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Cnn.com |
3:51pm PDT |
Candidates highlight differences, share stage |
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Summary: The sharp differences between the Democratic and Republican presidential candidates over the war in Iraq shared the spotlight today during Senate hearings with the top U.S. general and the top American diplomat in Iraq. The "State of Iraq" hearings brough |
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BBC News |
3:50pm PDT |
S Korea voters enticed to polls |
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Summary: South Koreans goes to polls amid forecasts of the lowest turnout since the end of military rule 20 years ago. |
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Cnn.com |
3:46pm PDT |
Report of child brides led to 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 released Tuesday.
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Cnn.com |
3:46pm PDT |
Affidavit: Report of child brides led to raid |
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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 released Tuesday.
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BBC News |
3:46pm PDT |
'Not to blame' |
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Summary: Photographer who trailed Diana recalls the night she died |
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BBC News |
3:40pm PDT |
Hungry mob attacks Haiti palace |
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Summary: Protesters in Haiti try to storm the presidential palace in Port-au-Prince in protest at rising food prices. |
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Cnn.com |
3:40pm PDT |
Girls on alleged sex-abuse tape identified |
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Summary: Florida investigators have identified two victims of apparent underage sexual abuse seen on a video found in the former home of a man arrested last week, authorities said Tuesday.
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BBC News |
3:30pm PDT |
Cyber risk 'equals 9/11 impact' |
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Summary: The US homeland security chief calls on Silicon Valley to help secure the cyber highway from attacks. |
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Yahoo News |
3:30pm PDT |
Red Sox get rings, then drop Tigs to 0-7
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Summary: AP - There was red-white-and-blue bunting hanging from the stands, a Green Monster-sized American flag on the left-field wall and an Air National Guard flyover punctuating "The Star-Spangled Banner." |
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Yahoo News |
3:28pm PDT |
Red Sox ring in home season
(AP)
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Summary: AP - There was red-white-and-blue bunting hanging from the stands, a Green Monster-sized American flag on the left-field wall and an Air National Guard flyover punctuating "The Star-Spangled Banner." |
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Yahoo News |
3:26pm PDT |
Documents: Sect married girls at puberty
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A polygamist compound with hundreds of children was rife with sexual abuse, child welfare officials allege in court documents, with girls spiritually married to much older men as soon as they reached puberty and boys groomed to perpetuate the cycle. |
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Yahoo News |
3:25pm PDT |
Bush gives Medal of Honor to Navy SEAL
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Navy SEAL Michael A. Monsoor had fast thinking to do when a live grenade came out of nowhere to bounce off his chest: Take the clear path to safety that he had but his comrades didn't, try to toss it safely away, or throw himself on top of it. |
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Yahoo News |
3:24pm PDT |
Colombia trade deal splits Clintons
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The presidential campaign of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday that her husband, the former president, supports a free trade agreement with Colombia that his wife strenuously opposes. |
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Yahoo News |
3:22pm PDT |
67 bodies secretly exhumed from NM grave
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Working in secret, federal archaeologists have dug up the remains of dozens of soldiers and children near a Civil War-era fort after an informant tipped them off about widespread grave-looting. |
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Yahoo News |
3:20pm PDT |
General won't promise more Iraq pullouts
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The top U.S. commander in Iraq told Congress Tuesday that hard-won gains in the war zone are too fragile to promise any troop pullouts beyond this summer, holding his ground against impatient Democrats and refusing to commit to more withdrawals befor |
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Yahoo News |
3:18pm PDT |
Conan O'Brien stalker pleads guilty
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A priest accused of stalking Conan O'Brien pleaded guilty Tuesday to disorderly conduct. The Rev. David Ajemian, 46, admitted in Manhattan Criminal Court that he sent letters and DVDs to the NBC talk-show host's home and office, and "I also sent mail |
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Cnn.com |
3:17pm PDT |
6 kidney transplants at once believed a first |
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3:14pm PDT |
France calls off Colombia mission |
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Summary: France halts a medical mission seeking to help hostage Ingrid Betancourt, after Farc rebels deny access. |
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BBC News |
3:03pm PDT |
Man injured in landfill accident |
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Summary: A man in his 50s is seriously ill in hospital after an accident at a landfill site in County Fermanagh. |
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BBC News |
2:57pm PDT |
Al Fayed abandons Diana campaign |
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Summary: Mohamed Al Fayed abandons his 10-year campaign to prove that Princess Diana and his son Dodi were murdered. |
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Cnn.com |
2:36pm PDT |
Priest ordered to stay away from Conan O'Brien |
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Cnn.com |
2:19pm PDT |
Bush weighs skipping Olympics opening |
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Summary: The White House left the door open today to President Bush skipping the opening ceremonies of this summer's Beijing Olympics to protest China's human rights record and its crackdown in Tibet. Bush is under pressure from some Democrats to boycott the openi |
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Yahoo News |
2:10pm PDT |
Toni Braxton hospitalized in Las Vegas
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Summary: AP - A hotel official says Toni Braxton has been hospitalized in Las Vegas. Flamingo Hotel-Casino spokeswoman Deanna Pettit says the 40-year-old singer has an undisclosed ailment that isn't life-threatening. Braxton was taken to a hospital Monday night. |
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Yahoo News |
2:03pm PDT |
Girl in polygamist sect says was beaten
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The 16-year-old girl whose phone call triggered the massive raid on a polygamist sect's West Texas compound told a local family violence shelter that her husband beat and raped her, according to court documents released Tuesday. |
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Cnn.com |
2:03pm PDT |
Navy SEAL paid ultimate price for buddies |
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Summary: When a grenade bounced off his chest as he cleared enemy fighters out of Ramadi, Iraq, Michael Monsoor acted out of instinct, jumping on the grenade and taking the full force of the blast. Today, President Bush appeared emotional as he awarded the SEAL's |
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Cnn.com |
2:03pm PDT |
Navy SEAL paid ultimate price |
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Summary: When a grenade bounced off his chest as he cleared enemy fighters out of Ramadi, Iraq, Michael Monsoor acted out of instinct, jumping on the grenade and taking the full force of the blast. Today, President Bush appeared emotional as he awarded the SEAL's |
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Yahoo News |
1:58pm PDT |
Senate housing bill wins key test vote
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The U.S. Senate on Tuesday voted
overwhelmingly to proceed on a bill tackling the nation's
housing market crisis with a range of tax breaks for
corporations and some help for homeowners. |
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Yahoo News |
1:53pm PDT |
WaMu gets $7 bln infusion, cuts jobs, sees loss
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Washington Mutual Inc , battered
by mortgage delinquencies and defaults, said Tuesday it
obtained a $7 billion capital injection from private equity
firm TPG Inc and other investors, but projected a $1.1 billion
quarterly loss and set plans |
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Cnn.com |
1:50pm PDT |
Girl, 2, killed with game controller, police say |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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1:49pm PDT |
Liverpool overwhelm Arsenal to reach semi-final |
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Summary: Liverpool set up a Champions League semi-final with Chelsea after a stunning late win over Arsenal. |
