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Yahoo News |
1:54pm PDT |
Official: Mary Kate Olsen silent on Ledger OD
(AP)
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Summary: AP - NEW YORK (AP) — Federal investigators want to question actress Mary Kate Olsen about how Heath Ledger got two powerful painkillers that contributed to his accidental overdose death, but she wants immunity or she won't talk, a law enforcement official |
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Yahoo News |
1:50pm PDT |
Farmer sends message to neighbors with car fence
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A farmer has erected a fence in his backyard made of three old cars sticking up in the air to send a message to new neighbors that he can do whatever he wants on his farm. "This is just a fun way for me to say, 'Hey boys, I'm still here,'" said Rhett |
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Yahoo News |
1:48pm PDT |
Changing lug nuts not a war crime, jury told
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Osama bin
Laden's driver performed vital services that enabled "the
world's most dangerous terrorist" to launch attacks, a
prosecutor told jurors before they began deliberations on
Monday in the first U.S. war crimes trial at Guantanamo. |
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Yahoo News |
1:44pm PDT |
U.S. charges Colombian rebel over hostage-taking
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A senior member of Colombia's FARC
guerrillas has been charged for his role in the hostage-taking
of three Americans who were rescued last month in Colombia, the
U.S. Justice Department said on Monday. |
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Yahoo News |
1:42pm PDT |
Favre flying under radar in Green Bay on Monday
(AP)
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Summary: AP - There was no parade, no motorcade, and no photo opportunity — hardly the way you'd expect Brett Favre to return to the Green Bay Packers after spending most of the past month as the league's longest-running daytime drama. |
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BBC News |
1:41pm PDT |
Bin Laden driver trial jury out |
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Summary: A military jury retires to consider its verdict on Osama Bin Laden's ex-driver, in the first war crimes trial at Guantanamo Bay. |
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Yahoo News |
1:35pm PDT |
Obama makes a shift, says tap oil reserves
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Barack Obama proposed tapping
the strategic oil reserve on Monday to help lower gas prices,
reversing an earlier stance, and called rival John McCain a
tool of big oil companies as rising energy costs took center
stage in the U.S. presidenti |
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BBC News |
1:30pm PDT |
Van Nistelrooy quits Dutch set-up |
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Summary: Dutch striker Ruud van Nistelrooy announces his retirement from international football at the age of 32. |
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Cnn.com |
1:28pm PDT |
Anthrax suspect called obsessed with sorority |
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Cnn.com |
1:23pm PDT |
Students harness sun in Quetzaltenango |
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Summary: In spring 2007, University of California Berkeley Energy and Resources Group professor Ashok Gadgil challenged students in his Design for Sustainable Communities class to come up with an affordable and efficient solar water heater that could be used in lo |
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Cnn.com |
1:21pm PDT |
Slain minister's wife gets daughters back |
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Yahoo News |
1:19pm PDT |
Pentagon closes controversial intelligence unit
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The Pentagon on Monday said it was
closing a controversial intelligence office that had raised
concerns about domestic spying by the military after the
September 11 attacks. |
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Yahoo News |
1:17pm PDT |
Ohio inmate says he's too fat for execution
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A death row inmate scheduled for execution says he's too fat to be put to death, claiming executioners would have trouble finding his veins and that his weight could diminish the effectiveness of one of the lethal injection drugs. |
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Yahoo News |
1:15pm PDT |
Officials: Anthrax suspect obsessed with sorority
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The top suspect in the 2001 anthrax attacks was obsessed with a sorority that sat less than 100 yards away from a New Jersey mailbox where the toxin-laced letters were sent, authorities said Monday. |
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Yahoo News |
1:14pm PDT |
Obama backs limited drilling, tapping oil reserve
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Barack Obama put forward a broad energy plan Monday designed to end U.S. reliance on imported oil within 10 years and shore up his standing amid a tightening White House race and high-anxiety over gas prices. |
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BBC News |
1:01pm PDT |
Divine reflections |
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Summary: Four Anglicans review the Lambeth Conference
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BBC News |
1:01pm PDT |
Anglican views |
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Summary: Global reflections as the Lambeth Conference ends |
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Yahoo News |
12:56pm PDT |
Fla. man dials 911, complains his sub had no sauce
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The sauce for a spicy Italian sandwich was apparently a must have for one Florida man. The man, Reginald Peterson, called 911 twice after a sandwich shop left off the sauce. |
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ChristianPost |
12:48pm PDT |
Beijing Olympics are Almost Here |
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Summary: The day China has long-awaited, the day it makes its debut on the international sports stage with, literally, a cast of thousands, arrives Friday when opening ceremonies kick off the Beijing Olympics inside its stunning 91,000-seat "Bird's Nest" National |
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Yahoo News |
12:44pm PDT |
Obama backs some drilling, tapping oil stockpile
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Barack Obama put forward a broad energy plan Monday designed to end U.S. reliance on imported oil within 10 years and shore up his standing amid a tightening White House race and high-anxiety over gas prices. |
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BBC News |
12:43pm PDT |
Alert as snake escapes from home |
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Summary: People are urged to keep their doors and windows shut after a boa constrictor escaped from a home. |
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Yahoo News |
12:35pm PDT |
Officials: Sorority obsession seen in anthrax case
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The top suspect in the 2001 anthrax attacks was obsessed with a sorority that sat less than 100 yards away from a New Jersey mailbox where the toxin-laced letters were sent, authorities said Monday. |
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Yahoo News |
12:34pm PDT |
11 feared dead after K2 avalanche; 3 men rescued
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A helicopter plucked two frostbitten Dutch climbers from K2 on Monday after an avalanche and exposure left at least 11 people presumed dead on the world's second-highest mountain. An Italian who was also stranded made his way down the slope with a re |
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Yahoo News |
12:31pm PDT |
Prosecutors say man to plead guilty in ricin case
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A man believed to have poisoned himself with toxic ricin in his Las Vegas motel room will plead guilty to federal charges, prosecutors said Monday. |
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Yahoo News |
12:28pm PDT |
Bush running out of time on nuclear threats
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Bush is rushing the clock and running out of time as he tries to stare down nuclear threats on three fronts. Bush has seen Iran ignore a weekend deadline to say whether it will haggle with the U.S. and others worried that Iran is racing tow |
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Yahoo News |
12:13pm PDT |
Lens implant offers chance at beating lazy eye
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Dr. Paul Dougherty delicately slipped a tiny lens inside the right eye of 7-year-old Megan Garvin — a last-ditch shot at saving her sight in that eye. |
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Yahoo News |
12:12pm PDT |
Ailing columnist Robert Novak retires
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Political columnist Robert Novak, who
was diagnosed with a brain tumor a week ago, said on Monday his
prognosis was "dire" and announced his immediate retirement. |
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Cnn.com |
12:04pm PDT |
The downside of cheaper oil |
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Summary: Oil prices are falling sharply, and that's good news. But not nearly as good as you might think.
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BBC News |
12:04pm PDT |
Storm relief sends oil below $120 |
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Summary: Oil prices drop below $120 a barrel as Tropical Storm Edouard appears unlikely to hit oil facilities in the Gulf of Mexico. |
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BBC News |
11:58am PDT |
Morgan Freeman hurt in car crash |
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Summary: US actor Morgan Freeman is in a serious condition in hospital after being injured in a car accident in Mississippi. |
