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Yahoo News |
10:52am PDT |
Tornado rips downtown Atlanta, dozens hurt
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Workers picked through debris in
downtown Atlanta on Saturday after the worst tornado to hit the
city in decades battered landmark buildings, overturned cars
and injured dozens of people. |
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Yahoo News |
10:47am PDT |
Polarities persist in Democratic race
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Something happened to the feel-good, way-cool Democratic presidential contest in the months since a woman and a black man began their path-breaking race for the White House. |
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BBC News |
10:39am PDT |
Crowds gather for Grand Slam bid |
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Summary: Rugby fans have poured into Cardiff to support Wales as they take on France in the climax of the Six Nations tournament. |
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Yahoo News |
10:29am PDT |
Tibet govt-in-exile says 30 dead in unrest, Chinese security tight
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Tibet's exiled government said Saturday that about 30 people had been killed during unrest in Lhasa, as Chinese troops locked down the city amid fierce international scrutiny ahead of the Olympics. |
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10:21am PDT |
Albania rocked by huge explosions |
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Summary: At least four people are killed and about 200 injured in a series of blasts at an arms depot near Albania's capital. |
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10:12am PDT |
Many killed, 170 hurt in Albanian blasts
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - At least four people were killed and more than 170 hurt Saturday when powerful blasts rocked an army munitions depot near the Albanian capital Tirana, with the prime minister predicting a "considerable" toll. |
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10:05am PDT |
IOC: Don't boycott Olympics over Tibet
(AP)
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Summary: AP - International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge poured cold water Saturday on calls for a boycott of the Summer Games in Beijing over China's crackdown in Tibet, saying it would only hurt athletes. |
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Yahoo News |
10:00am PDT |
Obama, Clinton court Iowa activists
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Supporters of Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton are once again ardently courting Iowa Democratic activists as they vie for the support of delegates pledged to departed rival John Edwards. |
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9:56am PDT |
Albania army base blasts kill, injure 200
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - An Albanian army munitions dump blew up
in a series of massive explosions on Saturday and officials
said they feared dozens of personnel including U.S. specialists
may have been killed. |
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Cnn.com |
9:56am PDT |
Four killed in Albania blast |
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BBC News |
9:51am PDT |
Pakistan restaurant hit by blast |
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Summary: An explosion rips through a restaurant popular with foreigners in Islamabad, Pakistan, killing at least one person. |
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9:45am PDT |
State governments resist 'sunshine laws'
(AP)
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Summary: AP - In New Jersey, the governor's e-mails might shed light on whether he inappropriately conferred with a labor leader he once dated. In Detroit, the mayor's text messages revealed a sexually charged scandal. In California, a fight rages for access to e- |
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9:40am PDT |
Exiled Tibetans hold prayer vigil |
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Summary: Tibetans exiled are to hold a vigil in London amid increasing violence in their homeland. |
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Yahoo News |
9:35am PDT |
Another storm follows Atlanta twister
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Crews hauled broken glass and furniture out of downtown streets Saturday and homeowners surveyed damage caused by a tornado that caught residents and basketball fans by surprise. |
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BBC News |
9:33am PDT |
'Many dead' in Albania explosions |
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Summary: Albania's PM says a "considerable" number of people have died in blasts at an arms depot near Tirana. |
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Cnn.com |
9:30am PDT |
Atlanta: 130-mph assault |
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Summary: Experts confirmed today that a tornado with top winds of 130 mph ripped through downtown Atlanta Friday night, leaving a six-mile long path of destruction in its wake. The tornado, which was about 200 yards wide, had a path about six miles wide, skipping |
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9:26am PDT |
Conservatives set to keep control of Iran assembly
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Iranian election results on Saturday
showed conservatives on course to keep their grip on
parliament, but some were expected to join reformists in
flaying President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's handling of the
economy. |
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9:24am PDT |
Nasa's chief talks new approach |
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Summary: US space agency boss Mike Griffin says Nasa will do a little less Mars exploration in future and more in the outer Solar System. |
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Cnn.com |
9:24am PDT |
Many feared dead in Albania blast |
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Cnn.com |
8:57am PDT |
Video of tornado-damaged Atlanta |
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Cnn.com |
8:54am PDT |
Space robot powers up |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
8:52am PDT |
Tornado hits downtown Atlanta, dozens hurt
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Workers cleared wreckage from downtown
Atlanta on Saturday after a tornado struck the city,
overturning cars, damaging numerous buildings and injuring
dozens of people. |
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Cnn.com |
8:49am PDT |
Ga. Tech chief to head Smithsonian |
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8:46am PDT |
Cabrera likely to appeal suspension
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Yankees center fielder Melky Cabrera said he most likely will appeal a three-game suspension for his role in the spring-training fight between New York and the Tampa Bay Rays. |
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Yahoo News |
8:42am PDT |
Ga. Tech head picked to lead Smithsonian
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Smithsonian Institution, beleaguered by questions over how much it pays its executives and how they spend the organization's money, said Saturday it has picked Georgia Tech President G. Wayne Clough as its new leader. |
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BBC News |
8:36am PDT |
Wales complete Grand Slam triumph |
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Summary: Wales beat France to win the Six Nations Grand Slam in Cardiff. |
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Yahoo News |
8:35am PDT |
Turkish PM condemns bid to shut down his party
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan on
Saturday condemned a bid by state prosecutors to shut down his
ruling AK Party as an attack on democracy and political
stability and vowed to resist it. |
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Yahoo News |
8:28am PDT |
Many killed in blast at Albanian arms depot
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Powerful explosions rocked an army munitions depot 12 kilometres (eight miles) north of the capital Tirana on Saturday, killing a "considerable" number of people and injuring at least 155, mostly civilians. |
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Yahoo News |
8:04am PDT |
Old polarities persist in Dem race
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Something happened to the feel-good, way-cool Democratic presidential contest in the months since a woman and a black man began their path-breaking race for the White House. |
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BBC News |
8:04am PDT |
Women arrested after stab death |
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Summary: A woman cyclist dies when she is pulled from her bicycle and attacked on a street in the Anfield area of Liverpool. |
