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Yahoo News |
10:58am PDT |
Obama: Don't assume I'll take VP slot
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Democrat Barack Obama ridiculed the idea of being Hillary Rodham Clinton's running mate Monday, saying voters must choose between the two for the top spot. |
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Cnn.com |
10:54am PDT |
2nd person sought in UNC death |
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Summary: A shadowy figure in the back seat of an SUV in surveillance photos is a second "person of interest" in the slaying of the University of North Carolina student body president, police said today. Police released photos taken by an ATM camera that show a you |
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Cnn.com |
10:54am PDT |
Police seek 2nd 'person of interest' in UNC death |
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Summary: A shadowy figure in the back seat of an SUV in surveillance photos is a second "person of interest" in the slaying of the University of North Carolina student body president, police said today. Police released photos taken by an ATM camera that show a you |
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BBC News |
10:54am PDT |
Army offensive on Kenya militia |
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Summary: Kenya's army starts a major operation against an ethnic militia using heavy artillery and helicopter gunships. |
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BBC News |
10:48am PDT |
Man admits owning al-Qaeda text |
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Summary: A man pictured with some of the 7/7 bombers on a rafting trip pleads guilty to possessing an al-Qaeda training manual. |
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BBC News |
10:45am PDT |
Shuttle Endeavour set for launch |
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Summary: The US shuttle Endeavour is set to take-off on Tuesday carrying astronauts and equipment to the International Space Station. |
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10:45am PDT |
'Sad end' for football team dream |
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Summary: Community leaders voice their concerns at Gretna FC's move towards administration. |
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Cnn.com |
10:44am PDT |
Sources: 5 U.S. soldiers killed in Baghdad |
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Summary: U.S. military officials in Iraq told CNN that five U.S. soldiers on foot patrol in Baghdad were killed in a suicide attack today. The officials said four soldiers were killed in the initial blast and one died later of wounds. Also, three U.S. soldiers and |
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Cnn.com |
10:41am PDT |
Oil crosses $107, setting record |
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BBC News |
10:33am PDT |
Hicks ends talks with Dubai group |
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Summary: Liverpool co-owner Tom Hicks ends talks with Dubai International Capital (DIC) over acquiring a 49% stake in the club. |
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Yahoo News |
10:31am PDT |
Obama dismisses Clinton joint ticket idea
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Barack Obama dismissed as
"gamesmanship" on Monday his rival Hillary Clinton's suggestion
that he become her running mate on a Democratic White House
ticket headed by her. |
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Yahoo News |
10:20am PDT |
Lisa Marie Presley sues over 'fat' story
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Lisa Marie Presley has sued a British newspaper for alleging that she was piling on the pounds because of her unhealthy appetite, her lawyer said Monday. |
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10:15am PDT |
House sues ex-White House staffers
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The House Judiciary Committee filed suit Monday to force former White House Counsel Harriet Miers and White House chief of staff Joshua Bolten to provide information about the firing of U.S. attorneys. |
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Yahoo News |
10:08am PDT |
Cheney to discuss peace and oil on Mideast trip
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Vice President Dick Cheney leaves on
Sunday for the Middle East where he will raise U.S. concerns
about record-high oil prices and try to push
Israeli-Palestinian peace talks forward, the White House said. |
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Yahoo News |
10:06am PDT |
Drugs in water hurt fish and wildlife
(AP)
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Summary: AP - On this brisk, glittering morning, a flat-bottomed boat glides across the massive reservoir that provides Las Vegas its drinking water. An ominous rumble growls beneath the craft as its two long, electrified claws extend into the depths. |
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Yahoo News |
10:05am PDT |
Bandits halve WFP food deliveries into Darfur
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Escalating banditry has forced the World Food Programme to halve food deliveries in Darfur and without immediate cash the UN agency will ground its humanitarian flights at the end of the month. |
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Cnn.com |
9:53am PDT |
Gas costs push Starbucks out, put sack lunch in |
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Summary: New Yorker Evelyn Molina used to spend a lot of money eating out, buying her lunch and going out to dinner with friends about three to four times a week.
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BBC News |
9:44am PDT |
Monkeys challenge language theory |
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Summary: Monkeys combine noises to convey different meanings in a human-like way, say scientists. |
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Yahoo News |
9:37am PDT |
Heat shutting Wade down for season
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Dwyane Wade's season with the Miami Heat is over. |
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BBC News |
9:33am PDT |
Heavy storms cause travel chaos |
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Summary: Heavy seas and winds of up to 80mph batter parts of England, causing disruption to shipping and overland travel. |
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9:25am PDT |
Suicide bomber kills 5 U.S. soldiers in Iraq
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A suicide bomber blew himself up among
U.S. soldiers in central Baghdad on Monday, killing five and
wounding three in the worst single attack on U.S. forces in the
Iraqi capital in nearly a year. |
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BBC News |
9:21am PDT |
Democrats prepare for next battle |
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Summary: US Democratic presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton campaign in Mississippi and Pennsylvania. |
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BBC News |
9:18am PDT |
Burmese leader shuns UN envoy |
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Summary: UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari ends his latest visit to Burma without meeting military leader Than Shwe. |
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BBC News |
9:07am PDT |
Police hunt missing sex offender |
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Summary: Police appeal for information more than two years after a registered sex offender went missing. |
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Cnn.com |
8:57am PDT |
Clinton-Obama battle heads South |
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Summary: Sen. Barack Obama Monday focused on Mississippi, which holds primaries on Tuesday, while Sen. Hillary Clinton keep her eye on the next big prize on the Democratic calendar, Pennsylvania.
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Cnn.com |
8:54am PDT |
Consumers pinch pennies to pay for gas, food |
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Summary: New Yorker Evelyn Molina used to spend a lot of money eating out, buying her lunch and going out to dinner with friends about three to four times a week.
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Yahoo News |
8:51am PDT |
Bush: Cheney to press for Mideast peace
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Bush says he is dispatching Vice President Dick Cheney to the Middle East to get Israelis and Palestinians to hold firm to the promises they've made toward peace. |
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Yahoo News |
8:43am PDT |
Colombia finally strikes at rebels' top leadership
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The killing of two Colombian rebel
commanders in less than a week, one betrayed and dismembered by
his own bodyguard, has ended four decades of government failure
to hit the guerrillas' top leadership. |
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Yahoo News |
8:41am PDT |
5 US soldiers killed in Baghdad
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A suicide bomber killed five American soldiers on a foot patrol Monday after detonating his explosives vest in central Baghdad, the U.S. military said. |
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Cnn.com |
8:37am PDT |
Vatican lists new sinful behaviors |
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