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Cnn.com |
1:11pm PST |
Clinton, Obama target key state with polls close |
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Summary: Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama tried to convince Ohio voters they have what it takes to fix the economy as they campaigned before contests that could decide the Democratic presidential nomination.
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Yahoo News |
1:01pm PST |
Putin, Medvedev pledge unified path
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Vladimir Putin congratulated his hand-picked successor on his apparent presidential election victory Sunday and said the win would guarantee the continuity of the course Putin set for Russia. |
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Cnn.com |
12:57pm PST |
Putin's chosen successor takes huge lead |
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Summary: Russians are voting today to pick a president, but the outcome is not expected to be a surprise: A hand-picked successor to President Vladimir Putin is expected to win in a landslide, after hardly even bothering to campaign.
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Yahoo News |
12:49pm PST |
West looking again at building new dams
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Western states' era of massive dam construction — which tamed rivers, swallowed towns, and created irrigated agriculture, cheap hydropower and environmental problems — effectively ended in 1966 with the completion of Glen Canyon Dam. |
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12:47pm PST |
Top U.S. Democrat: accord near on spy bill, immunity
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The House of Representatives may
soon resolve a stalemate that has blocked efforts to renew an
anti-terrorism spy law and shield phone companies from
lawsuits, a key Democrat said on Sunday. |
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Yahoo News |
12:44pm PST |
Russia's Medvedev set for presidency
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Dmitry Medvedev was elected as Russia's
next president, early results showed on Sunday, after a vote
that will preserve the power of his mentor President Vladimir
Putin but which opponents said was unfair. |
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BBC News |
12:34pm PST |
Man dies in French cable car fall |
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Summary: Three men are in custody in the French Alps, after a fourth falls to his death from a cable car they were using. |
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Yahoo News |
12:32pm PST |
Top-ranked Tennessee holds back Kentucky
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Summary: AP - A week that began with a No. 1 ranking was far from smooth for Tennessee. Chris Lofton scored 14 points, including a jump shot with 1:15 left, and the Vols beat Kentucky 63-60 on Sunday to stay atop the Southeastern Conference. |
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Cnn.com |
12:15pm PST |
Police: Teen romance may have led to killings |
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Summary: A teenage daughter's anger over not being allowed to date a boy may have led to the killing of her mother and brothers, police said. All were shot and stabbed, and the family home burned to the ground. Three teenagers and an adult, among them the girl and |
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Cnn.com |
12:15pm PST |
Daughter charged in family deaths |
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Summary: A teenage daughter's anger over not being allowed to date a boy may have led to the killing of her mother and brothers, police said. All were shot and stabbed, and the family home burned to the ground. Three teenagers and an adult, among them the girl and |
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Cnn.com |
12:15pm PST |
Police: Dating ban may have led to family deaths |
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Summary: A teenage daughter's anger over not being allowed to date a boy may have led to the killing of her mother and brothers, police said. All were shot and stabbed, and the family home burned to the ground. Four teenagers, including the girl and her forbidden |
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Yahoo News |
12:07pm PST |
No. 1 Tennessee holds off Kentucky 63-60
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A week that began with a No. 1 ranking was far from smooth for Tennessee. Chris Lofton scored 14 points, including a jump shot with 1:15 left, and the Vols beat Kentucky 63-60 on Sunday to stay atop the Southeastern Conference. |
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Cnn.com |
12:07pm PST |
Chavez sends troops to Colombia border |
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Summary: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Sunday ordered his military to move 10 battalions to the country's border with Colombia, and ordered the closure of Colombia's embassy in Venezuela.
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Yahoo News |
12:05pm PST |
Ahmadinejad takes swipe at Bush, hails Iraq ties
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
hailed a new chapter in ties with Iraq and took a jab at the
United States over its policies in the Middle East during a
landmark visit to Baghdad on Sunday. |
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Yahoo News |
11:57am PST |
BBC: Hell's Angels sought to kill Jagger
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger escaped an assassination plot hatched in 1969 by the Hells Angels, a new British Broadcasting Corp. documentary has claimed. |
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Yahoo News |
11:51am PST |
Israel defiant on Gaza onslaught amid international outcry
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Israel vowed to press its campaign against militants in the Gaza Strip on Sunday despite an international outcry over the deadly onslaught that prompted even the moderate Palestinian leadership to cut off all peace talks. |
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Yahoo News |
11:41am PST |
Payday loan foes aim at car-title loans
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Dodge pickup has rust on the tailgate and a Harley-Davidson sticker on its back windshield. Beside it sits a Honda Accord with a big, white butterfly on the windshield and American flag butterflies on each side of the trunk. |
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Yahoo News |
11:25am PST |
No. 1 Tennessee beats Kentucky 63-60
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Chris Lofton scored 14 points, including a jump shot with 1:15 left, and No. 1 Tennessee held on to beat Kentucky 63-60 on Sunday to stay atop the Southeastern Conference. |
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Yahoo News |
11:25am PST |
Russia's Medvedev on course for presidency
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Dmitry Medvedev was elected by a big
margin to succeed Vladimir Putin as Russian president, exit
polls and early results showed on Sunday, after a vote that
will preserve his mentor's power but which opponents said was
unfair. |
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BBC News |
11:21am PST |
Medvedev set to win Russia poll |
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Summary: Kremlin favourite Dmitry Medvedev will win Russia's presidential election by a landslide, exit polls suggest. |
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Yahoo News |
11:16am PST |
Putin's chosen successor ahead in vote
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Vladimir Putin's handpicked successor Dmitry Medvedev was cruising to an easy victory in Russia's presidential election Sunday, a result expected to give significant power to the outgoing president. |
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Cnn.com |
11:13am PST |
Daughter, 16, among suspects in family killing |
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Yahoo News |
11:12am PST |
Medvedev wins landslide in Russian election: early results
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Dmitry Medvedev, President Vladimir Putin's handpicked successor, won a landslide victory in Russia's presidential election Sunday, early results showed, as opponents charged the result was rigged. |
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Yahoo News |
11:05am PST |
Clinton begins big push before primaries
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton argued Sunday that her campaign for the White House is "about solutions," not feelings, as she swept through Ohio on an intense push two days before the state's presidential primary. |
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BBC News |
11:05am PST |
Winehouse tops album chart again |
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Summary: Singer Amy Winehouse returns to the top of the UK album chart with the deluxe edition of Back to Black. |
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Yahoo News |
10:59am PST |
Is your name on the voting list?
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Welcome to the first presidential election in which nearly every state must have a list of every registered voter. Here's the catch: if your name isn't on it, you may have trouble casting a ballot in this historic race for the White House. |
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Yahoo News |
10:59am PST |
Army warns protesters after eight die in Armenia
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Armenia's military said on Sunday it
would confront opposition protests with force, a day after
riots killed eight people in the ex-Soviet state. |
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BBC News |
10:50am PST |
Medvedev 'heading for clear win' |
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Summary: Kremlin favourite Dmitry Medvedev will win Russia's presidential election easily, exit polls suggest. |
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Cnn.com |
10:45am PST |
Dallas Morning News backs Huckabee |
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Summary: The Dallas Morning News published an editorial Sunday supporting former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, despite saying he has no chance of winning the Republican presidential nomination.
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Cnn.com |
10:42am PST |
FBI searches house linked to ricin case |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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