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Cnn.com |
6:46pm PDT |
Delta-Northwest deal could reshape industry |
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Summary: The directors of Delta and Northwest on Monday approved a deal for the two companies to merge into the world's largest airline. The merger could lead to a series of other deals to reshape the U.S. airline industry, potentially leading to less competition, |
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Yahoo News |
6:42pm PDT |
Delta, Northwest agree to combine
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Summary: AP - Delta Air Lines Inc. and Northwest Airlines Corp., squeezed by record high fuel prices and a slowing economy, are combining in a stock-swap deal that would create the world's biggest carrier. The boards of both companies gave the deal the go-ahead Mo |
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Cnn.com |
6:31pm PDT |
China, U.S. in top 5 for executions, report says |
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BBC News |
6:28pm PDT |
Anwar 'could topple Malaysia PM' |
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Summary: Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim says he has the support of enough MPs to topple the government. |
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BBC News |
6:22pm PDT |
Archives reveal bid to ban 1947 BBC radio play about the Titanic |
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Summary: Archive documents show shipping firms and the government tried to block a 1947 radio play about the sinking of the Titanic. |
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Cnn.com |
6:12pm PDT |
Delta, Northwest approve merger |
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Summary: The directors of Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines today approved a deal for the two companies to merge into the world's largest airline, according a statement from Delta. The deal could lead to a series of other deals to reshape the U.S. airline ind |
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Cnn.com |
6:10pm PDT |
Women return to Texas polygamist ranch |
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Summary: A group of women from a polygamist sect's Texas ranch returned to the compound Monday after authorities separated them from the 400-plus children now in state custody.
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Cnn.com |
6:01pm PDT |
Obama goes on offensive against Clinton |
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Summary: After a weekend of playing defense about his "bitter" comments, Sen. Barack Obama went on offense today against his Democratic rival and the presumptive GOP nominee. Obama has mocked Sen. Hillary Clinton for downing a shot of whiskey in front of TV crews |
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Yahoo News |
6:00pm PDT |
Rascal Flatts wins CMT group video award
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Rascal Flatts won group video of the year for their hit "Take Me There" during Monday's Country Music Television awards. "It's great to be able to be home and be able to do this. It's more like a party than an awards show," singer Gary LeVox said. |
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BBC News |
6:00pm PDT |
Wounded Iraqi is given £2m payout |
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Summary: A young Iraqi man accidentally shot by a British soldier is to receive £2m, the Ministry of Defence confirms. |
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Yahoo News |
5:56pm PDT |
Delta and Northwest agree to combine
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Delta Air Lines Inc. and Northwest Airlines Corp., squeezed by record high fuel prices and a slowing economy, are combining in a stock-swap deal that would create the world's biggest carrier. |
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Yahoo News |
5:54pm PDT |
Delta and Northwest to merge
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Delta Air Lines Inc and
Northwest Airlines Corp said on Monday that they have
agreed to merge in a deal valued at more than $3 billion that
would create the world's largest airline. |
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Yahoo News |
5:53pm PDT |
Threats close 3 colleges, 4 more schools
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A message scrawled in a university bathroom — "Be prepared to die on 4/14" — left not just the college's campus empty Monday, but also those of two adjoining high schools and a pair of nearby elementary schools. |
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Yahoo News |
5:26pm PDT |
Pa. voters divided over Obama remarks
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Yes, some Democrats in Pennsylvania's Rust Belt communities were upset by Barack Obama's suggestion that voters there "cling to guns or religion" because of bitterness about their economic lot. But many more seem to think it was no big deal — and if |
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Yahoo News |
5:24pm PDT |
Old cellulose found in NM salt crystals
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Cellulose dating back 253 million years — along with some possible ancient DNA — has been found in salt crystals from an underground nuclear waste dump in southern New Mexico. |
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BBC News |
5:11pm PDT |
Police pay battle goes to court |
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Summary: A legal challenge to the government's decision not to back-date a police pay rise begins in the High Court. |
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Cnn.com |
5:08pm PDT |
Israeli airstrike kills Palestinian militant |
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Summary: An Israeli airstrike killed a wanted Palestinian militant in Beit Hanoun, Israel Defense Forces and Palestinian sources said Monday.
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BBC News |
5:07pm PDT |
Elephant 'had aquatic ancestor' |
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Summary: Modern-day elephants are descended from an early ancestor that lived in water, say scientists. |
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BBC News |
5:07pm PDT |
Aquatic relative |
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Summary: Meet the ancient ancestor of the elephant |
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BBC News |
5:02pm PDT |
PM and bank bosses discuss crisis |
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Summary: Prime Minister Gordon Brown is to meet City leaders amid rising concerns over the state of the global economy. |
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Yahoo News |
4:58pm PDT |
Berlusconi sweeps back to power in Italy election
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Silvio Berlusconi has won his third
Italian election with a bigger than expected swing to the
centre right, but the media magnate said it would not be easy
to solve deep economic problems. |
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Yahoo News |
4:52pm PDT |
Delta, Northwest sign off on deal
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A person familiar with the negotiations says Delta Air Lines' and Northwest Airlines' directors have approved a deal for Delta to take over Northwest and create the world's biggest carrier. |
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Yahoo News |
4:50pm PDT |
Mothers of sect children forced to leave
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Summary: AP - Texas officials who took 416 children from a polygamist retreat into state custody sent many of their mothers away Monday, as a judge and lawyers struggled with a legal and logistical morass in one of the biggest child-custody cases in U.S. history. |
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Yahoo News |
4:46pm PDT |
A-Rod ties Williams, McCovey with 521st
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Alex Rodriguez hit his 521st home run Monday night, tying Ted Williams and Willie McCovey for 15th place on the career list. |
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BBC News |
4:23pm PDT |
Warning over jail radicalisation |
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Summary: Officers are "insufficiently trained" to combat radicalisation among terror suspects at Belmarsh prison, says the prisons watchdog. |
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BBC News |
4:20pm PDT |
Dell aims to reclaim global lead |
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Summary: Michael Dell tells BBC News that his firm can regain its spot as the world's number one PC maker. |
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BBC News |
4:11pm PDT |
China 'now top carbon polluter' |
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Summary: China has already overtaken the US as the world's biggest polluter, according to a new report by US scientists. |
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BBC News |
4:02pm PDT |
Scots house prices buck UK trend |
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Summary: Scotland is the only part of the UK where house prices are continuing to rise, figures from surveyors suggest. |
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BBC News |
4:01pm PDT |
Retail sales 'declined in March' |
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Summary: UK retail sales declined in March, posting their first fall in almost two years, warns the British Retail Consortium. |
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BBC News |
4:01pm PDT |
Housing gloom 'worst in 30 years' |
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Summary: Confidence in the UK property market among surveyors hits its lowest level in March since 1978, according to a report. |
