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Cnn.com |
1:30pm PDT |
Study questions 'fit but fat' theory |
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Yahoo News |
1:27pm PDT |
Lasik worries? Some may see better with alternatives
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Summary: AP - Frightened by headlines about Lasik side effects? Lasik gets all the advertising, but there are half a dozen alternate eye surgeries — from a simpler laser approach to implantable lenses — that might solve your squint. |
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Cnn.com |
1:18pm PDT |
Dad posts video of 'disgusting' barracks |
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Summary: Ed Frawley says his son, Sgt. Jeff Frawley, returned from a 15-month deployment to Afghanistan only to find barracks that "should be condemned." The U.S. military is promising action at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, after the father posted on YouTube images |
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1:16pm PDT |
Police say flat death was murder |
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Summary: The death of a woman whose body was found in her flat on Friday evening is confirmed as murder. |
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Yahoo News |
1:09pm PDT |
Iran takes new shot at Barbie, calling US doll 'destructive'
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Summary: AP - A top Iranian judiciary official warned Monday against the "destructive" cultural and social consequences of importing Barbie dolls and other Western toys. |
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Yahoo News |
1:07pm PDT |
Its future uncertain, barrier on the border going up quickly
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Summary: AP - The U.S. fence along the Mexican border is less a wall than a stuttering set of blockades: half barrier, half gaps. |
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Yahoo News |
1:05pm PDT |
Supreme Court says states can demand photo ID for voting
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Summary: AP - States can require voters to produce photo identification, the Supreme Court ruled Monday, upholding a Republican-inspired law that Democrats say will keep some poor, older and minority voters from casting ballots. |
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Yahoo News |
1:05pm PDT |
Wildfire burns close to houses near LA; 1,000 people flee
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Summary: AP - Crews overcame a threatening flare-up during the night and worked Monday to halt a wildfire northeast of Los Angeles that has sent 1,000 people fleeing their homes. |
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Yahoo News |
1:05pm PDT |
Clinton highlights Obama's objection to gas tax holiday
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Summary: AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton criticized Barack Obama on Monday for opposing proposals to suspend federal gas taxes this summer, a plan she and Republican John McCain have endorsed. Obama didn't take the bait. He ignored Clinton and focused on McCain. |
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Yahoo News |
1:03pm PDT |
Report: Clemens had relationship with singer Mindy McCready
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Roger Clemens had a decade-long relationship with country star Mindy McCready that began when she was a 15-year-old aspiring singer and the pitcher was a Boston Red Sox ace, the Daily News reported. |
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Yahoo News |
1:02pm PDT |
Bush to Mideast, no joint talks planned
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Summary: AFP - US President George W. Bush will visit Israel, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt May 13-18 but has no plans for a joint peace summit with Israeli and Palestinian leaders, the White House said Monday. |
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Yahoo News |
1:00pm PDT |
Exercise-heart study casts doubt on 'fit but fat' theory
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Summary: AP - New research challenges the notion that you can be fat and fit, finding that being active can lower but not eliminate heart risks faced by heavy women. "It doesn't take away the risk entirely. Weight still matters," said Dr. Martha Gulati, a heart sp |
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BBC News |
12:55pm PDT |
US troops killed in Iraq clashes |
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Summary: Three US soldiers are killed in eastern Baghdad, the latest casualties of fierce clashes with Shia militia. |
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BBC News |
12:10pm PDT |
Forces homes complaints 'on rise' |
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Summary: Complaints about military housing appears to be a growing concern, a forces support group says. |
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Yahoo News |
11:59am PDT |
AP Poll: Clinton leads McCain, doing better than Obama
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Summary: AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton now leads John McCain by 9 points in a head-to-head presidential matchup, according to an Associated Press-Ipsos poll that bolsters her argument that she is more electable than Democratic rival Barack Obama. |
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Yahoo News |
11:55am PDT |
Bush to Mideast, no joint summit planned
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Summary: AFP - US President George W. Bush will visit Israel, Egypt and Saudi Arabia May 13-18, but has no plans now for a joint summit with Israeli and Palestinian leaders, the White House said Monday. |
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Yahoo News |
11:55am PDT |
U.S. reports big battle with Shi'ite militants
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. forces fought their biggest battle
in a month against dozens of Shi'ite militants attacking a
Baghdad checkpoint under cover of dust storms and killed 45 in
24 hours of clashes, officials said on Monday. |
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Yahoo News |
11:52am PDT |
Tax rebates start showing up in bank accounts
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Summary: AP - The government began depositing tax rebate checks in thousands of bank accounts on Monday as the stimulus program aimed at giving the ailing economy a jump-start got under way early. |
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BBC News |
11:22am PDT |
Leaders meeting over fuel dispute |
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Summary: Scotland's first minister is in London to discuss the Grangemouth crisis with the prime minister. |
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BBC News |
11:22am PDT |
Leaders to meet over fuel dispute |
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Summary: Scotland's first minister is in London where he hopes to discuss the Grangemouth crisis with the prime minister. |
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Yahoo News |
11:07am PDT |
Person close to Riley says he'll step down as Heat coach
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Summary: AP - Pat Riley's worst season as coach of the Miami Heat will be his last. A person close to Riley says the Hall of Famer will resign Monday afternoon as the Heat's coach, but will remain team president. The person spoke on condition of anonymity to The A |
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Yahoo News |
11:04am PDT |
U.N. agencies weigh response to food crisis
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Leading figures from the United Nations
met in Switzerland on Monday to chart a solution to dramatic
food price increases that have caused hunger, riots and
hoarding in poor countries around the world. |
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Cnn.com |
11:01am PDT |
McCain rejects 'big government' health care |
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Summary: Sen. John McCain on Monday rejected a "big government" takeover of the health care, but said he would challenge the "parochial interests" that, he said, thrives in the system.
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Yahoo News |
10:51am PDT |
Some slept, some stood before deadly derailment in China
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Summary: AP - Some passengers were sleeping, but others were standing in the aisle waiting to get off when their high-speed train derailed, toppling into a ditch "like a roller coaster" and slamming into another train. At least 70 people died and more than 400 wer |
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BBC News |
10:47am PDT |
Barbie and co accused of corrupting youth in Iran |
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Summary: A senior Iranian cleric warns that Western toys such as Barbie dolls are harming the country's youth. |
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BBC News |
10:37am PDT |
World Championship scores |
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Summary: Ryan Day takes on Stephen Hendry and Ali Carter faces Peter Ebdon in the quarter-finals in Sheffield. |
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Yahoo News |
10:29am PDT |
Austrian admits 24-year abuse of captive daughter
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Summary: Reuters - A 73-year-old Austrian
electrical engineer has confessed to holding his daughter
captive in a secret, windowless cellar for 24 years and
fathering seven children by her, police said on Monday. |
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Cnn.com |
10:27am PDT |
Pain 'boot camp' helps sufferers cope |
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Summary: Gayle Parseghian's life changed while she and her husband were moving furniture into their new ski cabin in November of 2006. She strained her back.
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BBC News |
10:24am PDT |
Obama's pastor replies to critics |
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Summary: The controversial former pastor of US presidential hopeful Barack Obama hits back at his critics. |
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BBC News |
10:07am PDT |
Life underground |
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Summary: The mind of a child kept captive in a sunless cellar |
