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ChristianToday |
1:50pm PDT |
Sixth teenager charged over Shakilus stabbing |
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Summary: A sixth teenager has been charged with the murder of 16yearold Shakilus Townsend who was stabbed to death in south London last week police said on late on Saturday |
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ChristianToday |
1:50pm PDT |
Suspicions mount in Israel against Olmert |
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Summary: Suspicions of fraud mounted on Sunday against Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert with the publication in a newspaper of what it said were invoices backing police allegations he made duplicate claims for travel expenses |
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ChristianToday |
1:49pm PDT |
Actor McKellen says he received gay death threats |
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Summary: Actor Sir Ian McKellen said on Sunday he used to receive death threats due to his homosexuality and while these had fallen off in recent years others were still being subjected to homophobia |
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ChristianToday |
1:48pm PDT |
Wolseley to cut hundreds of jobs |
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Summary: Wolseley will this week outline plans to cut hundreds of jobs due to trading conditions that are bad enough to warrant a profits warning the Sunday Telegraph reported |
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ChristianToday |
1:47pm PDT |
Gazprom considers gas sales to UK households |
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Summary: Statecontrolled Russian gas giant Gazprom is examining a possible entry into the UK retail gas market a spokesman for the companys UK unit said on Sunday |
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ChristianToday |
1:47pm PDT |
Olmert says peace deal closer than ever |
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Summary: Israel and the Palestinians have never been so close to a peace deal Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Sunday after talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and French President Nicolas Sarkozy |
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Yahoo News |
1:47pm PDT |
Obama taps Hagel and Reed for overseas trip
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama expects to be accompanied on his battlefront tours of Iraq and Afghanistan by two fellow senators who are military veterans and often mentioned as potential running mates. |
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ChristianToday |
1:46pm PDT |
Man held over consulate attack in Turkey |
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Summary: A Turkish court on Sunday ordered a man to be held in custody over an attack on the US consulate in Istanbul in which six people were killed the staterun Anatolian news agency reported |
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ChristianToday |
1:46pm PDT |
Bush climate action now Bogus Schwarzenegger |
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Summary: California Gov Arnold Schwarzenegger said on Sunday the Bush administration did not believe it should do anything about global warming and that any lastminute action before leaving office would be bogus |
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Yahoo News |
1:43pm PDT |
Troubled mortgage lenders face key test Monday
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The U.S. Treasury is expected to
affirm its support for troubled mortgage finance giants Fannie
Mae and Freddie Mac on Sunday in a bid to calm
concerns ahead of a Freddie Mac debt sale Monday which is
likely to be a key test of investor co |
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Yahoo News |
1:16pm PDT |
Indians complete four-game sweep of Rays, 5-2
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Tampa Bay Rays lost their seventh straight game Sunday, sending baseball's feel-good story into the All-Star break on a sour note. |
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Cnn.com |
1:13pm PDT |
'Hellboy II' debuts as No.1 at box office |
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Cnn.com |
1:06pm PDT |
Schumer: Officials failed to stop IndyMac crash |
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Summary: Sen. Charles Schumer said Sunday the Bush administration is trying to "blame the fire on the person who calls 911" by suggesting he had a role in one of the costliest U.S. bank failures.
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Yahoo News |
1:05pm PDT |
Pitt, Jolie joined in emotion as twins born
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Brad Pitt was emotional but calm, Angelina Jolie laughed and chatted. The world's most famous celebrity couple were joined in emotion during the birth of their twins — a boy and a girl — and all "are doing marvelously well," the doctor who delivered |
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Yahoo News |
12:42pm PDT |
Treasury to make statement on Fannie, Freddie: source
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The U.S. Treasury Department will
issue a statement on Sunday expressing support for beleaguered
mortgage finance lenders Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae
, a source familiar with the matter said. |
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Yahoo News |
12:40pm PDT |
Search for adventurer Fossett resumes in Nevada
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The search for multimillionaire adventurer Steve Fossett, who vanished in September after taking off by plane from a remote Nevada ranch, is set to resume Monday in rugged mountains on the California-Nevada line where he may have crashed. |
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Yahoo News |
12:33pm PDT |
Cell phone companies scramble to halt trafficking
(AP)
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Summary: AP - For less than $15, you can buy a cell phone loaded with minutes. You can buy more as you go whenever those minutes run out. Best of all, you aren't locked into a long-term contract. |
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Yahoo News |
12:33pm PDT |
Sen. Schumer defends comments on IndyMac collapse
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Sen. Charles Schumer on Sunday defended himself against claims by regulators that he was partially to blame for a run on IndyMac Bancorp Inc. that led to the bank's takeover by the government Friday. |
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ChristianPost |
12:20pm PDT |
Iowa Christian Leaders Press for Humane Immigration Laws |
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Summary: Iowa faith leaders are calling for immigration reform laws that would treat immigrant workers humanely in response to recent incidents involving immigrant workers in the state. |
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Cnn.com |
12:18pm PDT |
CNN exclusive: Obama on foreign policy |
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Summary: Sen. Barack Obama discussed his vision for the world in a wide-ranging foreign policy discussion with CNN's Fareed Zakaria.
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ChristianToday |
12:13pm PDT |
Heckler interrupts Gene Robinsons sermon |
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Summary: A protester forced openly gay US Bishop Gene Robinson to pause his sermon at a west London church on Sunday |
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BBC News |
12:09pm PDT |
Israel 'close' to Mid-East deal |
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Summary: Israeli and Palestinian leaders express their optimism for peace at a summit of EU and Mediterranean leaders in Paris. |
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BBC News |
12:09pm PDT |
Sides 'close' to Middle East deal |
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Summary: Israeli and Palestinian leaders express their optimism for peace at a summit of EU and Mediterranean leaders in Paris. |
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ChristianPost |
11:57am PDT |
Authorship of Serenity Prayer Questioned |
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Summary: The origins of the famed Serenity Prayer that has become a staple in Alcoholics Anonymous meetings and office décor is being challenged. |
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ChristianPost |
11:55am PDT |
Congress Members Discuss Defunding Planned Parenthood |
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Summary: Pro-life Congress members gathered on the House floor this past week to take a stand against what they said was a senseless waste of taxpayer?s dollars that has been propping up the nation?s largest provider of surgical abortions. |
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Cnn.com |
11:53am PDT |
9 U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan, NATO says |
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Summary: In the deadliest attack on U.S. troops in Afghanistan in three years, nine Americans died Sunday in a Taliban attack on a base in a remote eastern province, NATO said. "The fighting began in early morning hours and continued into the day" at an outpost in |
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Cnn.com |
11:53am PDT |
9 U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan, source says |
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Summary: In the deadliest attack on U.S. troops in Afghanistan in three years, nine Americans died Sunday in a Taliban attack on a base in a remote eastern province, a Western source said. NATO confirmed that nine troops were killed in fighting that "began in earl |
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BBC News |
11:47am PDT |
Homes get power back after fire |
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Summary: Thousands of people who lost their electricity get the power back after a fire in a 33,000 volt transformer at a sub-station. |
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Yahoo News |
11:46am PDT |
Gay US bishop fights exclusion from meeting
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The first openly gay U.S. Episcopal bishop was barred from a once-a-decade Anglican meeting so he wouldn't become a focus of the global event. |
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Yahoo News |
11:44am PDT |
SEC opens probe to prevent spread of false info
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Securities and Exchange Commission said Sunday it is immediately opening a probe to prevent the spread of false information used to manipulate securities prices. |
