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BBC News |
1:06pm PDT |
Second device discovered in store |
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Summary: A second firebomb is found in a city centre sports store which was at the centre of an earlier alert, police say. |
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ChristianPost |
12:57pm PDT |
Preservationists Fight to Save Historic District |
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Summary: The day Mount Carmel Missionary Baptist Church crumbled into shards of bricks and a pile of rubble, tears filled the eyes of the people who had tried to save the historic ... |
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Yahoo News |
12:54pm PDT |
Woods says he's 'on schedule' to play US Open
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Tiger Woods says he's on schedule to play the U.S. Open. Woods walked with a slight limp when he made an appearance Tuesday to plug his own AT&T National, which he will host in July. But much of the focus was on his left knee, which required arthrosc |
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Yahoo News |
12:42pm PDT |
Western powers pressure Iran over nuclear program
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Germany said on Tuesday the
international community must push for a faster response from
Iran over its nuclear program, while Washington said a new U.N.
report suggested Tehran wanted to acquire nuclear weapons. |
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Yahoo News |
12:36pm PDT |
Glitch delays plan for maneuvering Mars lander arm
(AP)
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Summary: AP - NASA officials say plans for the Phoenix Mars Lander's second day of activities on Mars have been delayed. They say it's because of a problem in relaying communications from one of two Mars orbiters relaying commands from Earth. |
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ChristianPost |
12:36pm PDT |
Churches Integral in Iraqi Christian Resettlement in Sweden |
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Summary: In Sweden, churches play a leading role in the resettlement of Iraqi Christians, providing a bridge to the new culture while connecting this persecuted group to its ... |
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ChristianPost |
12:36pm PDT |
Church Integral in Iraqi Christian Resettlement in Sweden |
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Summary: In Sweden, churches play a leading role in the resettlement of Iraqi Christians, providing a bridge to the new culture while connecting this persecuted group to its ... |
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Yahoo News |
12:35pm PDT |
Child abuse by aid workers and peacekeepers rife: study
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Sexual abuse of children by aid workers
and peacekeepers is rife and efforts to protect young people
are inadequate, said a report published on Tuesday. |
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Yahoo News |
12:29pm PDT |
McCain campaigns with Bush, seeing pluses, minuses
(AP)
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Summary: AP - John McCain's complex relationship with President Bush can be summed up with a simple saying: can't live with him, can't live without him. |
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Yahoo News |
12:29pm PDT |
Wartime PTSD cases jumped nearly 50 pct. in 2007
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The number of troops diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder jumped by roughly 50 percent in 2007, the most violent year so far in the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, Pentagon records show. |
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Yahoo News |
12:24pm PDT |
Court OKs suits on retaliation in race, age cases
(AP)
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Summary: AP - An unexpected blend of liberal and conservative Supreme Court justices gave workers more leeway Tuesday to sue when they face retaliation after complaining about discrimination in the workplace. |
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ChristianPost |
12:22pm PDT |
Christians Hungry for Sermon Podcasts |
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Summary: Christians are statistically on par with national norms when it comes to being plugged in to digital technologies and social networks, a new study showed. But the study also found that the country's faithful is even more in tune with podcasting than other |
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Cnn.com |
12:22pm PDT |
Hit band done with music biz 'machinery' |
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Yahoo News |
12:21pm PDT |
CIA watching for al-Qaida 'succession crisis'
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The U.S. is making "a big and continual push" to capture or kill al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, but his demise won't end the organization's menace, CIA Director Michael Hayden said Tuesday in an Associated Press interview. The CIA is equally intere |
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Yahoo News |
12:20pm PDT |
McCain: US, China could stop making nuke bomb fuel
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Republican presidential candidate John McCain called Tuesday for talks with China to negotiate a temporary halt to production of nuclear weapons-grade material and with Russia on a new treaty to destroy more nuclear weapons. |
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Yahoo News |
12:09pm PDT |
Gandolfini selling 'Sopranos' wardrobe for charity
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Tony Soprano is shedding his wardrobe for charity. James Gandolfini, who starred on the hit HBO series, is selling off 24 outfits, including the button-down blue shirt he wore in the opening credits and the bathrobe he donned to fetch the morning new |
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Yahoo News |
12:02pm PDT |
Amelie Mauresmo advances to French Open 2nd round
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Amelie Mauresmo held her nerve and her serve when it counted Tuesday, reaching the second round of the French Open by defeating Olga Savchuk 7-5, 4-6, 6-1 in a match disrupted by rain. |
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Yahoo News |
11:59am PDT |
Post-traumatic stress soars in U.S. troops
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Newly diagnosed cases of
post-traumatic stress disorder among U.S. troops sent to Iraq
and Afghanistan surged 46.4 percent in 2007, bringing the
five-year total to nearly 40,000, according to U.S. military
data released on Tuesday. |
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Yahoo News |
11:46am PDT |
Charity: UN peacekeepers, aid workers abusing kids
(AP)
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Summary: AP - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed "deep concern" Tuesday after a leading children's charity said it uncovered evidence of widespread sexual abuse of children at the hands of U.N. peacekeepers and international aid workers. |
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Yahoo News |
11:42am PDT |
China evacuates villagers after new flood threat
(AP)
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Summary: AP - About 80,000 people were evacuated Tuesday from downstream of an unstable earthquake-created dam that is threatening to collapse, and troops rushed to carve a trench to drain the water before it floods the valley. |
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Yahoo News |
11:16am PDT |
Myanmar extends Suu Kyi's house arrest, detains activists
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Myanmar's ruling junta extended the house arrest of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi by a year on Tuesday, triggering international condemnation of the Nobel Laureate's detention. |
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Yahoo News |
11:15am PDT |
Post-traumatic stress soars in U.S. troops in 2007
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Newly diagnosed cases of
post-traumatic stress disorder among U.S. troops sent to Iraq
and Afghanistan surged 46.4 percent in 2007, bringing the
five-year total to more than 38,000, according to U.S. military
data released on Tuesday. |
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BBC News |
11:07am PDT |
Fuel demo adds to road taxes row |
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Summary: Hundreds of lorry drivers take part in protests in London and along the M4 in Wales over soaring fuel prices. |
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Cnn.com |
10:58am PDT |
McCain calls for slashing U.S. nuke arsenal |
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Summary: The United States should scrap a significant portion of its nuclear arsenal, Sen. John McCain said Tuesday in a speech laying out his nuclear security policy.
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Yahoo News |
10:52am PDT |
Amelie Mauresmo advances at French Open
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Amelie Mauresmo held her nerve and her serve when it counted Tuesday, reaching the second round of the French Open by beating Olga Savchuk 7-5, 4-6, 6-1 in a match disrupted by rain. |
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Yahoo News |
10:51am PDT |
Child abuse by aidworkers and peacekeepers rife: study
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Sexual abuse of children by aid workers
and peacekeepers is rife and efforts to protect young people
are inadequate, said a report published on Tuesday. |
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BBC News |
10:43am PDT |
Nepal assembly members sworn-in |
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Summary: Nepal swears in its newly-elected assembly, which faces the task of abolishing the monarchy of King Gyanendra. |
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BBC News |
10:43am PDT |
Nepal assembly members sworn in |
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Summary: Nepal swears in its newly-elected assembly, which faces the task of abolishing the monarchy of King Gyanendra. |
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Cnn.com |
10:42am PDT |
Drivers change their lives to dodge gas bills |
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Summary: Rising gas prices are leaving drivers with hefty tabs at the pump, prompting some to look for ways to stop the drain on their budget. For some, transitioning away from a one person, one car lifestyle has proved rewarding. iReporter Janaki Purushe, a 22-ye |
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Yahoo News |
10:35am PDT |
Single-family home prices tumble in March
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Prices of single-family homes
plunged a record 14.4 percent in March from a year earlier,
while U.S. consumer confidence slumped to its lowest in 16
years in May as gasoline prices surged. |
