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1:49pm PDT |
Liverpool edge out Arsenal in thriller |
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Summary: Liverpool set up a Champions League semi-final with Chelsea after a pulsating 4-2 win over Arsenal at Anfield. |
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BBC News |
1:39pm PDT |
Chelsea edge past Fenerbahce |
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Summary: Michael Ballack and Frank Lampard goals earn Chelsea victory in their Champions League quarter-final against Fenerbahce. |
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BBC News |
1:39pm PDT |
Chelsea 2-0 Fenerbahce (3-2) |
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Summary: Michael Ballack and Frank Lampard goals earn Chelsea victory in their Champions League quarter-final against Fenerbahce. |
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Yahoo News |
1:29pm PDT |
Woman stops alleged burglar with scraper
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Cedar Rapids police say a woman chased down a burglar, bagged him with an ice scrapper and then made him pick up the stolen loot he dropped when he fled. |
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Cnn.com |
1:24pm PDT |
Empire strikes back -- 'Star Wars' creator sues |
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Cnn.com |
1:18pm PDT |
Bush honors Navy SEAL who 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 |
1:17pm PDT |
Petraeus to halt Iraq troop withdrawals in July
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The top U.S. commander in Iraq told
Congress on Tuesday he plans to stop U.S. troop withdrawals in
July due to fragile security gains in a war update that drew
scrutiny from U.S. presidential candidates. |
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Yahoo News |
1:15pm PDT |
Clinton denounces Colombian trade deal
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton emphasized her opposition to a proposed free trade agreement with Colombia, two days after her chief campaign strategist was demoted for his role in supporting the deal. |
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Yahoo News |
1:14pm PDT |
Iraq violence casts pall on key US Congress report
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - US lawmakers Tuesday grilled the top US general in Iraq amid fierce fighting on the ground as Shiite radical leader Moqtada al-Sadr threatened to end a truce which had helped staunch the bloodshed. |
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Yahoo News |
1:13pm PDT |
Police: Pa. girl dies after beating
(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 and new charges are expected, police said Tuesday. Darisabel Baez was pronounced dead late Monday at Hershey Medical Center, police Lt. Ron Camacho said. |
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Cnn.com |
1:06pm PDT |
Some at Fed fear 'severe' downturn |
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Summary: Some members of the Federal Reserve are worried about the possibility of a "severe and protracted downturn" in the U.S. economy that could last into next year, according to the minutes of the central bank's latest meeting released Tuesday.
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Yahoo News |
12:58pm PDT |
US mortgage crisis may cost $945 billion worldwide: IMF
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The International Monetary Fund said Tuesday the worldwide losses stemming from the US subprime mortgage crisis could hit 945 billion dollars as the impact spreads in the global economy. |
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Yahoo News |
12:52pm PDT |
Quad strain to sideline Jeter 3 games
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Derek Jeter will miss at least three games and possibly more with a strained left quadriceps, but the New York Yankees are not planning to put their eight-time All-Star shortstop on the DL. |
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Yahoo News |
12:44pm PDT |
Petraeus: Stop withdrawal of troops
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The U.S. general commanding the Iraq war called Tuesday for an open-ended suspension of U.S. troop withdrawals this summer, reflecting concern about a recent flare-up in violence and leaving open the possibility that few, if any, additional troops wi |
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BBC News |
12:40pm PDT |
Shannon mother in neglect charge |
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Summary: Detectives charge Karen Matthews, Shannon Matthews' mother, with child neglect and perverting the course of justice. |
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Yahoo News |
12:38pm PDT |
Iran tests advanced centrifuge
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced major progress in Iran's push for nuclear power, saying Tuesday that his nation was installing thousands of new uranium-enriching centrifuges and testing a much faster version of the device. |
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BBC News |
12:35pm PDT |
'Internet sperm' founder jailed |
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Summary: A man who ran a website offering sperm to lesbians wanting children is jailed for fraud. |
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Yahoo News |
12:29pm PDT |
Bill Self wants 'security' from Kansas
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Kansas coach Bill Self slept for less than an hour after the Jayhawks stunned Memphis in one of the more memorable finals in NCAA tournament history, wrapping up their first national title in 20 years. |
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Yahoo News |
12:27pm PDT |
Traders bet Obama will win Democratic nomination
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Democratic presidential contender
Hillary Clinton will win several state nominating contests in
the coming months but has little chance of becoming the party's
candidate for the November 2008 election, traders were betting
on Tuesday. |
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BBC News |
11:39am PDT |
Colombia rebels snub hostage bid |
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Summary: Colombian rebels say they will not accept a French medical mission seeking to help hostage Ingrid Betancourt. |
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Yahoo News |
11:33am PDT |
Fed officials worried about recession
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Worries about a deep recession — not a shallow one — drove Federal Reserve policymakers to slash a key interest rate last month, meeting minutes show. |
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BBC News |
11:00am PDT |
RFU plots England role for Ashton |
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Summary: The RFU says it wants head coach Brian Ashton to remain as part of a new-look England coaching set-up after recent speculation about his future. |
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BBC News |
10:55am PDT |
Colombia hostage mission rejected |
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Summary: Colombian rebels say they will not accept a French medical mission seeking to help hostage Ingrid Betancourt. |
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Cnn.com |
10:55am PDT |
Navy SEAL paid ultimate price to save buddies |
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Summary: When a grenade bounced off his chest as he cleared enemy fighters out of Ramadi, Iraq, Petty Officer Michael Monsoor acted out of instinct, jumping on the grenade and taking the full force of the blast. Today, President Bush today will present Monsoor's p |
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BBC News |
10:45am PDT |
Live - Tuesday football |
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Summary: Liverpool play Arsenal and Chelsea face Fenerbahce with Champions League semi-final spots up for grabs, while West Ham host Portsmouth in the Premier League. |
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Yahoo News |
10:38am PDT |
Iran says it tests advanced centrifuges
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says Iran has tested new advanced centrifuges, a breakthrough in a uranium enrichment program that the U.N. has demanded the country halt. |
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Cnn.com |
10:35am PDT |
General reports 'fragile' progress in Iraq |
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Summary: Iraq is making "fragile but reversible" progress on security, but it's too early to set dates to pull out all U.S. troops, Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. military commander in Iraq, told Congress today.
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Yahoo News |
10:26am PDT |
Petraeus halts troop withdrawals from Iraq
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The top U.S. commander in Iraq told
Congress on Tuesday he plans to stop U.S. troop withdrawals in
July due to fragile security gains in a progress report with
repercussions on the U.S. presidential campaign. |
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Yahoo News |
10:26am PDT |
2nd arrest at Texas polygamy compound
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A second member of a polygamist sect has been arrested in connection with a search of a Texas compound. |
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Yahoo News |
10:24am PDT |
WaMu gets $7 billion 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 |
