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Yahoo News |
4:11pm PDT |
Legendary designer Yves Saint Laurent dies at 71
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Summary: AP - Legendary designer Yves Saint Laurent, who reworked the rules of fashion by putting women into elegant pantsuits that came to define how modern women dressed, died Sunday evening, a longtime friend and associate said. He was 71. |
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Yahoo News |
4:08pm PDT |
Clinton wins Puerto Rico but Obama gains delegates
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Summary: AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton won a lopsided, but largely symbolic victory Sunday in Puerto Rico's presidential primary, the final act in a weekend of tumult that pushed Barack Obama tantalizingly close to the Democratic presidential nomination. |
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4:05pm PDT |
Foetal screening 'misses defects' |
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Summary: Tests used in pregnancy only pick up half of potential chromosomal abnormalities, Italian research warns. |
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3:56pm PDT |
Fashion king Saint Laurent dies |
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Summary: Yves Saint Laurent, widely seen as one of the greatest fashion designers of the 20th Century, dies, aged 71. |
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Yahoo News |
3:56pm PDT |
Clinton ponders next move in marathon race
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Summary: AP - The race all but over, Hillary Rodham Clinton is determining how to end her historic candidacy with her dignity intact and future secure. |
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3:54pm PDT |
Clinton to superdelegates: I will win
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Summary: AFP - Hillary Clinton used the springboard of a hefty win in Sunday's Puerto Rico primary to demand that party elders crown her, and not Barack Obama, as the Democrats' best bet to seize back the White House. |
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Cnn.com |
3:54pm PDT |
Fashion icon Yves Saint Laurent dead at 71 |
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BBC News |
3:50pm PDT |
Fashion icon |
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Summary: Yves Saint Laurent changed the face of haute couture |
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Cnn.com |
3:37pm PDT |
Marine on leave gunned down at bus stop |
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3:32pm PDT |
Kyle Busch wins 4th Cup race this season at Dover
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Summary: AP - Kyle Busch revels in his role as NASCAR's villain. He enjoys his role as the top driver so much more. Busch was simply sensational again, dominating the second half of the 400-mile race Sunday at Dover International Speedway and racing to his Sprint |
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BBC News |
3:28pm PDT |
McCartney thrills Liverpool crowd |
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Summary: Sir Paul McCartney plays to 36,000 fans to mark Liverpool's status as European Capital of Culture. |
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3:00pm PDT |
Macedonia's prime minister declares victory
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Summary: AP - Macedonia's prime minister has declared victory in the country's parliamentary election after a vote that was marred by gunbattles that left one person dead. |
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2:46pm PDT |
Fire destroys buildings at Universal Studios in L.A.
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Summary: Reuters - A huge fire broke out at the
Universal Studios film and TV studio on Sunday, damaging a
sound stage, movie sets, a popular "King Kong" attraction and
closing its theme park for much of the day. |
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Cnn.com |
2:41pm PDT |
Universal studio fire burns sets, video vault |
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Summary: A massive fire at Universal Studios in California destroyed the building housing the King Kong exhibit and damaged a video library vault, officials said today. The blaze also destroyed the courthouse square from "Back to the Future," officials said.
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BBC News |
2:37pm PDT |
PM claims win in Macedonian poll |
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Summary: Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski claims victory in Macedonia's snap general election, marred by ethnic violence. |
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Yahoo News |
2:30pm PDT |
Clinton wins Puerto Rico primary
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Summary: AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton won a lopsided, but largely symbolic victory Sunday in Puerto Rico's presidential primary, the final act in a weekend of tumult that pushed Barack Obama tantalizingly close to the Democratic presidential nomination. |
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Yahoo News |
2:30pm PDT |
Shuttle astronauts perform cursory wing inspection
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Summary: AP - Lacking the proper laser tools, shuttle Discovery's astronauts performed a cursory wing inspection Sunday as they zoomed ever closer to the international space station. |
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BBC News |
2:19pm PDT |
US investor boosts UK mortgage lender |
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Summary: A major US investor is to take a stake of around 20% in Bradford & Bingley as part of a deal to strengthen the mortgage lender. |
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2:15pm PDT |
Clinton wins, but Obama closer to nomination
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Summary: Reuters - Hillary Clinton won the Democratic
nominating contest in Puerto Rico on Sunday, but still badly
trails front-runner Barack Obama as he draws closer to
clinching the party's presidential nomination. |
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Yahoo News |
2:11pm PDT |
Djokovic: Work to do before facing Nadal in Paris
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Summary: AP - Novak Djokovic will leave the looking ahead to others. If he's to be believed, the No. 3-ranked Djokovic has more immediate concerns than a possible French Open semifinal against No. 2 Rafael Nadal or final against No. 1 Roger Federer. |
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1:57pm PDT |
Mugabe in Rome for UN food summit |
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Summary: Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe is reported to have arrived in Rome to attend a UN food summit. |
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Yahoo News |
1:54pm PDT |
Fire at Universal Studios destroys sets, videos
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Summary: AP - One of Hollywood's largest movie studios starred in a disastrous sequel Sunday as a fire ripped through a lot at Universal Studios, destroying a set from "Back to the Future," a King Kong exhibit and a streetscape seen frequently in movies and TV sho |
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BBC News |
1:53pm PDT |
First Kampusch chat show screened |
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Summary: The first chat show hosted by former Austrian kidnap victim Natascha Kampusch is broadcast. |
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Yahoo News |
1:48pm PDT |
Clinton wins Puerto Rico primary but Obama gains delegates
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton won a lopsided, but largely symbolic victory Sunday in Puerto Rico's presidential primary, the final act in a weekend of tumult that brought Barack Obama tantalizingly close to the Democratic presidential nomination. |
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BBC News |
1:45pm PDT |
Stab mother held under health laws |
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Summary: The mother of two children stabbed to death at their home in south London is held under mental health laws. |
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1:35pm PDT |
Stab mother is detained under act |
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Summary: The mother of two children stabbed to death at their home is held under mental health laws. |
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Cnn.com |
1:35pm PDT |
Fire at Universal burns sets, video vault |
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Summary: A massive fire at Universal Studios in California destroyed the building housing the King Kong exhibit and damaged a video library vault, officials said today. The blaze also destroyed the courthouse square from "Back to the Future," officials said.
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Cnn.com |
1:34pm PDT |
Clinton popular across board in Puerto Rico win |
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Summary: Sen. Hillary Clinton has won Puerto Rico's Democratic primary by a wide margin, CNN projects, giving her the larger share of the territory's 55 delegates. She swept Sen. Barack Obama in every major demographic group, including groups he generally does wel |
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Cnn.com |
1:29pm PDT |
8 suffocate in crush at soccer match |
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1:22pm PDT |
McCartney plays Liverpool concert |
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Summary: Sir Paul McCartney plays to 36,000 fans in Liverpool's European Capital of Culture. |
