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BBC News |
11:51pm PDT |
James poised to launch Rover bid |
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Summary: A group led by businessman David James is expected to make a bid for the assets of MG Rover within the next 48 hours. |
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Cnn.com |
11:51pm PDT |
Suspicious note sends airliner back to airport |
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Summary: An American Airlines flight from Fort Lauderdale to San Juan, Puerto Rico has been diverted after a passenger found a suspicious note written on a napkin behind her tray table, an FBI spokeswoman told CNN. |
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Cnn.com |
11:38pm PDT |
Hurricane Emily strengthens in Gulf |
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Summary: Gearing up for the final act in its dramatic weeklong march across the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, Hurricane Emily grew better organized and picked up more power Monday night as it moved ever closer to northeastern Mexico. |
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Yahoo News |
11:35pm PDT |
Some in GOP Hope Rice Runs for President (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has been spending time in places like Israel and Italy instead of Iowa. Some Republicans hope she will turn from globe-trotting diplomat to barnstorming candidate for president. |
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BBC News |
11:33pm PDT |
SABMiller to buy Colombian brewer |
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Summary: The world's second-largest brewer. SABMiller, is to buy Colombian brewer Grupo Empresarial Bavaria, gaining a stake in the South American market. |
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Yahoo News |
11:16pm PDT |
U.S. Vietnam-era military chief Westmoreland dies (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - Gen. William Westmoreland, who
commanded U.S. military operations in the Vietnam War, died on
Monday night at a retirement home in Charleston, South
Carolina, said Linda Maines, night supervisor at the facility. |
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Yahoo News |
11:14pm PDT |
Iraq gunmen strike U.S. base workers, kill 13 (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - Gunmen in two cars attacked a minibus
bringing workers to a U.S. base in Iraq on Tuesday, killing 13
people, a police source said. |
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BBC News |
11:13pm PDT |
Police murderer waits on appeal |
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Summary: Al-Qaeda suspect Kamel Bourgass awaits the result of his appeal against a conviction for murdering a policeman. |
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BBC News |
11:11pm PDT |
City house targeted in gun attack |
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Summary: Police investigating a gun attack in east Belfast are investigating whether a car found on fire was use in the attack. |
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BBC News |
11:00pm PDT |
Cricket: England 'no hope' |
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Summary: Matthew Hayden says England have no chance of winning the Ashes if Australia hit top form. |
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10:57pm PDT |
Man assaulted behind city church |
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Summary: A man is in hospital with extensive facial injuries after an attack in Londonderry, say police. |
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BBC News |
10:50pm PDT |
Football: Blues want Essien |
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Summary: Chelsea will step up their pursuit of Michael Essien despite being told they must pay £32m for the player. |
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BBC News |
10:48pm PDT |
Funeral service for murdered man |
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Summary: A 20-year-old Protestant man shot dead in Belfast last week is expected to be buried later on Tuesday. |
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Yahoo News |
10:45pm PDT |
Integra Tops 2004 Most-Stolen Vehicle List (AP) |
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Summary: AP - The 1999 Acura Integra coupe was the most-stolen vehicle last year and Integras from other model years weren't far behind, likely the targets of street racers who want their fast engines, according to a report released Tuesday. |
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BBC News |
10:42pm PDT |
Arroyo to set up truth commission |
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Summary: Philippine President Gloria Arroyo says a commission will investigate claims of vote-rigging against her. |
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BBC News |
10:42pm PDT |
New talks over school closures |
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Summary: Months after a plan to close 14 schools was scrapped, Denbighshire council will discuss new reorganisation proposals. |
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Yahoo News |
10:10pm PDT |
June report led Britain to lower terror alert- NYT (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - Britain's top intelligence and law
enforcement officials concluded less than a month before the
London bombings that there was no group with current intent and
the capability to attack the U.K., the New York Times reported
on Tuesday, citing a c |
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Yahoo News |
10:00pm PDT |
Law Requires Lessons on Constitution (washingtonpost.com) |
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Summary: washingtonpost.com - It's not often that first-graders, CIA agents, agriculture inspectors and airport security workers from coast to coast all receive a lesson on the same topic -- and on the same day -- but that is what's in store this September. |
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Yahoo News |
10:00pm PDT |
Duncan Suspends Home Building (washingtonpost.com) |
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Summary: washingtonpost.com - Montgomery County officials yesterday froze home building in most new subdivisions across the county while officials examine a variety of lapses in the once-vaunted planning process. |
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Yahoo News |
9:53pm PDT |
IBM Pleases Investors With Larger Profit (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Investors were heartened after International Business Machines Corp.'s second-quarter earnings report provided evidence that Big Blue has rebounded from difficulties early in the year. |
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Yahoo News |
9:13pm PDT |
Yankees Top Rangers 11-10, Regain 1st (AP) |
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Summary: AP - After 3 1/2 months of struggles, the New York Yankees moved back into first place. Kevin Brown struggled in his return to the rotation, but Jorge Posada, Gary Sheffield and Hideki Matsui homered and Ruben Sierra hit a go-ahead, two-run single in the |
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BBC News |
9:05pm PDT |
Niger children starving to death |
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Summary: Children are dying of hunger in feeding centres in Niger where 3.6m people face food shortages, aid agencies warn. |
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BBC News |
9:03pm PDT |
Football: Jakobsson goes home |
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Summary: Southampton defender Andreas Jakobsson re-signs for Helsingborg. |
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BBC News |
8:37pm PDT |
Afghan warlord awaits sentencing |
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Summary: An Afghan warlord convicted in the UK over a campaign of torture and kidnap in his home country faces sentence. |
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Cnn.com |
8:31pm PDT |
Vietnam-era commander Westmoreland dead |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
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BBC News |
8:15pm PDT |
Tory MPs to vote on leader rules |
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Summary: Tory MPs are to give their views on how the successor to Michael Howard should be elected. |
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Yahoo News |
8:15pm PDT |
Vietnam-Era Commander Westmoreland Dies (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Retired Gen. William Westmoreland, who commanded American troops in Vietnam — the nation's longest, most divisive conflict and the only war America lost — died Monday night. He was 91. |
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Yahoo News |
8:14pm PDT |
Colin Farrell Sues Woman Over Sex Tape (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Actor Colin Farrell is suing a woman for allegedly trying to distribute and profit from a sex tape he says the two recorded with the agreement they would never make it public. |
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Yahoo News |
7:54pm PDT |
Lee Reaches 30 Homers, Cubs Roll Over Reds (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Derrek Lee hit two of Chicago's five homers off left-hander Brandon Claussen, bringing thousands of blue-clad fans to their feet for "MVP!" chants, and the resurgent Cubs rolled to an 9-4 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Monday night. |
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Cnn.com |
7:50pm PDT |
Hurricane Emily may strengthen in Gulf |
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Summary: Residents and businesses along the Texas-Mexico border are preparing for Hurricane Emily, which today swept across the Yucatan Peninsula vacation hotspot. The system lost strength as it passed over land but meteorologists warned Emily could regain major |
