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Cnn.com |
5:20pm PST |
Judge: Baby is Anna Nicole Smith's sole heir |
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BBC News |
5:07pm PST |
Clegg defends Lib Dem EU stance |
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Summary: Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg says he was right to order his party to abstain on the vote on a referendum on the new EU treaty. |
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Yahoo News |
5:03pm PST |
Kucinich faces tough challenge in Ohio
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Dennis Kucinich, the liberal Ohio politician who made two failed White House campaigns, fought Tuesday in the Democratic primary to keep his seat against the toughest, best-financed challenger in his 12-year congressional career. |
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Cnn.com |
5:02pm PST |
McCain wins Ohio, Vermont, CNN projects; Dems close in Ohio |
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Summary: • John McCain will win the GOP primaries in Ohio and Vermont, CNN projects • Barack Obama will win the Vermont Democratic primary, CNN projects • Hillary Clinton, Obama in competitive race in Ohio • Texas, Rhode Island also vot |
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Yahoo News |
5:00pm PST |
Abbas rebuffs call to resume peace talks
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The U.S.-backed Palestinian president rebuffed the Bush administration's request Tuesday to quickly end a walkout of peace talks with Israel, saying Israeli military bombardment of civilians in the Gaza Strip is unacceptable under any circumstance. |
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Yahoo News |
4:54pm PST |
Memphis cops: No leads in slayings of 6
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A day into one of the city's biggest murder investigations in decades — two men, two women and two boys shot and stabbed — police conceded Tuesday they had virtually nothing to go on. |
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Yahoo News |
4:51pm PST |
Rice pushes Israel and Palestinians to talk not fight
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
will push Israelis and Palestinians on Wednesday to return to
peace talks and stop violence in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip. |
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Yahoo News |
4:48pm PST |
Vt. towns approve Bush 'indictment'
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Voters in two Vermont towns approved measures Tuesday calling for the indictment of President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney for what they consider violations of the Constitution. |
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Yahoo News |
4:46pm PST |
Obama scores first win of 'Super Tuesday II'
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Democratic White House contender Barack Obama Tuesday drew first blood in Vermont but Ohio was on a knife-edge on a night of high drama that could decide Hillary Clinton's political fate. |
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Yahoo News |
4:46pm PST |
Obama and McCain win Vermont, McCain takes Ohio
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Democrat Barack Obama scored an easy
win in Vermont, the first of four states to wrap up its voting
on Tuesday in presidential showdowns that could decide the fate
of Hillary Clinton's White House bid. |
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Yahoo News |
4:36pm PST |
Obama wins Vermont in first of showdowns
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Democrat Barack Obama scored an easy
win in Vermont, the first of four states to wrap up its voting
on Tuesday in presidential showdowns that could decide the fate
of Hillary Clinton's White House bid. |
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Yahoo News |
4:36pm PST |
Obama, Clinton duel in Ohio, Texas
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Barack Obama defeated Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Vermont primary Tuesday night, and the two Democratic rivals dueled across Ohio, Texas and Rhode Island in a riveting race for the party's presidential nomination. John McCain edged closer to the de |
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BBC News |
4:27pm PST |
Obama and McCain 'to win Vermont' |
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Summary: Barack Obama and John McCain are projected to win the first poll to close on a key day in the White House race. |
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BBC News |
4:27pm PST |
'Sympathy' for organ donor change |
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Summary: The health secretary admits she is "increasingly sympathetic" to presumed consent for organ donations. |
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Cnn.com |
4:25pm PST |
Steve Jobs hid cancer for 9 months |
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Summary: In October 2003, as the computer world buzzed about what cool new gadget he would introduce next, Apple CEO Steve Jobs - then presiding over the most dramatic corporate turnaround in the history of Silicon Valley - found himself confronting a life-and-dea |
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BBC News |
4:21pm PST |
Housing market slowing in Europe |
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Summary: House price growth across Europe slowed sharply in the second half of 2007, according to a report. |
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BBC News |
4:12pm PST |
Lords warn about Calais fencing |
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Summary: About 1,500 illegal immigrants a year could be kept from hiding on UK-bound lorries if fences were fixed, peers say. |
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BBC News |
4:11pm PST |
MPs call for rise in green taxes |
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Summary: The UK Treasury lacks "ambition and imagination" when it comes to green taxes, a report by MPs conclude. |
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BBC News |
4:02pm PST |
Diabetes nurses 'would cut costs' |
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Summary: Specialist diabetes nurses in emergency units could save the NHS £100m a year, research suggests. |
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BBC News |
4:02pm PST |
Young dentists 'reject the NHS' |
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Summary: There are fears that younger dentists are turning their backs on carrying out treatments on the NHS. |
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Cnn.com |
4:00pm PST |
McCain, Obama win in Vermont, CNN projects |
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Summary: • Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama will win the Vermont primary, CNN projects • Hillary Clinton hopes to stop Obama in delegate-rich Texas, Ohio • Heavy turnout reported; Rhode Island also voting
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Cnn.com |
3:47pm PST |
14 Americans arrested in child porn sting |
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Summary: Fourteen Americans are in custody as part of a global crackdown on a well-organized child porn ring that used sophisticated encryption technology, the FBI and Justice Department announced Tuesday.
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Yahoo News |
3:43pm PST |
Bush says Mideast peace still possible
(AP)
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Summary: AP - With only 10 months left in his term and Israeli-Palestinian talks collapsed over renewed violence, President Bush said Tuesday there is "plenty of time" to get a Mideast peace deal before he leaves. |
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BBC News |
3:42pm PST |
Man fatally stabbed in park fight |
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Summary: A 50-year-old "family man" is stabbed to death after intervening during a fight in a park in Lancashire. |
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Yahoo News |
3:41pm PST |
Few voting problems emerge, even in Ohio
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Save for a few sputters in troublesome Ohio, voting appeared to run smoothly in four state primaries that could decide whether Hillary Rodham Clinton abandons her quest to be the first female president. |
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Yahoo News |
3:14pm PST |
Venezuelan troops to Colombian border
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Venezuela moved troops toward Colombia and turned away cargo trucks at border crossings on Tuesday as tensions mounted over Colombia's strike on a leftist rebel base in Ecuador. |
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BBC News |
3:06pm PST |
Pensioner is charged with murder |
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Summary: A 70-year-old man is charged with the murder of a 25-year-old who was stabbed in Manchester city centre. |
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Yahoo News |
3:05pm PST |
Abbas holds back on resuming peace talks with Israel
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice failed to win a public commitment from
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday to resume peace
talks with Israel. |
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Yahoo News |
3:00pm PST |
California's top court seems split on gay marriage
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The California Supreme Court
appeared divided on Tuesday over whether to allow gay marriage
during nearly four hours of oral arguments on the contentious
issue that could impact gay rights nationwide. |
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BBC News |
2:55pm PST |
Arsenal boss hails heroic victory |
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Summary: Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says the club's stunning Champions League win at AC Milan is a reward for their bravery. |
