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Yahoo News |
9:18am PDT |
Mets closer Wagner has muscle spasm near shoulder
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Summary: AP - Mets closer Billy Wagner has tightness around his left shoulder, which an MRI exam Tuesday showed was a muscle spasm around his pitching arm. |
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Cnn.com |
9:17am PDT |
Police stop mafia clan's bid to buy team |
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Cnn.com |
9:14am PDT |
Obama in Jordan for talks with king |
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Summary: Sen. Barack Obama arrived Tuesday in Jordan on the next leg of a trip intended to bolster the Democratic presidential hopeful's foreign policy credentials.
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Yahoo News |
9:08am PDT |
Mortgage-giant rescue could cost $25 billion
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Summary: AP - A federal rescue of troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could cost taxpayers as much as $25 billion, Congress' top budget analyst said Tuesday. |
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BBC News |
9:06am PDT |
Plymouth end troubled keeper's contract |
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Summary: Plymouth cancel the contract of keeper Luke McCormick by mutual consent after he was charged with causing death by dangerous driving. |
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Yahoo News |
9:02am PDT |
Zimbabwe talks held up by late departures
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Summary: AFP - Talks due to begin in South Africa Tuesday on ending Zimbabwe's crisis were struggling to get off the ground with the chief negotiators yet to fly out of Harare, opposition and ruling party sources said. |
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Yahoo News |
8:59am PDT |
Mets, Phils tied as showdown starts tonight
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Summary: AP - The Mets face the Phillies in New York tonight in a showdown for first place in the NL East. The teams are tied for the top spot. |
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Yahoo News |
8:59am PDT |
'Batman' star Christian Bale accused of assaulting mom, sister
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Summary: AP - Batman star Christian Bale was arrested Tuesday over allegations of assaulting his mother and sister, police and British media said. |
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BBC News |
8:57am PDT |
Shot priest talks of court ordeal |
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Summary: Two South African men are convicted of the attempted murder of Belfast priest Father Kieran Creagh. |
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ChristianPost |
8:56am PDT |
Court Tosses CBS Fine for Janet Jackson Indecent Exposure |
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Summary: The federal appeals court on Monday dealt a setback in FCC's effort to regulate nudity and profanity on television as it refused to fine CBS $550,000 for the Janet Jackson indecent exposure incident during the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show. |
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Yahoo News |
8:54am PDT |
Congress moves toward curbing oil speculation
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Summary: AP - The Senate has voted to move ahead with a Democratic plan to curb speculation in oil markets that has been blamed by some for the recent run-up in oil prices. |
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CTI News |
8:42am PDT |
Yancey: How C.S. Lewis Shaped Me |
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Summary: How C. S. Lewis has shaped my faith and writing. |
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Cnn.com |
8:42am PDT |
Pickens to Congress: We're in a hole |
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Summary: Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens told Congress Tuesday that the government must act quickly to curb the nation's dependence on foreign oil.
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BBC News |
8:40am PDT |
Obama urges political fix in Iraq |
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Summary: US Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama says security in Iraq is better but political and diplomatic solutions are needed. |
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Cnn.com |
8:40am PDT |
Obama reaches Jordan for talks with king |
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Summary: Sen. Barack Obama arrived Tuesday in Jordan on the next leg of a trip intended to bolster the Democratic presidential hopeful's foreign policy credentials.
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Yahoo News |
8:39am PDT |
Stocks mixed as investors weigh Wachovia, oil drop
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Summary: AP - Wall Street traded mixed Tuesday after another dive in oil prices blunted the impact of discouraging quarterly results from Wachovia Corp. and other blue chip names. |
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ChristianPost |
8:37am PDT |
Midsize Mission Renews Europe's Declining Churches |
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Summary: Churches across Europe are reporting that setting up midsize missional groups alongside their worship services is proving to be an effective strategy to not only revitalize struggling congregations, but also to help attract new people in a post-Christian |
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BBC News |
8:35am PDT |
Batman star leaves police station |
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Summary: Batman star Christian Bale leaves a London police station after being questioned over allegations he assaulted his mother and sister. |
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Cnn.com |
8:33am PDT |
Police battle vacant home burglaries |
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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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Cnn.com |
8:32am PDT |
Texas calls up Guard as storm nears |
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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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BBC News |
8:31am PDT |
Rowling's Harry Potter 'regret' |
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Summary: Harry Potter author JK Rowling speaks of her regret that she never told her mother about her world-famous creation. |
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BBC News |
8:29am PDT |
You're fed: Brown reveals country home guests |
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Summary: The list of people Gordon Brown has entertained at Chequers since becoming prime minister has been released. |
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BBC News |
8:27am PDT |
Tiscali accuses BT of defamation |
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Summary: Tiscali has issued legal proceedings against BT after it sent letters to its customers. |
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Cnn.com |
8:23am PDT |
Photos show ex-fugitive Karadzic |
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Summary: Alleged war criminal Radovan Karadzic was working as a doctor with an elaborate false identity before he was captured in Belgrade, prosecutors said today. Karadzic is accused in the ethnic cleansing in the Bosnian war that killed tens of thousands. He had |
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ChristianToday |
8:23am PDT |
Disguised Karadzic arrested in Serbia |
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Summary: Bosnian Serb wartime president Radovan Karadzic indicted for genocide in the Bosnia war was captured in disguise near Belgrade after 11 years on the run and had been working as a doctor Serbian officials said on Tuesday |
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ChristianToday |
8:22am PDT |
Zimbabwe crisis talks to start in South Africa |
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Summary: Zimbabwes ruling party and the opposition MDC prepared to begin negotiations on Tuesday on a powersharing deal that could end the countrys political crisis the opposition and diplomatic sources said |
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ChristianPost |
8:22am PDT |
Study: Non-Evangelical Christians Less Driven by Faith |
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Summary: Most Christians, notional and evangelical alike, desire a personal relationship with God, a new study showed. But evangelicals were the only Christian segment that desired much more in their faith life. "Evangelicals are intensely driven by their faith," |
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ChristianToday |
8:22am PDT |
Brown seeks changes to mission in Iraq in 2009 |
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Summary: Prime Minister Gordon Brown played up an improving security situation in Iraq on Tuesday and said the number of British troops there could continue to come down as key security tasks were completed |
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ChristianToday |
8:21am PDT |
Supermarket fuel price war could ease inflation |
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Summary: Three of Britains major supermarkets began a petrol price war on Tuesday and cut fuel prices by up to five pence a litre a move that could ease inflation in August |
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BBC News |
8:21am PDT |
Jury sent out in canoe wife trial |
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Summary: The jury in the £250,000 fraud trial of canoeist wife Anne Darwin is sent out to consider its verdicts. |
