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11:36pm PST |
Nine evacuated as blaze spreads |
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Summary: An "intense" blaze spreads from a caravan to three houses and forces the evacuation of nine people. |
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BBC News |
11:32pm PST |
Probe into fatal border shooting |
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Summary: Police are trying to identify a man found shot dead near a church, about eight miles from the border in Donegal. |
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Yahoo News |
11:29pm PST |
Obama on a roll after three big U.S. wins
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Democrat Barack Obama's three
decisive wins over rival Hillary Clinton propelled him on
Wednesday into the next round of presidential contests on a
wave of momentum and sent her scrambling to find an answer. |
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Yahoo News |
11:19pm PST |
Oil falls below $93 on supply outlook
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Oil prices fell Wednesday as traders overlooked Venezuela's halt of crude sales to Exxon Mobil and instead focused on forecasts for rising U.S. supplies and falling global demand. |
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11:14pm PST |
Post-mortem tests on stabbed boy |
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Summary: A post-mortem examination is due to be carried out on a teenage boy who was stabbed to death in Hull. |
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Yahoo News |
10:30pm PST |
Australia says sorry to Stolen Generations
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Australia apologized on Wednesday for
the historic mistreatment of Aborigines, heralding a new era in
race relations and moving indigenous people to tears as huge
crowds cheered across the nation. |
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10:19pm PST |
India tiger population declines |
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Summary: A new government report finds India's tiger population has fallen drastically during the past five years. |
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Yahoo News |
10:18pm PST |
Wheelchair dumping gets police suspended
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Four Hillsborough County sheriff's deputies have been suspended after purposely tipping a quadriplegic man out of his wheelchair at a jail, authorities said Tuesday. |
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10:10pm PST |
Malaysia PM dissolves parliament |
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Summary: Malaysian Premier Abdullah Badawi dissolves parliament, paving the way for an early general election. |
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10:00pm PST |
Mental health nurses face attacks |
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Summary: More than half of nurses on mental health wards have been physically attacked, a survey shows. |
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Cnn.com |
9:49pm PST |
Pettitte affidavit says Clemens spoke of HGH |
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Yahoo News |
9:43pm PST |
Clemens revealed HGH use, Pettitte says
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Roger Clemens told Yankees teammate Andy Pettitte nearly 10 years ago that he used human growth hormone, Pettitte said in a sworn affidavit to Congress, The Associated Press learned Tuesday. |
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Yahoo News |
9:40pm PST |
Icy storm ties up travel, voting in East
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Winter's latest delivery of misery slid across the East Coast after icing over parts of the Ohio Valley, snarling primary-day voting, delaying air travel and causing hundreds of traffic accidents. |
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9:35pm PST |
Pettitte: Clemens revealed HGH use
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Roger Clemens told Yankees teammate Andy Pettitte nearly 10 years ago that he used human growth hormone, Pettitte said in a sworn affidavit to Congress, The Associated Press learned Tuesday. |
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Cnn.com |
9:29pm PST |
Showdown looms in Berkeley |
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Summary: Military supporters descended on Berkeley early Tuesday, demanding the famously liberal California college town rescind its vote that says Marine recruiters are "not welcome in this city."
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BBC News |
9:29pm PST |
Malaysian PM dissolves parliament |
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Summary: Malaysian Premier Abdullah Badawi dissolves parliament more than a year before its term was due to end. |
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Cnn.com |
9:07pm PST |
Sweeps give McCain, Obama momentum |
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Summary: CNN projects that John McCain will defeat Mike Huckabee in Virginia, Maryland and District of Columbia GOP primariesOn Democratic side, Barack Obama defeats Hillary Clinton in Virginia, Maryland and District of Columbia primaries, CNN projectsFor the firs |
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8:54pm PST |
Uno the beagle wins best in show
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Good ol' Snoopy, a champion at last. Barking and baying up a storm, Uno lived up to his name Tuesday night by becoming the first beagle to win best in show at the Westminster Kennel Club. |
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BBC News |
8:48pm PST |
Obama wins three primaries |
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Summary: Barack Obama carries all three Democratic primaries, with similar wins for Republican John McCain, projections say. |
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Cnn.com |
8:33pm PST |
Beagle howls to Westminster win |
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Yahoo News |
8:11pm PST |
McCain 'fired up' to face Democrats
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Republican John McCain said he was "fired up and ready to go" against either Democratic presidential contender as he celebrated primary victories Tuesday in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia. |
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Yahoo News |
8:10pm PST |
Uno wins best in show at Westminster
(AP)
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Summary: AP - America has a new Snoop doggie. Barking and baying up a storm, Uno lived up to his name Tuesday night by becoming the first beagle to win best in show at the Westminster Kennel Club. |
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Yahoo News |
8:07pm PST |
Hollywood writers vote to lift 14-week strike
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Film and television writers voted
decisively on Tuesday to lift their 14-week-old strike against
major studios and return to work the next day, formally ending
the worst labor clash to hit Hollywood in 20 years. |
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Yahoo News |
8:05pm PST |
Obama wins 3 primaries for delegate lead
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Barack Obama powered past Hillary Rodham Clinton in the race for Democratic convention delegates Tuesday on a night of triumph sweetened with outsized primary victories in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia. |
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Cnn.com |
7:48pm PST |
Writers vote to end 3-month strike |
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Yahoo News |
7:48pm PST |
Okinawa governor wants changes in U.S. forces deal
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Okinawa's governor on Wednesday called
for changes in an agreement governing the status of U.S. troops
in Japan as diplomats flew to the island to try to soothe anger
over the suspected rape of a schoolgirl by a U.S. Marine. |
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BBC News |
7:43pm PST |
Hollywood writers to end strike |
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Summary: US screenwriters approve a deal struck by union leaders at the weekend, ending a three-month long strike. |
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Yahoo News |
7:43pm PST |
Pettitte spoke to Clemens about HGH
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Roger Clemens talked in 1999 or 2000 about using human growth hormone, his former New York Yankees teammate Andy Pettitte has told Congress in a sworn affidavit, The Associated Press learned Tuesday. |
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Cnn.com |
7:38pm PST |
McCain, Obama ride momentum of Virginia, Maryland, D.C. wins |
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Summary: CNN projects that John McCain will defeat Mike Huckabee in Virginia, Maryland and District of Columbia GOP primariesOn Democratic side, Barack Obama defeats Hillary Clinton in Virginia, Maryland and District of Columbia primaries, CNN projectsFor the firs |
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Yahoo News |
7:36pm PST |
Franklin slams Beyonce Grammy intro
(AP)
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Summary: AP - When Aretha Franklin is unhappy, she does not mince words. On Tuesday, the longtime Queen of Soul slammed Beyonce Knowles' intro to Tina Turner at Sunday's Grammy Awards, in which Knowles called Turner, not Franklin, "the queen." |
