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BBC News |
6:51pm PDT |
Flood homes 'still unprotected' |
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Summary: Most homeowners hit by last summer's flooding have not taken measures to protect their homes, a survey finds. |
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BBC News |
6:49pm PDT |
BBC and ISPs clash over iPlayer |
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Summary: A row breaks out about who should pay for the extra network costs incurred by the BBC's on-demand TV service. |
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Yahoo News |
6:47pm PDT |
Protests in San Francisco before Olympic torch run
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Several hundred supporters of
Tibet marched through the streets of San Francisco on Tuesday
to criticize China before the Olympic torch is run through the
city the next day. |
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Cnn.com |
6:47pm PDT |
Report of child brides led to sect raid, affidavit says |
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Summary: Tipped that girls as young as 13 were being forced to enter "spiritual marriages," have sex and bear children, Texas officials raided an isolated polygamist retreat in West Texas, according to court documents. The teen girl whose phone call prompted the s |
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Yahoo News |
6:20pm PDT |
Presidential candidates posture over Iraq
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. presidential candidates John
McCain, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama pushed competing
positions on the Iraq war at congressional hearings on Tuesday
in political theater that may define the race for the White
House. |
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Yahoo News |
6:15pm PDT |
Olympic flame in US as IOC chief dismisses scrapping relay
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The Olympic flame arrived here Tuesday under heavy security as games officials dismissed suggestions that the global relay could be abandoned amid protests over China's human rights record. |
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Cnn.com |
5:59pm PDT |
Thousands protest Olympic torch in California |
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Summary: The Olympic flame, glowing in a small lamp, arrived in San Francisco early Tuesday to continue an international torch relay that has been plagued by passionate protests.
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BBC News |
5:54pm PDT |
Heart risk may be set in the womb |
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Summary: Babies whose mothers have pre-eclampsia may be at greater risk of cardiovascular disease later, says a study. |
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Yahoo News |
5:49pm PDT |
Pa. girl hit with game controller dies
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A 2-year-old girl died after being beaten with a video game controller by her mother's boyfriend, police said Tuesday. Darisabel Baez's mother overheard the beating Sunday but did nothing until she realized the girl was unconscious, police said. |
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Yahoo News |
5:43pm PDT |
Parker breaks off engagement, AP told
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Mary-Louise Parker has broken off her engagement to fellow "Weeds" actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan. Parker, who plays an upscale suburban marijuana dealer on the Showtime comedy, ended the relationship with her actor fiance, according to a person close to |
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BBC News |
5:43pm PDT |
Crackdown on under-age drinkers |
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Summary: Police seized 44,000 pints of alcoholic drinks in the largest ever operation targeting under-age drinking. |
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Yahoo News |
5:42pm PDT |
Cavity-fighting candy helped cut tooth decay: study
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Most children are told to stay away
from chewy candies to keep their teeth cavity-free, but
children in Venezuela who ate a special cavity-fighting candy
had 62 percent fewer cavities than those who brushed their
teeth regularly, researchers |
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BBC News |
5:28pm PDT |
Prison system 'failing' Scotland |
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Summary: Scotland's prison system is failing the public, prisoners and staff, the chief inspector of prisons says. |
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Yahoo News |
5:23pm PDT |
Colombian rebels reject French hostage mission
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Colombian guerrillas on Tuesday refused
to allow a French medical mission to treat high-profile hostage
Ingrid Betancourt in their jungle camps in another setback to
attempts to free scores of guerrilla captives. |
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Cnn.com |
5:23pm PDT |
'Stupid' Oscar show still thrilled winner |
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Summary: Asked about the difference between a cinematographer and a director of photography -- two terms often used interchangeably -- Robert Elswit cracks a joke.
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Yahoo News |
5:23pm PDT |
Estrogen linked to benign breast lumps
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Add another risk to hormone therapy after menopause: Benign breast lumps. One type of hormone therapy — estrogen plus progestin — already is well-known to increase the risk of breast cancer. But a major study of women able to use estrogen alone didn' |
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Yahoo News |
5:19pm PDT |
A-Rod whiffs 4 times as Royals top Yanks
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Brian Bannister and the Kansas City Royals got the best of Alex Rodriguez. A-Rod struck out four times in a game for only the fourth time in his major league career, and the Royals won their home opener 5-2 over the New York Yankees on Tuesday. |
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BBC News |
4:58pm PDT |
Target the torch? |
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Summary: UK Olympic athlete and Tibetan protester disagree |
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BBC News |
4:54pm PDT |
Exit strategy |
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Summary: How to help young black men escape gang culture |
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Yahoo News |
4:36pm PDT |
GAO: Millions wasted on gov't cards
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Federal employees charged millions of dollars for Internet dating, tailor-made suits, lingerie, lavish dinners and other questionable expenses to their government credit cards over a 15-month period, congressional auditors say. |
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BBC News |
4:33pm PDT |
Does your face give away what you want from a relationship? |
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Summary: People's attitudes to relationships could be given away by just the look of their face, researchers claim. |
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BBC News |
4:33pm PDT |
Hospital targets |
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Summary: Medical staff facing violence as part of working life |
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BBC News |
4:31pm PDT |
Businesses urge action on crime |
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Summary: Crimes against business cost £12.6bn annually, the British Chambers of Commerce claims. |
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BBC News |
4:30pm PDT |
US 'must halt' Iraq withdrawal |
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Summary: The top US military leader in Iraq calls for troop withdrawals to be suspended to protect improved security. |
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BBC News |
4:23pm PDT |
HSBC's mortgage offer bucks trend |
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Summary: HSBC claims it will match homeowners' existing fixed rate deals while other lenders are withdrawing products. |
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BBC News |
4:19pm PDT |
Care not top priority - NHS staff |
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Summary: Less than half of NHS staff believe patient care is the top priority, an annual staff survey shows. |
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BBC News |
4:14pm PDT |
Ryanair faces probe over adverts |
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Summary: Ryanair is referred to the Office for Fair Trading (OFT) after a string of complaints about its adverts. |
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BBC News |
4:04pm PDT |
Halted drug trial safety concerns |
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Summary: The benefits of some cancer drugs may be exaggerated as a rising number of trials are stopped early, experts say. |
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Yahoo News |
4:02pm PDT |
Toni Braxton hospitalized for chest pain
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Toni Braxton canceled her Las Vegas show after being hospitalized overnight with chest pains, hotel officials said. The 40-year-old Grammy winner spent Monday night at a Las Vegas hospital and was expected to be released after precautionary tests, Fl |
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Cnn.com |
3:54pm PDT |
Rebels reject mission to aid ailing hostage |
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