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Yahoo News |
2:18am PST |
NYPD trio set for trial in groom's death
(AP)
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Summary: AP - On the morning of her wedding day, Nicole Paultre Bell learned her groom-to-be was dead. |
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2:15am PST |
Roadside blast kills 3 Shiite pilgrims
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A roadside bomb killed three Shiite pilgrims Monday in the outskirts of Baghdad, while the death toll from a suicide bombing targeting pilgrims resting in a tent the day before rose to 56, authorities said. |
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2:14am PST |
EU in Cyprus reunification plea |
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Summary: The EU Commission urges Cyprus President-elect Christofias to work to reunite the island. |
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Yahoo News |
2:03am PST |
Oscars become Coen country with 4 wins
(AP)
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Summary: AP - They ground up Steve Buscemi in a wood-chipper. They made baby-snatchers out of Nicolas Cage and Holly Hunter. They turned mythic Greek wanderer Odysseus into a Depression-era roots-music minstrel with George Clooney's face. |
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2:01am PST |
Turkish jets pound Kurdish rebels in Iraq: security sources
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Turkish fighter jets have pounded Kurdish rebel positions in the mountainous Hakurk region of northern Iraq, security sources told AFP. |
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Yahoo News |
1:58am PST |
Kremlin ruler or Putin's puppet: Who is Medvedev?
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - People who know Dmitry Medvedev describe
him as an intelligent and straightforward man who dislikes risk
-- but does he have the political instincts to survive as
Russia's next president? |
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Yahoo News |
1:55am PST |
Musharraf dismisses exit talk
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Pervez Musharraf's spokesman on Monday dismissed suggestions from three U.S. senators that the embattled Pakistani leader make a "graceful" retreat from power after his opponents' recent election victory. |
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Yahoo News |
1:48am PST |
Foreign stars and mavericks grab Oscar glory
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Hollywood's biggest stars took a
backseat at the Oscars as four Europeans and the maverick Coen
brothers grabbed the top honors with films that won critical
acclaim but only modest box-office success. |
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Yahoo News |
1:46am PST |
Gazans form 'human chain' to protest Israeli blockade
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Thousands of Palestinian schoolchildren began forming a human chain the length of the impoverished territory on Monday morning to protest a crushing Israeli blockade, an AFP correspondent witnessed. |
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1:43am PST |
Gazans gather for border protest |
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Summary: Thousands of Palestinians form a human chain inside the Gaza Strip to protest against Israel's blockade. |
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Yahoo News |
1:37am PST |
Ex-CEO takes over as South Korean president
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Ex-construction boss Lee Myung-bak was
sworn in as South Korea's new president on Monday, promising
business-like pragmatism after a decade of ideological policies
he said had left the world's 13th largest economy adrift. |
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1:37am PST |
Classes set to resume at NIU
(AP)
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Summary: AP - It's not violence that Northern Illinois University senior Kristen Bortolotti fears when classes resume — it's the memories. |
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Yahoo News |
1:31am PST |
Tiger tops the world
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Even in another landslide victory, Tiger Woods conceded nothing. |
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1:25am PST |
Governors hope for federal cash
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Governors are debating priorities if Congress takes up a second stimulus package, with some state leaders pushing for federal money to repair roads, water systems and bridges. |
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1:19am PST |
States with later primaries may count
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Democrats in states that refused to join the stampede to the front of the presidential nominating calendar might end up with the final say by voting last. |
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1:15am PST |
Cuba gets new president, old-guard team
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Raul Castro, Cuba's first new president in nearly half a century, crushed hopes that a new generation would shape the country's future by promising to defer to his ailing brother Fidel and the Communist Party's old guard on major matters. |
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1:14am PST |
NY Philharmonic arrives in N Korea |
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Summary: The New York Philharmonic orchestra arrives in North Korea, for a remarkable display of cultural diplomacy. |
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Yahoo News |
1:10am PST |
Guns ready, Israelis eye planned Gaza border march
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Israel threatened to use deadly force on
Monday should a planned march by thousands of Palestinians to
protest a blockade on the Gaza Strip turn into an attempt to
surge across the border into Israeli territory. |
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Yahoo News |
1:08am PST |
NY Philharmonic arrives in North Korea
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The New York Philharmonic arrived in North Korea Monday, becoming the most prominent American cultural institution to visit the isolated, nuclear-armed country. |
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12:56am PST |
Indonesia issues tsunami warning |
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Summary: Indonesia issues a tsunami warning after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake off the island of Sumatra. |
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Yahoo News |
12:54am PST |
Top economists see signs of recession
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Job growth is faltering, consumer confidence plunging. The fallout from the worst housing slump in a quarter-century grows. Wherever you look, the signs are unmistakable that the economy is in trouble. |
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Yahoo News |
12:51am PST |
Foreign stars, mavericks grab Oscar glory
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Hollywood's biggest stars took a
backseat at the Oscars as four Europeans and the maverick Coen
brothers grabbed the top honors with films that won critical
acclaim but only modest box-office success. |
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BBC News |
12:49am PST |
Co-pilot dies during plane flight |
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Summary: A plane carrying 156 passengers from Manchester to Cyprus is diverted when the co-pilot dies. |
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12:39am PST |
Cake-eating contest death tragedy |
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Summary: The owners of a cafe where an off-duty employee died in a cake-eating competition say they are devastated. |
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Cnn.com |
12:39am PST |
Hitler, Frankenstein battle for votes |
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Summary: Think Barack Hussein Obama has it rough campaigning for president with a name like that? The Illinois senator has nothing on Frankenstein Momin. Or Billy Kid Sangma. Or Adolf Lu Hitler Marak.
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BBC News |
12:35am PST |
Adobe fuses on and offline worlds |
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Summary: Adobe launches software designed to make it easier for computer users to access online information offline. |
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BBC News |
12:35am PST |
Adobe merge on and offline worlds |
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Summary: Adobe launches software designed to make it easier for computer users to access online information offline. |
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Cnn.com |
12:33am PST |
'Old Men,' Europeans seize Academy Awards |
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Summary: The Coen brothers' brutal tale "No Country for Old Men" won best picture at the 80th Academy Awards. The Coens also won best directing and adapted screenplay for "No Country," while the four acting Oscars went to Europeans.
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BBC News |
12:33am PST |
Russia to shore up Serbia support |
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Summary: The man tipped as Russia's next leader visits Serbia as the two states oppose Kosovan independence.
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12:02am PST |
EA bids for Grand Theft Auto firm |
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Summary: Electronic Arts goes public with its unsolicited offer for Grand Theft Auto firm Take-Two Interactive. Software. |
