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4:10pm PDT |
Senator's cancer returns; campaign continues |
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Summary: Sen. Arlen Specter's Hodgkin's disease, which he battled in 2005, has recurred, but doctors said its return was detected early and Specter has an "excellent chance" of once again achieving remission, according to a statement issued Tuesday by the senator' |
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4:10pm PDT |
Senator's Hodgkin's disease returns |
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Summary: Sen. Arlen Specter's Hodgkin's disease, which he battled in 2005, has recurred, but doctors said its return was detected early and Specter has an "excellent chance" of once again achieving remission, according to a statement issued Tuesday by the senator' |
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4:10pm PDT |
Cross-dresser accused of repeatedly crashing into shop
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Summary: AP - Police say a man dressed as a woman repeatedly crashed his car into a suburban Detroit lingerie store that had refused to hire him earlier this year. |
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4:05pm PDT |
PM seeks boost |
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Summary: Gordon Brown is hoping for a fillip from US visit |
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4:04pm PDT |
Clampdown on wildlife criminals |
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Summary: A six month consultation is expected to lead to tougher action against wildlife crimes in Scotland. |
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4:02pm PDT |
Pa. Sen. Arlen Specter diagnosed again with cancer
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Summary: AP - Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter's cancer has returned. The five-term Republican said in a statement released by his office Tuesday that he was diagnosed with an early recurrence of Hodgkin's disease, which is a cancer of the lymph system. |
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4:01pm PDT |
Fears over advert system privacy |
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Summary: Online advert system Phorm could make the net less secure and breaches human rights, the service's creators are told. |
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3:52pm PDT |
Illegal immigrants pay billions in taxes |
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3:47pm PDT |
Clinton sketches first 100 days, Obama vows to help workers
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Summary: AP - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton outlined an aggressive 100-day presidential agenda on Tuesday and Sen. Barack Obama promised to "play offense for working Americans," both rivals observing something of a lull in an increasingly personal Democratic nominat |
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3:44pm PDT |
Man arrested in pregnant girlfriend's shooting sobs in court
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Summary: AP - A sex offender accused of shooting his pregnant girlfriend in front of their two children told police the gun went off accidentally during an argument, according to a police report released Tuesday. |
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3:43pm PDT |
Alicia Keys says comments to magazine were 'misrepresented'
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Alicia Keys says she's not a conspiracy theorist. In a statement issued Tuesday, Keys said she was clarifying "comments that were made during my recent Blender magazine interview since they have been misrepresented." |
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3:36pm PDT |
Sen. Specter again diagnosed with Hodgkin's
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Republican Sen. Arlen Specter said
on Tuesday he has been diagnosed with a recurrence of Hodgkin's
disease, a cancer of the lymph system, but expected to continue
working and campaigning for re-election in Pennsylvania. |
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3:34pm PDT |
Jackie Robinson's legacy set in stone at Mets' Citi Field
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Rachel Robinson walked past cheering construction workers and into the Jackie Robinson Rotunda for the first time, stood on a balcony above the 160-foot wide floor and was awed as she gazed at the 70-foot high arches. |
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3:30pm PDT |
Italy's premier-elect Berlusconi basks in victory
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Summary: AFP - Italian prime minister-elect Silvio Berlusconi wasted no time on Tuesday in naming key cabinet posts while his emphatic election victory drew a lukewarm response from abroad. |
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3:21pm PDT |
Three held after high-speed chase |
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Summary: Three men are arrested after an armed robbery and cross-border car chase involving PSNI and Garda. |
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3:18pm PDT |
Pope makes first visit to U.S.
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Summary: Reuters - Pope Benedict arrived in Washington
on his first papal visit to the United States on Tuesday,
facing the sexual abuse scandal tarnishing the Roman Catholic
Church's image here by declaring himself "deeply ashamed" even
before he landed. |
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3:10pm PDT |
Tributes paid to veteran airman |
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Summary: Tributes are paid to the oldest British serviceman killed in the wars in either Iraq or Afghanistan. |
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3:02pm PDT |
Alicia Keys says comments to magazine were `misrepresented'
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Alicia Keys says she's not a conspiracy theorist. In a statement issued Tuesday, Keys said she was clarifying "comments that were made during my recent Blender magazine interview since they have been misrepresented." |
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2:57pm PDT |
Time to talk |
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Summary: Should Israel change tack to end Gaza deadlock? |
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2:55pm PDT |
Pope expresses "shame" over Church's sex scandals
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Pope Benedict arrived in Washington
for his first papal visit to the United States on Tuesday after
declaring himself "deeply ashamed" by a sexual abuse scandal
tarnishing the Roman Catholic Church's image here. |
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Yahoo News |
2:51pm PDT |
Danks gets first win in 12 starts
(AP)
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Summary: AP - John Danks celebrated his 23rd birthday with his first win in 12 starts, taking a shutout into the eighth inning to lead the Chicago White Sox past the Oakland Athletics 4-1 Tuesday for a two-game split. |
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2:47pm PDT |
U.S. physicist guilty of arms-export violation
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A U.S. physicist pleaded guilty to
conspiracy to violate export control laws by giving a Chinese
research assistant technology for a weapons-type unmanned
plane, the Justice Department said on Tuesday. |
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2:43pm PDT |
France targets anorexia in media |
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Summary: France's National Assembly passes a bill to make promotion of anorexia and extreme thinness an offence. |
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Cnn.com |
2:36pm PDT |
Pope greeted by Bush at start of U.S. tour |
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Summary: Pope Benedict XVI has arrived in the United States to start a six-day, two-city journey that will take him from the White House to the halls of the United Nations. Security precautions have been taken in the air, on land and in the water for the visit.
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2:33pm PDT |
State now a danger to kids, sect's moms say |
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Summary: The mothers of some of the 416 children taken from a polygamous sect's ranch say authorities have denied them their constitutional rights and they want their children back.
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2:24pm PDT |
Oregon man thinks his black Labrador is an impostor
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Ken Griggs likes his new dog, but he preferred the old one. Then again, it might be the same dog. In a possible case of mistaken identity, Griggs said the black Labrador named Callie that he left at a Dundee kennel before spring break was not the sam |
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2:07pm PDT |
West Brom go top of the Championship |
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Summary: West Brom climb to the top of the Championship thanks to Zoltan Gera's second-half winner against Wolves. |
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2:07pm PDT |
Plane crashes in Congo, confusion over death toll
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A Congolese airliner crashed into a
market district in the eastern city of Goma on Thursday,
killing at least 21 people on the ground, while the airline
said most of the 79 passengers on board survived. |
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2:04pm PDT |
Pope lands in US, vows to fight clergy sex abuse
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Pope Benedict XVI arrived Tuesday in the United States to a presidential handshake and enthusiastic cheering, a warm welcome that followed the pontiff's candid admission hours earlier that he is "deeply ashamed" of the clergy sex abuse scandal that h |
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Yahoo News |
2:03pm PDT |
State Department warns diplomats of compulsory Iraq duty
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The State Department is warning U.S. diplomats they may be forced to serve in Iraq next year and says it will soon start identifying prime candidates for jobs at the Baghdad embassy and outlying provinces, according to a cable obtained Tuesday by The |
