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BBC News |
2:06pm PDT |
UK life costs 'at least £13,400' |
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Summary: A report says a single person in Britain needs to earn at least £13,400 a year for a minimum standard of living. |
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Cnn.com |
1:57pm PDT |
Toilet-trained chimp on the loose in California |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
1:52pm PDT |
`The Fly' opera is buzz of Paris season
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Be afraid, be very afraid: David Cronenberg's 1986 horror flick, "The Fly," has undergone a bizarre metamorphosis. It's now an opera. |
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Yahoo News |
1:39pm PDT |
New York Atty General office says Grasso case over
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A spokesman for New York Attorney
General Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday said the state will end a
four-year lawsuit that tried to make former New York Stock
Exchange Chairman Richard Grasso return more than $100 million
in compensation. |
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Yahoo News |
1:39pm PDT |
Citibank ATM breach reveals PIN security problems
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Hackers broke into Citibank's network of ATMs inside 7-Eleven stores and stole customers' PIN codes, according to recent court filings that revealed a disturbing security hole in the most sensitive part of a banking record. |
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Yahoo News |
1:36pm PDT |
Obama courts conservatives with new faith program
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Taking a page from President Bush, Democrat Barack Obama said Tuesday he wants to expand White House efforts to steer social service dollars to religious groups, risking protests in his own party with his latest aggressive reach for voters who usuall |
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Yahoo News |
1:25pm PDT |
Bonds' record-breaking 756th ball not Hall bound
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Asterisk or not, the ball Barry Bonds launched for his record-breaking 756th home run won't land in the Hall of Fame. The Hall said Tuesday recent talks with fashion designer Marc Ecko, who bought the souvenir for more than $750,000 last September, h |
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Yahoo News |
1:24pm PDT |
Mongolian president declares state of emergency
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Mongolian President Nambariin Enkhbayar declared Tuesday a four-day state of emergency as protestors went on the rampage in the capital claiming that weekend elections were rigged. |
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Yahoo News |
1:21pm PDT |
Denver Archdiocese settles priest abuse cases
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Denver
will pay $5.5 million to settle 16 lawsuits filed by victims of
sexual abuse by priests, both sides said on Tuesday. |
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Cnn.com |
1:19pm PDT |
U.S. auto sales tumble |
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Summary: Auto sales plunged in June, according to reports from major automakers showing Americans shunning pickups and SUVs in the face of record gas prices, but not yet buying the more fuel-efficient cars as an alternative. The weak sales may be due to worry abou |
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ChristianPost |
1:05pm PDT |
Megachurch Sets Record Straight on Recalibrating |
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Summary: Months of misleading headlines and rumors floating in the blogosphere have prompted one influential megachurch to set the record straight about the major changes the church is making. |
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Cnn.com |
12:57pm PDT |
Bonds' No. 756 ball not going to Hall of Fame |
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BBC News |
12:53pm PDT |
Fading case |
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Summary: Police report marks start of end for Madeleine inquiry |
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Yahoo News |
12:50pm PDT |
Pentagon will buy satellites to do more spying
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Pentagon will buy and operate one or two commercial imagery satellites and plans to design and build another with more sophisticated spying capabilities, according to government and private industry officials. |
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Yahoo News |
12:49pm PDT |
African Union calls for unity govt in Zimbabwe
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The African Union called
on Tuesday for a national unity government in Zimbabwe after
the widely condemned re-election of President Robert Mugabe in
a violent poll ruled unfair by monitors. |
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Yahoo News |
12:49pm PDT |
African leaders call for power-sharing deal in Zimbabwe
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - African leaders on Tuesday called for dialogue between Zimbabwe's political foes and a national unity government following President Robert Mugabe's widely discredited reelection. |
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BBC News |
12:47pm PDT |
Disabled boy receives £8m payout |
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Summary: A nine-year-old boy who was left disabled after being deprived of oxygen at birth is awarded £8m compensation. |
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Yahoo News |
12:46pm PDT |
Diplomats play down fears of Israeli attack on Iran
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S., Iranian and Western diplomats
played down worries about a looming Israeli military attack on
Iran's nuclear facilities on Tuesday after reports of
heightened tensions rattled nerves and helped drive oil prices
near record highs. |
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Yahoo News |
12:40pm PDT |
General Motors holds off Toyota as June sales fall
(AP)
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Summary: AP - General Motors Corp. soundly beat Toyota Motor Corp. in June to retain its traditional U.S. sales lead, but GM sales still dropped 18.2 percent during a dismal month for most large automakers. |
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Yahoo News |
12:39pm PDT |
Obama courts evangelicals with stress on faith
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Democratic presidential
candidate Barack Obama promised a more active approach to
faith-based social programs on Tuesday in a bid to bolster his
support among evangelical and religious voters. |
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Cnn.com |
12:36pm PDT |
Chevron chief, RFK Jr. debate energy choices |
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Summary: With oil prices hitting a record high on Monday, the chairman and CEO of Chevron, David O'Reilly, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., senior attorney for the National Resource Defense Counsel, appeared on CNN's "Larry King Live" to discuss America's energy future. |
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Yahoo News |
12:34pm PDT |
New Iraq report: 15 of 18 benchmarks satisfactory
(AP)
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Summary: AP - No matter who is elected president in November, his foreign policy team will have to deal with one of the most frustrating realities in Iraq: the slow pace with which the government in Baghdad operates. |
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Yahoo News |
12:30pm PDT |
New evacuations ordered as Calif. battles blazes
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Authorities on Tuesday ordered new evacuations along a strip of coast near Big Sur where firefighters were battling one of the hundreds of lightning-sparked wildfires across Northern California. |
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DJ Chuang |
12:24pm PDT |
family vacation included Googleplex stop |
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Summary: Just returned last night 11pm from part 1 of family vacation in the San Francisco Bay area. Now for part 2 of family vacation here in South OC or thereabouts, mostly father & son time until the 4th. Come by our 4th of July BBQ + Swim + Fireworks in A |
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Yahoo News |
12:18pm PDT |
Video shows woman dying on Brooklyn hospital floor
(AP)
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Summary: AP - City hospital officials said they were shocked by surveillance footage showing a woman falling from her chair, writhing on the floor and dying as workers failed to help for more than an hour. |
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ChristianPost |
12:14pm PDT |
Zimbabwe Opposition Denies Power-Sharing Talk |
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Summary: Zimbabwe?s opposition party on Tuesday denied rumors claiming that it was negotiating with President Robert Mugabe?s government about a power-sharing deal, saying the ruling party first rejected the idea when it went ahead with the sham election. |
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Yahoo News |
11:40am PDT |
African leaders adopt Zimbabwe power-sharing text
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - An African Union summit on Tuesday adopted a resolution calling for dialogue between Zimbabwe's political foes and a national unity government following President Robert Mugabe's widely discredited reelection. |
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Yahoo News |
11:32am PDT |
Williams sisters reach Wimbledon semifinals
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Williams sisters moved closer to another Wimbledon final Tuesday, using their power tennis to cruise into the semifinals in straight sets. Defending champion and four-time winner Venus Williams beat Thailand's Tamarine Tanasugarn 6-4, 6-3, and tw |
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BBC News |
11:31am PDT |
Ministers see off 10p tax fight |
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Summary: The government has headed off a threatened Commons revolt over the scrapping of the 10p tax band. |
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BBC News |
11:30am PDT |
African call for Zimbabwe unity |
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Summary: African leaders call on political parties in Zimbabwe to form a national unity government, following disputed elections. |
