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11:55pm PDT |
Stressed parents up asthma risk |
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Summary: Stressed parents may increase the risk that a child will develop asthma, research findings suggest. |
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Cnn.com |
11:52pm PDT |
White House misses deadline on spending cuts |
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Summary: On April 20, President Obama challenged his Cabinet to cut $100 million in spending over the next 90 days.
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Cnn.com |
11:50pm PDT |
Time's up: Deadline passes for Gitmo plan |
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Summary: In a move already drawing fire from liberal activists, aides to President Barack Obama acknowledged the administration will miss its own Tuesday deadline to submit a report detailing its policy on detaining terror suspects.
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Cnn.com |
11:50pm PDT |
Deadline passes for Obama's Gitmo plan |
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Summary: In a move already drawing fire from liberal activists, aides to President Obama acknowledged the administration will miss its own deadline to submit a report detailing its policy on detaining terror suspects. The report is a key part of the White House's |
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Cnn.com |
11:46pm PDT |
Man bursts into flames after Taser shock |
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Summary: A man, who doused himself with gasoline and charged at an officer, burst into flames when he was hit with a Taser, police in Australia said Tuesday.
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11:37pm PDT |
Probe into fishing capsize deaths |
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Summary: Investigations get under way into the deaths of three fishermen whose boat capsized off the west coast of Scotland. |
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11:30pm PDT |
Pensioners' home stoned by gang |
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Summary: An elderly brother and sister say they could have been killed in a series of attacks on their home near a Belfast peace wall. |
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11:18pm PDT |
Bernanke: Fed able to foil inflation when time comes
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Summary: Reuters - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the huge amounts of money the U.S. central bank has pumped into the economy will not undercut its ability to push borrowing costs higher when the time is ripe. |
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11:15pm PDT |
Out at last |
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Summary: 'We were treated well' say UK school children in China |
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10:54pm PDT |
Professions 'reserved for rich' |
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Summary: Top professions such as medicine and law are increasingly being closed off to all but the most affluent families, a report into social mobility will say. |
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Cnn.com |
10:36pm PDT |
Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates arrested |
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Summary: African-American scholar and Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. was arrested last week on a charge of disorderly conduct after a confrontation with an officer at his home, according to a Cambridge, Massachusetts, police report.
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Cnn.com |
10:36pm PDT |
Harvard professor Gates arrested |
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Summary: African-American scholar and Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. was arrested last week on a charge of disorderly conduct after a confrontation with an officer at his home, according to a Cambridge, Massachusetts, police report.
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10:36pm PDT |
Ponting backs under-fire Johnson |
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Summary: Australia captain Ricky Ponting says under-fire bowler Mitchell Johnson will not be made a scapegoat for his side's defeat in the second Ashes Test. |
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10:13pm PDT |
Complex fraud 'going unpunished' |
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Summary: A former boss of the Serious Fraud Office claims a change of policy could result in fewer prosecutions for major frauds. |
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10:04pm PDT |
Matsui lifts Yankees to 2-1 win over Orioles
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Summary: AP - Hideki Matsui homered off Jim Johnson in the ninth inning Monday night, giving the streaking New York Yankees a 2-1 victory over the Baltimore Orioles. |
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Yahoo News |
9:46pm PDT |
Bernanke preps for hot seat on bailouts, recovery
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Summary: AP - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke likely will face tough questions this week from lawmakers about taxpayer bailouts of financial companies, slow-moving government efforts to curb home foreclosures and the possibility that the Fed's unprecedented |
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Yahoo News |
9:46pm PDT |
Japan PM dissolves parliament, calls elections
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso dissolved the powerful lower house of parliament Tuesday, setting the stage for national elections next month that could transform the country's political power structure. |
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Yahoo News |
9:44pm PDT |
Private rescue of CIT marks shift in crisis
(AP)
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Summary: AP - With bondholders coming to the rescue of troubled commercial lender CIT Group Inc., and not the government, a new reality is setting in for investors. |
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Yahoo News |
9:43pm PDT |
Japan PM dissolves parliament ahead of election
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Summary: AFP - Japan's unpopular Prime Minister Taro Aso dissolved parliament Tuesday, paving the way for an election late next month seen likely to end his party's more than half century of almost unbroken rule. |
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Yahoo News |
9:31pm PDT |
California governor, lawmakers agree on state budget
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Summary: Reuters - California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and top lawmakers agreed on Monday to close a $26.3 billion deficit in the state's budget in a deal that includes $15.5 billion in spending cuts, they said. |
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BBC News |
9:19pm PDT |
California settles budget dispute |
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Summary: Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and leading California legislators agree a plan to close a huge budget deficit. |
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BBC News |
9:19pm PDT |
California budget plan 'agreed' |
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Summary: Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and leading California legislators agree a plan to close a huge budget deficit. |
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BBC News |
9:17pm PDT |
Japanese PM dissolves parliament |
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Summary: Prime Minister Taro Aso dissolves Japan's lower house of parliament and calls national elections on 30 August.
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Cnn.com |
8:58pm PDT |
California budget deal requires $15 billion in cuts |
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Summary: California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislators have reached an agreement on the state budget, the governor's spokesman confirmed late Monday. While lawmakers will have to make about $15 billion in cuts, Democratic Assembly Speaker Karen Bass told r |
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Yahoo News |
8:54pm PDT |
Guantanamo report on detainee policy delayed
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Summary: Reuters - A key report ordered by U.S. President Barack Obama as part of his effort to close the internationally condemned Guantanamo prison will be delayed six months, but officials insisted on Monday they were still on track to shut it down by January. |
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BBC News |
8:47pm PDT |
Call to close schools to curb flu |
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Summary: Scientists ask ministers to consider closing schools this autumn to help curb the number of swine flu cases. |
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Yahoo News |
8:38pm PDT |
CIT gets $3 billion lifeline from bondholders
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - CIT Group Inc secured a $3 billion loan facility from its bondholders on Monday and said it plans a comprehensive restructuring of its liabilities, but gave few details. |
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Yahoo News |
8:34pm PDT |
California governor, lawmakers notch budget deal
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and top lawmakers reached agreement on Monday to close a $26.3 billion deficit to balance the state's budget, in a deal that includes $15 billion in spending cuts, they said. |
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BBC News |
8:25pm PDT |
Brown 'sorry' for Rihanna assault |
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Summary: R&B singer Chris Brown makes a public apology for attacking his ex-girlfriend Rihanna, saying he "let a lot of people down". |
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BBC News |
8:14pm PDT |
Concern over Broadmoor 'failings' |
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Summary: Broadmoor high-security hospital in Berkshire is criticised over its high suicide rate and failure to protect patients, in a report by a health watchdog. |
