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10:17am PDT |
Michigan revote decision up in the air |
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Summary: Now that officials in Florida nixed a primary revote, the focus has shifted to Michigan Tuesday where a proposal is taking shape for Democrats to hold a new presidential primary, a Democratic source close to the negotiations says.
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10:15am PDT |
Obama says US cannot ignore race |
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Summary: US presidential candidate Barack Obama speaks on race, seeking to defuse a row over his ex-pastor. |
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Cnn.com |
10:15am PDT |
Too stressed to eat or sleep on campus |
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10:08am PDT |
Obama denounces preacher, urges race healing
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. Democratic presidential
candidate Barack Obama on Tuesday criticized his preacher's
racially charged sermons but said he could not disown him in a
speech urging Americans to move past their "racial stalemate." |
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10:06am PDT |
New NY gov. admits several affairs
(AP)
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Summary: AP - New York's newly minted governor says he had affairs with several women, including a state employee. |
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10:00am PDT |
Dalai Lama tries to end Tibetan rioting
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The Dalai Lama said on Tuesday he was
willing to step down as head of the Tibetan government in |
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9:56am PDT |
Stepdad guilty in child's horrific death |
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9:52am PDT |
Phorm needs 'better protection' |
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Summary: A system that matches web surfing habits to adverts must black-list sensitive sites, a privacy report says. |
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9:43am PDT |
'Light touch' at E.coli abattoir |
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Summary: Vets inspecting an abattoir linked to an E.coli outbreak were told to adopt a light touch, an inquiry hears. |
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9:42am PDT |
Conservative justices question city handgun ban
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The U.S. capital's strict gun
control law faced a barrage of skeptical questions on Tuesday
from the U.S. Supreme Court's conservatives. |
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Yahoo News |
9:41am PDT |
NYC stepfather convicted of manslaughter
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A jury convicted a man of manslaughter Tuesday in the death of his 7-year-old stepdaughter after a trial that detailed years of horrific abuse and cast a spotlight on the city's troubled child welfare agency. |
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9:36am PDT |
Obama battles back in race row
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - White House hopeful Barack Obama, swamped in a controversy over incendiary sermons by his former pastor, bid Tuesday to wrench back his fundamental message of racial and political healing. |
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9:34am PDT |
Supreme Court reviews D.C. handgun ban
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Supreme Court has heard arguments about the meaning of the Second Amendment and the District of Columbia's ban on handguns. |
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9:31am PDT |
Stocks surge ahead of expected rate cut
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Wall Street barreled higher Tuesday as investors found relief in better-than-expected results from Lehman Brothers and Goldman Sachs, and anticipated a massive interest rate cut from the Federal Reserve. The Dow Jones industrial average surged more t |
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Cnn.com |
9:28am PDT |
Delta offers buyout to 30,000 |
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9:27am PDT |
Tons of rock piled on bridge before collapse |
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Cnn.com |
9:21am PDT |
Poll: Inflation is top economic worry |
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Summary: Americans are worried about the economy, and inflation tops their list of concerns.
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9:19am PDT |
US cannot ignore race - Obama |
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Summary: US presidential candidate Barack Obama speaks on race, seeking to defuse a row over his former pastor. |
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Yahoo News |
9:18am PDT |
Oscar winner Minghella dies at 54
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Oscar-winning director Anthony Minghella, who turned such literary works as "The English Patient," "The Talented Mr. Ripley" and "Cold Mountain" into acclaimed movies, died Tuesday of a hemorrhage following surgery. He was 54. |
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9:17am PDT |
Jail terms for death crash trio |
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Summary: Three young men are jailed for a total of nearly 20 years in connection with a fatal crash near Dumfries. |
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9:09am PDT |
Tolkien's Hobbit fetches £60,000 |
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Summary: A 1937 first edition of JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit is sold at auction for £60,000 - twice its predicted value. |
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9:08am PDT |
Tibet protest hits London exhibit |
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Summary: Protesters hang pro-Tibet slogans around the Terracotta Warrior exhibits on display at London's British Museum. |
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9:06am PDT |
Cuba lifts farmers' supplies ban |
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Summary: The government says it is allowing farmers to buy their own supplies to boost agricultural production. |
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Cnn.com |
8:59am PDT |
Judge rips Paul McCartney's ex-wife |
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Summary: In his ruling on the divorce between Paul McCartney and Heather Mills, a British judge said Mills was "less than candid" in her dealings with the court.
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8:47am PDT |
Charges sought over cadet death |
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Summary: The parents of a teenage Army cadet killed in a boating accident call for criminal charges. |
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Cnn.com |
8:47am PDT |
Obama: We can move beyond racial wounds |
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Summary: Barack Obama addressed the race issue head on today, urging Americans to reject the "racial stalemate we've been stuck in for years." Obama's speech comes after spending the weekend on the defensive over racially charged statements from his former ministe |
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8:46am PDT |
Essay auctions 'harder to catch' |
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Summary: Students who cheat by commissioning work online from other students are worrying academics. |
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Yahoo News |
8:38am PDT |
Obama denounces preacher, says can't disown him
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. Democratic presidential
candidate Barack Obama on Tuesday criticized his preacher for
racially charged rhetoric but said he could not disown the man
who baptized his children and officiated at his wedding. |
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BBC News |
8:33am PDT |
Kenya MPs support power-sharing |
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Summary: Kenyan MPs pass a bill paving the way for a coalition government after a deal to end post-election violence. |
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BBC News |
8:30am PDT |
Cricket: Hair rejoins elite umpires |
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Summary: Umpire Darrell Hair is reinstated to the ICC elite panel of umpires. |
