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11:29am PST |
Alpine Stunner: Ligety Wins Combined Gold (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Ted Ligety gave the United States the Olympic gold medal that Bode Miller couldn't deliver Tuesday night, putting together two superb slalom runs to win the men's combined and break the Americans' bad luck in Alpine skiing. |
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11:28am PST |
U.S. Moves to Fight Internet Censorship (AP) |
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Summary: AP - The United States said Tuesday it plans to aggressively combat efforts by foreign governments to restrict Internet use. |
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11:24am PST |
Cheney victim suffers heart attack (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - The Texas lawyer accidentally shot by
Vice President Dick Cheney during a weekend quail hunt suffered
a minor heart attack on Tuesday when some of the birdshot
migrated close to his heart, a hospital spokesman said. |
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BBC News |
11:22am PST |
Smoking ban in all pubs and clubs |
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Summary: MPs vote in overwhelming numbers to ban smoking from all pubs and clubs in England. |
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11:22am PST |
Top Haiti Candidate to Challenge Vote (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Leading presidential candidate Rene Preval, claiming on Tuesday there was "probably gigantic fraud" that would deny him a first-round victory, urged supporters to protest nonviolently and said he would contest the results. |
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11:20am PST |
Dow Rebounds Past 11,000, Other Indexes Up (AP) |
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Summary: AP - The Dow Jones industrial average surged higher Tuesday, rebounding past 11,000, while broader indexes rose less dramatically in heavy trading. The gains, which built after a slow morning, followed upbeat retail sales and a sharp drop in oil prices. |
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11:19am PST |
Hunter shot by Cheney has 'minor heart attack' |
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Summary: The fellow hunter shot and wounded by Vice President Cheney suffered a "minor heart attack" after a piece of birdshot moved to his heart, a hospital spokesman said today. "Some of the bird shot appears to have moved and lodged into part of his heart ... |
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11:18am PST |
City schools face closure threat |
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Summary: A number of schools across Belfast are expected to close because pupil numbers are at an all-time low. |
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11:15am PST |
Hunter Shot by Cheney Has Heart Attack (AP) |
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Summary: AP - The 78-year-old lawyer who was shot by Vice President Dick Cheney in a hunting accident has some birdshot lodged in his heart and he had "a minor heart attack" Tuesday morning, hospital officials said. |
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11:14am PST |
Cartoons protesters attack Pizza Hut, KFC, McDonald's |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
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11:06am PST |
Policewoman in serious condition |
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Summary: A 23-year-old policewoman is in a serious condition after being shot as she investigated a burglary in Nottingham. |
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10:58am PST |
Violence in Pakistan as EU tries to defuse cartoon row (AFP) |
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Summary: AFP - Two protestors were shot dead in Pakistan in one of the worst incidents since Muslim anger over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed erupted, as European leaders sought to defuse the crisis. |
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10:45am PST |
Haiti's Preval denounces 'fraud' |
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Summary: Front-runner Rene Preval claims a "massive fraud" in Haiti's vote, as the UN renews the peacekeepers' mandate. |
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10:31am PST |
Cartel probe hits British Airways |
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Summary: Several airlines including British Airways are being investigated in a European and US cartel inquiry. |
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Cnn.com |
10:30am PST |
Self-described al Qaeda conspirator barred from court |
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Summary: After berating the judge and his attorneys in another courtroom outburst, al Qaeda conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui was barred from court while lawyers pick the jury that will decide whether he lives or dies. |
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10:29am PST |
Iran feeding centrifuges: official (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - Iran has begun feeding uranium
hexafluoride gas into centrifuges at its pilot nuclear fuel
enrichment facility at Natanz, an official close to the U.N.
nuclear watchdog agency said on Tuesday. |
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10:27am PST |
Kenyan MPs call for fresh sacking |
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Summary: Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki should sack his vice-president over allegations of corruption, scores of MPs say. |
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10:23am PST |
Kildow Will Try to Compete in Downhill (AP) |
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Summary: AP - American medal hopeful Lindsey Kildow left the hospital Tuesday, just 24 hours after a harrowing training crash that slammed her into the frozen course at 50 mph, and U.S. team officials said she will try to ski Wednesday's downhill. |
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10:20am PST |
Protesters in Pakistan Target West (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Thousands of protesters rampaged through two cities Tuesday, storming into a diplomatic district and torching Western businesses and a provincial assembly in Pakistan's worst violence against the Prophet Muhammad drawings, officials said. At lea |
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10:19am PST |
Iran resumes enrichment despite global warnings (AFP) |
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Summary: AFP - Iran confirmed it had resumed limited uranium enrichment, as world powers warned it against any failure to cooperate over its suspect nuclear program. |
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BBC News |
10:17am PST |
Simple test detects gullet cancer |
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Summary: Researchers in Cambridge have developed a simple test for the fastest growing cancer in the western world. |
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10:10am PST |
Haiti's frontrunner rejects electoral results, calls for more protests (AFP) |
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Summary: AFP - Haiti's presidential frontrunner Rene Preval decried "massive fraud or gross errors" in last week's vote, which he insisted he won outright, and urged supporters to continue protesting. |
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10:07am PST |
Two more held over 'abuse' video |
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Summary: Two more soldiers are held over images appearing to show UK troops abusing Iraqi civilians, the MoD confirms. |
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Cnn.com |
9:43am PST |
Madame President, it's that Conan guy |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
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9:39am PST |
Killer apologizes for strangling 11-year-old |
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Summary: The man convicted of raping and strangling an 11-year-old Florida girl tearfully apologized Tuesday for the pain his crime caused and asked a judge to spare his life for the sake of his own children. |
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9:29am PST |
Moussaoui barred from courtroom (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - After another outburst in
court, a federal judge barred September 11 conspirator Zacarias
Moussaoui on Tuesday from being present during upcoming jury
selection for a trial to decide if he gets the death penalty. |
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BBC News |
9:28am PST |
Ministers 'have set Olympic goal' |
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Summary: The government has set a goal for Britain to finish fourth in the medals league in the 2012 Olympics, Tories say. |
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9:15am PST |
Minibus boss benefit cheat jailed |
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Summary: A businessman arrested when returning from his home in Spain is jailed for falsely claiming benefits. |
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Cnn.com |
9:05am PST |
Is love a drug? A craving? An addiction? |
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Summary: People all over the world describe falling in love in similar terms: euphoria, exhilaration, elation. |
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8:51am PST |
US says "no plot" for Hamas ouster (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - The United States and Israel were
not plotting to destabilize a Hamas-led Palestinian government,
the White House said on Tuesday, but urged the militant group
to respect Israeli-Palestinian accords. |
