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Yahoo News |
7:24am PDT |
Drunk passenger causes emergency landing in Poland
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A Lufthansa passenger jet made an
emergency landing in the southern Polish city of Katowice on
Monday after a drunk, unruly passenger began shouting that he
was a terrorist, border guards said. |
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7:22am PDT |
China's Olympic flame lit amid protests
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Protests against China's rights record and crackdown in Tibet disrupted ceremonies on Monday to light the Olympic flame for the Beijing Games. |
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7:14am PDT |
JPMorgan raises Bear Stearns bid to $10/share
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - JPMorgan Chase & Co said on Monday
that it raised its all-stock offer for Bear Stearns Cos |
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Cnn.com |
7:11am PDT |
Home sales rise; prices drop |
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Summary: Sales of existing homes rose in February as prices dropped a record 8.2% year-over-year, according to the latest reading on the battered housing market by an industry trade group released Monday.
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7:10am PDT |
Regulators let Home Loan Banks lift MBS holdings
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Regional U.S. banks will be allowed
to boost holdings of mortgage-backed securities by more than
$100 billion, regulators said on Monday, announcing another bid
to bring stability to troubled mortgage markets. |
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7:06am PDT |
JP Morgan raises Bear Stearns bid |
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Summary: JP Morgan Chase has raises its offer for Bear Stearns to $10 a share, but will now only buy a controlling stake. |
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Cnn.com |
7:06am PDT |
JPMorgan ups offer for Bear Stearns |
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Summary: Seeking to mollify angry shareholders and employees, JPMorgan Chase quintupled its offer for Bear Stearns to roughly $10 a share Monday.
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7:05am PDT |
Bhutto loyalist elected as Pakistan PM
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A longtime loyalist of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was elected Pakistan's new prime minister Monday and vowed to seek the release of judges detained under President Pervez Musharraf. |
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6:55am PDT |
Pakistan PM orders judges freed |
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Summary: New Pakistani Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gillani orders the release of detained judges, minutes after his election. |
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6:45am PDT |
Corinne Bailey Rae's husband found dead
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The husband of Grammy-nominated British singer Corinne Bailey Rae has been found dead. |
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Cnn.com |
6:43am PDT |
Tricks to dodging the gas-pump gouge |
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Summary: It's costing us more and more money to fill up the gas tank. And while that's unlikely to change anytime soon, there are some tricks to getting the most value per gas dollar.
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6:29am PDT |
Latvia hunts for mystery tycoon |
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Summary: Latvia searches for a Russian-born tycoon who vanished a week ago in suspicious circumstances. |
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6:18am PDT |
Bhutto aide named Pakistan prime minister
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Pakistan's parliament elected Yousaf Raza Gilani, a former house speaker and a longtime aide to slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, as the nation's new prime minister Monday. |
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6:14am PDT |
Clinton proposes Greenspan lead foreclosure group
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Former Federal Reserve
Chairman Alan Greenspan and other economic experts should
determine whether the U.S. government needs to buy up homes to
stem the country's housing crisis, Democratic presidential
candidate Hillary Clinton will propose |
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6:12am PDT |
Troops leave for Comoros assault |
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Summary: Five boats with African Union troops aboard have left the Comoros ahead of a planned assault on Anjouan. |
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Yahoo News |
6:10am PDT |
Pakistani parliament elects Gilani prime minister
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Pakistan's National Assembly elected
as prime minister on Monday Yousaf Raza Gilani, a top official
in assassinated former prime minister Benazir Bhutto's party,
five weeks after it won a general election. |
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6:08am PDT |
Home Loan Banks cleared to lift mortgage holdings
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The Federal Home Loan Bank system
will be permitted to expand their holdings of Fannie Mae
and Freddie Mac securities by more than $100
billion under a plan endorsed by their regulator on Monday. |
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Yahoo News |
6:05am PDT |
Corinne Bailey Rae's husband dead
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The husband of Grammy-nominated British singer Corinne Bailey Rae has been found dead. |
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Cnn.com |
5:40am PDT |
Sorry, fans: 'Jericho' has been canceled |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
5:40am PDT |
Lampard & Rooney fit for England |
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Summary: Frank Lampard and Wayne Rooney both train with the England squad ahead of Wednesday's friendly against France. |
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Yahoo News |
5:36am PDT |
Bear Stearns shares jump on bid report
(AP)
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Summary: AP - JPMorgan Chase & Co. was discussing a deal that would increase fivefold its offer for Bear Stearns Cos. to $10 a share, The New York Times reported Monday. |
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Yahoo News |
5:22am PDT |
Protesters disrupt ceremonies for China Olympics flame
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Rights activists and Tibetan protesters breached tight security to staged anti-Chinese demonstrations Monday at the lighting of the Olympic flame for the Beijing Games. |
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Cnn.com |
5:20am PDT |
4 dead, 1 missing after fishing boat sinks |
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Summary: The U.S. Coast Guard searched through the night for a crew member missing after his fishing vessel sank Sunday in the frigid waters off Alaska's Aleutian Islands, killing four others.
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Cnn.com |
5:16am PDT |
Protester interrupts Olympic torch ceremony |
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Summary: A lone protester managed to breach the tight security during the Olympic torch lighting ceremony in Greece Monday.
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Yahoo News |
5:09am PDT |
JPMorgan in talks to raise Bear Stearns bid
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - JPMorgan Chase & Co is in
talks to raise its takeover offer for Bear Stearns Cos
to about $10 a share in an effort to appease Bear shareholders
angry with the cut-rate deal, a person briefed on the
discussions said on Monday. |
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Cnn.com |
5:04am PDT |
Clear skies, sunshine and flash floods |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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4:57am PDT |
Tributes for Bailey Rae's husband |
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Summary: Fans of soul singer Corinne Bailey Rae's husband lead tributes to him on social networking websites. |
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4:57am PDT |
Schools could offer Koran classes |
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Summary: Imams, rabbis and priests could be brought into schools to offer religious instruction, the teachers' union says. |
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Cnn.com |
4:56am PDT |
U.S. toll in Iraq hits 4,000 |
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Summary: Four U.S. soldiers died Sunday night in a roadside bombing in Iraq, military officials reported, bringing the American toll in the 5-year-old war to 4,000 deaths. The grim milestone comes less than a week after the fifth anniversary of the start of the wa |
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4:49am PDT |
Salmonella cases top 200 in Colorado
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The number of suspected salmonella cases linked to an outbreak in this southern Colorado town topped 200 Sunday. |
