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7:09pm PDT |
Clinton, Obama go after Big Oil |
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Summary: As their congressional colleagues grilled oil executives in Washington, the Democratic presidential candidates fought in Pennsylvania to convince voters they've got the best plan to tackle soaring gas prices. At events a mile apart, they both focused on e |
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7:06pm PDT |
Memo: Bush's power trumps torture laws |
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6:58pm PDT |
Yanks edge Jays in final Stadium opener
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Summary: AP - The final opener at Yankee Stadium ended like so many that came before — with a victory by the home team. Chien-Ming Wang shut down the Toronto Blue Jays for seven innings, making Joe Girardi a winner in his rain-delayed debut as Yankees manager and |
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6:52pm PDT |
NATO leaders seek to bridge gulf over Georgia, Ukraine
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Summary: AFP - NATO leaders will struggle Wednesday to bridge differences over the future candidacies of Georgia and Ukraine, and rally international efforts to help drive the Taliban out of Afghanistan. |
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6:29pm PDT |
Children flock to social networks |
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Summary: More than a quarter of eight to 11-year-olds in the UK have a profile on a social network, research shows. |
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6:24pm PDT |
Winfrey dedicates show to her late dog
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Summary: AP - Oprah Winfrey plans to dedicate a show investigating abuses at puppy mills to her cocker spaniel, Sophie, who died last month from kidney failure. |
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6:23pm PDT |
Pentagon releases memo on harsh tactics
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Summary: AP - The Pentagon on Tuesday made public a now-defunct legal memo that approved the use of harsh interrogation techniques against terror suspects, saying that President Bush's wartime authority trumps any international ban on torture. |
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BBC News |
6:13pm PDT |
Riots prompt Ivory Coast tax cuts |
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Summary: The Ivorian president cancels custom duties after a second day of violent protests against rising food costs. |
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6:07pm PDT |
Who actors launch fourth series |
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Summary: Doctor Who stars David Tennant and Catherine Tate attend the launch of the BBC show's fourth series. |
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BBC News |
6:07pm PDT |
Who's that man? The Doctor returns to kick off fourth season |
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Summary: Doctor Who stars David Tennant and Catherine Tate attend the launch of the BBC show's fourth series. |
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6:05pm PDT |
Zimbabwe suspense grows as results expected
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Summary: AFP - The final results of Zimbabwe's parliamentary election were set to be announced Wednesday amid growing clamour for the outcome of a simultaneous contest which could see Robert Mugabe ousted as president. |
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5:52pm PDT |
Anti-HIV drug 'heart attack risk' |
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Summary: A popular anti-HIV drug nearly doubles the risk of heart attack, a study says. |
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5:36pm PDT |
Kaplinsky expecting first child |
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Summary: Natasha Kaplinsky is three months pregnant, according to a spokesman for the television channel Five. |
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Cnn.com |
5:28pm PDT |
Prison sex-change case gets new look |
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5:24pm PDT |
FBI: Parachute isn't hijacker Cooper's
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Summary: AP - A parachute found buried in southwestern Washington was not used by plane hijacker D.B. Cooper when he bailed out over the Pacific Northwest in 1971, the FBI said Tuesday. |
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5:14pm PDT |
Belichick: No more to come on Spygate
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Bill Belichick insists there are no new revelations to come about Spygate. "I think they've addressed everything they possibly can address," the New England Patriots coach said Tuesday. |
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BBC News |
5:04pm PDT |
The long goodbye |
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Summary: Cold War ghosts haunt Putin's talks with Nato |
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5:04pm PDT |
U.S. image improves after years of decline: poll
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Summary: Reuters - The U.S. image abroad has begun to
improve after worsening for years, but the United States is
still viewed more negatively than the European Union, Brazil,
China, India and Russia, said a BBC World Service survey
released on Monday. |
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4:58pm PDT |
Dolly institute joins vet school |
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Summary: The institute famed for creating Dolly the sheep is to share expertise with a
university vet school. |
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4:55pm PDT |
T5 baggage backlog sent to Milan |
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Summary: Thousands of suitcases are being sent to Milan by British Airways to help sort out the 19,000-bag backlog at T5. |
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4:53pm PDT |
FBI: Parachute isn't D.B. Cooper's |
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Cnn.com |
4:53pm PDT |
FBI confirms: Parachute isn't D.B. Cooper's |
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4:49pm PDT |
Private jail 'cramped but safer' |
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Summary: Scotland's only private jail is now one of the most overcrowded prisons in the country, a watchdog claims. |
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4:39pm PDT |
Tests after head found on beach |
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Summary: A forensic examination of the human head and hand found on the beach in Arbroath is to continue. |
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4:31pm PDT |
GM seeds can 'last for 10 years' |
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Summary: Seeds of genetically modified oilseed rape can endure in soil for at least 10 years, researchers discover. |
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4:20pm PDT |
Study: Octopuses kinky creatures of sea
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Summary: AP - Wild octopuses are far from the shy, unromantic loners their captive brethren appear to be, a new study finds. Marine biologists from the University of California, Berkeley, who journeyed off the coast of Indonesia to study octopus love lives found a |
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4:12pm PDT |
Bush in Romania for Nato summit |
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Summary: US President George W Bush is expected to push for Nato's eastward expansion at a key summit in Romania later. |
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4:10pm PDT |
Police chief to retire |
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Summary: The UK's longest serving police chief still on active duty announces his intention to retire. |
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BBC News |
4:09pm PDT |
Home birth to ward increases risk |
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Summary: There may be serious risks for the baby when mothers who chose a home birth transfer to hospital, a study suggests. |
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BBC News |
4:09pm PDT |
Home birth safety under spotlight |
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Summary: There may be serious risks for the baby when mothers who chose a home birth transfer to hospital, a study suggests. |
