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BBC News |
7:38am PDT |
Minister rebukes school test move |
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Summary: NI's education minister rebukes a school which is to replace the 11-plus with its own admissions test. |
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Cnn.com |
7:35am PDT |
Bruising Pennsylvania race nears finish |
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Summary: Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are wrapping up their push in Pennsylvania with sharp attacks a day before the state's crucial primary. The contest brings an end to a six-week primary hiatus. The Pennsylvania primary is the largest remaining Democratic c |
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Cnn.com |
7:33am PDT |
Moms struggling with rising prices |
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Summary: Christina Pond of Arlington, Texas, makes her own detergent. Other moms are growing their own vegetables. With American families facing a double whammy of higher gas and food prices, CNNMoney.com reports moms nationwide are trying to stretch their budget. |
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Yahoo News |
7:32am PDT |
Obama struggles to win white vote in rural Pennsylvania
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Barack Obama's
efforts to woo white voters in the Pennsylvania Democratic
primary have been hurt by his comments on small town bitterness
and his association with an outspoken pastor, residents of
Muncy Valley say. |
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Yahoo News |
7:29am PDT |
Runners vie for largest Boston marathon purse ever
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The 112th Boston Marathon got started Monday with defending champion Robert Cheruiyot and a field of more than 25,000 runners leaving the starting line in Hopkinton for the 26.2-mile run to Copley Square. |
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BBC News |
7:29am PDT |
Oil rises to yet another record |
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Summary: Oil hits new highs in London and New York amid worries about supply disruptions and Opec's stance. |
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BBC News |
7:28am PDT |
Refinery strike plans spark row |
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Summary: The company that operates the Grangemouth oil refinery is accused of "economic terrorism" by the Unite union. |
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Yahoo News |
7:28am PDT |
Bush to meet Jordan's Abdullah on peace talks
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - President George W. Bush, who is
pressing for an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal before he leaves
office, will meet with Jordan's King Abdullah on Wednesday to
discuss those efforts on the eve of a visit by Palestinian
President Mahmoud Abbas |
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BBC News |
7:26am PDT |
Pupils arrested in school protest |
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Summary: Three pupils are arrested after a road is blocked during a demonstration outside their school. |
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BBC News |
7:23am PDT |
Mugabe trying to 'steal election' |
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Summary: UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband accuses Robert Mugabe of trying 'to steal the election' in Zimbabwe. |
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Yahoo News |
7:19am PDT |
Pentagon chief says Air Force should do more
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Monday the Air Force is not doing enough to help in the Iraq and Afghanistan war effort, complaining that some military leaders are "stuck in old ways of doing business." |
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BBC News |
7:15am PDT |
Africa plans biggest dam project |
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Summary: Plans for the world's most powerful hydro-electric dam project in DR Congo are being discussed in London. |
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BBC News |
7:11am PDT |
Babysitter guilty of boy's murder |
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Summary: A 17-year-old babysitter is found guilty of murdering a 22-month-old boy after sexually assaulting him. |
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BBC News |
6:43am PDT |
Schools strike |
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Summary: Area by area lists of schools hit by the NUT pay strike |
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Cnn.com |
6:42am PDT |
Polygamist ranch kids to get DNA tests |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Cnn.com |
6:39am PDT |
Hybrids are the new hot rods |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
6:37am PDT |
Allman Brothers cancel annual Beacon shows in NYC
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Allman Brothers Band has canceled its annual run of performances at the Beacon Theatre as founding member Gregg Allman continues to recover from hepatitis C. |
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Cnn.com |
6:23am PDT |
Inhaling dirty air same as if a kid smoked |
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Summary: Twice a day, 7-year-old Hannah Austin exhales all the air from her lungs. She then takes a puff of a low-dose steroid from a purple inhaler, holds her breath for a few seconds and exhales.
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Yahoo News |
6:21am PDT |
112th Boston Marathon ready to step off from Hopkinton
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Some 25,000 runners are getting ready to make the annual 26.2 mile trek from Hopkinton to Boston. |
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Yahoo News |
6:20am PDT |
US Coast Guard says bodies of 20 migrants found near Bahamas
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The U.S. Coast Guard says the bodies of 20 migrants have been recovered from the sea near the Bahamas. |
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Cnn.com |
6:08am PDT |
Looking for love? Watch your wallet |
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Summary: Julia Abrantes spent hours cleaning her house and primping in front of a mirror before heading to John F. Kennedy airport in New York. She was there to pick up the love of her life, whom she had met on the Internet.
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BBC News |
6:05am PDT |
Suffer in silence? |
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Summary: Do men feel able to reveal 'female' ailments? |
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Cnn.com |
5:59am PDT |
Boy flees Islamic school that forces begging |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
5:58am PDT |
Indonesia jails leaders of 'terrorist' JI
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - An Indonesian court sentenced two leaders of the Jemaah Islamiyah group, blamed for the 2002 Bali bombings, to 15 years' jail on Monday and slammed the Islamist outfit as a "terrorist organisation." |
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BBC News |
5:57am PDT |
Quitting smoking? The time of the month could be key to your success |
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Summary: A successful attempt to quit smoking may depend on where women are in their monthly cycle, say scientists. |
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BBC News |
5:55am PDT |
Top man |
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Summary: How to do a Wills - without the aid of a Chinook |
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BBC News |
5:55am PDT |
Girl in a whirl |
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Summary: How to woo your girlfriend the Prince William way |
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Cnn.com |
5:51am PDT |
20 migrants drown off Bahamas |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
5:49am PDT |
Sarkozy tries to mend China ties |
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Summary: France's President Sarkozy writes to a disabled Chinese athlete who was jostled by protesters in Paris. |
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BBC News |
5:47am PDT |
First contact to earthquake zone |
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Summary: An ambitious plan to drill into a Japanese earthquake zone yields its first results, generating 3D fault images. |
