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Yahoo News |
10:54am PDT |
Inflation Watch continues this week on Wall Street
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Investors examine the same key economic reports at the start of every month — on manufacturing, the service sector and employment. This week, they'll be looking at these indicators for inflation clues as much as they will for insight into economic gr |
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BBC News |
10:46am PDT |
Puerto Rico holds Democrat vote |
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Summary: Puerto Rico starts voting for a US presidential nominee in one of the last three Democratic Party primaries. |
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ChristianPost |
10:42am PDT |
Colo. Amendment to Give Rights to Unborn |
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Summary: In what would be the first such measure in the history of the United States, a pro-life group in Colorado has successfully submitted a referendum that would give equal legal status to the ... |
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Yahoo News |
10:31am PDT |
Some villagers linger despite China flood evacuation
(AP)
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Summary: AP - As others rushed for higher ground, the Liu family sat at home sipping tea and watching TV reports of a possible massive flood. |
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ChristianPost |
10:14am PDT |
Renowned Christian Geneticist to Retire from Human Genome Research Institute |
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Summary: Francis S. Collins, the Christian geneticist who led the project to map the human genome, announced that he will be stepping down as director of the National Human Genome Research ... |
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Yahoo News |
10:14am PDT |
Fire destroys buildings at Universal Studios in LA
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A massive fire broke out at the
Universal Studios film and TV studio on Sunday, engulfing one
soundstage and burning a New York City street set. |
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ChristianPost |
10:01am PDT |
Obama Quits Chicago Church Steeped in Controversy |
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Summary: Barack Obama said Saturday he has resigned his 20-year membership in the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago "with some sadness" in the aftermath of inflammatory remarks by his longtime pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, and more recent fiery remark |
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Cnn.com |
9:53am PDT |
Fire at Universal destroys King Kong exhibit |
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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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Yahoo News |
9:45am PDT |
Clinton looks for victory in Puerto Rico primary
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton campaigned for victory Sunday in Puerto Rico's presidential primary, albeit a hollow one as Barack Obama's advisers confidently predicted he'd have the Democratic presidential nomination in hand as early as this week. |
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Yahoo News |
9:38am PDT |
Ky. and Ohio battle over boulder pulled from river
(AP)
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Summary: AP - It's an 8-ton boulder that for decades sat, mostly forgotten, in the middle of the river that separates Ohio and Kentucky. It was a navigation marker for boaters that became the canvas for such fine art as a stick figure-like face with two dots for e |
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Yahoo News |
9:31am PDT |
Two Zimbabwe opposition figures arrested
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Zimbabwean police have arrested the
leader of a breakaway faction of the opposition Movement for
Democratic Change and an opposition member of parliament, their
representatives said on Sunday. |
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Yahoo News |
9:25am PDT |
Fire destroys buildings at Universal movie studio
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A massive fire broke out at
Universal Studios film and TV studio on Sunday, engulfing one
soundstage and burning a New York City street set. |
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Yahoo News |
9:25am PDT |
McClellan: Bush should have fired Rove after leak
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Bush broke his promise to the country by refusing to fire aide Karl Rove for leaking a CIA agent's identity, said Scott McClellan, the president's chief spokesman for almost three years. |
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Yahoo News |
9:25am PDT |
Iraq hits milestones on U.S. troop deaths and oil
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. troop deaths in Iraq fell to their
lowest level last month since the 2003 invasion and officials
said on Sunday improved security also helped the country boost
oil production in May to a post-war high. |
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BBC News |
9:20am PDT |
Kampusch set for chat show debut |
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Summary: The first chat show hosted by former Austrian kidnap victim Natascha Kampusch is broadcast on Sunday. |
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Yahoo News |
9:19am PDT |
Clinton looks to grab Puerto Rico consolation
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Hillary Clinton's campaign anticipated a hefty win in Sunday's Puerto Rico primary but Barack Obama looked to have the Democrats' White House nod within his grasp after a fractious deal on Florida and Michigan. |
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Yahoo News |
9:08am PDT |
Obama focuses on wrapping up Democratic nomination
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Front-runner Barack Obama turned to
wrapping up the Democratic presidential nomination after a
party committee dealt rival Hillary Clinton a blow by seating
the disputed Michigan and Florida convention delegations at
half-strength. |
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BBC News |
9:06am PDT |
Youth anti-drink plans criticised |
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Summary: Charities and opposition MPs are critical of ministers' proposals to tackle underage drinking in England. |
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ChristianPost |
8:56am PDT |
Compassion International Prepares For World Food Crisis |
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Summary: As the world continues to grapple with the aftereffects of the horrific twin set of natural disasters that ravaged across Burma and China this month, new concerns are being raised about the appearance of a new, powerful, and quickly growing “tsunami” in t |
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BBC News |
8:50am PDT |
Gone with the Wind show to close |
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Summary: West End musical Gone with the Wind will close later this month after only 79 performances. |
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BBC News |
8:47am PDT |
Quake memorial |
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Summary: Grief and anger as parents go to their children's school |
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BBC News |
8:46am PDT |
Lacklustre England edge Baa-Baas |
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Summary: A second-string England side limp to an unconvincing 17-14 win over the Barbarians at Twickenham. |
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BBC News |
8:46am PDT |
England edge past Barbarians |
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Summary: A second-string England side limp to an unconvincing victory over the Barbarians at Twickenham. |
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Yahoo News |
8:37am PDT |
Australia ends combat mission in Iraq
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Australia ended its combat operations in southern Iraq on Sunday, while the Iraqi government said it has differences with the United States in negotiations over a long-term security agreement. |
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BBC News |
8:32am PDT |
Djokovic powers into last eight |
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Summary: Third seed Novak Djokovic beats Paul-Henri Mathieu to reach the French Open quarter-finals. |
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Yahoo News |
8:20am PDT |
Swiss votes reject tougher naturalisation rules
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Swiss voters firmly rejected Sunday a far-right initiative that would have made it even harder for foreigners to become naturalised citizens. |
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Cnn.com |
8:19am PDT |
Puerto Rico kicks off final week of primaries |
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Summary: Sen. Hillary Clinton is wrapping up two weeks of campaigning in Puerto Rico on Sunday as voters on the island territory kick off the final week of the primary season.
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BBC News |
8:18am PDT |
Israel plans more settler homes |
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Summary: Israel announces plans to build almost 900 houses on occupied land in East Jerusalem. |
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Yahoo News |
8:13am PDT |
South Africa camps not fit for displaced migrants: Oxfam
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The camps where South Africa's
government plans to house migrants displaced by xenophobic
attacks do not meet humanitarian standards, international aid
agency Oxfam said on Sunday. |
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Yahoo News |
8:07am PDT |
Clinton looks for victory in Puerto Rico
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton, newly defiant against her party leaders, sought a victory Sunday in Puerto Rico's presidential primary that would give her a toehold on an increasingly slippery path to the nomination. |
