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Iran dismisses nuke documents as fakes
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Summary: AP - The U.N. nuclear monitoring agency presented documents Monday that diplomats said indicate Iran may have focused on a nuclear weapons program after 2003 — the year that a U.S. intelligence report says such work stopped. |
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2:40pm PST |
Ga. couple claims $275 lottery jackpot
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Summary: AP - An iron worker and his wife presented the winning ticket for a $275 million Mega Millions jackpot on Monday and said they'll use part of the windfall to replace their trailer home with a new house in coastal Georgia. |
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2:37pm PST |
Hormone therapy skews breast cancer diagnosis
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Summary: Reuters - Women on hormone replacement therapy
have only a slightly higher risk of developing breast cancer,
but there are much greater chances they will experience the
worry of abnormal mammograms or may undergo an avoidable breast
biopsy, researcher |
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2:21pm PST |
Materialism 'damages' children |
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Summary: Most adults in a UK survey believe children are being damaged by commercialism. |
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2:19pm PST |
Bees gain advantage from predecessors
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Summary: AP - When marauding Vikings decided to settle down they usually "went native," marrying local girls and blending in. Invading honey bees may be doing the same. The invasion of new bee populations has attracted attention in recent years with the spread of |
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1:53pm PST |
Football: Everton ease to win |
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Summary: Everton climb to fourth place in the Premier League after a comfortable win over Manchester City. |
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1:53pm PST |
Football: Man City 0-2 Everton |
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Summary: Everton climb to fourth place in the Premier League after a comfortable win over Manchester City. |
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1:51pm PST |
That'll teach him to tinkle outside
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Summary: AP - An apparently drunk man picked the wrong place to tinkle. Appleton police arrested the man Friday afternoon after he reportedly relieved himself in front of the police department. |
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1:41pm PST |
Obama photo in turban, robe causes stir
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Summary: AP - A photograph circulating in the Internet of Democratic Sen. Barack Obama dressed in traditional local garments during a visit to Kenya in 2006 is causing a dustup in the presidential campaign over what constitutes a smear. |
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1:35pm PST |
Questions on Iran's atomic arms interest
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Summary: AP - The U.N. nuclear monitoring agency presented documents Monday that diplomats said indicate Iran may have focused on a nuclear weapons program after 2003 — the year that a U.S. intelligence report says such work stopped. |
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1:28pm PST |
Putin's heir backs Serbia in Kosovo dispute
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Summary: AFP - Russia's likely next president, Dmitry Medvedev, vowed Monday to stick by Belgrade in its fight against Kosovo's Western-backed declaration of independence from Serbia one week ago. |
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1:27pm PST |
AP Poll: Obama catches Clinton across US
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Summary: AP - Barack Obama has taken clear leads over Hillary Rodham Clinton among white men, middle-income earners and liberals, allowing him to catch his faltering rival in their race for the Democratic presidential nomination, a national poll showed Monday. |
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1:24pm PST |
Bush lobbies again for surveillance law
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Summary: AP - President Bush on Monday lobbied again for an intelligence law allowing government eavesdropping on phone calls and e-mails, as the tone of the dispute between the White House and Congress over terrorist surveillance grew increasingly sharp. |
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1:21pm PST |
Convicted ex-cop pleads for his life
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Summary: AP - A former Canton, Ohio, police officer convicted of killing his pregnant lover and their baby is apologizing for his crimes before the jury that will decide whether to recommend a death sentence. |
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1:18pm PST |
Study suggests antibiotics are overused
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Summary: AP - A woman dying of Alzheimer's has a fever. Should she be given antibiotics? Many people would say yes. But a provocative new study suggests that antibiotics are overused in people dying of dementia diseases and should be considered more carefully beca |
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1:04pm PST |
Edwards outduels JJ to win Auto Club 500
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Summary: AP - Carl Edwards won the rain-delayed Auto Club 500 on Monday, charging past NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson with 13 laps remaining. Johnson, winner of the past two Cup titles, came out of the final pit stop in the lead with 26 laps left. But E |
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1:03pm PST |
Poll: It's all tied up for Dems in Texas |
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Summary: Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are in a statistical dead heat in Texas, according to a poll released eight days before the state's crucial presidential primary.
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12:39pm PST |
Turkey says 41 more rebels killed in Iraq offensive
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Summary: AFP - The Turkish army said it killed 41 Kurdish rebels Monday, taking the overall toll in its offensive in northern Iraq to 170, as the US renewed calls for restraint and a swift withdrawal. |
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12:32pm PST |
Part of 'axis of evil' shows gutted nuke plant |
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Summary: Talk about descent. Eighteen months ago, North Korea could test-fire a nuke. Now, the same plant that produced that feat has severed pipes and crumbling concrete. It's a far cry from the place that earned President Bush's "evil" label.
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12:32pm PST |
Part of 'axis of evil' shows gutted N-plant |
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Summary: Talk about descent. Eighteen months ago, North Korea could test-fire a nuke. Now, the same plant that produced that feat has severed pipes and crumbling concrete. It's a far cry from the place that earned President Bush's "evil" label.
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12:24pm PST |
Will dig find Nazi treasure or fool's gold? |
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Summary: Digging is resuming at a site in the southeastern German town of Deutschneudorf, where treasure hunters believe there are almost 2 tons of Nazi gold and possibly clues to the whereabouts of the legendary Amber Room, a prize taken from a Russian castle dur |
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12:24pm PST |
Existing home sales declines
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Summary: AP - Sales of existing homes fell for the sixth straight month in January, dropping to the slowest sales pace on record. Median home prices were also down and many analysts predicted further price declines in the months ahead given high levels of unsold h |
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12:20pm PST |
Tennessee storms atop AP basketball poll
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Summary: AP - Tennessee surged to the top of The Associated Press college basketball poll for the first time Monday on the strength of its victory over Memphis in a Nos. 1-vs.-2 matchup. |
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12:15pm PST |
US violin diplomacy in North Korea
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Summary: AP - Swirling dancers and musicians beating traditional drums welcomed the New York Philharmonic to North Korea Monday for a historic cultural exchange between countries that have been technically at war for more than a half-century. |
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12:11pm PST |
Kosovo cops fire tear gas to end protest
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Summary: AP - Police fired tear gas to disperse a crowd of Serbs hurling rocks during a protest against Kosovo's independence at a border crossing near the capital Monday. |
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12:08pm PST |
Airliner co-pilot dies in mid-flight |
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12:06pm PST |
Jersey inquiry focuses on cellar |
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Summary: Police searching a former Jersey care home where a child's remains were found focus on a bricked-up cellar. |
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12:01pm PST |
Football: Eduardo out for months |
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Summary: Arsenal hope Croatian striker Eduardo will make a full recovery from his horrific leg break in nine months. |
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11:58am PST |
Post-surge troops levels: 140,000
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Summary: AP - The Pentagon is projecting that when the U.S. troop buildup in Iraq ends in July there will be about 8,000 more troops on the ground than when it began in January 2007, a senior general said Monday. |
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11:37am PST |
Robed Obama picture ignites row |
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Summary: US rivals Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama trade accusations over a photo of Mr Obama in African dress. |
