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Yahoo News |
12:31pm PDT |
NY psychiatrist: Brinkley, Cook need therapy
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Summary: AP - Christie Brinkley should get custody of her two youngest children — but she and her narcissistic husband both need therapy, a court-appointed psychiatrist said Tuesday at their divorce trial. |
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ChristianPost |
12:26pm PDT |
Egyptian-American Documents Coptic Christian Life in the West |
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Summary: Growing up as an Egyptian-American and Coptic Christian in America presented a cultural challenge on many levels to Andrew Ishak, who has documented his struggles in a new film. |
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Cnn.com |
12:19pm PDT |
Oil's 2-day skid at $9 a barrel |
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Summary: Oil prices extended a post-July 4th descent Tuesday - falling more than $9 a barrel over two days - as Iran's president downplayed concerns about possible war in the Middle East and investors anticipated falling demand due to high gasoline prices.
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Yahoo News |
12:10pm PDT |
Iraq presses US on timeline for troop pullout
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Iraqi officials stepped up pressure on the United States on Tuesday to agree to a specific timeline to withdraw American forces, a sign of the government's growing confidence as violence falls. |
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Yahoo News |
12:08pm PDT |
Obama rejects charges of flip-flopping
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Summary: Reuters - Democratic presidential
hopeful Barack Obama rejected charges on Tuesday that he has
shifted positions on Iraq and other issues as part of a move to
the center now that he is his party's nominee. |
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Yahoo News |
12:03pm PDT |
Ka-ching! Consumers borrow mostly on credit cards
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Consumers boosted their borrowing in May, mostly reflecting heavy credit card use to finance their purchases. |
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Cnn.com |
11:49am PDT |
U.S. coral reefs in trouble, scientists warn |
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Cnn.com |
11:33am PDT |
Ex-official: Cheney wanted EPA testimony cut |
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BBC News |
11:23am PDT |
Two men killed in bus, car crash |
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Summary: Two men are killed in a road accident involving two cars and the Larne Express bus in County Antrim. |
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Cnn.com |
11:22am PDT |
Dad charged with reluctant bride's 'honor killing' |
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Summary: A Pakistani man is charged with killing his 25-year-old daughter in Georgia because she wanted out of an arranged marriage, police said.
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Yahoo News |
11:19am PDT |
U.S. and Czechs sign missile deal prompting Moscow warning
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The United States and the Czech Republic
signed an agreement on Tuesday to build part of a U.S. missile
defense shield, prompting Russia to say that if deployed it
would respond with "military-technical methods." |
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Cnn.com |
11:12am PDT |
U.S. exports bras, bull semen to Iran |
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Yahoo News |
11:12am PDT |
Coalition to lobby for health-care reform
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Summary: Reuters - A coalition of unions, think tanks
and other groups launched an advertising campaign on Tuesday
saying they want to ensure that health-care reform tops the
U.S. political agenda after the November elections. |
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BBC News |
11:05am PDT |
Israel raids Nablus shopping mall |
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Summary: Israeli troops raid a popular shopping centre in the West Bank and order it closed for two years, linking it to Hamas militancy. |
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BBC News |
10:54am PDT |
Russia warns over US-Czech shield |
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Summary: Russia says it will be forced to react with military means if the US-Czech missile defence agreement is ratified. |
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Yahoo News |
10:51am PDT |
Study group: 1973 war powers legislation should be replaced
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Summary: AP - The next time the president goes to war, Congress should be consulted and vote on whether it agrees, according to a bipartisan study group chaired by former secretaries of state James Baker III and Warren Christopher. |
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Cnn.com |
10:46am PDT |
GOP pressured to stop Medicare 'meltdown' |
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Summary: Republicans were facing pressure Tuesday to vote for a rollback of across-the-board cuts in Medicare payments to health providers after a major doctors' group said the cuts could lead to a "meltdown" of the government's health care system for the elderly. |
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ChristianPost |
10:39am PDT |
Town Divided Over Dismissal of Ohio School Teacher |
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Summary: The decision of an Ohio middle school to fire a popular, Christian science teacher of over 20 years has generated protest, outcry, and divisions among the residents of Mount Vernon over concerns that the decision may have been motivated out of religious b |
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BBC News |
10:37am PDT |
Durham demand place in finals day |
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Summary: Durham say they should be allowed to progress to the Twenty20 finals day without having to replay their postponed quarter-final against Yorkshire. |
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Yahoo News |
10:35am PDT |
Panel urges new law on government war powers
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The president should be forced by
law to consult Congress before going to war, a bipartisan panel
including several prominent former U.S. officials said on
Tuesday. |
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Yahoo News |
10:32am PDT |
Obama denies shifting to reach political center
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Asked by a voter about accusations of flip-flopping, Democrat Barack Obama dismissed the notion Tuesday that he has been shifting stances on Iraq, guns and the death penalty to break with his party's liberal wing and court a wider swath of voters. |
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BBC News |
10:23am PDT |
Divide on games industry ratings |
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Summary: A row develops between the games industry and the UK's content classifiers over who should regulate video games. |
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BBC News |
10:20am PDT |
New US nuclear sanctions on Iran |
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Summary: The US puts new financial sanctions on Iranian firms and individuals said to be involved in its nuclear programme. |
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Yahoo News |
10:12am PDT |
Iraq insists on withdrawal timetable for US troops
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Iraq's national security adviser said Tuesday his country will not accept any security deal with the United States unless it contains specific dates for the withdrawal of U.S.-led forces. |
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CTI News |
10:12am PDT |
CT Classic: The $1 Billion Handoff |
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Summary: Sir John Templeton, who died Tuesday, gave his born-again son control of the famous foundation in 2005. |
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Yahoo News |
10:11am PDT |
Rice draws Russian fire with missile defence deal in Prague
(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 fire from Russia. |
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BBC News |
9:57am PDT |
Jersey force 'to search new site' |
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Summary: Jersey police investigating historical abuse claims are to start searching a new site, the BBC understands. |
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BBC News |
9:49am PDT |
Vatican angry over women bishops |
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Summary: The Vatican says allowing women bishops will be an "obstacle" to reconciliation between the Anglican and Catholic churches. |
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BBC News |
9:49am PDT |
Vatican voices Synod vote concern |
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Summary: The Vatican says allowing women bishops will be an "obstacle" to reconciliation between the Anglican and Catholic churches. |
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BBC News |
9:44am PDT |
Afghans point finger over bombing |
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Summary: A spokesman for Afghan President Hamid Karzai makes a veiled accusation against Pakistan after India's Kabul embassy is bombed. |
