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BBC News |
11:57pm PDT |
Lung removed in 'cancer blunder' |
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Summary: A Shetland man says his lung was needlessly removed by doctors after he was wrongly diagnosed with cancer. |
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BBC News |
11:48pm PDT |
Water firms submit pricing plans |
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Summary: Water companies in England and Wales submit their proposed five-year price plans to the regulator for approval. |
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Yahoo News |
11:47pm PDT |
UPS in talks to buy Dutch rival TNT: source
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. delivery company United Parcel
Service is in talks to buy Dutch rival TNT NV, a source
familiar with the talks said. |
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Yahoo News |
11:47pm PDT |
NYC among 21 cities to disclose carbon output
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - More than 20 U.S. cities, including
New York, Las Vegas and Denver, have agreed to measure their
carbon footprints, with a system some 1,300 companies have been
persuaded to use, in an attempt to find ways to curb emissions
blamed for warmin |
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Yahoo News |
11:36pm PDT |
American team keeps Phelps' gold dream alive
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - American swimmer Michael Phelps needed
a little help from his friends to pip France in the relay on
Monday and keep alive his dream of eight golds in the most
exciting moment so far of the Beijing Olympics. |
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BBC News |
11:35pm PDT |
Ex-Thai PM 'will remain in UK' |
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Summary: Ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra says he will not return to Thailand from the UK to answer corruption charges. |
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BBC News |
11:25pm PDT |
Man quizzed over serial attacks |
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Summary: A 26-year-old man is arrested and questioned over a series of violent attacks on women in East Sussex. |
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Yahoo News |
11:11pm PDT |
Nadal, Serena Williams win Olympic singles debuts
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Rafael Nadal made a successful debut in Olympic singles Monday, overcoming numerous missed chances by sweeping the final four games to beat Potito Starace of Italy 6-2, 3-6, 6-2. |
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Cnn.com |
10:55pm PDT |
Cash spills over highway, free-for-all begins |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
10:50pm PDT |
Controversial landfill plan vote |
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Summary: Plans for a controversial new landfill site are expected to be approved a council despite opposition. |
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BBC News |
10:44pm PDT |
Midwives struggle with baby boom |
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Summary: Maternity care in NI is facing a crisis due to an increase in the birth rate and lack of staff, the Royal College of Midwives warns. |
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BBC News |
10:44pm PDT |
£17m regeneration plans on show |
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Summary: Developers plan to exhibit proposals for a multi million pound regeneration which includes a super store and office space. |
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Yahoo News |
10:41pm PDT |
Georgia says Russia bombs again
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Georgia said Russian warplanes attacked
more targets near its capital, Tbilisi, early on Monday while
U.S. President George W. Bush condemned Moscow's
"disproportionate response" to the South Ossetian crisis. |
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Yahoo News |
10:32pm PDT |
U.S. won't delist North Korea on Monday
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
told Japan that Washington will not remove North Korea from a
U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism on Monday, Japanese
Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura said. |
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Yahoo News |
10:23pm PDT |
Brilliant Lezak keeps Phelps on Olympic target
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Swimming ace Michael Phelps has teammate Jason Lezak to thank for staying on his eight-gold target at one Games when the United States shattered the 4x100m relay world record in the final on Monday. |
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BBC News |
10:14pm PDT |
Fragile democracy |
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Summary: Bolivia remains divided despite backing Morales |
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Cnn.com |
10:07pm PDT |
Phelps earns second gold medal in relay thriller |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Cnn.com |
10:07pm PDT |
Phelps earns second gold medal in relay thriller |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
10:01pm PDT |
What a race! Lezak keeps Phelps' hopes alive
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The oldest man on the U.S. swimming team pulled off one of the great comebacks in Olympic history Monday morning, lunging to the wall just ahead of France's Alain Bernard in a race so fast it actually erased two world records. |
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BBC News |
9:59pm PDT |
Bindra claims India's first gold |
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Summary: Abhinav Bindra becomes India's first individual Olympic gold medallist, winning the men's 10m air rifle shooting title. |
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Yahoo News |
9:47pm PDT |
N.Y. among 21 cities to disclose carbon output
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - More than 20 U.S. cities, including
New York, Las Vegas and Denver, have agreed to measure their
carbon footprints, with a system some 1,300 companies have been
persuaded to use, in an attempt to find ways to curb emissions
blamed for warmin |
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Yahoo News |
9:46pm PDT |
Phelps' gold dream still alive
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - American swimmer Michael Phelps needed
a little help from his friends on Monday to keep alive the
dream of an unprecedented eight Olympic golds. |
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BBC News |
9:28pm PDT |
Tories plan to tighten bail laws |
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Summary: The Conservatives say they would make major changes to tighten the laws on bail in England and Wales. |
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BBC News |
9:27pm PDT |
US warning to Russia over Georgia |
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Summary: The US strongly criticises Russian military action against Georgia, in the bitter conflict over South Ossetia, amid reports that Moscow has bombed further targets inside Georgia. |
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BBC News |
9:21pm PDT |
Ex-Thai PM fails to attend court |
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Summary: The ousted Thai Prime Minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, fails to show up at a court in Bangkok, amid rumours he has fled to the UK. |
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Yahoo News |
9:16pm PDT |
AP Exclusive: US disregarded experts over biolab
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Homeland Security Department swept aside evaluations of government experts and named Mississippi — home to powerful U.S. lawmakers with sway over the agency — as a top location for a new $451 million, national laboratory to study some of the worl |
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Yahoo News |
9:14pm PDT |
U.S. swimmers keep Phelps' dream alive
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Michael Phelps needed a little help
from his friends on Monday to keep alive the dream of an
unprecedented eight Olympics golds for the American swimmer. |
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Yahoo News |
9:01pm PDT |
Poof! Scientists closer to invisibility cloak
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Scientists say they are a step closer to developing materials that could render people and objects invisible. |
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Yahoo News |
9:01pm PDT |
U.S. won't delist North Korea Monday: Rice quoted
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has
told Japan that Washington will not remove North Korea from a
U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism on Monday, Japanese
media reported, quoting Japan's foreign minister. |
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Yahoo News |
8:47pm PDT |
Officials work to ID remains from helicopter crash
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Authorities on Sunday finished collecting badly burned remains from the crash site of a firefighting helicopter in the Northern California wilderness. |
