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BBC News |
7:49pm PDT |
Worried shoppers 'turn to cash' |
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Summary: Consumers trying to control their finances are increasingly using cash not, a survey suggests. |
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BBC News |
7:42pm PDT |
Paraguay party's 60-year rule ended |
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Summary: More than 60 years of conservative party rule ends in Paraguay as Fernando Lugo wins the presidential election. |
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Cnn.com |
7:42pm PDT |
Paraguay ruling-party candidate concedes |
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Summary: Six decades of single-party rule may be coming to an end in Paraguay on Sunday after Colorado Party candidate Blanca Ovelar conceded a loss in the presidential election -- leaving former bishop Fernando Lugo in a comfortable lead in the in early results.
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Cnn.com |
7:33pm PDT |
Student accused of plotting to bomb school |
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Cnn.com |
7:19pm PDT |
Obama reports $51 million to start April |
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Yahoo News |
7:06pm PDT |
China launches education drive in Lhasa, warns citizens
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Summary: Reuters - China's Communist Party has launched a
two-month political education campaign in Tibet's restive
capital Lhasa to attack pro-independence sentiment and support
for the Dalai Lama. |
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Yahoo News |
7:04pm PDT |
Former bishop Fernando Lugo scores historic win in Paraguay
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Former Roman Catholic bishop Fernando Lugo won a historic victory in Paraguay's presidential election Sunday, ending more than six decades of one-party rule with a mandate to help the nation's poor and indigenous. |
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Cnn.com |
6:56pm PDT |
U.N. chief pushes more food production |
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Yahoo News |
6:52pm PDT |
Obama reports $51M to start April; McCain raises $15M
(AP)
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Summary: AP - New campaign finance reports show Barack Obama entered April with $51 million in the bank to mount his campaign for the White House. |
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Cnn.com |
6:29pm PDT |
Paraguay's ruling-party candidate concedes |
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Summary: Six decades of single-party rule may be coming to an end in Paraguay on Sunday after Colorado Party candidate Blanca Ovelar conceded a loss in the presidential election -- leaving former bishop Fernando Lugo in a comfortable lead in the in early results.
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Yahoo News |
6:14pm PDT |
Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning marries college sweetheart
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A Super Bowl championship isn't the only big event this year for New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning. |
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Yahoo News |
6:07pm 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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6:02pm PDT |
Quitting Islam |
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Summary: Why parents feigned death of son who converted |
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6:02pm PDT |
Former Muslims |
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Summary: Christian converts tell of being disowned by family |
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Yahoo News |
5:55pm PDT |
Pope ends U.S. trip with Ground Zero visit, stadium Mass
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Pope Benedict ended his U.S trip on
Sunday with an emotionally charged visit to Ground Zero where
he prayed at the site of the felled World Trade Center, and a
triumphant Mass for 57,000 people at Yankee Stadium. |
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Cnn.com |
5:41pm PDT |
Pope departs U.S. with a call for peace |
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Summary: Pope Benedict XVI concluded his six-day visit to the U.S. with a final address, calling on people worldwide to pursue "justice and peaceful co-existence." Earlier, the pope capped his U.S. visit by celebrating Mass with a crowd of 60,000 at Yankee Stadium |
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5:12pm PDT |
Clinton, Obama go on attack ahead of crucial vote
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - With two days to go
before a crucial U.S. presidential vote, Democrats Barack Obama
and Hillary Clinton sharpened their attacks on Sunday, with
Clinton pouncing on Obama for saying Republican John McCain
would be better for the country than |
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Yahoo News |
5:03pm PDT |
Skype to sell unlimited international calls for $9.95/month
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Skype, the Internet calling subsidiary of eBay Inc., is introducing its first plan for unlimited calls to overseas phones on Monday. |
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BBC News |
4:51pm PDT |
Meningitis C deaths cut to zero |
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Summary: There were no deaths from meningitis C among under-19s in England last year, a government report reveals. |
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BBC News |
4:50pm PDT |
Bank to detail £50bn bonds plan |
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Summary: The Bank of England is to unveil details of a £50bn plan aimed at easing problems in the housing market amid the credit crunch. |
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BBC News |
4:50pm PDT |
Bank to detail £50bn rescue plan |
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Summary: The Bank of England is to unveil details of a £50bn plan to prevent the credit crisis further damaging the UK economy. |
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Yahoo News |
4:48pm PDT |
UN chief warns world must urgently increase food production
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The U.N. chief warned Sunday that the world must urgently increase food production to ease skyrocketing prices and pledged to set up a task force on a crisis threatening to destabilize developing nations. |
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BBC News |
4:47pm PDT |
Ovary problem 'may aid athletes' |
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Summary: A common cause of menstrual disorders may offer an advantage to some female athletes, a scientist says. |
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Cnn.com |
4:44pm PDT |
Exit polls point to new leader in Paraguay |
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BBC News |
4:38pm PDT |
Clot drug 'could save thousands' |
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Summary: Wider use of a new medication to prevent blood clots could save thousands of lives a year, say campaigners. |
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BBC News |
4:37pm PDT |
Increase in sex offender arrests |
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Summary: The UK organisation aimed at tackling chid sex abuse reports a threefold rise in arrests of offenders in the past year. |
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Cnn.com |
4:37pm PDT |
Spanish tuna boat hijacked off Somalia |
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Summary: Another vessel has been hijacked off the coast of Somalia, this time a Spanish tuna fishing boat, a senior Spanish Foreign Ministry official told CNN on Sunday.
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BBC News |
4:33pm PDT |
Brucie's big night |
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Summary: Bruce Forsyth is the toast of the Bafta awards ceremony |
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BBC News |
4:33pm PDT |
Paraguay polls suggest new leader |
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Summary: Early results in Paraguay indicate the governing party may have lost for the first time in six decades. |
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BBC News |
4:30pm PDT |
Method may boost cancer fertility |
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Summary: Experts develop a way of growing human eggs that could preserve young cancer patients' fertility. |
