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BBC News |
8:33pm PDT |
US and N Korea hold nuclear talks |
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Summary: Envoys from the US and North Korea meet in Singapore in a bid to break deadlock on the stalled nuclear deal. |
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BBC News |
8:17pm PDT |
Decision due on major badger cull |
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Summary: Britain's first major cull of badgers to combat tuberculosis in cattle could be announced later. |
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Yahoo News |
8:11pm PDT |
China turns patriotic wrath on Olympics demonstrators
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - China on Tuesday denounced protesters
who upstaged the Olympic Games torch relay in London and Paris,
with state media reporting on the demonstrations as the work of
saboteurs bent on wrecking Games goodwill. |
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Yahoo News |
8:08pm PDT |
Sen. Vitter may testify in sex case
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Louisiana Sen. David Vitter may be called to testify on behalf of a woman accused of running an upscale Washington prostitution service, attorneys said Monday at the opening of trial. |
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Yahoo News |
8:07pm PDT |
Protests dog Olympic torch from Paris to San Francisco
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The Beijing Olympics flame headed Tuesday for San Francisco and further pro-Tibet protests after two days of chaos in Europe forced officials to douse the torch and cut short the Paris leg of the relay. |
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Yahoo News |
7:44pm PDT |
Kansas leads Memphis 33-28 at halftime
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Kansas played its usual stingy defense in taking a 33-28 halftime lead over Memphis on Monday night in the national championship game. |
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Yahoo News |
7:33pm PDT |
U.S., North Korean envoys meet on nuclear impasse
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The top U.S nuclear negotiator was
meeting his North Korean counterpart in Singapore on Tuesday
with hopes of reviving stalled disarmament talks. |
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Yahoo News |
7:32pm PDT |
Pressure builds for Zimbabwe poll result 10 days on
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Zimbabweans hoped a court ruling Tuesday might bring to an end their long wait for presidential election results, ten days after the polls and with international pressure mounting on Robert Mugabe. |
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Cnn.com |
7:19pm PDT |
Boy, 11, takes wheel of runaway bus |
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BBC News |
7:13pm PDT |
Green bandwagon |
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Summary: Everyone claims to be green but what does it mean? |
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BBC News |
6:33pm PDT |
UK bank details 'for sale for £5' |
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Summary: So-called cyber-crime supermarkets are selling UK bank account details to fraudsters for as little as £5, a report says. |
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Yahoo News |
6:30pm PDT |
Civil rights icon's incest trial starts
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A daughter of a civil rights icon who served as a top lieutenant to Martin Luther King Jr. testified Monday that her father regularly molested her beginning when she was 6 years old. |
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Yahoo News |
6:26pm PDT |
Study: Dyslexia differs by language
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Dyslexia affects different parts of children's brains depending on whether they are raised reading English or Chinese. That finding, reported in Monday's online edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, means that therapists may nee |
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Cnn.com |
6:10pm PDT |
No troop cuts expected in 'State of Iraq' report |
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Summary: Pentagon officials told CNN on Monday they do not expect Gen. David Petraeus to recommend or predict additional U.S. troop cuts in Iraq when he testifies before Congress this week.
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Yahoo News |
6:02pm PDT |
McCain raises over $15 mln in March: source
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Republican presidential candidate
John McCain raised more than $15 million for his White House
bid in March, a campaign source said on Monday, putting the
Arizona senator well behind his Democratic rivals. |
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BBC News |
5:51pm PDT |
Hundreds leave Texan sect ranch |
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Summary: Texas removes more than 500 women and children from a polygamist compound as part of a child abuse inquiry. |
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Yahoo News |
5:39pm PDT |
Over 400 children taken from Texas polygamist ranch
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Authorities have now removed 401
children from a remote ranch in west Texas belonging to a
breakaway Mormon sect linked to jailed polygamist leader Warren
Jeffs, local media reported on Monday. |
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Yahoo News |
5:30pm PDT |
U.S., North Korean envoys meeting on nuclear impasse
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A top U.S negotiator will meet his
North Korean counterpart in Singapore on Tuesday with hopes of
reviving stalled nuclear talks. |
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Yahoo News |
5:25pm PDT |
Giants fall in post-Bonds home opener
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Greg Maddux earned his 348th career win, Adrian Gonzalez went 4-for-5 with a homer and four runs, and the San Diego Padres spoiled the San Francisco Giants' first home opener since cutting ties with Barry Bonds by winning 8-4 Monday. |
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Yahoo News |
5:20pm PDT |
China condemns "despicable" torch disruptions
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - China on Tuesday condemned the
disruption of the Olympic torch relay in London and Paris,
vowing it would not impede the Olympic spirit. |
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BBC News |
5:17pm PDT |
Congress to hear update on Iraq |
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Summary: Top US officials in Iraq are due to deliver a scheduled report to Congress as Shia unrest continues. |
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BBC News |
5:06pm PDT |
Bagpuss cat-egorical winner in favourite TV animals survey |
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Summary: Cult cloth cat Bagpuss is voted the favourite children's TV animal of all-time in an online poll of 1,100 people. |
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Yahoo News |
4:59pm PDT |
Ga. soldier's widow wants his sperm
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A soldier's widow has succeeded in having sperm taken from his body and frozen four days after he was slain in Iraq, though medical experts said it's highly unlikely she would be able to bear his child. |
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BBC News |
4:49pm PDT |
America in Iraq |
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Summary: Congress hearing has added urgency in US election year |
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BBC News |
4:49pm PDT |
Baby sleep linked to weight risk |
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Summary: Lack of sleep and regular TV viewing increases the risk of babies and toddlers becoming overweight, a US study says. |
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BBC News |
4:48pm PDT |
Sunbed use 'puts lives at risk' |
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Summary: Most people who use sunbeds signficantly increase their risk of life-threatening skin cancer, experts warn. |
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BBC News |
4:47pm PDT |
Depression linked to Alzheimer's |
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Summary: People who have had depression may be more prone to Alzheimer's disease, research suggests. |
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BBC News |
4:44pm PDT |
Galileo legal process ticks over |
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Summary: EU ministers approve the legal instrument that releases the billions needed to build Europe's sat-nav system. |
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Yahoo News |
4:39pm PDT |
Clinton's tale part truth, part errors
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has stopped telling a story of a pregnant woman's medical tragedy after an Ohio hospital challenged its accuracy last weekend. |
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BBC News |
4:36pm PDT |
IMF plans gold sale to raise $6bn |
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Summary: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) plans to sell some of its gold holdings to raise $6bn. |
