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11:58pm PST |
Record snow buries Columbus
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Summary: AP - Snow plows and clean-up crews were to continue working overtime Sunday to dig out of a record-setting snow storm that buried Ohio's capital city and many parts of Ohio and Indiana. |
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11:40pm PST |
Democrat wins Hastert's seat in election
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A longtime Republican district fell to the Democrats Saturday when a wealthy businessman and scientist snatched former House Speaker Dennis Hastert's congressional seat in a closely watched special election. |
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11:34pm PST |
Chavez issues plea for Betancourt |
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Summary: Venezuela's Hugo Chavez makes a direct appeal to Colombia's Farc to free hostage Ingrid Betancourt. |
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11:32pm PST |
'Ned Kelly's burial site' found |
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Summary: Scientists in Australia believe they have found the grave of the 19th Century outlaw and national icon Ned Kelly. |
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11:24pm PST |
'Sinner' Paisley considers legacy |
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Summary: Ian Paisley, the outgoing first minister of Northern Ireland, tells the BBC what he will do next. |
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10:24pm PST |
Democrat wins Hastert's seat in Illinois
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Summary: AP - A longtime Republican district fell to the Democrats Saturday when a wealthy businessman and scientist snatched former House Speaker Dennis Hastert's congressional seat in a closely watched special election. |
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10:13pm PST |
Man charged in Auburn student's death
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A man arrested after a car and foot chase by police who suspected him in a string of robberies was charged with capital murder in the abduction and shooting death of an Auburn University freshman, police said Saturday. |
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10:09pm PST |
Democrats take high-profile Republican district
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A Democrat captured on Saturday an
Illinois U.S. House of Representatives seat that had been a
Republican stronghold, in a symbolic blow to President George
W. Bush's party ahead of November elections. |
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10:01pm PST |
Clegg to attack 'gutless' Labour |
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Summary: Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg is to launch a fierce attack on his opponents, in what will be a key speech of his career. |
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9:45pm PST |
Man held over US massacre |
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Summary: Tennessee police charge a convicted killer with the murders of four adults and two children in Memphis. |
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9:45pm PST |
Experts 'find Ned Kelly's grave' |
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Summary: Scientists in Australia believe they have found the grave of the 19th Century outlaw and national icon Ned Kelly. |
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9:40pm PST |
Calls grow for Armed Forces Day |
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Summary: Senior military commanders, MPs and families of Britain's war dead support calls for a day to pay tribute to the armed forces. |
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9:29pm PST |
Huge space truck races into orbit |
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Summary: Europe's huge new orbital cargo ship, the ATV, lifts off on a mission to resupply the space station. |
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9:22pm PST |
Spain to vote in general election |
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Summary: Polls are set to open in Spain for a general election overshadowed by a killing in the Basque Country. |
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9:06pm PST |
Bush yearns for Texas in rare singing performance
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - President George W. Bush donned a
cowboy hat and sang an early goodbye to Washington on Saturday
night with a performance that lampooned White House journalists
and Vice President Dick Cheney among others. |
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8:33pm PST |
European space freighter launches |
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Summary: Europe's huge new orbital cargo ship, the ATV, lifts off on a mission to resupply the space station. |
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8:24pm PST |
Tar Heels hold off Duke to win ACC crown
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Danny Green had 18 points and top-ranked North Carolina scored the final 10 points of its 76-68 victory over No. 6 Duke on Saturday night to give the Tar Heels the Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season title. |
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8:14pm PST |
Obama wins in Wyoming, adds 7 delegates
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Sen. Barack Obama captured the Wyoming Democratic caucuses Saturday, seizing a bit of momentum in the close, hard-fought race with rival Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton for the party's presidential nomination. |
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8:09pm PST |
Malaysia wakes to new political landscape
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Malaysians awoke on Sunday to the
biggest sea-change in politics in almost 40 years, with
opposition Islamists and reformists winning control of five
states and giving the government a humiliating wake-up call. |
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8:07pm PST |
Brother charged with killing 6 in Tenn.
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Summary: AP - A convicted killer recently released from prison was charged Saturday with fatally shooting his brother during an argument and then killing five witnesses, including two of his brother's children, police said. |
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7:49pm PST |
Tories urge corporation tax cut |
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Summary: Shadow chancellor George Osborne is calling for a 3% cut in corporation tax to help revive the economy. |
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7:43pm PST |
Obama victorious in Wyoming |
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Summary: Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama wins in Wyoming in the latest battle with his rival Hillary Clinton. |
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7:43pm PST |
Obama defeats Clinton in Wyoming |
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Summary: Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama wins in Wyoming in the latest battle with his rival Hillary Clinton. |
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7:40pm PST |
8 arrested in probe of Jewish seminary attack |
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Summary: Israeli police have arrested eight people during an investigation into Thursday's deadly attack at a Jewish seminary in Jerusalem, spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said Saturday.
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7:10pm PST |
Dem. wins election to fill Hastert seat
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A longtime Republican district fell to the Democrats Saturday when a scientist snatched former House Speaker Dennis Hastert's congressional seat in a closely watched special election. |
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7:09pm PST |
Armenian poll challenge rejected |
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Summary: The constitutional court in Armenia rejects opposition claims that the presidential election was rigged. |
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7:03pm PST |
Democrats criticize Bush's CIA-bill veto
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Democrats and human rights advocates criticized President Bush's veto Saturday of a bill that would have banned the CIA from using simulated drowning and other coercive interrogation methods to gain information from suspected terrorists. |
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6:45pm PST |
Boxing: Haye eases past Macca |
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Summary: David Haye stops Enzo Maccarinelli in round two to add the WBO cruiserweight title to his WBC and WBA belts. |
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6:42pm PST |
Va. targets adults who French kiss kids
(AP)
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Summary: AP - State legislators passed a law Saturday that would require adults who French kiss a child younger than 13 to register as a sex offender. |
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6:41pm PST |
Malaysia vote loosens ruling grip |
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Summary: Malaysians survey the new political landscape a day after the veteran ruling coalition lost its two-thirds majority. |
