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Yahoo News |
5:44am PDT |
Wholesale inflation rate slows to just 0.2 percent
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Summary: AP - Inflation at the wholesale level slowed in April following a huge increase in March although prices for a number of items from prescription drugs to pasta shot upward. |
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BBC News |
5:42am PDT |
Uefa plays down final pitch fears |
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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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BBC News |
5:42am PDT |
'Bush apology' for Koran shooting |
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Summary: US President George W Bush apologises over the shooting of a Koran by a US soldier, the Iraqi PM's office says. |
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Cnn.com |
5:34am PDT |
White House denies Bush apology over Quran |
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Summary: President Bush has apologized to Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki over the shooting of a Quran by an American soldier, Iraqi state TV reported on Tuesday.
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BBC News |
5:28am PDT |
Witness 'met gunman in toilets' |
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Summary: A man tells a murder trial how he met a gunman in a public toilet on the night a waiter was shot dead. |
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BBC News |
5:23am PDT |
Woman killed as bus hits tree |
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Summary: A woman is killed and 18 others are injured when a double decker bus crashes into a tree in central London. |
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BBC News |
5:19am PDT |
No sex in the city |
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Summary: Radical green cities - and why we're not getting them |
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Cnn.com |
5:19am PDT |
Housing slump hits Home Depot |
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Summary: Home Depot posted a 66% drop in quarterly profit Tuesday, as it paid to close stores and cut back on expansion plans amid the housing slump, although the results topped analysts' forecasts.
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Cnn.com |
5:18am PDT |
Obama may hit milestone; Clinton fights on |
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Summary: Barack Obama may hit a milestone after tonight's primaries in Kentucky and Oregon. He's expected to declare he has won a majority of pledged delegates in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. "That's a pretty significant mark," Obama said M |
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Cnn.com |
5:18am PDT |
Obama may hit delegate milestone |
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Summary: Barack Obama may hit a milestone after tonight's primaries in Kentucky and Oregon. He's expected to declare he has won a majority of pledged delegates in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. "That's a pretty significant mark," Obama said M |
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BBC News |
5:17am PDT |
Gay wedding for Star Trek's Takei after California lifts ban |
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Summary: US actor George Takei is to wed his long-term partner after California lifted its ban on same-sex marriage. |
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Yahoo News |
5:16am PDT |
Oregon, Kentucky primaries latest to shape race
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Summary: AP - The end of the marathon race for the Democratic presidential nomination in sight, voters weighed in Tuesday in primaries in Oregon and Kentucky as a top Barack Obama adviser urged Democrats to unite behind the Illinois senator for the fall campaign. |
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OneNewsNowPress |
5:02am PDT |
DOJ urged to pursue hard-core cases |
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Matt Barber with Concerned Women for America laments the fact that the Department of Justice doesn't seem to have any interest in going after purveyors of hard-core porn.
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Yahoo News |
4:59am PDT |
Iraqi troops enter Baghdad's Shiite stronghold
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Thousands of Iraqi troops moved unchallenged into Baghdad's Sadr City Tuesday to seize the Shiite militia stronghold, in the largest attempt yet by the government to impose control, an Iraqi military spokesman said. |
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ChristianPost |
4:54am PDT |
Myanmar Mourns for 78,000 Cyclone Victims |
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Summary: Myanmar began three days of mourning for some 78,000 cyclone victims Tuesday, after its ruling junta appeared to relent to foreign pressure to allow more outside help for its storm ... |
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BBC News |
4:50am PDT |
Joey Barton is jailed for assault |
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Summary: Premier League footballer Joey Barton is jailed after admitting committing assault and affray in Liverpool. |
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ChristianPost |
4:48am PDT |
U.K. Lawmakers OK Animal-Human Embryos |
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Summary: British lawmakers voted Monday to approve controversial plans to allow the use of animal-human embryos for ... |
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BBC News |
4:46am PDT |
China earthquake toll tops 40,000 |
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Summary: The death toll from last week's devastating earthquake in south-west China rises to 40,075, officials say. |
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Cnn.com |
4:45am PDT |
Quake death toll tops 40,000 |
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Summary: The death toll from last week's earthquake in China has gone up to 40,075, state media reported today. China's State Council said earlier that 245,963 people were hurt and another 32,361 were missing.
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ChristianPost |
4:44am PDT |
'Disaster Fatigue' Leads to Drop in Giving |
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Summary: The numbers are almost too large to fathom, so many Americans stop trying. As bodies pile up in disaster after global disaster, even the most sympathetic souls can turn ... |
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Yahoo News |
4:41am PDT |
Iraqi troops enter Shiite stronghold of Sadr City
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Summary: AP - Thousands of Iraqi troops moved into Baghdad's Sadr City district Tuesday in a major operation aimed at bringing government control over the Shiite militia stronghold, the Iraqi miltary said. |
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BBC News |
4:41am PDT |
Flying fish caught on camera in Japan |
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Summary: Some remarkable footage of a flying fish is captured by an NHK TV crew off the southern tip of Japan. |
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BBC News |
4:40am PDT |
Thousands bid farewell to Burns |
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Summary: Hundreds of mourners attend the funeral of Celtic legend Tommy Burns in Glasgow's east end. |
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BBC News |
4:38am PDT |
Army may tackle S Africa attacks |
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Summary: South African ministers discuss using the army to stop attacks on foreigners, which has left 22 dead. |
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OneNewsNowPress |
4:38am PDT |
Who's the 'healthcare candidate'? |
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Healthcare reform expert Grace-Marie Turner says the likely Barack Obama-John McCain general election matchup will determine whether individuals or government will be in control of healthcare in the future.
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Yahoo News |
4:38am PDT |
Wall Street heads to lower open ahead of data
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Wall Street tilted toward a lower open on Tuesday ahead of a stream of economic data that is expected to give a snapshot on consumer spending. |
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BBC News |
4:36am PDT |
Football quiz |
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Summary: Test your big match knowledge |
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Yahoo News |
4:35am PDT |
Napster rolls out all-MP3 download store
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Napster Inc. begins selling MP3s Tuesday, a move the online music service hopes will lure iPod users and turn around Napster's sliding fortunes. |
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Yahoo News |
4:35am PDT |
TV boxes let Netflix users bypass mail delivery
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Preparing for the eventual extinction of its DVD-by-mail rental service, Netflix Inc. on Tuesday is introducing its first solution for subscribers who want entertainment delivered directly to their television sets with just a few clicks on a remote c |
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BBC News |
4:31am PDT |
Arrests follow police car death |
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Summary: Police in Newcastle make several arrests after a 16-year-old girl is hit and killed by a marked patrol car as she walked home. |
