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Yahoo News |
11:44pm PDT |
Bloggers Fighting Government Regulations (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Bloggers who built their Internet followings with anti-establishment prose are now lobbying the establishment to protect their livelihoods from federal regulations. |
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BBC News |
11:35pm PDT |
Man held over Italy killing spree |
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Summary: A man is arrested after killing three people in a shooting spree in a northern Italian town. |
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Yahoo News |
11:34pm PDT |
Spy Reports an Issue in Bolton Nomination (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Thousands of times a year, spy agencies provide government officials with the names of Americans who appear in intelligence reports. John R. Bolton made only 10 such requests. |
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11:26pm PDT |
Senate Energy Bill Faces GOP Opposition (AP) |
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Summary: AP - For the third time in four years, the Senate is certain to produce an energy bill embraced by Republicans and Democrats. But its chance of becoming law depends on hard bargaining with House GOP leaders more favorable to industry. |
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Yahoo News |
11:21pm PDT |
Bolton Requested 10 Names in Spy Reports (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Thousands of times a year, spy agencies provide government officials with the names of Americans who appear in intelligence reports. John R. Bolton made only 10 such requests. |
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Yahoo News |
11:12pm PDT |
Bush Tries to Ease Doubts Over Iraq War (AP) |
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Summary: AP - President Bush is using the first anniversary of Iraq's sovereignty to try to ease Americans' doubts about the mission and outline a winning strategy for a violent conflict that has cost the lives of more than 1,740 U.S. troops and has no end in sigh |
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11:09pm PDT |
Iraq parliament member, 4 others killed by bomb (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - A member of Iraq's parliament,
three of his bodyguards and his son were killed by a car bomb
attack on their convoy in the northern outskirts of Baghdad on
Tuesday, police sources said. |
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BBC News |
11:02pm PDT |
Smoking ban plans to be announced |
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Summary: The Government is expected to announce plans for a smoking ban in Northern Ireland later. |
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10:57pm PDT |
Communists lead protest in India |
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Summary: Communist parties in India call for nationwide protests against increased oil prices and privatisation. |
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10:56pm PDT |
Suicide bomber kills 3 people in Iraqi hospital (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - A suicide bomber dressed in a
police uniform blew himself up in a hospital in the town of
Musayyib, 75 km (40 miles) south of Baghdad on Tuesday, killing
three people and wounding 13, police said. |
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10:54pm PDT |
Police attacked with petrol bombs |
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Summary: Police are attacked with petrol bombs and confronted by a 100 strong crowd in north Belfast. |
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10:52pm PDT |
Licence 'threat' to village halls |
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Summary: New alcohol licensing laws could create financial problems for many village halls, it is claimed. |
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10:29pm PDT |
Dodgers Edge Padres 5-4 (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Jeff Kent was 3-for-4 with a homer and three RBIs, J.D. Drew and Mike Edwards hit run-scoring doubles and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Diego Padres 5-4 Monday night. |
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BBC News |
10:13pm PDT |
Shell investors to vote on merger |
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Summary: Investors in Anglo-Dutch oil company Shell will be asked to vote on a plan to merge its two management boards, creating a firm worth £120bn. |
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Yahoo News |
10:12pm PDT |
Bush to try to overcome flagging support on Iraq (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - President Bush will try to shore up
wavering support for the Iraq war with an address to the nation
on Tuesday night appealing to Americans to stand firm and be
prepared for more bloodshed. |
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Yahoo News |
10:00pm PDT |
Justices Disallow Ten Commandments in Courthouses (washingtonpost.com) |
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Summary: washingtonpost.com - A sharply divided Supreme Court issued a split decision on the public display of the Ten Commandments on government property yesterday, forbidding framed copies on the walls of two rural Kentucky courthouses while approving a 6-foot-t |
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10:00pm PDT |
From Memos, Insights Into Ally's Doubts On Iraq War (washingtonpost.com) |
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Summary: washingtonpost.com - LONDON -- In the spring of 2002, two weeks before British Prime Minister Tony Blair journeyed to Crawford, Tex., to meet with President Bush at his ranch about the escalating confrontation with Iraq, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw sound |
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BBC News |
9:37pm PDT |
Nasa 'failed' on shuttle safety |
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Summary: Nasa has failed to hit tough safety targets needed to fly its shuttles again after the 2003 disaster, experts say. |
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9:22pm PDT |
Japan's emperor mourns WWII dead |
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Summary: Japan's Emperor Akihito prays for World War II dead during a visit to the tiny Pacific island of Saipan. |
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Cnn.com |
9:12pm PDT |
BTK killer describes murders |
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Summary: As calmly as if he were giving directions for baking a cake, Dennis Rader recounted how he tied up, tortured and killed 10 people. The serial killer told the judge he killed to satisfy his sexual fantasies. Rader explained how he chose and then stalked s |
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Yahoo News |
9:08pm PDT |
Seoul looks to soften Cheney's N. Korea views-paper (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - South Korea's unification minister, who
had a rare meeting with North Korea's leader this month, will
try to convince Vice President Dick Cheney to soften his stance
toward the communist state, a newspaper said on Tuesday. |
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Cnn.com |
8:54pm PDT |
Beijing plans $40 billion building spree for '08 Olympics |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
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Cnn.com |
8:54pm PDT |
Beijing to pump $40 billion into Games |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
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Cnn.com |
8:11pm PDT |
Poll: U.S. confidence in Iraq war slides |
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Summary: A slim majority of Americans want to see the United States set a timetable for the removal of its troops from Iraq, according to a poll released Monday. |
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Cnn.com |
8:07pm PDT |
Poll: Disapproval of Bush at its highest level |
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Summary: As President Bush prepares to address the nation Tuesday night to defend his Iraq policy, the number of Americans who say they disapprove of his job performance has risen to the highest level of his presidency, according to a new CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll |
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Cnn.com |
8:07pm PDT |
Poll: Disapproval of Bush at highest level of presidency |
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Summary: As President Bush prepares to address the nation Tuesday night to defend his Iraq policy, the number of Americans who say they disapprove of his job performance has risen to the highest level of his presidency, according to a new CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll |
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Cnn.com |
7:43pm PDT |
Maoist rebels release high school students |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
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Yahoo News |
7:33pm PDT |
Irish Man Fails to Set World Bee Record (AP) |
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Summary: AP - An Irish man tried to break a world record Saturday by coaxing more than 350,000 bees to land on his body, but the bees just wouldn't settle. In nearly two hours, Philip McCabe, 59, got only 200,000 black bees — or 60 pounds of them — to co |
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Yahoo News |
7:24pm PDT |
Wal-Mart founder's son killed in plane crash (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's
largest retailer, said John Walton, the billionaire second son
of its founder, Sam Walton, was killed in a airplane crash on
Monday. |
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Yahoo News |
7:20pm PDT |
Braves Beat Marlins 7-2 on Franco's Slam (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Julio Franco hit his eighth career grand slam, a pinch-hit shot, and Horacio Ramirez pitched the streaking Atlanta Braves past the Florida Marlins 7-2 Monday night in a game called during the eighth inning because of rain. |
