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Cnn.com |
6:06am PDT |
Beer lovers mark sudsy anniversary |
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Summary: At the stroke of midnight, American beer drinkers were no longer breaking the law when they broke open a beer.
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5:46am PDT |
Stem cells made to mimic disease |
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Summary: Scientists have taken skin cells from patients with eight different diseases and turned them into stem cells. |
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Cnn.com |
5:44am PDT |
Notables express sorrow at Heston death |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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5:43am PDT |
'Countless building jobs at risk' |
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Summary: Thousands of NI construction jobs are at risk if a downturn continues, according to an industry chief. |
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5:43am PDT |
Zimbabwe vote ruling delayed as Mugabe stirs tensions
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - A high court judge in Zimbabwe on Monday postponed his ruling on an opposition bid to force the declaration of presidential election results, as Robert Mugabe stoked tensions ahead of a possible run-off. |
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Yahoo News |
5:41am PDT |
Olympic torch extinguished on Paris run
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Security officials extinguished the
Olympic torch on Monday on the Paris leg of its journey,
disrupted by protesters against China's crackdown on Tibet. |
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5:37am PDT |
Officials extinguish Olympic torch twice
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Olympic torch was extinguished and put on a bus for protection at least twice Monday as it moved through Paris amid heavy protests, including at least one attempt to rush a torch-bearer. |
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5:36am PDT |
Iraq Sadr to disband militia if clerics give order
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada
al-Sadr will consult senior religious leaders and disband his
Mehdi Army militia if they instruct him to, a senior aide said
on Monday. |
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Yahoo News |
5:30am PDT |
Olympic torch extinguished during Paris run
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The Olympic torch had to be extinguished
during the Paris leg of its marathon relay on Monday, police
said. |
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Yahoo News |
5:24am PDT |
McCain: Iraq no longer abyss of defeat
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Disregarding a serious flare-up of violence, Republican presidential candidate John McCain says the United States is "no longer staring into the abyss of defeat" in Iraq, opening a campaign week that will draw him and his Democratic opponents back to |
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5:23am PDT |
HSBC loses customers' data disc |
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Summary: The HSBC banking group admits losing a computer disc with the details of 370,000 customers. |
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5:21am PDT |
Iraqi leader warns Sadr movement |
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Summary: Iraq's prime minister threatens in a TV interview to exclude the movement of cleric Moqtada Sadr from politics. |
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5:21am PDT |
Lucky numbers |
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Summary: Why people base decisions on number meanings? |
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Yahoo News |
5:20am PDT |
Troopers probe Texas polygamist compound
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Authorities who took 220 women and children from a polygamist compound weren't sure whether the teen girl whose phone call prompted the raid was among them. |
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Cnn.com |
5:18am PDT |
Salmon vanish off California, Oregon |
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BBC News |
5:17am PDT |
Olympic protests spread to Paris |
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Summary: The torch relay meant to celebrate the Beijing Olympics is hit by further anti-China demonstrations, in Paris. |
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Yahoo News |
5:10am PDT |
Zimbabwe's Tsvangirai in South Africa
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Zimbabwe's top opposition leader on Monday called for international help in getting President Robert Mugabe to step down and held meetings in neighboring South Africa. |
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BBC News |
5:10am PDT |
Five's Trisha has breast cancer |
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Summary: TV talk show presenter Trisha Goddard is being treated for breast cancer, her husband says. |
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Cnn.com |
5:09am PDT |
Olympic torch put out twice due to protests |
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Summary: The Olympic torch relay was disrupted today by protesters in Paris demonstrating against the Chinese government, causing authorities to twice extinguish the flame and put the torch on a bus, according to The Associated Press. AP reports the torch relay ha |
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Yahoo News |
5:06am PDT |
Protestors disrupt Olympic flame relay in Paris
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The Beijing Olympic flame had to be confined to the safety of a bus Monday as hundreds of pro-Tibet activists disrupted its progress through Paris despite a heavy police escort. |
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Cnn.com |
5:05am PDT |
Dead Marine's mom wants answers |
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Summary: Early on, Maria Lauterbach knew exactly what she wanted to do in life.
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Cnn.com |
5:05am PDT |
Pregnant Marine's death leaves many questions |
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Summary: Early on, Maria Lauterbach knew exactly what she wanted to do in life.
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Cnn.com |
5:05am PDT |
Marine's killing leaves many questions |
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Summary: Early on, Maria Lauterbach knew exactly what she wanted to do in life.
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Yahoo News |
4:57am PDT |
Kansas vs. Memphis in NCAA final tonight
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Kansas plays Memphis tonight for the NCAA men's college basketball championship. It's once-beaten Memphis against a Kansas team that was able to open a 28-point lead on top-ranked North Carolina Saturday in easily winning its national semifinal. Both |
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BBC News |
4:55am PDT |
Royal Mail raises stamp prices |
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Summary: The price of a posting a standard first class letter rises by 2p to 36p and second class by 3p to 27p. |
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4:54am PDT |
Young asked about commercialism |
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Summary: Experts investigating pressures on childhood want to hear from young people and their parents. |
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BBC News |
4:50am PDT |
Yahoo lukewarm on Microsoft bid |
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Summary: Internet search engine Yahoo says it is "not opposed" to Microsoft's takeover bid, but it must be at the right price. |
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BBC News |
4:47am PDT |
Power games |
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Summary: Tracing the history of Olympic boycotts and protests |
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Cnn.com |
4:33am PDT |
Clinton's top strategist quits |
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Summary: Sen. Hillary Clinton's chief campaign strategist is giving up that post amid criticism of his public relations firm's contacts with Colombian officials over a free-trade deal the Democratic presidential hopeful opposes. Campaign manager Maggie Williams an |
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BBC News |
4:30am PDT |
Eriksson welcomes Ronaldinho link |
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Summary: Manager Sven-Goran Eriksson would love Manchester City owner Thaksin Shinawatra to buy Ronaldinho. |
