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BBC News |
5:18am PDT |
Watering holes |
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Summary: Which British town has the most pubs for its size? |
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Yahoo News |
5:15am PDT |
Tax rebates start going out today, earlier than planned
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Summary: AP - Tax rebates will start going out today, earlier than previously announced. President Bush announced the change in schedule on Friday. |
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Yahoo News |
5:13am PDT |
Mars, Buffett, cooperate in bid for Wrigley, newspapers say
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Summary: AP - Mars Inc. and Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc., were close to a deal to acquire the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company for more than $22 billion, according to media reports, a takeover with the potential to transform the confectionary industry worldwide |
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5:10am PDT |
Top Pakistan militant halts talks |
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Summary: A top Taleban commander Baitullah Mehsud halts talks with Pakistan's government, his spokesman says. |
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5:07am PDT |
McCain focuses on lower costs on health-care tour
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Summary: Reuters - Republican presidential candidate John
McCain on Monday will argue the way to improve U.S. health-care
coverage lies in lowering costs and increasing competition
rather than the "big-government" schemes he says the Democrats
advocate. |
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5:06am PDT |
Three in four aim for university |
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Summary: A survey of teenagers shows record numbers expecting to go to university - with fewer deterred by student debt. |
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4:59am PDT |
Kenya seeks to end prison strike |
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Summary: Kenya's government agrees to increase pay for striking prison warders, who are threatening to release convicts. |
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Yahoo News |
4:55am PDT |
Seventy dead in China train crash
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Seventy people were killed and 420 injured early Monday when a passenger train from Beijing careered off the rails and slammed into another train in eastern China, state media reported. |
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Yahoo News |
4:49am PDT |
Austrian admits 24-year abuse of daughter in cellar
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A 73-year-old Austrian man
has confessed to imprisoning his daughter in a windowless
cellar for 24 years and fathering her seven children, police
said on Monday. |
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Yahoo News |
4:47am PDT |
Pistons rally to get even, Cavs and Hornets take big leads
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Pistons rallied to get even, the Cavs and the Hornets took commanding leads and the Suns stayed alive yesterday in the NBA playoffs. |
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BBC News |
4:43am PDT |
Brussels downbeat on growth |
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Summary: The European Commission downgrades eurozone growth forecasts again, blaming financial market turmoil. |
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4:40am PDT |
Gun attack linked to town tension |
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Summary: A suspected shotgun attack is being linked to tensions between loyalists in a County Antrim town. |
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4:37am PDT |
300-pound inmate complains Ark. jail doesn't feed him well
(AP)
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Summary: AP - An inmate awaiting trial on a murder charge is suing the county, complaining he has lost more than 100 pounds because of the jailhouse menu. |
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BBC News |
4:28am PDT |
MPs urge clarity on 10p tax deal |
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Summary: Ministers are under pressure to spell out details of a compensation package amid fears the low-paid will still lose out. |
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Yahoo News |
4:15am PDT |
Authorities probe attack on Afghanistan's president
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Afghan security officials hunted Monday for suspects in the attempted assassination of President Hamid Karzai during an attack that killed three people and underscored the fragility of his U.S.-backed government. |
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Yahoo News |
4:11am PDT |
Austrian tells how daughter kept in dungeon for 24 years: police
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - An elderly Austrian, portrayed by media as a "monster", started Monday to tell how he imprisoned his daughter in a cellar for 24 years, police said, as the country expressed horror at the seven children she bore as his captive. |
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BBC News |
4:07am PDT |
Austrian 'admits daughter abuse' |
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Summary: An Austrian has confessed to imprisoning his daughter in a cellar and fathering her seven children, police say. |
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Yahoo News |
4:03am PDT |
Passenger train collision kills 70 in eastern China
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A high-speed passenger train jumped its tracks and slammed into another train in eastern China on Monday, killing at least 70 people and injuring more than 400. Authorities were quoted as saying human error was to blame. |
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4:01am PDT |
Failings over chip death killer |
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Summary: A report blames a "lackadaisical approach" within the criminal justice system for freeing a schizophrenic who went on to kill. |
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3:58am PDT |
Dozens killed in Baghdad clashes |
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Summary: Dozens of people are killed in clashes between militants and US and Iraqi troops in Baghdad. |
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3:54am PDT |
Miracle berry |
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Summary: The mystery fruit that can make sour food taste sweet |
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3:54am PDT |
Coldplay giving away new single |
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Summary: British band Coldplay will give away a free download of their latest single from their new album for one week only. |
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3:49am PDT |
Rooney and Vidic sit out training |
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Summary: Injured Man Utd duo Wayne Rooney and Nemanja Vidic miss training ahead of the Champions League semi-final second leg against Barcelona. |
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BBC News |
3:49am PDT |
Rooney & Vidic doubts for Man Utd |
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Summary: Injured Man Utd duo Wayne Rooney and Nemanja Vidic miss training ahead of the Champions League semi-final second leg against Barcelona. |
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BBC News |
3:45am PDT |
Harbhajan given long ban for slap |
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Summary: Spinner Harbhajan Singh is handed an 11-match ban in the Indian Premier League after being found guilty of slapping fellow India star Sree Santh. |
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BBC News |
3:44am PDT |
'Devious' killer's life sentence |
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Summary: A man who murdered his secret lover then set fire to a bedroom to conceal the crime is sentenced to life in jail. |
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Yahoo News |
3:24am PDT |
Ukrainian helicopter crashes in Black Sea, 19 dead
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A Ukrainian helicopter struck an offshore
drilling platform and crashed in the Black Sea on Monday,
killing 19 people, the state energy company Naftogaz said. |
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Yahoo News |
3:19am PDT |
American, Iraqi troops kill 38 militants in Baghdad
(AP)
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Summary: AP - American and Iraqi troops killed 38 militants in the fiercest clashes with militants in weeks in Baghdad, including 22 who attacked a military checkpoint in a Shiite militia stronghold, the U.S. military said Monday. |
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Yahoo News |
3:16am PDT |
1,000 flee foothill homes as wildfire burns near Los Angeles
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Darkness didn't keep firefighters from continuing to gain ground Monday on a 400-acre wildfire they have been battling all weekend near Los Angeles. |
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Cnn.com |
3:14am PDT |
Dad confesses to raping captive daughter |
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Summary: A 73-year-old man has confessed to holding his daughter captive in his home cellar for nearly 24 years and fathering seven children by her, Austrian police say. The woman is described as "very disturbed" and having trouble talking about her ordeal. She we |
