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Yahoo News |
7:23pm PDT |
Texas grand jury indicts 6 in polygamist ranch case
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A Texas grand jury on Tuesday charged
the jailed polygamist leader of a breakaway Mormon sect with
sexually assaulting a child and indicted five followers after
state officials raided a polygamist ranch near Eldorado in
April. |
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Yahoo News |
7:18pm PDT |
Obama grilled on whether "surge" cut Iraq violence
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Democratic presidential hopeful
Barack Obama was pinned down on Tuesday on whether he credits
an increase in U.S. troop levels in Iraq -- known as the
"surge" -- for helping stabilize the country. |
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Cnn.com |
7:02pm PDT |
Pastor snags Obama, McCain joint appearance |
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Summary: Democratic Sen. Barack Obama and Republican Sen. John McCain in August will be on the same stage for the first time in the 2008 presidential campaign.
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Cnn.com |
6:52pm PDT |
Sect leader charged with child sex assault |
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Summary: A Texas grand jury has indicted polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs on a charge of sexually assaulting a child. The state attorney general says four of Jeffs' followers are charged with sexually assaulting girls under 17. A fifth follower is charged with |
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6:39pm PDT |
Texas grand jury indicts polygamist sect members
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A Texas grand jury indicted polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs and four of his followers Tuesday on charges of felony sexual assault of a child. Another was indicted for failing to report child abuse. |
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BBC News |
6:29pm PDT |
Child knife sellers 'not jailed' |
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Summary: No one has been jailed for selling a knife to a child in England and Wales in the last five years, it has emerged. |
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Cnn.com |
6:25pm PDT |
Sexually assaulted troops struggle to recover |
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6:09pm PDT |
Karadzic will fight extradition |
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Summary: A lawyer acting for war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic says he will fight moves to extradite him to face The Hague tribunal. |
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Yahoo News |
6:08pm PDT |
Suspect in pregnant teen death had baby obsession
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A woman accused of slicing open a pregnant woman's belly and taking her baby was obsessed with getting an infant and even had hallucinations of hearing babies cry after a February 1990 miscarriage, according to court records. |
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6:04pm PDT |
Doctors facing annual assessments |
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Summary: Doctors face annual assessments which would mean that licences could be removed from poor performers. |
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Yahoo News |
6:03pm PDT |
R.I. police say man had 0.491 blood alcohol level
(AP)
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Summary: AP - State police say they arrested a man early Tuesday whose blood alcohol level was 0.491 percent — the highest ever recorded in Rhode Island for someone who wasn't dead. |
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Yahoo News |
6:01pm PDT |
LeBron leaves Team USA practice with ankle sprain
(AP)
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Summary: AP - As Team USA's practice ended, LeBron James reclined on a table with trainers tending to his sprained right ankle. A horde of television cameramen surrounded James and the trainers before team officials shooed them away. |
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5:42pm PDT |
Althorp turns 500 |
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Summary: The Spencers celebrate centuries of family history |
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BBC News |
5:42pm PDT |
Xmas in July? |
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Summary: What happens when 150 Santas get together |
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Yahoo News |
5:41pm PDT |
Bin Laden driver knew 9/11 target: prosecutor
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Osama bin
Laden's driver knew the target of the fourth hijacked jetliner
in the September 11 attacks, a prosecutor said on Tuesday in an
attempt to draw a link between Salim Hamdan and the al Qaeda
leadership in the first Guantanamo war crim |
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Cnn.com |
5:29pm PDT |
'Family wants justice' in Taser death |
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Summary: Baron Pikes, 21, was Tasered nine times by a police officer. He was stunned so many times the coroner says it's possible Pikes was already dead during the final two shocks. Now a Louisiana prosecutor must decide whether to seek charges against the officer |
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BBC News |
5:25pm PDT |
No-cull badger policy 'deficient' |
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Summary: The decision not to cull badgers in England to control tuberculosis in cattle is flawed in the short-term, say MPs. |
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Cnn.com |
5:14pm PDT |
Sect leader Jeffs charged with child sex assault |
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Yahoo News |
4:58pm PDT |
Polygamist sect leader Jeffs, 5 others indicted
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A grand jury has indicted polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs and five of his followers. Jeffs, who was indicted Tuesday, is accused of sexual assault. The charges and identities of the others were being withheld until authorities can arrest them, sa |
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Yahoo News |
4:57pm PDT |
R.I. police say man had .491 blood alcohol level
(AP)
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Summary: AP - State Police arrested a man early Tuesday whose blood alcohol level allegedly was .491 — more than six times the legal limit — which they believe is the highest ever recorded in Rhode Island for someone who wasn't dead. |
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BBC News |
4:42pm PDT |
GPs told to cut antibiotics usage |
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Summary: Doctors are told to cut the number of prescriptions they hand out to help save the NHS millions of pounds a year. |
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BBC News |
4:39pm PDT |
Drugs 'cause' higher death rate |
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Summary: Scotland's higher death rate than England and Wales is partly down to greater drug use, a study suggests. |
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Yahoo News |
4:38pm PDT |
Foreign-born TB cases need better control, US says
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Tuberculosis cases continue to fall in the United States, but some immigrants have disturbingly high rates of the disease, according to a study released Tuesday that called for more aggressive action. |
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Yahoo News |
4:36pm PDT |
Infrastructure could spur new stimulus: Rep
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The U.S. Congress is discussing a
second economic stimulus bill that could include nearly $15
billion in infrastructure spending, a senior member of the
House of Representatives told Reuters on Tuesday. |
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Yahoo News |
4:35pm PDT |
'Batman' star Christian Bale denies assaulting mom, sister
(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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Cnn.com |
4:32pm PDT |
Prosecution: Bin Laden driver knew 9/11 target |
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Summary: Osama bin Laden's former driver knew the target of one of the hijacked planes on September 11, 2001, prosecutors said as the military commission trial of Salim Hamdan began Tuesday.
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Cnn.com |
4:28pm PDT |
Ex-cop may be charged in Taser death |
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Summary: Baron Pikes, 21, was tasered nine times by a police officer. He was shocked so many times the coroner says it's possible Pikes was already dead when he was tasered the final two times. Now, a Louisiana prosecutor must decide whether to press charges again |
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BBC News |
4:22pm PDT |
Many mental health wards 'poor' |
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Summary: Many NHS mental health services are poor, according to a review of the sector by watchdogs. |
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BBC News |
4:18pm PDT |
Poor stroke care 'still common' |
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Summary: Failings in stroke care are leaving thousands dead or unnecessarily disabled each year, The Stroke Association says. |
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BBC News |
4:15pm PDT |
Mortgage advisers 'are failing' |
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Summary: Most mortgage advisers are doing a poor job when giving advice, according to research by the consumers association Which? |
