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6:15pm PST |
McCain retracts comment he could lose on Iraq
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Summary: Reuters - Republican presidential front-runner
John McCain on Monday retracted his earlier statement he would
lose the November election if he did not convince Americans
they were winning the war in Iraq. |
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5:59pm PST |
Elderly care 'set to deteriorate' |
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Summary: Care services could go from "bad to worse" in the next three years unless the government acts now, Age Concern warns. |
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5:51pm PST |
Bush predicts GOP will hold White House
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Summary: AP - President Bush predicted Monday that voters will replace him with a Republican president who will "keep up the fight" in Iraq. "I'm confident we'll hold the White House in 2008," Bush told donors at the Republican Governors Association annual dinner, |
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5:45pm PST |
Airline says it tried to aid dying passenger |
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5:37pm PST |
N.Y. Philharmonic tunes up in N. Korea |
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Summary: The New York Philharmonic Orchestra is preparing to play a historic concert in North Korea on Tuesday -- but there is no word yet on whether leader Kim Jong Il will attend.
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5:35pm PST |
Report: Clemens letter may go to Justice
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Summary: AP - A draft letter asking the Justice Department to investigate whether Roger Clemens made false statements to Congress has been written by House staffers, The New York Times reported on its Web site Monday, citing three unidentified lawyers familiar wit |
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5:23pm PST |
Anti-depressants 'of little use' |
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Summary: Anti-depressants have little clinical benefit for the majority of depressed patients, research shows. |
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5:19pm PST |
Iran weapons project 'continued' |
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Summary: The IAEA is told Iran's nuclear weapons work may have gone on after 2003, when a US report suggested it ceased. |
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5:09pm PST |
Man, 66, held over knife killing |
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Summary: A 66-year-old man is arrested after a man is stabbed in the neck and dies in central Manchester. |
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5:07pm PST |
Ex-bosses convicted of AIG fraud |
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Summary: Five former insurance bosses are convicted of fraud for their part in an accounting scandal at AIG. |
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4:58pm PST |
Bank crises 'deadly for health' |
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Summary: There could be many more heart attacks if the Northern Rock crisis was repeated at other banks, a study says. |
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4:51pm PST |
Cheap island ferry plan launched |
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Summary: Ferry fares on some sailings to the Western Isles could be slashed by a pilot project to be launched later on Tuesday. |
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4:36pm PST |
Democrats criticize McCain over campaign finance
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The Democratic Party asked
the U.S. government on Monday to investigate whether Republican
presidential candidate John McCain has violated
campaign-finance laws by exceeding spending limits he agreed to
last year. |
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4:35pm PST |
Rudd plans summit on 2020 vision |
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Summary: Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd reveals plans for a summit to discuss challenges facing Australia. |
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4:26pm PST |
Valerie Bertinelli: I cheated, too
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Valerie Bertinelli says despite her girl-next-door image, her marriage to Eddie Van Halen was hurt by infidelity and drug use — by her, too. "I wasn't an angel, either. I cheated, too," Bertinelli said on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" broadcast Monday. "H |
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4:21pm PST |
Some 8,000 'surge' troops will remain in Iraq |
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Summary: About 8,000 of the 30,000 "surge" troops sent to Iraq in 2007 will not go home as planned this summer, the pentagon said Monday.
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4:19pm PST |
Objectors unite on Heathrow plan |
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Summary: Politicians. residents and green campaigners object to Heathrow expansion plans. |
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4:05pm PST |
Dying at home scheme's cash plea |
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Summary: A key charity says plans to help more terminally ill people die at home are at risk due to a lack of funding. |
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4:05pm PST |
Cash plea for die-at-home plan |
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Summary: A key charity says plans to help more terminally ill people die at home are at risk due to a lack of funding. |
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4:04pm PST |
Clinton: Obama wavers on foreign policy
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Summary: AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton characterized rival Barack Obama on Monday as rash and inconsistent on foreign policy issues. |
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4:03pm PST |
100,000 miss first-choice school |
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Summary: Some 100,000 parents did not get their children into their preferred school last year, figures reveal. |
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3:57pm PST |
Ga. couple claims $275M lottery jackpot
(AP)
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Summary: AP - An iron worker and his wife said their days of living paycheck-to-paycheck were behind them after presenting the winning ticket Monday for a $275 million Mega Millions jackpot. |
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3:51pm PST |
Oscar snub leaves Whoopi sad, choked up
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Summary: AP - Whoopi Goldberg seemed sad and choked up on "The View" Monday when her fellow co-hosts discussed how she was not included in a montage featuring Oscar hosts during the Academy Awards telecast. |
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3:44pm PST |
Football: Moyes' Europe focus |
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Summary: Everton boss David Moyes salutes his side after they beat Manchester City but urges them to keep their focus in the race for Europe. |
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3:43pm PST |
eBay boycott ends, but not anger |
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Summary: A weeklong eBay boycott initiated by sellers upset with fee and policy changes that began rolling out last week ended today with uncertain results.
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3:36pm PST |
Rice to visit China, seek progress on North Korea
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
meets China's top leaders in Beijing on Tuesday to discuss how
to persuade North Korea to fully declare its nuclear programs
as a step toward eliminating them. |
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3:13pm PST |
Killer cop begs jury for his life |
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Summary: A hearing began Monday to determine whether former Canton, Ohio, police officer and convicted double murderer Bobby Cutts Jr. should be executed for the murders of his girlfriend and their unborn child.
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3:12pm PST |
U.S. expects 140,000 troops in Iraq after drawdown
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The United States expects to have
about 140,000 troops in Iraq even after completing a planned
drawdown of combat forces in July, the Pentagon said on Monday. |
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3:05pm PST |
Major powers push for new Iran sanctions
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Western powers on Monday pushed for
new sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program as Tehran
voiced defiance about any new punitive measures, saying high
oil prices would cushion the blow. |
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2:50pm PST |
McCain says he could lose over war issue
(AP)
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Summary: AP - John McCain said Monday that to win the White House he must convince a war-weary country that U.S. policy in Iraq is succeeding. If he can't, "then I lose. I lose," the Republican said. He quickly backed off that remark. |
