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11:58pm PDT |
McLeish optimistic despite slump |
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Summary: Birmingham boss Alex McLeish was stunned by the 5-1 defeat at Aston Villa but believes his side can still avoid relegation. |
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11:57pm PDT |
RBS considers plan to raise cash |
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Summary: Royal Bank of Scotland confirms it is considering asking shareholders for cash to shore up its financial position. |
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11:57pm PDT |
Refinery shuts down before strike |
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Summary: A crude oil unit closes at the Grangemouth oil refinery ahead of planned strike action over pensions. |
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11:57pm PDT |
Torch relay begins in Malaysia |
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Summary: The Malaysian leg of the Olympic torch relay begins, amid tight security over fears of pro-Tibet protests. |
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Yahoo News |
11:51pm PDT |
U.N. official in Iran to press for nuclear answers
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The U.N. nuclear watchdog's top
investigator arrived in Tehran on Monday to press Iran for
answers to Western intelligence which suggested it covertly
studied how to design atomic bombs. |
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Cnn.com |
11:50pm PDT |
School bomb plot included 'farewell' tape |
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Summary: An 18-year-old South Carolina student was in jail Sunday after he collected bomb-making supplies, including ammonium nitrate, in a plan to attack his high school, authorities said.
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11:49pm PDT |
Baby died after warnings missed |
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Summary: A baby died aged two days because staff missed 30 warning signs that he was in difficulties, a report finds. |
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11:40pm PDT |
£2m help for Troubles' soldiers |
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Summary: A £2m a year care service is being launched for more than 60,000 former UDR and Royal Irish Regiment soldiers. |
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11:40pm PDT |
£2m help for Troubles' soldiers |
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Summary: The Army is to launch a £2m a year care service for more than 60,000 former UDR and Royal Irish Regiment soldiers. |
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BBC News |
11:03pm PDT |
NHS hygiene drive to save lives |
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Summary: A campaign to save 1,000 lives in Welsh hospitals by improving hygiene and drug management is launched. |
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10:59pm PDT |
Miliband talks with Pakistan PM |
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Summary: Foreign Secretary David Miliband is to emphasise the fight against terrorism during talks with Pakistan's new prime minister. |
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Yahoo News |
10:44pm PDT |
U.S. election looms over North American summit
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - With the U.S. election looming over
their annual summit, North American leaders gather in New
Orleans this week for what is expected to be a largely symbolic
meeting overshadowed by questions about free trade. |
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10:37pm PDT |
Torch relay to begin in Malaysia |
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Summary: Malaysia deploys 1,000 police officers to protect the Olympic torch as it makes its way through Kuala Lumpur. |
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Yahoo News |
10:34pm PDT |
Ducks become 4th straight defending champ to fall in round 1
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Dallas Stars are taking their chase of the Stanley Cup into the second round of the playoffs — and the reigning champs aren't. |
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BBC News |
10:19pm PDT |
Bosses 'weigh up pregnancy risk' |
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Summary: The majority of UK bosses assess the chances of a woman falling pregnant before hiring them, a survey finds. |
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10:18pm PDT |
Enniskillen bomb |
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Summary: Who within the IRA knew about 1987 attack in advance? |
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Yahoo News |
10:11pm PDT |
McCartney urges vegetarianism to fight climate ills
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Former Beatle Paul McCartney is urging
the world to go vegetarian in a bid to fight global warming and
is surprised more green groups don't promote it. |
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Yahoo News |
10:10pm PDT |
Obama says McCain would be better president than Bush
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Democrat Barack Obama, who often argues that John McCain is the same as President Bush, said Sunday that the Republican presidential candidate would be an improvement over Bush's eight-year reign. |
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BBC News |
10:07pm PDT |
Fifth of GP surgeries 'at risk' |
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Summary: Up to a fifth of England's GP surgeries are under threat of closure, according to Conservative party figures. |
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Cnn.com |
9:56pm PDT |
Obama reports $42 million to start April |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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9:46pm PDT |
Pope Benedict XVI praises US church as visit ends
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Pope Benedict XVI celebrated Mass and American Catholicism in storied Yankee Stadium on Sunday, telling his massive U.S. flock to use its freedoms wisely as he closed out his first papal trip to the United States. |
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Yahoo News |
9:18pm PDT |
China launches education drive in Lhasa
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - China's Communist Party has launched a
political education drive in Tibet's restive capital, Lhasa,
vowing a long campaign to attack pro-independence sentiment and
support for the Dalai Lama. |
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Yahoo News |
9:13pm PDT |
76ers rally for 1st-ever playoff win on Pistons' home court
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Andre Miller scored 20 points and Willie Green had a career playoff-high 17, helping the Philadelphia 76ers stun the Detroit Pistons 90-86 Sunday in Game 1 of their first-round series. |
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Yahoo News |
9:05pm PDT |
Survey: 30 percent believe economy will shrink
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The odds the country will fall into its first recession since 2001 are rising sharply. |
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BBC News |
8:54pm PDT |
Stadium Mass ends Pope's US visit |
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Summary: Pope Benedict XVI ends his first visit to the US with an open-air Mass at New York's Yankee baseball stadium. |
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BBC News |
8:46pm PDT |
Ministers return to tax rebellion |
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Summary: Ministers returning from their spring break face a growing rebellion over the abolition of the 10p income tax rate. |
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Yahoo News |
8:27pm PDT |
Obama reports $51M to start April; McCain raised $15M
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Barack Obama raised $41 million in March and had $42 million available to spend against Democratic rival Hillary Rodham Clinton in April, campaign finance reports filed Sunday show. |
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Yahoo News |
8:25pm PDT |
Allen, K.G. spark Celtics to 104-81 rout of Hawks in Game 1
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Ray Allen scored 18 points and Kevin Garnett had 16 as the two newcomers who led the Boston Celtics to the NBA's best record sparked them to a 104-81 win Sunday night in their playoff opener against the Atlanta Hawks. |
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Cnn.com |
8:16pm PDT |
ACLU weighs in on 'basic rights' in polygamy case |
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Summary: The Texas branch of the American Civil Liberties Union said it was concerned that the basic rights of the children and mothers connected to a Texas polygamist ranch were violated during a recent raid and custody hearing. Meanwhile, Child Protective Servic |
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Cnn.com |
8:16pm PDT |
ACLU weighs in on polygamy case |
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Summary: The Texas branch of the American Civil Liberties Union said it was concerned that the basic rights of the children and mothers connected to a Texas polygamist ranch were violated during a recent raid and custody hearing.
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