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BBC News |
11:36am PDT |
Sticky situation averted as man tries to glue himself to the PM |
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Summary: A campaigner against Heathrow's third runway attempts to stick himself to Gordon Brown at a Downing Street reception. |
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Cnn.com |
11:34am PDT |
Islam subway ads cause stir in New York |
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Summary: Ads promoting Islam are to be placed on New York subway cars in September, but a U.S. congressman finds people sponsoring the messages unacceptable.
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Cnn.com |
11:15am PDT |
Newman's Own plans life after Paul |
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Summary: What happens when a company's eponymous founder and celebrity spokesman transitions out of the business?
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Yahoo News |
11:14am PDT |
Stocks mostly higher as crude drops $4 a gallon
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Wall Street traded mostly higher Tuesday as investors were encouraged by another sharp drop in oil prices and snapped up shares of undervalued financial companies. |
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Cnn.com |
11:09am PDT |
'Golden Girls' actress Estelle Getty dies |
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Summary: Actress Estelle Getty has died at the age of 84.
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Cnn.com |
11:07am PDT |
Amanpour: Karadzic arrest is big step forward |
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Summary: The arrest of Bosnian Serb war crimes fugitive Radovan Karadzic is an important step in the reconciliation process in the Balkans, Christiane Amanpour, CNN senior international correspondent, says.
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Cnn.com |
11:07am PDT |
Dolly nears hurricane strength |
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Summary: Tropical Storm Dolly intensified early Tuesday in the western Gulf of Mexico, forecasters with the National Hurricane Center said.
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Cnn.com |
11:03am PDT |
Viagra may aid women on antidepressants |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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ChristianToday |
11:00am PDT |
Gay bishop must resign or confess says Sudan church head |
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Summary: The head of the Anglican Church in Sudan said on Tuesday that unity could be restored to the troubled Anglican Communion only when the openly gay Bishop Gene Robinson resigns or confesses he has made a mistake in embracing homosexuality |
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Yahoo News |
10:58am PDT |
Estelle Getty of 'Golden Girls' dies at 84
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Estelle Getty, the diminutive actress who spent 40 years struggling for success before landing a role of a lifetime in 1985 as the sarcastic octogenarian Sophia on TV's "The Golden Girls," has died. She was 84. |
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BBC News |
10:56am PDT |
Golden Girls star Getty dies, 84 |
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Summary: Actress Estelle Getty, best known as Sicilian grandmother Sophia Petrillo in US sitcom The Golden Girls, dies aged 84. |
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Cnn.com |
10:56am PDT |
Sex slave: 'Every day we were raped' |
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Summary: Jasmina was snatched from her home by soldiers 16 years ago and repeatedly raped during the Bosnian war. Sometimes, they'd torture her in front of her children. Other times, she'd beg them to kill her: "That's when they laughed." Jasmina spoke to CNN, off |
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BBC News |
10:49am PDT |
Families evacuated in blast fear |
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Summary: Fears that gas cylinders could explode in a fire-damaged garage force the evacuation of up to 60 families. |
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ChristianPost |
10:49am PDT |
Survey: Most U.S. Jews Don't Support Hagee |
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Summary: A majority of American Jews say Jewish groups should not partner with vocal Texas megachurch pastor John Hagee or other Christian Zionists that support Israel based on end-times beliefs, a new survey revealed. |
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Cnn.com |
10:45am PDT |
McCain steps up attacks |
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Summary: As Sen. Barack Obama makes his headline-grabbing trip overseas, Sen. John McCain is arguing that he's best equipped to make the tough calls at home and abroad.
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Cnn.com |
10:45am PDT |
With foe in spotlight, McCain steps up attacks |
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Summary: As Sen. Barack Obama makes his headline-grabbing trip overseas, Sen. John McCain is arguing that he's best equipped to make the tough calls at home and abroad.
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BBC News |
10:36am PDT |
Leigh rage over Super League snub |
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Summary: Leigh chief executive Allan Rowley criticises the RFL's decision to award a Super League place to the Celtic Crusaders. |
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Cnn.com |
10:18am PDT |
Feds drop tax case against Sharpton |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Cnn.com |
10:11am PDT |
Police fight rash of home 'strippers' |
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Summary: When Atlanta police officers Bryan Ernest and Bernatt Collins get a burglary call, they know the house they walk into will probably be stripped, right down to the materials inside the walls.
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BBC News |
10:09am PDT |
S African police evict migrants |
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Summary: South African riot police remove hundreds of immigrants from a temporary shelter. |
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BBC News |
9:58am PDT |
Troubled star |
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Summary: Christian Bale's road to the Hollywood big time |
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Cnn.com |
9:46am PDT |
Senate to go ahead with oil speculator bill |
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Summary: Senate Democrats on Tuesday plan to bring legislation meant to crack down on oil speculators up for a key test vote, a measure that one Republican dismissed as a "smoke screen."
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Yahoo News |
9:38am PDT |
Obama says committed to Iraq withdrawal timetable
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. Democratic presidential candidate
Barack Obama said on Tuesday he was committed to a 16-month
timetable for a U.S. military withdrawal from Iraq, after a
trip in which he met Iraqi leaders and U.S. officials. |
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BBC News |
9:38am PDT |
Fancy a night at the opera? Then pick up a tabloid... |
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Summary: Tickets for the opening night of the new Royal Opera House season will only be available to readers of the Sun newspaper, it is announced. |
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Cnn.com |
9:37am PDT |
Reports: 'Dark Knight' star arrested |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
9:36am PDT |
Batman star bailed over 'assault' |
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Summary: Batman star Christian Bale leaves a London police station after being questioned over claims he assaulted his mother and sister. |
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BBC News |
9:33am PDT |
Pair convicted of hammer murder |
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Summary: A man and a woman are found guilty of beating a man to death with a hammer in Glasgow. |
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Yahoo News |
9:32am PDT |
Zimbabwe talks delayed
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Zimbabwean crisis talks due to start in South Africa struggled to get off the ground on Tuesday as chief negotiators had yet to leave Harare, sources from the opposition and ruling party said. |
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BBC News |
9:28am PDT |
100 homes evacuated in blast fear |
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Summary: Fears that gas cylinders could explode in a fire-damaged garage force the evacuation of 100 homes. |
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Cnn.com |
9:19am PDT |
Sex slave fears she'll be forced back to rape city |
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Summary: Jasmina was snatched from her home by soldiers 16 years ago and repeatedly raped during the Bosnian war. Sometimes, they'd torture her in front of her children. Other times, she'd beg them to kill her: "That's when they laughed." Jasmina spoke to CNN, off |
