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Yahoo News |
4:16pm PDT |
Beckett's back may sideline him in Tokyo
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Time is running out on Josh Beckett's slim chance of traveling to Tokyo to pitch in Boston's first two regular-season games. |
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Cnn.com |
4:15pm PDT |
Will prostitution-linked governor have to quit? |
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Summary: Aides to New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer and Lt. Gov. David Paterson are discussing a transfer of power today, less than 24 hours after it emerged that federal prosecutors had linked Spitzer to a high-end prostitution ring, a top legislative staffer told CNN. |
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Yahoo News |
3:55pm PDT |
Stocks soar over 3 percent as Fed adds liquidity
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Stocks rallied more than 3 percent on
Tuesday, giving the S&P 500 its best advance since October
2002, after the Federal Reserve said it would add up to $200
billion to strained credit markets in a coordinated effort with
other central banks |
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Yahoo News |
3:53pm PDT |
Spitzer may have spent big on call girls
(AP)
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Summary: AP - With pressure mounting on Gov. Eliot Spitzer to resign over a call-girl scandal, investigators said Tuesday he was clearly a repeat customer who spent tens of thousands of dollars — perhaps as much as $80,000 — with the high-priced prostitution servi |
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Cnn.com |
3:52pm PDT |
Gangster held in killing of teen athlete |
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Summary: Jamiel Shaw didn't have time to tell the gang members he wasn't one of them. The high school football star and Stanford recruit was gunned down before he could answer. Half a world away, his mother got the news while on duty in Iraq. "I was screaming and |
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BBC News |
3:42pm PDT |
Two held in City Hall fraud probe |
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Summary: Two men are arrested by police investigating fraud allegations connected with firms given public funding. |
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BBC News |
3:35pm PDT |
EU treaty bill clears the Commons |
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Summary: MPs vote to approve the controversial bill which will ratify the Lisbon Treaty - by 346 votes to 206. |
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Cnn.com |
3:25pm PDT |
Fallon quits as Centcom chief |
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Summary: Adm. William Fallon has resigned as chief of U.S. forces in the Middle East and Central Asia. Fallon, who had held the post for more than a year, cited what he called inaccurate news reports that put him at odds with the Bush administration over Iran.
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Yahoo News |
3:20pm PDT |
Clinton disagrees with Ferraro on Obama
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday she disagrees with Geraldine Ferraro, one of her fundraisers and the 1984 Democratic vice presidential candidate, for saying that Barack Obama "would not be in this position" if he were white instead of black. |
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BBC News |
3:04pm PDT |
Darling 'to delay' fuel duty rise |
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Summary: Alistair Darling will postpone a 2p rise in fuel duty for six months, in Wednesday's Budget, the BBC learns. |
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Yahoo News |
2:55pm PDT |
Stocks soars over 3 percent as Fed adds liquidity
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Stocks rallied more than 3 percent on
Tuesday, giving the S&P 500 its best advance since October
2002, after the Federal Reserve said it would add up to $200
billion to strained credit markets in a coordinated effort with
other central banks |
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Cnn.com |
2:48pm PDT |
'Mary Ann' from 'Gilligan's Island' busted |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
2:38pm PDT |
Liverpool sink Inter Milan |
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Summary: Fernando Torres strikes to sink Inter Milan and send Liverpool into the Champions League quarter-finals. |
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BBC News |
2:38pm PDT |
Football: Liverpool sink Inter Milan |
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Summary: Fernando Torres strikes to sink Inter Milan and send Liverpool into the Champions League quarter-finals. |
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BBC News |
2:38pm PDT |
Football: Liverpool sink Inter |
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Summary: Fernando Torres strikes to sink Inter Milan and send Liverpool into the Champions League quarter-finals. |
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Yahoo News |
2:38pm PDT |
Pressure mounts on Gov. Spitzer to quit
(AP)
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Summary: AP - With pressure mounting to resign Tuesday over a call-girl scandal, Gov. Eliot Spitzer found himself with few friends and lots of powerful enemies, many of whom regard him as a sanctimonious bully who got what was coming to him. Republicans began talk |
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BBC News |
2:33pm PDT |
Bishop given leave over rumours |
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Summary: The Bishop of St David agrees to take a leave of absence after rumours about his marriage break up. |
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Yahoo News |
2:20pm PDT |
Top U.S. Mideast commander quits after Iran article
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Adm. William Fallon, the top U.S.
commander for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, announced his
retirement on Tuesday citing what he called false reports of
big differences between him and the Bush administration over
Iran. |
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Yahoo News |
2:12pm PDT |
Man clinging to boat: Save my dog first
(AP)
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Summary: AP - In this case, man was dog's best friend. Randy Earl was fishing with his dog Lacy, a black spaniel mix, on Mason Lake near their Monongalia County home Monday when their small boat capsized. |
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BBC News |
2:11pm PDT |
US Mid-East chief steps down |
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Summary: The head of US forces in the Middle East, Adm William Fallon, resigns amid reported differences over Iran. |
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Yahoo News |
2:06pm PDT |
Longtime AP correspondent Roderick dies
(AP)
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Summary: AP - John Roderick, an Associated Press correspondent who won renown for his reports on Mao Zedong and other Communist guerrilla leaders while living with them in their cave headquarters in the mid-1940s, has died. He was 93. |
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Cnn.com |
1:55pm PDT |
Fallon quits as chief of U.S. forces in Mideast |
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Summary: Adm. William Fallon has resigned as chief of U.S. forces in the Middle East and Central Asia. Fallon, who had held the post for more than a year, cited what he called inaccurate news reports that put him at odds with the Bush administration over Iran.
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Yahoo News |
1:54pm PDT |
Study finds 1 in 4 US teens has a STD
(AP)
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Summary: AP - At least one in four teenage American girls has a sexually transmitted disease, suggests a first-of-its-kind federal study that startled some adolescent-health experts. |
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Yahoo News |
1:39pm PDT |
Fallon resigns as Mideast military chief
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The top U.S. military commander for the Middle East resigned Tuesday amid speculation about a rift over U.S. policy in Iran. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said that Adm. William J. Fallon, whose area of responsibility includes Iraq, had asked for pe |
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Cnn.com |
1:34pm PDT |
Dow soars 417 points |
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Summary: Stocks rallied today as investors welcomed news that the Federal Reserve will lend up to $200 billion to banks and lenders as a means of loosening up tight credit markets. According to early tallies, the Dow Jones industrial average jumped almost 417 poin |
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Yahoo News |
1:33pm PDT |
Mideast military head resigns under fire
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The top U.S. military commander for the Middle East resigned Tuesday amid speculation about a rift over U.S. policy in Iran. |
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BBC News |
1:31pm PDT |
Call to show car 'lifetime price' |
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Summary: Showing the long-term cost of a car would encourage buyers towards "green" models, a UK government adviser says. |
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Yahoo News |
1:31pm PDT |
Stocks fly as Fed's cash injection eases credit fear
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Stocks surged more than 3 percent on
Tuesday, led by financial shares, after the Federal Reserve
said it would add up to $200 billion to strained credit markets
in a coordinated effort with other central banks. |
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Yahoo News |
1:27pm PDT |
Ferraro's remarks about Obama decried
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday she disagrees with Geraldine Ferraro, one of her fundraisers and the 1984 vice presidential candidate, for suggesting that Barack Obama only achieved his status in the presidential race because he's black. |
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Yahoo News |
1:26pm PDT |
Pressure mounts on Spitzer to quit
(AP)
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Summary: AP - With pressure mounting to resign Tuesday over a call-girl scandal, Gov. Eliot Spitzer found himself with few friends and lots of powerful enemies, many of whom regard him as a sanctimonious bully who got what was coming to him. |
