruled Monday that leading someone to believe you have child pornography to show or exchange is a federal crime, brushing aside concerns that the law could apply to mainstream movies that depict adolescent sex, classic literature or |
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Yahoo News |
1:33pm PDT |
Obama to reach delegate milestone Tuesday
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Barack Obama will reach a significant milestone Tuesday as he marches toward the Democratic nomination for president — a majority of the pledged delegates won in primaries and caucuses. |
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BBC News |
1:31pm PDT |
MPs 'give up secret expenses bid' |
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Summary: MPs finally abandon their legal battle to ensure details of their expense claims are not made public. |
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BBC News |
1:12pm PDT |
Man dead in wreckage for two days |
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Summary: Police appeal for witnesses to a crash in which a man laid dead for more than two days before he was found. |
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Cnn.com |
1:11pm PDT |
S&P 500 hits a 5-month high |
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Summary: Blue chips clung to gains Monday, with the S&P 500 narrowly eking out a five-month high, thanks to a stronger-than-expected economic indicators report. But tech selling kept the Nasdaq in the red, along with record commodity prices.
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Cnn.com |
1:09pm PDT |
Swift fire makes 2,200 prisoners flee |
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Summary: Forecasters issued a dense smoke advisory for South Florida on Monday, saying smoke from the Everglades National Park wildfire could obscure visibility, especially if it combines with morning fog.
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Yahoo News |
1:00pm PDT |
Southeast Asian neighbours to lead Myanmar cyclone relief effort
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Myanmar on Monday declared three days of mourning for cyclone victims after agreeing to an international aid effort led by its Southeast Asian neighbours to help two million survivors in dire need. |
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Cnn.com |
12:57pm PDT |
American among 4 'executed' in Baja California |
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Summary: Authorities in the Mexican state of Baja California are investigating the deaths of four people, including at least one American, whose bodies were found in a canyon over the weekend, a police spokesman said Monday.
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Yahoo News |
12:53pm PDT |
Microsoft plan for Yahoo involves buying search: source
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Microsoft Corp's alternative
proposal for Yahoo Inc involves Microsoft buying
Yahoo's search business and taking a minority passive stake in
the company, once Yahoo has spun off its Asian assets, a person
familiar with the discussions said |
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BBC News |
12:50pm PDT |
Moscow pitch causes final concern |
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Summary: Chelsea and Man Utd will train at the Luzhniki Stadium on Tuesday on a pitch the groundsman calls "disappointing". |
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Cnn.com |
12:50pm PDT |
Obama targets McCain as Clinton keeps fighting |
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Summary: New polls show Sen. Hillary Clinton with a commanding lead going into the Kentucky primary, while Sen. Barack Obama holds a comfortable one in Oregon.
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BBC News |
12:47pm PDT |
MPs back hybrid embryo research |
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Summary: MPs back hybrid human-animal embryo research, but three cabinet ministers oppose it in a Commons vote. |
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Yahoo News |
12:27pm PDT |
McCain attacks Obama over Iran comments
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Republican John McCain accused Democrat Barack Obama of inexperience and reckless judgment for saying Iran does not pose the same serious threat to the United States as the Soviet Union did in its day. McCain made the attack Monday in Chicago, Obama' |
