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10:56pm PST |
Ruddock faces WRU over departure |
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Summary: Former Wales coach Mike Ruddock meets the WRU board to give his version of events leading to his departure. |
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Cnn.com |
9:32pm PST |
$365 million lottery winner still a mystery |
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Summary: Lottery officials are still looking Monday for the winner of the record $365 million Powerball prize after briefly being duped by a Colorado radio show prank. |
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BBC News |
4:03pm PST |
Drug limits foetal alcohol damage |
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Summary: A drug may reduce the damage caused to babies whose mothers drink heavily during pregnancy. |
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4:02pm PST |
Teacher training 'not sufficient' |
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Summary: Career-changers learning "on the job" to teach in England are often not trained well enough, Ofsted says. |
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4:02pm PST |
Births out of wedlock 'pass 40%' |
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Summary: The percentage of children born outside marriage leaps from 12% to 42% from 1980 to 2004, a report says. |
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Cnn.com |
3:29pm PST |
Desperate dig for survivors at buried school |
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Summary: Sounds described by an official as "signs of life" have been detected by rescuers using high-tech equipment at the site of a Philippine school buried by last week's mudslide. Rosette Lerias, governor of Southern Leyte province, said Monday that sound-dete |
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3:25pm PST |
RadioShack CEO Quits Amid Resume Questions (AP) |
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Summary: AP - RadioShack Corp.'s embattled president and CEO, David Edmondson, resigned Monday following questions about his resume's accuracy. |
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Yahoo News |
3:24pm PST |
Holocaust Denier Gets Three Years in Jail (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Right-wing British historian David Irving was sentenced to three years in prison Monday after admitting to an Austrian court that he denied the Holocaust — a crime in the country where Hitler was born. |
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BBC News |
3:23pm PST |
FA 'drops Wembley for Cup final' |
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Summary: Wembley builder Multiplex says this year's FA Cup final has been moved to Cardiff. |
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BBC News |
3:22pm PST |
Pope urges respect in cartoon row |
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Summary: The Pope urges respect for religions and their symbols in his first comments on the Muhammad cartoon row. |
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Cnn.com |
3:16pm PST |
Controversy rages over sale of U.S. ports |
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Summary: President Bush was facing more political pressure Monday to block a deal that would give a company based in the United Arab Emirates management of six major U.S. ports. Opponents of the deal argue against putting the ports in the hands of a nation with li |
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Yahoo News |
2:58pm PST |
Philippines Rescuers Hear 'Signs of Life' (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Rescue workers refused to give up hope of finding survivors in an elementary school buried by up to 100 feet of mud, digging into the night Monday after detecting what the provincial governor called "signs of life." |
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Yahoo News |
2:48pm PST |
Europe battles to calm bird flu fears (AFP) |
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Summary: AFP - The European Commission told the EU's member states to use existing rules to help poultry producers hit by scares over bird flu, ruling out at this stage community support. |
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Cnn.com |
2:47pm PST |
Bush fuels case for alternative power |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
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2:38pm PST |
Companies Offer to Send Remains to Space (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Scotty will be blasted into space — not beamed up — and Gordo is returning for his third flight. |
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BBC News |
2:38pm PST |
Prints service 'can be trusted' |
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Summary: Senior police officers defend the integrity of Scotland's fingerprinting service following the Shirley McKie case. |
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Yahoo News |
2:32pm PST |
Bush: U.S. on Verge of Energy Breakthrough (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Saying the nation is on the verge of technological breakthroughs that would "startle" most Americans, President Bush on Monday outlined his energy proposals to help wean the country off foreign oil. |
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2:13pm PST |
Search on for 65 Trapped Mexican Miners (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Emergency crews using picks, shovels and their hands tunneled feverishly through dirt, wood, metal and rock on Monday in an attempt to reach 65 coal miners trapped by a gas explosion 600 feet underground. |
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2:06pm PST |
Rescuers edge toward 65 trapped Mexican miners (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - Rescue workers with
hand tools inched toward 65 Mexican miners trapped underground
on Monday after a blast at a coal mine, but emergency services
had little hope the men were alive. |
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Yahoo News |
2:01pm PST |
Hamas Presents Its Pick for Palestinian PM (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Hamas presented a pragmatic former university administrator as its choice for Palestinian prime minister Monday and the Islamic militant group reached out to Fatah and other factions to join a broad-based Cabinet that might stand a chance of gaining |
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Cnn.com |
1:45pm PST |
This radio hoax goes out to all you Powerball fans |
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Summary: Lottery officials are still looking Monday for the winner of the record $365 million Powerball prize after briefly being duped by a Colorado radio show prank. |
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Yahoo News |
1:38pm PST |
'Eight Below' Mushes to No. 1 Debut (AP) |
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Summary: AP - "Eight Below," a tale of survival among abandoned sled dogs, was the leader of the box-office pack with a $25 million opening over the four-day holiday weekend. |
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Yahoo News |
1:34pm PST |
Austrian court jails British historian for Holocaust denial (AFP) |
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Summary: AFP - Right-wing British historian David Irving was sentenced to three years in prison by an Austrian court for denying the Holocaust 17 years ago, despite his claim to have changed his views. |
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Yahoo News |
1:13pm PST |
Ex-Red Sox Broadcaster Curt Gowdy Dies (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Curt Gowdy, one of the signature voices of sports for a generation and a longtime broadcaster for the Boston Red Sox, died Monday at 86. |
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Yahoo News |
1:09pm PST |
Abbas, Hamas hold talks on new government (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas,
reminding Hamas of his vision of peace with Israel, told its
leaders in talks on Monday he would appoint the militant
group's choice for prime minister to form the next government. |
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Yahoo News |
1:08pm PST |
Abbas to task Haniya with forming Hamas government (AFP) |
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Summary: AFP - Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas is to task prospective Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniya with forming a new government, as the radical Islamist faction aims to form a coalition cabinet. |
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BBC News |
12:58pm PST |
Curling: GB women knocked out |
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Summary: Britain's women curling champions see their Olympic title hopes dashed despite a 10-4 win over the USA in their last match. |
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Yahoo News |
12:53pm PST |
Bush: US must not be "hostage" to foreign oil (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - The United States must reduce its
dependence on oil from foreign countries that can hold it
hostage, President George W. Bush said on Monday as he tried to
revive an agenda obscured by controversy over Vice President
Dick Cheney's hunti |
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Yahoo News |
12:48pm PST |
Austrian charged as probe shakes Games (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - A former Austrian coach was
charged with assault on Monday and admitted to a psychiatric
hospital as a doping investigation sent shockwaves through the
winter sports power and the Olympic Games. |
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BBC News |
12:19pm PST |
Holocaust denier Irving is jailed |
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Summary: British historian David Irving is jailed for three years in Austria after pleading guilty to Holocaust denial. |
