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Yahoo News |
11:58pm PDT |
Quadriplegic Coughs With Help of Implant (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Just five weeks ago, Ronnie Moore could not do what most people take for granted — cough and clear his lungs. Now Moore, a quadriplegic, coughs by simply pressing a button on a control box on the tray of his wheelchair. |
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BBC News |
11:53pm PDT |
Football: Man Utd-Owen link |
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Summary: Manchester United are set to bid for Real Madrid striker Michael Owen, according to reports. |
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Yahoo News |
11:32pm PDT |
N.Korea nuclear talks struggle with joint statement (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - Tortuous six-party talks on North
Korea's nuclear crisis entered a sixth day on Sunday, with
negotiators struggling to thrash out a joint statement of
principles that has eluded them for nearly three years. |
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Yahoo News |
11:22pm PDT |
Economist Blames Aid for Africa Famine (AP) |
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Summary: AP - In Niger, a desert country twice the size of Texas, most of the 11 million people live on a dollar a day. Forty percent of children are underfed, and one out of four dies before turning 5. And that's when things are normal. Throw in a plague of locus |
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Cnn.com |
10:40pm PDT |
Iran sets deadline on nuclear deal |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
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10:30pm PDT |
Iran says EU talks go on, no uranium enrichment (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - Iran said on Sunday it would not resume
uranium enrichment and would continue talks with the EU on a
dispute over the Islamic Republic's nuclear program. |
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Yahoo News |
10:02pm PDT |
Oregon Anti-Meth Bill Aimed at Cold Meds (AP) |
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Summary: AP - The Senate on Saturday approved a plan to make Oregon the first state in the nation to require a prescription for many cold and allergy medicines, an attempt by lawmakers to shut down methamphetamine labs. |
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Yahoo News |
10:00pm PDT |
Retail Gangs: A New Breed of Thieves (washingtonpost.com) |
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Summary: washingtonpost.com - At CVS, the diabetic test strips and the perfume are now behind locked glass cabinets, with a bell to ring for service. Nearly all over-the-counter medicines are behind plexiglass panels that customers must reach over to get their Adv |
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BBC News |
9:46pm PDT |
Bomb police focus on 12 suspects |
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Summary: Inquiries into the failed 21 July London attacks are focusing on 12 people in custody, including one in Rome. |
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BBC News |
9:40pm PDT |
Venezuelans march for fair polls |
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Summary: More than 1,000 Venezuelans take to the streets of Caracas to demand transparency at next week's local polls. |
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BBC News |
8:23pm PDT |
Tobacco sponsor deals banned |
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Summary: A ban on the sponsorship of sport by tobacco companies is coming into force across the European Union. |
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BBC News |
8:23pm PDT |
Law ends UK tobacco sponsorship |
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Summary: Cigarette firms will from midnight be banned from sponsoring sport or using branded goods to advertise in the UK. |
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Yahoo News |
8:02pm PDT |
Oregon Anti-Meth Bill Aimed at Cold Pills (AP) |
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Summary: AP - The Senate on Saturday approved a plan to make Oregon the first state in the nation to require a prescription for many cold and allergy medicines, an attempt by lawmakers to shut down methamphetamine labs. |
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Yahoo News |
7:48pm PDT |
North Korea nuclear talks struggle with statement (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - Tortuous six-party talks on North
Korea's nuclear crisis entered a sixth day on Sunday, with
negotiators struggling to thrash out a joint statement of
principles that has eluded them for nearly three years. |
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Yahoo News |
7:01pm PDT |
DEA agent gunned down in Honduras, suspects caught (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - Honduran police said on
Saturday a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent was shot
to death as he visited a local religious shrine and that they
arrested two young gang members in the killing. |
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6:50pm PDT |
NASA extends shuttle mission by one day (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - Two shuttle Discovery astronauts
completed a seven-hour spacewalk on Saturday to restore a space
station steering device and test shuttle heat shield repairs
that might give crews a better chance of avoiding a
Columbia-like disaster. |
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Yahoo News |
6:41pm PDT |
Astros Beat Mets 2-0 in Pitching Duel (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Andy Pettitte baffled the New York Mets for eight shutout innings and Jason Lane spoiled an equally strong outing by Tom Glavine with a towering home run in the seventh inning, sending the Houston Astros to a 2-0 victory Saturday night that vaulted t |
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6:38pm PDT |
Ivorian factions to resume talks |
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Summary: Disarmament talks are to resume in Ivory Coast, but there are doubts on whether this deadline will be met. |
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Cnn.com |
6:25pm PDT |
Yankees rally in ninth to stun Angels |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
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Cnn.com |
6:10pm PDT |
NASA extends shuttle Discovery mission |
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Summary: Two space shuttle astronauts today stepped outside to repair an antenna on the international space station and successfully conducted experiments to test new techniques for repairing a shuttle in flight. Steve Robinson and Soichi Noguchi wrapped up their |
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BBC News |
6:01pm PDT |
TV cameras 'to be let into court' |
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Summary: Broadcasters could be able to film parts of high-profile court cases from next year, a leaked government memo suggests. |
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Cnn.com |
5:52pm PDT |
Crowd beaten at anti-Mubarak protest |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
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Yahoo News |
5:46pm PDT |
Broadway Lyricist, Composer Wright Dies (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Robert Wright, a composer and lyricist who collaborated with George Forrest on the scores for such Broadway musicals as "Kismet," "Song of Norway" and "Grand Hotel," has died at the age of 90. |
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BBC News |
5:44pm PDT |
Nasa to give Discovery all-clear |
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Summary: Nasa is confident that space shuttle Discovery is safe to return to Earth despite heat shield concerns. |
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BBC News |
5:44pm PDT |
Shuttle almost cleared for return |
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Summary: Space shuttle Discovery is set to be given the all-clear to return to Earth despite fears about heat shield tiles. |
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BBC News |
5:27pm PDT |
Cash boost for starving children |
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Summary: A total of £300,000 from a Scottish fund is being used to help 29,000 severely malnourished children in Niger. |
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BBC News |
5:09pm PDT |
Mexico ex-mayor launches poll bid |
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Summary: Mexico City's popular former mayor registers for next year's presidential race, a day after quitting his job. |
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Yahoo News |
5:07pm PDT |
Trade Talks Swirl With Ramirez Scratched (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Manny Ramirez was scratched from Boston's lineup just before Saturday's game, and New York Mets outfielder Mike Cameron said he was upset by talk that he could be included in a trade for the Red Sox All-Star slugger. |
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BBC News |
4:27pm PDT |
Axe embedded in dead teen's skull |
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Summary: Police in Merseyside say they are treating the murder of a black teenager as racially motivated. |
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Yahoo News |
4:22pm PDT |
Boy Who Vanished at Yanks Game Sought (AP) |
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Summary: AP - A 13-year-old boy went to a restroom during a Yankees game and never returned, and searches of the stadium, nearby fast-food restaurants and train stations by hundreds of police and security guards were fruitless. |
