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4:09pm PDT |
Clinton compares herself to 'Rocky'
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Summary: AP - Perhaps the analogy was inevitable: Hillary Rodham Clinton as Rocky Balboa, the scrappy underdog boxer from Philadelphia memorably depicted in the 1976 Oscar-winning film. Even if Rocky did lose his first big fight. |
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4:04pm PDT |
Green drive 'neglects old homes' |
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Summary: The government should do more to improve the energy efficiency of existing homes, a committee of MPs says. |
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4:00pm PDT |
Castro reforms: DVDs, farms for Cubans
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Cubans snapped up DVD players, motorbikes and pressure cookers for the first time Tuesday as Raul Castro's new government loosened controls on consumer goods and invited private farmers to plant tobacco, coffee and other crops on unused state land. |
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3:52pm PDT |
A-Rod makes more than Marlins roster |
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3:49pm PDT |
Ukraine and Georgia face uphill battle on NATO bid
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Ukraine and Georgia face an uphill
battle on Wednesday to persuade NATO nations to put the two
ex-Soviet states on the path to membership, as Germany and
France lead resistance to their U.S.-backed bids. |
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3:34pm PDT |
First Direct stops new mortgages |
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Summary: First Direct withdraws all its mortgages from new customers as the number of products available plummets. |
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3:31pm PDT |
Semis within grasp says Ferguson |
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Summary: Sir Alex Ferguson is confident his Man Utd side can secure a Champions League semi-final spot after their win at Roma. |
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3:21pm PDT |
Man held for suspicious items at airport |
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Summary: A man trying to board an Air Jamaica flight at Orlando International Airport on Tuesday was taken into custody after federal officials found suspicious items in his baggage, the Transportation Safety Administration said.
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2:50pm PDT |
Clinton and Obama assail Republican McCain on economy
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Democrats Hillary Clinton and
Barack Obama assailed potential White House opponent John
McCain on the economy on Tuesday, accusing the Republican of
favoring the wealthy and turning his back on struggling workers
and middle-class families. |
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2:49pm PDT |
Oil chiefs say high prices not our fault
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Don't blame us, oil industry chiefs told a skeptical Congress. Top executives of the country's five biggest oil companies said Tuesday they know record fuel prices are hurting people, but they argued it's not their fault and their huge profits are in |
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2:47pm PDT |
Democrats undecided how to end war
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Summary: AP - Democratic leaders returned from their spring break this week to declare that Iraq is in turmoil and that they will continue to try to force President Bush to end the war. But facing another uphill battle, party members are undecided on whether to tr |
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2:41pm PDT |
Terror laws face Commons battle |
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Summary: The Counter Terrorism Bill passes a first hurdle in Commons but the government is warned to expect stiff opposition later. |
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2:30pm PDT |
Mother leads fight for autism insurance |
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Summary: Most medical insurance policies generally don't cover the intensive autism treatment that Lorri Unumb credits with her son's progress. Unumb decided to do something about it, helping pass a law that forces companies in South Carolina to cover the disorder |
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2:30pm PDT |
Mother wins fight for autism insurance |
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Summary: Ryan Unumb just turned 7 years old. He has about 100 words in his vocabulary, even if they are difficult to understand. He's potty trained. He loves playing with water. He follows instructions, he asks for food when he's hungry, and he gives lots of kisse |
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2:22pm PDT |
Talks over Mugabe exit after Zimbabwe elections
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Rival camps held talks Tuesday over an end to Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's 28-year rule with opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai saying weekend polls had given him a mandate for historic change. |
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2:19pm PDT |
Ebert to resume writing movie reviews
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Roger Ebert will resume writing reviews later this month, but will not rejoin his syndicated TV show because he's still unable to speak. |
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2:17pm PDT |
Clinton: 'Rocky' and I aren't quitters |
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Summary: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, in a TV interview that aired Tuesday, said the protracted presidential race between Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama should be allowed to "run its course"
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2:02pm PDT |
Senate sets urgent push for housing compromise
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Democrats and Republicans in the
Senate agreed on Tuesday to craft a compromise bill to help
homeowners hurt by a widening mortgage market crisis that
threatens to tip the economy into recession. |
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1:55pm PDT |
Zimbabwe opposition says on verge of power
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Zimbabwe's opposition said they were on
the verge of taking power on Tuesday after dismissing
speculation that they would negotiate a managed exit for
veteran President Robert Mugabe. |
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1:54pm PDT |
Congress grills oil execs on high prices
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Don't blame us, oil industry chiefs told a skeptical Congress. Top executives of the country's five biggest oil companies said Tuesday they know record fuel prices are hurting people, but they argued it's not their fault and said their huge profits a |
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1:52pm PDT |
France to send Betancourt mission |
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Summary: The French president says he intends to send a medical mission to Colombia to treat hostage Ingrid Betancourt. |
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1:45pm PDT |
Home defibrillators save lives in study
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Summary: AP - Having a defibrillator at home can help a heart attack survivor live through a second crisis, but so can CPR and at a much lower cost. That's the bottom line from the first test of using these heart-shocking devices in the home. |
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1:37pm PDT |
Schalke 0-1 Barcelona |
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Summary: Barcelona survive to beat Schalke 04 and give themselves the upper hand of their Champions league quarter-final. |
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1:37pm PDT |
Schalke 04 0-1 Barcelona |
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Summary: Barcelona survive to beat Schalke 04 and give themselves the upper hand of their Champions league quarter-final. |
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1:36pm PDT |
In-form Man Utd coast to Roma win |
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Summary: Man Utd close in on the Champions League semi-final with an impressive 2-0 win over AS Roma in the Stadio Olimpico. |
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1:34pm PDT |
A-Rod makes more than Marlins roster
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Alex Rodriguez makes more this year than his hometown Florida Marlins. Boosted by his new deal with the New York Yankees, A-Rod tops the major league baseball salary list at $28 million, according to a study of contract terms by The Associated Press. |
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1:34pm PDT |
Abberration splits dog's left leg in two
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A developmental problem split Angel the dog's leg, making her look like a five-legged pet. Veterinarian Frank Krupka, with the Avon Lake Animal Clinic in suburban Cleveland, said he's never seen anything like it. |
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Cnn.com |
1:29pm PDT |
Cops: Third-graders plotted attack on teacher |
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1:26pm PDT |
Defiant Mosley vows to fight on |
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Summary: Max Mosley pledges to continue as president of the FIA, despite allegations about his private life. |
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1:23pm PDT |
Britain delays cutting troops in Iraq
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Summary: AP - Britain froze plans Tuesday to withdraw about 1,500 soldiers this spring after the faltering effort to drive Shiite militias from Basra raised doubts whether the Iraqis are capable of maintaining security in oil-rich southern Iraq. |
