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Cnn.com |
8:22am PDT |
McCain: Spending is out of control |
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Summary: Sen. John McCain on Tuesday brushed off skepticism from economists and insisted he could balance the budget by 2013 by keeping taxes low and curbing spending.
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ChristianPost |
8:22am PDT |
Church of England Confirms Support for Women Bishops |
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Summary: After lengthy debate, the Church of England?s General Synod voted on Monday to confirm its support for the ordination of women as bishops without offering much in the way of safeguards for objectors. |
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BBC News |
8:20am PDT |
Women deny Mosley 'Nazi theme' |
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Summary: Two women involved in a role-play "party" with motorsport boss Max Mosley deny there was any Nazi element involved. |
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ChristianToday |
8:11am PDT |
Police stopandsearches soar |
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Summary: The number of police stopandsearches rose almost 9 percent in 20067 with black people seven times more likely to be quizzed than their white counterparts figures show |
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ChristianToday |
8:11am PDT |
US and Czechs sign missile defence deal |
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Summary: The United States and the Czech Republic signed a treaty on Tuesday allowing Washington to build part of a missile defence shield in the central European state despite opposition from its former Cold War master Russia |
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ChristianToday |
8:11am PDT |
Embassy attack hardens mistrust of Pakistan |
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Summary: Ordinary Afghans mistrust of the Pakistani military and its spies deepened on Tuesday in the wake of a suicide car bomb attack outside the Indian Embassy in Kabul which killed 41 people and wounded 139 |
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ChristianToday |
8:10am PDT |
USIraq withdrawal timetable in focus |
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Summary: Iraq will not accept any security agreement with the United States unless it includes dates for the withdrawal of foreign forces the governments national security adviser said on Tuesday |
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ChristianToday |
8:09am PDT |
Islamist rebels attack Somali government HQ |
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Summary: Heavily armed Islamist rebels have attacked the presidential palace and key installations in the Somali governments Baidoa headquarters killing at least four soldiers officials said on Tuesday |
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ChristianToday |
8:06am PDT |
New round and old questions for NKorea nuclear talks |
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Summary: Five regional powers will hold talks with North Korea from Thursday on ending its atomic weapons plans and verifying an account the secretive state gave in June of its nuclear programmes officials said on Tuesday |
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BBC News |
8:04am PDT |
My Games |
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Summary: Your chance to appear on the BBC during the Olympics |
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Cnn.com |
8:03am PDT |
Fire threatens 2,000 structures |
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Summary: A new blaze in northern California threatened 2,000 structures and may force 5,000 residents to evacuate, adding to a spate of wildfires in the state, a state spokeswoman said.
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Yahoo News |
8:01am PDT |
Iraq insists on U.S. withdrawal timetable: official
(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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CTI News |
7:57am PDT |
Hellboy, Evil, and the Cross |
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Summary: The 'Hellboy' sequel opening soon is just the latest in a long line of films about battling supernatural baddies--with the Cross often wielded as a weapon of goodness. |
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CTI News |
7:57am PDT |
Evangelical Leaders to Support McCain |
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Summary: Ninety, not including Dobson, met in Denver last week. They will ask McCain to consider Huckabee as VP candidate. |
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CTI News |
7:57am PDT |
Hope for Fools in 'Original Sin' |
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Summary: Why the doctrine of original sin is 'curiously liberating.' |
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Yahoo News |
7:55am PDT |
Hurricane Bertha begins to weaken in Atlantic
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The first hurricane of the 2008 Atlantic
storm season began to weaken on Tuesday in the open Atlantic as
it headed in the direction of Bermuda, U.S. forecasters said. |
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Yahoo News |
7:49am PDT |
Fed may keep open lifeline
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke
on Tuesday said the U.S. central bank might keep open a
lifeline to financial firms as it fights to keep the credit
crisis from wreaking further havoc on the struggling economy. |
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Yahoo News |
7:47am PDT |
Iraq insists on U.S. withdrawal timetable -official
(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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BBC News |
7:41am PDT |
I'm the right leader, says Brown |
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Summary: Prime Minister Gordon Brown says he is the right person to lead Labour and the UK economy through "difficult times". |
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BBC News |
7:35am PDT |
Iran leader plays down war talk |
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Summary: Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad suggests that Tehran will not launch any attack on Israel. |
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BBC News |
7:34am PDT |
G8 to seek sanctions on Zimbabwe |
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Summary: G8 leaders say they will seek targeted sanctions against members of Zimbabwe's government. |
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Cnn.com |
7:28am PDT |
When Billy Joel met 'The Stranger' |
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Summary: You might not have wanted to bet on Billy Joel in the summer of 1977. He was the classic musician who was full of potential but hadn't delivered the hit singles or top-notch album expected of him. But then came "The Stranger." In a press release Joel said |
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Yahoo News |
7:27am PDT |
Scalpers ask $1,500 for free Bon Jovi concert
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Bon Jovi's concert in Central Park this Saturday is free. But that isn't stopping some scalpers from selling tickets for as much as $1,500 a pair — despite a warning they cannot be resold. |
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BBC News |
7:19am PDT |
Heads warn of test marks mistakes |
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Summary: 'The row is only beginning,' say head teachers, as they report widespread problems with the quality of Sats test marking. |
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ChristianPost |
7:16am PDT |
Bush Rallies G8 to Slap Sanction on Zimbabwe |
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Summary: President Bush urged fellow Group of Eight as well as African leaders Monday to back a U.N. sanction on Zimbabwe as punishment for what he denounced as a ?sham? election last month by Robert Mugabe. |
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BBC News |
7:13am PDT |
Ambulance 'loses way' to hospital |
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Summary: Ambulance drivers will get additional training after a vehicle got lost taking a woman, who later died, to hospital. |
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BBC News |
7:11am PDT |
G8 urged to do more for climate |
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Summary: Five of the biggest emerging economies urge the G8 to do more to combat climate change. |
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BBC News |
7:08am PDT |
Red faces in the White House as US insults Berlusconi |
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Summary: The White House apologises to the Italian leader after describing him as a political "amateur" heading a "corrupt" government. |
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BBC News |
7:07am PDT |
Cases 'at risk' without anonymity |
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Summary: A "large number" of court cases could be "at risk" if judges do not have the power to grant witness anonymity, MPs and peers are told. |
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BBC News |
7:01am PDT |
Acupuncture 'no help for IVF' |
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Summary: There is no evidence acupuncture improves the success of IVF treatment, scientists say. |
