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Yahoo News |
7:16am PDT |
Eminem's mother sued over book profits
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Eminem's mother has been sued by a man who alleges he helped her with a book about the Detroit rapper but was cut out of the profits. |
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Cnn.com |
7:15am PDT |
Google map allows zooming on refugee camp |
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Yahoo News |
7:15am PDT |
Polar bear cub Flocke makes debut
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Never mind the burly polar bear Knut, here's the cute new cub Flocke. With all the fanfare of a movie premiere or record release, Nuremberg city and zoo officials on Tuesday introduced Germany's latest winsome polar bear cub to a public eager for its |
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7:11am PDT |
Baby with 2 faces born in north India
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A baby with two faces was born in a northern Indian village, where she is doing well and is being worshipped as the reincarnation of a Hindu goddess, her father said Tuesday. |
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Yahoo News |
7:05am PDT |
Petraeus wants troop drawdowns suspended
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Iraq war commander Gen. David Petraeus says in prepared testimony to a Senate committee that he recommends the U.S. military suspend troop drawdowns from Iraq after July for a 45-day pause before assessing when additional reductions can be made. |
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BBC News |
7:05am PDT |
Police 'terror' swoop on BBC man |
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Summary: A BBC reporter is held to the ground by six anti-terrorist police after his transmitter kit is mistaken for a bomb. |
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BBC News |
7:03am PDT |
Innovators shortlisted for award |
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Summary: The creator of DNA fingerprinting
heads the shortlist for the prestigious Millennium Technology Prize. |
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Yahoo News |
7:02am PDT |
Russia demands permanent access to shield sites
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Russia is demanding that the United
States give the Russian military permanent access to its
planned missile shield sites in eastern Europe, Foreign
Minister Sergei Lavrov was quoted as saying on Tuesday. |
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Yahoo News |
6:58am PDT |
Gov't expects gasoline to peak at $3.60
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Retail gas prices will peak near $3.60 a gallon in June, but prices at such lofty levels will make many Americans think twice about hitting the road this summer, the Energy Department said Tuesday. |
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Cnn.com |
6:58am PDT |
Odd mole might lead to rape victims ages 7 to 9 |
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Summary: Police in Hallandale Beach, Florida, are looking for at least two victims of underage sexual abuse seen in videotapes found in the apartment of a man arrested last week on child pornography charges.
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BBC News |
6:48am PDT |
Man Utd given boost by Ferdinand |
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Summary: Manchester United's Rio Ferdinand may be fit to face Roma on Wednesday, despite concerns over a foot injury. |
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6:47am PDT |
WaMu gets $7 bln infusion, sees big quarterly loss
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Washington Mutual Inc , the
largest U.S. savings and loan, said on Tuesday it received a $7
billion capital injection from private equity firm TPG Inc and
other investors. |
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BBC News |
6:45am PDT |
Suspect 'planned bombs in diary' |
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Summary: The suspected leader of an alleged plot to blow up planes kept notes of his plans in his pocket diary, a court hears. |
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Cnn.com |
6:41am PDT |
Petraeus will stick to his guns, aide says |
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Summary: Gen. David Petraeus likely will stick to his guns in today's testimony before Congress and maintain that troops reductions should be dictated not by politics, but conditions on the ground, a senior official said.
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BBC News |
6:38am PDT |
McCanns asked to revisit Portugal |
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Summary: Portuguese police probing the Madeleine McCann case have asked her parents to take part in a reconstruction. |
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BBC News |
6:38am PDT |
Shannon-McCann fund link probed |
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Summary: Police investigating Shannon Matthews' disappearance look into reports of contacts with the Madeleine McCann fund. |
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Cnn.com |
6:38am PDT |
Iran installing 6,000 new centrifuges |
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Summary: Iran has begun installing 6,000 new centrifuges at its uranium enrichment plant in Natanz as part of its plan to develop "peaceful nuclear energy", state television quoted President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as saying Tuesday.
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6:35am PDT |
US mortgage crisis may cost 945 bln dlrs 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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BBC News |
6:34am PDT |
Congress hearing on Iraq begins |
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Summary: Top US officials working in Iraq begin delivering a report to Congress following last year's US troop surge. |
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Yahoo News |
6:30am PDT |
Iraq's Sadr threatens to scrap ceasefire
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr
threatened on Tuesday to end a truce he imposed on his militia
last year, raising the prospect of worsening violence just as
top U.S. officials prepare to testify on Iraq in Washington. |
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BBC News |
6:15am PDT |
Credit crunch costs '$1 trillion' |
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Summary: The IMF says the worldwide credit crunch could cost banks and others nearly $1 trillion in losses. |
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Cnn.com |
6:12am PDT |
Polar cub who escaped cannibal mom debuts |
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Summary: A fluffy white polar bear cub that has captured German hearts is making her first public appearance Tuesday at the Nuremberg City Zoo.
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Cnn.com |
6:09am PDT |
Powerful cleric threatens to green light attacks |
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Summary: Four U.S. soldiers were killed in Baghdad, Iraq, on Monday in three incidents, according to the U.S. military.
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Cnn.com |
6:09am PDT |
Radical cleric threatens to end cease-fire |
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Summary: Four U.S. soldiers were killed in Baghdad, Iraq, on Monday in three incidents, according to the U.S. military.
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BBC News |
6:06am PDT |
Pratchett's anger at Alzheimers |
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Summary: Author Terry Pratchett reveals how "angry" he was when doctors diagnosed him with Alzheimer's disease. |
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Yahoo News |
5:57am PDT |
Nuclear talks with North Korea make progress, U.S. says
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Talks with North Korea's top nuclear
envoy on Tuesday have made progress towards resuming stalled
negotiations over the North's nuclear program, U.S. Assistant
Secretary of State Christopher Hill said. |
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BBC News |
5:56am PDT |
Brown seeks to calm economy fears |
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Summary: Gordon Brown says the UK is well placed to deal with global economic crises, after figures show a fall in house prices. |
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Cnn.com |
5:56am PDT |
Behind the Scenes: Iraq on knife's edge |
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Summary: Without doubt, the surge has benefited Iraq. It's massively reduced the killing of both Iraqis and Americans, and it's been a welcome relief to witness the change.
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Cnn.com |
5:52am PDT |
Cut ATM, rubber check fees that fatten banks |
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Summary: Terri Lovin and her husband, Harold, may have had the world's most expensive pizza ... at $117 a pie. No, it's not gourmet dining. A cashier charged the couple twice for the $22.50 pizza.
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Cnn.com |
5:52am PDT |
Break free from wallet-squeezing fees |
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Summary: Terri Lovin and her husband, Harold, may have had the world's most expensive pizza ... at $117 a pie. No, it's not gourmet dining. A cashier charged the couple twice for the $22.50 pizza.
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