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BBC News |
11:56pm PDT |
Ferguson doubts Chelsea challenge |
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Summary: Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson says Chelsea's ageing squad may struggle to challenge for honours next season. |
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BBC News |
11:52pm PDT |
Obama visiting Israel, West Bank |
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Summary: US White House hopeful Barack Obama is visiting Israel and the Palestinian territories on the latest leg of his foreign tour. |
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BBC News |
11:52pm PDT |
Obama gives pledge on Israel ties |
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Summary: US White House hopeful Barack Obama vows to strengthen the US' ties with Israel, on a visit to Israel and the West Bank. |
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Yahoo News |
11:49pm PDT |
Rice to push North Korea on verifying disarmament
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza
Rice will push North Korea's foreign minister hard in their
first ever meeting on Wednesday to prove the North's
disarmament efforts are serious, U.S. officials said. |
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Yahoo News |
11:37pm PDT |
Alaska House OKs gas pipeline license
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Alaska State House of Representatives has approved a state license for a Canadian company to pursue a natural gas pipeline project that could unlock 4.5 billion cubic feet of North Slope gas reserves daily. |
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Yahoo News |
11:32pm PDT |
Dolly becomes hurricane, set to hit Tex-Mex border
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Rain started to fall along the Gulf Coast as Hurricane Dolly — upgraded in force from a tropical storm — closed in on towns straddling the Texas-Mexico border. |
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BBC News |
11:29pm PDT |
Now you see it |
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Summary: Tricking the eye and understanding with magic tricks |
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BBC News |
11:28pm PDT |
Woman left brain damaged by detox |
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Summary: A woman is awarded more than £800,000 after she suffered permanent brain damage while on a detox diet. |
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BBC News |
11:16pm PDT |
Reason to stop? |
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Summary: The opinion from users of UK's Station of the Year |
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Yahoo News |
11:12pm PDT |
Christian Bale arrested, released; denies assault
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The darkness around Batman has deepened: While audiences were shattering weekend box-office records in the U.S., Christian Bale was in London, where his mother and sister reportedly leveled assault allegations against the star of "The Dark Knight" th |
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BBC News |
11:07pm PDT |
Rice set for North Korea meeting |
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Summary: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice holds talks in Singapore ahead of a rare meeting with her North Korean counterpart. |
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BBC News |
10:55pm PDT |
Detox 'left woman brain damaged' |
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Summary: A woman is awarded more than £800,000 after she suffered permanent brain damage while on a detox diet. |
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Cnn.com |
10:51pm PDT |
Lyons, Mankiewicz named 'At the Movies' hosts |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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10:48pm PDT |
Cheap transport call to help poor |
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Summary: Cheaper public transport should be more widely available in rural areas to try to ease poverty, a report says. |
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10:45pm PDT |
Troubles team asks for more time |
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Summary: The team investigating unsolved murders during the Troubles says it will need three extra years to complete its work. |
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10:45pm PDT |
Cold case team 'needs extra time' |
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Summary: The team investigating unsolved murders during the Troubles says it will need three extra years to complete its work. |
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Yahoo News |
10:22pm PDT |
US, China talk ahead of NKorea nuclear meeting
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The United States and China sent mixed signals over what they expect from a high-level meeting here Wednesday with North Korea about Pyongyang's efforts to verify its nuclear disarmament. |
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BBC News |
10:01pm PDT |
Rural disquiet |
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Summary: How costs of living are hitting people in the countryside |
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9:57pm PDT |
EU to suspend funds to Bulgaria |
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Summary: The European Commission is set to block two Bulgarian agencies from using EU funds worth hundreds of millions of euros. |
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BBC News |
9:48pm PDT |
India media condemns vote 'taint' |
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Summary: The Indian press says the government's vote of confidence win was "tainted" by charges of vote buying. |
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Cnn.com |
9:22pm PDT |
Detroit mayor lied about other affairs, DA says |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
9:22pm PDT |
Vote looms in Congress on housing rescue plan
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A major rescue package for the U.S.
housing market is scheduled to come to a vote in the House of
Representatives on Wednesday, with lawmakers agreeing final
language late on Tuesday and congressional analysts putting a
$25-billion potential |
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Yahoo News |
8:41pm PDT |
Dolly upgraded to hurricane, set to hit Texas coast
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Dolly spun into a hurricane Tuesday, heading toward the U.S.-Mexico border and the heavily populated Rio Grande Valley, where officials feared heavy rains could cause massive flooding and levee breaks. |
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Yahoo News |
8:34pm PDT |
Rice to push North Korea on verifying mechanism
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza
Rice will push North Korea's foreign minister hard in their
first ever meeting on Wednesday to prove the North's
disarmament efforts are serious, U.S. officials said. |
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Yahoo News |
8:25pm PDT |
Phillies rally for 6 runs in 9th to beat Mets
(AP)
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Summary: AP - So Taguchi and Jimmy Rollins had two-run doubles in a six-run ninth, and the Philadelphia Phillies rallied against the New York Mets' makeshift bullpen for an 8-6 victory Tuesday night, taking over first place in the NL East. |
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Cnn.com |
8:21pm PDT |
Dolly creeps toward Texas-Mexico border |
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Summary: Hurricane Dolly drifted northwestward toward the border of Mexico and Texas, where it was expected to make landfall at around noon Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service. Over the next few days, Dolly is expected to drench much of south Texa |
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Cnn.com |
8:14pm PDT |
Transcripts may shed light on Rosenberg case |
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Summary: After 58 years, historians and journalists will have a chance to examine the secret grand jury testimony of witnesses in the espionage case against Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
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Cnn.com |
8:14pm PDT |
Secret Rosenberg testimony to be opened up |
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Summary: After 58 years, historians and journalists will have a chance to examine the secret grand jury testimony of witnesses in the espionage case against Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
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Yahoo News |
7:44pm PDT |
Indian PM says nuclear vote will help millions
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - India's government Wednesday celebrated a victory it said would help bring millions out of poverty, after winning a vote that clears the way for a controversial nuclear deal with the United States. |
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BBC News |
7:30pm PDT |
Gay bishop Robinson 'should quit' |
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Summary: Gay bishop Gene Robinson is urged to resign by the Archbishop of Sudan for "violating Anglican norms". |
