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Cnn.com |
3:53pm PDT |
Russia issues threat over U.S.-Czech missile deal |
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Summary: Russia's Foreign Ministry today threatened a "military-technological" response if the United States deploys a missile defense system in former Soviet-bloc nations near Russia's borders. The ministry issued the statement after U.S. Secretary of State Condo |
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Cnn.com |
3:49pm PDT |
Despite warming, peak's glaciers grow |
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BBC News |
3:49pm PDT |
Liverpool target Spain star Villa |
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Summary: Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez admits Valencia striker David Villa is on his list of potential striker recruits. |
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Yahoo News |
3:45pm PDT |
Fed to curb shady home-lending practices
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Federal Reserve will issue new rules next week aimed at protecting future homebuyers from dubious lending practices, its most sweeping response to a housing crisis that has propelled foreclosures to record highs. |
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Yahoo News |
3:41pm PDT |
Oil extends slide into 2nd day, losing over $5
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Oil tumbled more than $5 a barrel Tuesday in its second big drop this week, hurling crude back to levels not seen since June 26 as traders wary about the health of the global economy cashed in gains from oil's recent rally. |
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Yahoo News |
3:32pm PDT |
Fringe autism treatment could get federal study
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Pressured by desperate parents, government researchers are pushing to test an unproven treatment on autistic children, a move some scientists see as an unethical experiment in voodoo medicine. |
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Yahoo News |
3:26pm PDT |
Wildfires push some from homes; some allowed back
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Firefighters pushed back a blaze threatening this small coastal community just enough to allow hundreds of people to check on their homes Tuesday as a separate fire 300 miles north forced residents of another town to evacuate. |
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Cnn.com |
3:13pm PDT |
Dad charged with bride's 'honor killing' |
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Summary: A Pakistani man has been charged with killing his 25-year-old daughter in Georgia because she wanted out of an arranged marriage, police said. Chaudhry Rashid was arrested early Sunday after his wife called police and officers found Sandeela Kanwal dead i |
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ChristianToday |
3:12pm PDT |
AnglicanVatican relations hit rocks over women bishops |
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Summary: The Church of England continues to face the consternation of the Vatican after Monday nights vote confirming the Churchs unequivocal course towards the first ordinations of women bishops |
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ChristianToday |
3:10pm PDT |
Vatican condemns Anglicans on women bishops |
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Summary: The Vatican on Tuesday strongly criticised the Church of Englands plan to ordain women bishops describing it as a historic break from Christian doctrine that will drive Anglicans and Catholics further apart |
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Yahoo News |
2:58pm PDT |
Nielsen: TV viewing up overall, but not last week
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Summary: AP - You wouldn't necessarily know it from last week, but Nielsen Media Research says TV viewership is on the rise. |
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ChristianPost |
2:31pm PDT |
Calif. Gay 'Marriage' Opponents Pick Mobilizing Over Protesting |
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Summary: Up to 175,000 people took part in Los Angeles? annual gay pride parade in West Hollywood Sunday, capping three days of flamboyant celebration. |
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ChristianPost |
2:24pm PDT |
N.Y. Women's Conference to Mobilize, Protect 'Backbone of Society' |
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Summary: A three-day gathering will be held this weekend to mobilize women to tackle the issues of HIV/AIDS, debt, global poverty, parenting and spiritual empowerment. |
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Cnn.com |
2:21pm PDT |
Expect 9.8% spike in '09 electric bills |
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Summary: Americans may face dramatically higher electric bills next year, according to a government report released Tuesday.
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Yahoo News |
2:08pm PDT |
Fed may keep open lifeline to financial firms
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke
said on Tuesday the U.S. central bank might keep open a
lifeline to financial firms, while the latest data showed
distress in the housing and retail sectors continues. |
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Yahoo News |
2:02pm PDT |
U.S., Czechs missile deal upsets Moscow
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The United States signed a pact on
Tuesday to build part of a U.S. missile defense shield in the
Czech Republic, prompting neighboring Russia to warn it will
react with military means if the shield is deployed. |
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Cnn.com |
1:53pm PDT |
Oilman putting his money on the wind |
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Summary: Billionaire oilman T. Boone Pickens is putting his clout behind renewable energy sources like wind power. The legendary entrepreneur and philanthropist today unveiled a new energy plan he says will decrease the United States' dependency on foreign oil by |
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BBC News |
1:51pm PDT |
Annual report |
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Summary: Do BBC executives deserve to be paid top dollar? |
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Cnn.com |
1:44pm PDT |
Dad charged with 'honor killing' of reluctant bride |
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Summary: A Pakistani man has been charged with killing his 25-year-old daughter in Georgia because she wanted out of an arranged marriage, police said. Chaudhry Rashid was arrested early Sunday after his wife called police and officers found Sandeela Kanwal dead i |
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Yahoo News |
1:42pm PDT |
Iraq insists on U.S. withdrawal timetable
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Iraq will not accept any security
agreement with the United States unless it includes dates for
the withdrawal of foreign forces, the government's national
security adviser said on Tuesday. |
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Yahoo News |
1:41pm PDT |
Stocks rise on decline in oil, Bernanke talk
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Wall Street finished sharply higher Tuesday as oil prices dropped sharply for the second straight day and investors were encouraged by the possibility of more help for the ailing financial system. The Dow Jones industrials gained more than 150 points |
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Yahoo News |
1:34pm PDT |
Imprisoned Vick files for bankruptcy protection
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Imprisoned quarterback Michael Vick filed for bankruptcy protection while serving time for federal dogfighting charges, saying he owes between $10 million and $50 million to creditors. |
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Yahoo News |
1:31pm PDT |
From bull semen to bras, Iran still buys American
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Nuclear weapons? No way. But there are plenty of items on Iran's shopping list the United States is more than happy to supply: cigarettes, brassieres, bull semen and more. |
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Cnn.com |
1:25pm PDT |
FDA orders strongest warning on tendon risks |
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Summary: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration Tuesday ordered the makers of certain antibiotics to add a "black box" label warning -- the FDA's strongest -- to alert patients of possible tendon ruptures and tendonitis.
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Yahoo News |
1:19pm PDT |
Fed may extend Wall Street lending
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Federal Reserve Chairman
Ben Bernanke said on Tuesday the U.S. central bank may keep an
emergency lending facility for big Wall Street firms open
longer than it initially intended, a signal the Fed is fearful
of shutting down a vital backsto |
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Cnn.com |
1:07pm PDT |
Vatican miffed about female bishops |
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Summary: The Vatican said Tuesday it regrets the decision by the Church of England's governing body to allow the ordination of women as bishops.
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BBC News |
12:41pm PDT |
Iraq warns US on withdrawal date |
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Summary: Iraq will not accept any deal with the US which does not include a pullout date of foreign troops, a senior Iraqi official says. |
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Yahoo News |
12:40pm PDT |
US, allies want global pollution slashed — by 2050
(AP)
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Summary: AP - World leaders embraced for the first time on Tuesday an ambitious but nonbinding goal of slashing greenhouse-gas emissions in half by midcentury to stave off global warming. Unimpressed environmentalists called the effort too slow and too uncertain. |
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Cnn.com |
12:38pm PDT |
Obama aims to turn Southern state blue |
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Summary: Sen. Barack Obama on Tuesday campaigned in Georgia, a Republican-leaning state that his campaign hopes to turn blue.
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Yahoo News |
12:38pm PDT |
US draws Russian fire, signing missile defence deal
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice signed Tuesday what she called a landmark missile defence deal with the Czech Republic that drew immediate threats of a military response from Russia. |
