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BBC News |
6:20am PDT |
White powder alerts were hoaxes |
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Summary: Security alerts, sparked by packages containing white powder being sent to two Belfast offices, were hoaxes. |
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Yahoo News |
6:13am PDT |
S&P says home prices fall by 12.7 percent in February
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A closely watched index shows that U.S. home prices fell by 12.7 percent in February versus last year, with 17 of the 20 metro areas reporting record annual declines. |
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BBC News |
6:05am PDT |
Cattle trample woman to death |
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Summary: A woman walking her dog in a field dies after being trampled by a herd of stampeding cattle. |
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Yahoo News |
6:03am PDT |
China jails 30 for Tibetan riots
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A Chinese court jailed 30 people for
terms ranging from three years to life on Tuesday for their
roles in Tibet's deadly riots, which triggered anti-China
protests across the globe ahead of the Beijing Olympics. |
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Yahoo News |
5:59am PDT |
McCain sees greater choice as health-care fix
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Republican presidential
candidate John McCain on Tuesday will propose more choices in
health-care coverage for Americans to foster competition, drive
down costs and reduce reliance on employer-based insurance. |
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Cnn.com |
5:52am PDT |
Today's pirates? GPS, goggles, 40K a year |
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Summary: A French yacht. A Japanese tanker. A Spanish fishing boat. After several years of decline, pirates are striking with increasing frequency on the high seas.
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Cnn.com |
5:52am PDT |
High-tech pirates are no romantic figures |
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Summary: A French yacht. A Japanese tanker. A Spanish fishing boat. After several years of decline, pirates are striking with increasing frequency on the high seas.
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BBC News |
5:36am PDT |
Austria 'sex captor' is detained |
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Summary: An Austrian who admitted imprisoning his daughter for 24 years and fathering her children appears in court. |
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Yahoo News |
5:35am PDT |
Austrian appears in court over abuse case
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A 73-year-old Austrian who
has confessed to locking his daughter in a windowless cellar
for 24 years and fathering her seven children appeared before a
judge on Tuesday. |
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BBC News |
5:32am PDT |
Chelsea have the edge - Gerrard |
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Summary: Liverpool skipper Steven Gerrard admits the odds are against his side progressing from their Champions League semi-final. |
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BBC News |
5:32am PDT |
Norwich Union brand to disappear |
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Summary: Insurer Aviva ditches the 200-year-old Norwich Union brand as it seeks a single identity to compete globally. |
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Yahoo News |
5:28am PDT |
U.S. forces say kill 34 militants in Baghdad
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. forces killed 34 militiamen in
fierce clashes in and around a Baghdad stronghold of Shi'ite
cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Tuesday, the U.S. military said. |
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Cnn.com |
5:28am PDT |
Dad who held kids in cellar has hearing |
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Summary: Austria was on Tuesday still coming to terms with its second horrific case of abduction in two years, with a 73-year-old man having admitted to imprisoning his daughter for more than two decades and fathering seven of her children.
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BBC News |
5:25am PDT |
Georgia 'plans war in Abkhazia' |
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Summary: Georgia is preparing to invade its breakaway region of Abkhazia, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry. |
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BBC News |
5:21am PDT |
Dog attack baby death accidental |
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Summary: A five-month-old girl who was mauled by at least one rottweiler died accidentally, an inquest has found. |
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Yahoo News |
5:12am PDT |
US military: 28 extremists killed in Baghdad's Sadr City
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The U.S. military says soldiers have killed 28 militants during a four-hour firefight in Baghdad's Shiite militia stronghold of Sadr City. |
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BBC News |
5:09am PDT |
Glastonbury picks 'diverse' bill |
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Summary: The Raconteurs, Crowded House and Mark Ronson are among the acts on Glastonbury Festival's line-up. |
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BBC News |
5:07am PDT |
Blushes at web inquiry after MP told his daughter broke Bebo rules |
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Summary: A Tory MP is told his own 12-year-old daughter has broken a website's rules, during an MPs' inquiry into internet safety. |
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BBC News |
5:00am PDT |
Second alert over 'white powder' |
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Summary: A security alert is under way following the discovery of a suspicious package at a newspaper's offices. |
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Cnn.com |
5:00am PDT |
Foreclosures in '08 spike 112% |
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Summary: Foreclosure filings in the first three months of 2008 rose more than 112% over last year, according to a study released Tuesday.
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BBC News |
4:57am PDT |
Baby dog attack death accidental |
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Summary: A five-month-old girl who was mauled by at least one rottweiler died accidentally, an inquest has found. |
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Yahoo News |
4:55am PDT |
Saudi governor orders haircuts for men who hit on women
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Local media reports say a governor in northern Saudi Arabia has ordered authorities to punish men who flirt with women in public places by cutting their hair. |
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Yahoo News |
4:41am PDT |
Yahoo to outsource Messenger phone calls to Jajah
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Yahoo Inc. is outsourcing the Internet telephone functions of its instant messaging program to the startup Jajah. |
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BBC News |
4:40am PDT |
Jersey man in abuse probe arrest |
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Summary: Police investigating allegations of 'historic abuse' in Jersey arrest a 68-year-old man on the island. |
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Yahoo News |
4:40am PDT |
Jerry Springer to deliver Northwestern Law commencement
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Talk show host Jerry Springer accepted an invitation to give the commencement address at Northwestern University School of Law, despite student-generated petitions and blogs claiming he is an unsuitable choice. |
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BBC News |
4:38am PDT |
Alert over 'white powder package' |
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Summary: A security alert is under way following the discovery of a suspicious package in Belfast city centre. |
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Yahoo News |
4:38am PDT |
Tareq Aziz return to public eye delayed by trial hold-up
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The trial of Tareq Aziz, the international face of executed Iraqi president Saddam Hussein's regime, was delayed by several hours on Tuesday, putting on hold his return to the public eye. |
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BBC News |
4:32am PDT |
Supermarket suit |
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Summary: Thai Tesco critic says £1.6m lawsuit won't 'silence' him |
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Yahoo News |
4:27am PDT |
Quarter of kids don't meet vaccine schedule
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - More than a quarter of American
children are not meeting the U.S. government's recommendations
for childhood vaccinations, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention researchers said on Tuesday. |
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Cnn.com |
4:26am PDT |
At least 140 homes hit by Virginia tornadoes |
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Summary: Virginians faced a massive cleanup project Tuesday after at least three tornadoes damaged dozens of homes and injured more than 200 people.
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