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BBC News |
11:30pm PDT |
Man shot dead by police marksman |
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Summary: A police marksman shoots dead a 42-year-old man in a Northumberland village, police say. |
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Yahoo News |
11:27pm PDT |
Birth-Control Patch May Pose Health Risk (AP) |
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Summary: AP - About a dozen women, most in their late teens and early 20s, died last year from blood clots believed to be related to the birth-control patch Ortho Evra. Dozens more survived strokes and other clot-related problems, according to federal drug safety |
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Yahoo News |
10:51pm PDT |
Morse RBI Helps Mariners Edge Past O's 3-2 (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Rookie Mike Morse lined a game-winning RBI single to right field after reliever Chris Ray's throwing error put a runner on third base, giving the Seattle Mariners a 3-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday night. |
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Yahoo News |
10:37pm PDT |
Four U.S. soldiers wounded in Afghan blast (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - Four U.S. soldiers were wounded in
Afghanistan when their vehicle was hit by a blast in a restive
southeastern province, the U.S. military said on Sunday. |
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Yahoo News |
10:25pm PDT |
London bomber linked to 2003 Israel attack -report (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - One of the suspects in last week's
London bombings visited Israel in 2003 and is believed to have
helped plan a suicide bombing by two British Muslims in Tel
Aviv, an Israeli newspaper reported on Sunday. |
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Yahoo News |
10:24pm PDT |
Israeli Army Prepares Broad Gaza Operation (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Israeli forces are preparing a broad ground operation into the Gaza Strip and will decide in the coming hours on when to launch it, Israel's deputy defense minister said Sunday. |
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BBC News |
10:19pm PDT |
Israel prepares Gaza intervention |
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Summary: Israel is preparing a Gaza ground offensive to stop Palestinian rocket attacks, says a senior minister. |
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Yahoo News |
10:10pm PDT |
Powerful hurricane Emily tears toward Mexico (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - Mexico was braced for one of its
worst storms in years as violent Hurricane Emily howled toward
popular Caribbean resorts around Cancun on Sunday, packing
winds of up to 155 mph (250 kph). |
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Yahoo News |
10:00pm PDT |
Bombing At Mosque Kills 54 In Iraq (washingtonpost.com) |
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Summary: washingtonpost.com - BAGHDAD, July 16 -- A suicide bomber detonated an explosive belt Saturday night inside a Shiite Muslim mosque in a town south of Baghdad, igniting cooking gas in a tanker parked outside and setting off a massive fireball that killed a |
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Yahoo News |
10:00pm PDT |
Kaine, Kilgore Tee Off In Debate (washingtonpost.com) |
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Summary: washingtonpost.com - WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va., July 16 -- Virginia's two leading candidates for governor faced each other Saturday in their first campaign debate, clashing repeatedly over whether the tax increases that roiled state politics last year |
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BBC News |
9:45pm PDT |
PKK blamed for Turkey resort bomb |
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Summary: Kurdish separatists are blamed for a bomb attack which killed five including one British and one Irish woman at a resort. |
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BBC News |
9:40pm PDT |
Probe into UK Iraq troop deaths |
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Summary: An investigation is launched into the deaths of three British troops in Iraq after a roadside bomb. |
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Yahoo News |
9:38pm PDT |
Hudson Pitches Braves Past Mets 3-0 (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Tim Hudson pitched five-hit ball for six innings and scored a run in his first start in over a month, leading the Atlanta Braves to a 3-0 victory over the New York Mets on Saturday night. |
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Yahoo News |
9:35pm PDT |
Abbas urges militants, Israel to preserve truce (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas urged
militants on Saturday to halt attacks on Israel and return to a
ceasefire that has been splintered by violence a month before
Israel's planned pullout from Gaza. |
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Yahoo News |
8:52pm PDT |
Slain Idaho Boy Remembered on His Birthday (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Hundreds of people carrying balloons gathered Saturday to remember Dylan Groene on what would have been his 10th birthday, with a pastor telling mourners: "God is throwing a better party for him than you could ever possibly imagine." |
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Cnn.com |
8:05pm PDT |
Funeral held for toddler killed in shootout |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
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BBC News |
8:02pm PDT |
Pakistan to scrutinise madrassas |
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Summary: Pakistan's interior minister tells the BBC the government will now be keeping a closer watch on Islamic schools. |
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Cnn.com |
7:44pm PDT |
Hurricane aims at Cayman Islands, Mexico |
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Summary: Hurricane Emily -- an "extremely dangerous" storm according to the National Hurricane Center -- is expected to lash the Cayman Islands overnight before heading to Mexico's Yucatan peninsula. Although Jamaica avoided the brunt of the storm, forecasters war |
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Yahoo News |
6:57pm PDT |
Woman Gives Birth to Two Sets of Twins (AP) |
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Summary: AP - LeAnn and Stephen Beloyan struggled for more than a decade to start a family. Then just weeks into LeAnn's pregnancy, they discovered they were having not one, but two sets of identical twins. |
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BBC News |
6:37pm PDT |
Thousands flee hurricane's path |
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Summary: Thousands of tourists and locals are evacuated from Yucatan, Mexico, ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Emily. |
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Cnn.com |
6:18pm PDT |
Hurricane heads for Cayman Islands, Mexico |
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Summary: Hurricane Emily -- an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 storm according to the National Hurricane Center -- is expected to lash the Cayman Islands overnight before heading to Mexico's Yucatan peninsula. Although Jamaica avoided brunt of the storm, forecas |
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Yahoo News |
6:12pm PDT |
Slain Idaho Boy Remembered on Birthday (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Hundreds of people carrying balloons gathered Saturday to remember Dylan Groene on what would have been his 10th birthday, with a pastor telling mourners: "God is throwing a better party for him than you could ever possibly imagine." |
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BBC News |
6:08pm PDT |
Camilla's coat of arms unveiled |
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Summary: A Royal coat of arms for the Duchess of Cornwall has been unveiled to coincide with her 58th birthday. |
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Cnn.com |
6:05pm PDT |
Thousands visit U.S. site of first atomic blast |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
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Cnn.com |
6:05pm PDT |
Thousands mark first atomic blast |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
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Yahoo News |
5:59pm PDT |
Suicide Blast Kills 54 at Iraq Gas Station (AP) |
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Summary: AP - An insurgent suicide bomber detonated explosives strapped to his body Saturday, triggering a huge explosion at a gas station near a mosque south of Baghdad and killing at least 54 people. The attack capped a string of three major bombings over the pa |
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Yahoo News |
5:49pm PDT |
Powerful Hurricane Emily Aims for Yucatan (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Fishermen dragged skiffs to shore and surfers rode enormous waves as Hurricane Emily's winds strengthened Saturday to 155 mph, passing south of Jamaica and on track to make a direct hit at Mexico's Yucatan peninsula. |
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BBC News |
5:27pm PDT |
Briton held on child sex charges |
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Summary: A 56-year-old British man has been arrested in Thailand accused of molesting under-age boys. |
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Cnn.com |
5:26pm PDT |
Jailed teen taken back to Aruban beach |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
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Cnn.com |
5:19pm PDT |
Camilla gets coat of arms for birthday |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
