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11:44pm PDT |
Four-day work week lifts morale, students say |
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Summary: Ask just about any college student and they'll tell you they'd jump through hoops to avoid taking a class that meets on Fridays.
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Yahoo News |
11:33pm PDT |
Ten dead as bomb hits Pakistan air force bus: police
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Summary: AFP - At least 10 people were killed and 11 others were injured Tuesday when a bomb targeting a Pakistan air force bus exploded in the northwestern city of Peshawar, police said. |
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11:24pm PDT |
Six dead in blast in Pakistan's Peshawar city
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Six people were killed in a
bomb attack on an air force bus in the Pakistani city of
Peshawar on Tuesday, security officials said. |
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11:12pm PDT |
China takes the gold, Americans win the bronze
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The roar began as soon as Chen Yibing's feet hit the mat, a primal scream that was four pressure-packed years in the making. |
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10:54pm PDT |
Rodgers sharp, but Packers fall to Bengals 20-17
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Aaron Rodgers shrugged off a shaky beginning as Brett Favre's replacement. |
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10:49pm PDT |
Phelps ties record with 9th gold |
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10:44pm PDT |
Diary of Dylan's wife up for sale |
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Summary: A manuscript offering an insight into Dylan Thomas' marriage is up for sale for £250,000.
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10:44pm PDT |
Senior al Qaeda leader killed in Pakistan
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Senior Al Qaeda commander
Abu Saeed al-Masri has been killed in recent clashes with
Pakistani forces in a Pakistani region near the Afghan border,
a security official said on Tuesday. |
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10:31pm PDT |
Phelps joins Olympic greats with nine golds
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps carved his
name among Olympic greats on Tuesday, winning a record-equaling
ninth gold on a dominant morning for Americans in the pool. |
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10:30pm PDT |
Three killed in Kashmir shooting |
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Summary: Three people are killed when police in Indian-administered Kashmir fire to disperse a procession defying a curfew. |
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10:24pm PDT |
£3.6m paid out in prisoner wages |
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Summary: Prisoners in NI are paid £850,000 in wages in the last financial year, part of a total £3.5m paid out over five years. |
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10:11pm PDT |
Football 'should pay for police' |
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Summary: The Association of Chief Police Officers says it wants football clubs to pay the full cost of policing games. |
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9:58pm PDT |
New Georgia clashes mar UN moves |
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Summary: Separatists in Abkhazia say they have begun an operation against Georgian forces, amid faltering UN diplomatic moves to end the Russia-Georgia conflict. |
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9:56pm PDT |
Sarkozy heads to Russia on peace mission
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - French President Nicolas Sarkozy will
lead efforts on Tuesday to end hostilities between Russia and
Georgia as the conflict appeared to widen with pro-Moscow rebel
forces opening a fresh offensive against Georgian troops. |
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Cnn.com |
9:53pm PDT |
Phelps ties record with 9th career gold medal |
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9:38pm PDT |
Beckett outpitches Danks as Red Sox beat White Sox
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Josh Beckett pitched eight strong innings and the Boston Red Sox beat the Chicago White Sox 5-1 Monday night even though John Danks took a no-hitter into the seventh. |
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BBC News |
9:34pm PDT |
Curfew imposed on Kashmir valley |
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Summary: A curfew is imposed on the valley region in Indian-administered Kashmir ahead of the burial of a senior separatist. |
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Cnn.com |
9:31pm PDT |
Russian military pushes further into Georgia |
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Summary: The Russian military advanced into Georgia on two fronts Monday, heading toward cities outside the breakaway provinces that have been the centers of fighting. In Washington on Monday, President Bush said Russia's attacks against Georgia have "substantiall |
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Cnn.com |
9:31pm PDT |
Russian military pushes into Georgia |
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Summary: The Russian military advanced into Georgia on two fronts Monday, heading toward cities outside the breakaway provinces that have been the centers of fighting.
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9:22pm PDT |
Study: Women rise in state government leadership
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The number of women in state government leadership positions is on the rise, with the percentage nearly mirroring their representation in the general population in six states, a study has found. |
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Yahoo News |
9:19pm PDT |
Make room for Phelps as winningest Olympian ever
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Michael Phelps etched his name with Mark Spitz and Carl Lewis among the winningest Olympians ever Tuesday. With three gold medals and three world records, he has no equal in China. |
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BBC News |
9:01pm PDT |
Hunt for weapons in double murder |
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Summary: Police search for the weapons used to murder a Chinese couple who were killed in a frenzied attack in Newcastle. |
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BBC News |
9:01pm PDT |
Hunt for weapons in murder of Chinese |
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Summary: Police search for the weapons used to murder a Chinese couple who were killed in a frenzied attack in Newcastle. |
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BBC News |
9:01pm PDT |
Tributes to ex-BBC executive Cotton |
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Summary: Sir Bill Cotton, the TV executive who oversaw some of the BBC's most popular shows in the 1970s, dies aged 80. |
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8:47pm PDT |
France's Sarkozy on Russia-Georgia ceasefire trip
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - French President Nicolas Sarkozy is to
leave for Russia and Georgia on Tuesday, seeking to use his
good relations with Moscow and his country's presidency of the
European Union to broker a ceasefire between the warring
states. |
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BBC News |
8:41pm PDT |
First 'fast-freeze' IVF baby born |
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Summary: A couple become the first in the UK to have a baby using a pioneering IVF technique which fast-freezes embryos. |
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8:35pm PDT |
New dad Perkins, light-hitter Everett lift Twins
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Brand new papa Glen Perkins pitched eight outstanding innings and light-hitting Adam Everett connected for a two-run homer, lifting the Minnesota Twins to a 4-0 victory over the reeling New York Yankees on Monday night. |
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Yahoo News |
8:09pm PDT |
Phelps poised to become winningest Olympian ever
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Michael Phelps joined a stellar cast, including Mark Spitz and Carl Lewis, to become one of the winningest Olympians ever by grabbing his ninth gold medal. |
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Yahoo News |
8:03pm PDT |
New dad Perkins, Everett lift Twins past Yankees
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Brand new papa Glen Perkins pitched eight outstanding innings and light-hitting Adam Everett hit a two-run homer, lifting the Minnesota Twins to a 4-0 victory over the reeling New York Yankees on Monday night. |
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Cnn.com |
7:49pm PDT |
Phelps ties record with 9th career gold |
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