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Cnn.com |
8:05pm PDT |
Report: Samsung chairman to resign |
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Summary: The chairman of the Samsung Group plans to resign, according to a report published Tuesday by Yonhap, the South Korean news agency.
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Yahoo News |
7:54pm PDT |
Feds want to require visitors' fingerprints when leaving US
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Bush administration would require commercial airlines and cruise-line operators to collect information such as fingerprints from international travelers and send the information to the Homeland Security Department soon after the travelers leave t |
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Yahoo News |
7:54pm PDT |
Michael Moore endorses Obama, chides Clinton
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Michael Moore wants voters in Pennsylvania to cast their ballots for Barack Obama. |
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Yahoo News |
7:51pm PDT |
US intensifies drive to win Arab support for Iraq despite suspicion
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The United States was set Tuesday to intensify its drive to rally wary Arab states behind what it claims is an emerging non-sectarian Iraq less beholden to Iran, a regional and US rival. |
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Yahoo News |
7:46pm PDT |
LeBron scores 30 as Cavs beat up Wizards 116-86 in Game 2
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Maybe Gilbert Arenas was talking about some other Cavaliers. The Cleveland team he and the Washington Wizards faced Monday night doesn't look so beatable. |
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Cnn.com |
7:43pm PDT |
FDA thinks it has trigger in heparin deaths |
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Summary: New tests suggest how a contaminant in heparin -- a blood thinner -- may be connected to dozens of deaths, FDA officials said Monday.
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BBC News |
7:42pm PDT |
Leaders warn on biofuels and food |
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Summary: Two Latin American leaders speak out against the effect of biofuels, as London prepares for a conference on the issue. |
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Cnn.com |
7:36pm PDT |
Obama leads cash fight on eve of key primary |
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Summary: Tuesday's Pennsylvania primary ends a six-week hiatus, and it's the largest remaining Democratic contest. Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are wrapping up their push with sharp attacks in the state, where Obama has outspent his cash-strapped rival t |
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7:29pm PDT |
Samsung chief resigns from post |
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Summary: The chairman of South Korean firm Samsung has quit less than a week after he was charged with tax evasion and breach of trust. |
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Yahoo News |
7:18pm PDT |
Judge rejects fraud claim against State Farm in Katrina suit
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A federal judge on Monday dismissed claims of fraud in a key Hurricane Katrina lawsuit that accused State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. of using different engineering reports to deny a couple's insurance policy after the storm. |
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Yahoo News |
7:10pm PDT |
Retail gas hits record $3.50 per gallon as oil prices rocket
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Rising gasoline prices tightened the squeeze on drivers Monday, jumping for the first time to an average $3.50 a gallon at filling stations across the country with no sign of relief. |
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Cnn.com |
7:10pm PDT |
Priest on party-balloons flight goes missing |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Cnn.com |
7:10pm PDT |
Priest on party-balloons flight missing |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
6:36pm PDT |
To fight prostitution, some say target clients
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Would the hundreds of men who paid to
have sex with "Alicia" have cared if they knew she was being
held captive by a trafficker who raped her and pimped her, and
that she was infected with HIV? |
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Yahoo News |
6:24pm PDT |
Hasselhoff in LA hospital for surgery above eye
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Hoff's hospitalized. Former "Baywatch" star David Hasselhoff was taken to the University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center on Saturday to have something removed above his eye, his publicist, Judy Katz, told The Associated Press Monday. |
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BBC News |
6:19pm PDT |
Final push for Pennsylvania vote |
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Summary: White House hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama seek votes ahead of the next Democratic primary. |
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BBC News |
6:02pm PDT |
Chancellor moves to avert tax defeat |
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Summary: The chancellor is to meet Labour MPs in a bid to prevent a Commons defeat on the abolition of the 10p income tax rate. |
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BBC News |
6:02pm PDT |
Darling moves to avert tax defeat |
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Summary: The chancellor is to meet Labour MPs in a bid to prevent a Commons defeat on the abolition of the 10p income tax rate. |
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BBC News |
6:02pm PDT |
Chancellor meets MPs over 10p tax |
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Summary: Alastair Darling is to meet Labour MPs in a bid to avert a Commons defeat on the abolition of the 10p income tax rate. |
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Yahoo News |
5:55pm PDT |
N.Y. jury rejects lawsuit over rectal exam man didn't want
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A hospital did nothing wrong when it tried to examine the rectum of a construction worker who had been hit on the head by a falling wooden beam, a jury found Monday. |
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BBC News |
5:47pm PDT |
Darling to meet mortgage lenders |
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Summary: The Chancellor is to meet mortgage lenders later to discuss how to help struggling borrowers. |
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Yahoo News |
5:44pm PDT |
Iraqi leader calls for Arab support as militia threats grow
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Iraq's prime minister appealed Monday for support from his Arab neighbors, urging them to open embassies and forgive Iraqi debts as his government tries to crack down on Shiite militias in a crucial power struggle. |
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Yahoo News |
5:42pm PDT |
Tsvangirai appeals for U.N. intervention in Zimbabwe
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan
Tsvangirai urged U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon and African leaders to
intervene in his country's post-election crisis on Monday,
saying the military were terrorizing the people. |
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BBC News |
5:26pm PDT |
Web 2.0 is set for spending boom |
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Summary: Billions of dollars are expected to be spent on the social web, as businesses gather at a San Francisco conference. |
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BBC News |
5:06pm PDT |
Investors await RBS funding news |
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Summary: Royal Bank of Scotland is set to unveil details of a controversial plan to ask shareholders for extra cash. |
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BBC News |
4:50pm PDT |
Burning pride |
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Summary: Indonesia's Chinese celebrate as torch arrives |
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BBC News |
4:27pm PDT |
Strike hits 1,500 schools so far |
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Summary: Schools are warning parents about the impact of this week's teachers' strike - with 1,500 so far facing disruption. |
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BBC News |
4:27pm PDT |
Strike hits 1,200 schools so far |
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Summary: Schools are warning parents about the impact of this week's teachers' strike - with 1,200 so far facing disruption. |
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BBC News |
4:26pm PDT |
Torch set for short Indonesia leg |
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Summary: The Olympic torch arrives in Indonesia, but the latest stage of its worldwide relay will be confined to a stadium. |
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BBC News |
4:17pm PDT |
Customer data 'needs protection' |
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Summary: Companies and public bodies are not doing enough to protect customers' data, says the UK's privacy watchdog. |
