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Yahoo News |
6:17pm PDT |
Sorority may link anthrax suspect to NJ letters
(AP)
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Summary: AP - His decades-long obsession with a college sorority may link a former Army biowarfare scientist to four anthrax-laced letters dropped off at a New Jersey mailbox in 2001, authorities said Monday in the latest twist of one of the most bizarre unsolved |
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Yahoo News |
6:15pm PDT |
Torch tours capital of quake-hit Sichuan
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Crowds cheered wildly as the
Olympic flame made its way through the capital of China's
quake-hit province of Sichuan on Tuesday, its last stop before
heading to Beijing to open the Games. The three-hour torch
relay through Chengdu was greete |
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Yahoo News |
6:13pm PDT |
Marines ordered to stay longer in Afghanistan
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Pentagon has ordered roughly 1,250 Marines serving as trainers for the Afghan security forces to stay on the warfront about a month longer to continue a mission that military leaders say is a top priority, according to a senior military official. |
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BBC News |
6:11pm PDT |
Clampdown move on rogue employers |
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Summary: The government launches a helpline to report mistreatment of workers or illegal pay rates as it clamps down on rogue employers. |
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Yahoo News |
6:06pm PDT |
Goodell says Vikings didn't tamper with Favre
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The NFL season hasn't even started yet, and the Minnesota Vikings already have a victory over the Green Bay Packers under their belts. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell ruled Monday that contact between the Vikings and Brett Favre this summer did not vi |
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Cnn.com |
6:03pm PDT |
Morgan Freeman injured when car flips |
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Summary: Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman is in serious condition at a Memphis, Tennessee, hospital after being involved in a car accident Sunday night, according to hospital officials. CNN affilliate WMC-TV of Memphis reports Freeman was in a wreck in Tallahatc |
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Cnn.com |
6:03pm PDT |
Morgan Freeman hurt when car flips |
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Summary: Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman is in serious condition at a Memphis, Tennessee, hospital after being involved in a car accident Sunday night, according to hospital officials. CNN affilliate WMC-TV of Memphis reports Freeman was in a wreck in Tallahatc |
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Cnn.com |
6:03pm PDT |
Morgan Freeman 'in lots of pain' after wreck |
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Summary: Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman is in serious condition at a Memphis, Tennessee, hospital after being involved in a car accident Sunday night, according to hospital officials. CNN affilliate WMC-TV of Memphis reports Freeman was in a wreck in Tallahatc |
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Cnn.com |
5:52pm PDT |
1,200 Marines get longer Afghanistan tours |
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Summary: Approximately 1,200 Marines serving in southwestern Afghanistan will have their tours of duty extended by 30 days, Pentagon and Marine officials said.
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Cnn.com |
5:52pm PDT |
Marines get longer Afghanistan tours |
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Summary: Approximately 1,200 Marines serving in southwestern Afghanistan will have their tours of duty extended by 30 days, Pentagon and Marine officials said.
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Cnn.com |
5:52pm PDT |
267-pound inmate says he's too fat to execute |
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Cnn.com |
5:37pm PDT |
Nevada man pleads guilty in ricin case |
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Summary: A Nevada man who reportedly poisoned himself with ricin in his Las Vegas motel room pleaded guilty Monday to possession of a biological toxin, prosecutors said.
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BBC News |
5:32pm PDT |
K2 survivors describe avalanche |
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Summary: Survivors of the avalanche on K2, describe scenes of panic as 11 mountaineers die on the world's second-highest mountain. |
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Cnn.com |
5:29pm PDT |
Edouard likely to strengthen, hit Texas |
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Summary: The winds of Tropical Storm Edouard are reaching the coast of Louisiana and could be near hurricane strength as the eye of the storm gets near land Tuesday, forecasters say. The storm "is becoming organized and is expected to be very near hurricane streng |
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Cnn.com |
5:23pm PDT |
Columnist in 'dire' health retires |
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Summary: Conservative columnist and former CNN host Robert Novak said Monday that he will retire immediately to focus on treatment of a malignant brain tumor.
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Cnn.com |
5:23pm PDT |
Conservative columnist in 'dire' health retires |
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Summary: Conservative columnist and former CNN host Robert Novak said Monday that he will retire immediately to focus on treatment of a malignant brain tumor.
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BBC News |
5:10pm PDT |
Primates 'face extinction crisis' |
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Summary: Almost half of the world's primate species are facing extinction, a major global assessment warns, with habitat loss the main threat. |
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BBC News |
5:02pm PDT |
Olympics will be safe, says China |
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Summary: China stresses the Beijing Olympics will be safe following an attack that killed 16 policemen in the north-west of the country. |
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BBC News |
4:47pm PDT |
Terror detention plans 'muddled' |
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Summary: Plans to extend terror detention to 42 days could hit judges' independence and cause trials to collapse, peers warn. |
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Yahoo News |
4:46pm PDT |
Tropical Storm Edouard shuts refinery, offshore oil output
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Tropical Storm Edouard disrupted
shipping, cut refinery production and shut some offshore oil
and natural gas output on Monday as it churned across the Gulf
of Mexico toward landfall along the upper Texas Coast on
Tuesday |
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Yahoo News |
4:44pm PDT |
Plane crashes into Oregon home, kills 4
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A small plane crashed into a vacation
home on the Oregon coast on Monday, killing at least four
people, including two children inside, officials said. |
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Cnn.com |
4:42pm PDT |
Edouard expected to strengthen, strike Texas |
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Summary: The winds of Tropical Storm Edouard are reaching the coast of Louisiana and could be near hurricane strength as the eye of the storm gets near land Tuesday, forecasters say. The storm "is becoming organized and is expected to be very near hurricane streng |
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Yahoo News |
4:39pm PDT |
U.S. adds 30 days to Marines' tours in Afghanistan
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - About 1,000 Marines deployed to
train Afghan security forces will have their tours of duty
extended by 30 days, a U.S. defense official said on Monday. |
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BBC News |
4:34pm PDT |
Anger over Beijing Saltire 'ban' |
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Summary: An MSP warns Scots travelling to Beijing for the Olympics they may be prevented from waving the Saltire at the Games. |
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BBC News |
4:21pm PDT |
Exam hopefuls face anxious wait |
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Summary: More than 150,000 pupils across Scotland anxiously wait to discover the results of their exams. |
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BBC News |
4:19pm PDT |
Disputed test results coming out |
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Summary: The primary Sats test results for England are to be published - with 460 schools still waiting for their marks. |
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BBC News |
4:19pm PDT |
Delayed test results coming out |
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Summary: The primary Sats test results for England are to be published - with 460 schools still waiting for their marks. |
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BBC News |
4:15pm PDT |
Human malaria jab tests nearing |
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Summary: Successful animal experiments have given the green light for trials of a new type of malaria vaccine in humans. |
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BBC News |
4:07pm PDT |
Blame game |
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Summary: Who should carry the can for the credit crunch? |
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BBC News |
4:05pm PDT |
Starbuck's retreat |
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Summary: The coffee chain admits failure in Australia |
