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7:32pm PDT |
'Emotions' urged in sex education |
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Summary: Childline is calling for advice on emotions and relationships to a compulsory part of sex education in schools. |
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Cnn.com |
7:29pm PDT |
Report: Shanghai bus blast kills three |
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Summary: A bus explosion in Shanghai, China, killed three people Monday, a state-run news agency reported.
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Cnn.com |
7:17pm PDT |
Ferry carrying revelers capsizes; 15 die |
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6:41pm PDT |
Bush hails recovery of tornado-leveled Kansas town
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Summary: AP - President Bush hailed the resilience of this town and its tiny high school graduating class Sunday, one year after a tornado barreled through with astonishing fury. |
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6:32pm PDT |
Ranchers killed in Mexico attack |
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Summary: At least nine people have been killed in an attack on a cattle ranch in southern Mexico, authorities say. |
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6:26pm PDT |
New Orleans sings praise as Neville Brothers finally reunite
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Summary: AP - The Neville Brothers, who traditionally help close out the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, returned to the big stage Sunday for the first time since Hurricane Katrina flooded and wrecked their homes, along with 80 percent of the city. |
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6:20pm PDT |
Cyclone kills hundreds in Myanmar; junta response a concern
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Summary: AP - A powerful cyclone killed more than 350 people and destroyed thousands of homes, state-run media said Sunday. Some dissident groups worried that the military junta running Myanmar would be reluctant to ask for international help. |
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5:11pm PDT |
Stolen youth |
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Summary: A campaign aims to crack down on 'internal traffificking' |
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Cnn.com |
4:56pm PDT |
Ferry carrying revelers capsizes; at least 15 killed |
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Cnn.com |
4:56pm PDT |
Ferry capsizes in Amazon; 15 dead |
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4:48pm PDT |
Explosion damages federal courthouse |
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Summary: The FBI's counter-terrorism unit is trying to determine who detonated a small explosive device early Sunday at the federal courthouse in San Diego, California.
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4:37pm PDT |
The 'fascist vicar' |
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Summary: Why a tiny parish's vicar was jailed as a wartime traitor |
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4:36pm PDT |
Cyclone kills over 350 in Myanmar
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Summary: Reuters - A cyclone killed more than 350 people in
military-ruled Myanmar, ripping through Yangon and the
Irrawaddy delta where it flattened at least two towns,
officials and state media said on Sunday. |
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4:33pm PDT |
Nuclear war? Time to put the kettle on and have a cuppa |
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Summary: Never mind the nuclear war - what about our cups of tea? |
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4:33pm PDT |
Nuclear threat sparked tea worry |
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Summary: The threat of a nuclear attack on the UK in the 1950s caused concern over the supply of tea, documents reveal. |
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4:22pm PDT |
Tragedy overshadows unbeaten Big Brown's Kentucky Derby win
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Summary: AP - A day after Big Brown blazed across the finish line, the snapshot of Eight Belles down on the dirt set off a raging debate that extended far beyond the Kentucky Derby: Is horse racing now facing an image crisis? |
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4:17pm PDT |
Scarlett's organs remain in India |
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Summary: The mother of murdered Scarlett Keeling has returned from India without her daughter's organs, which were removed during a post-mortem. |
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4:08pm PDT |
Teachers 'need better training' |
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Summary: Teachers in England should get four times as many training days a year, a think tank suggests. |
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4:07pm PDT |
PETA wants euthanized filly's jockey barred |
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4:07pm PDT |
Johnson becomes mayor of London |
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Summary: Boris Johnson officially takes over from Ken Livingstone as London's mayor after winning Thursday's election. |
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4:05pm PDT |
Documents show UK post-WWII dilemma over Jewish refugees
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Summary: AP - Documents released Monday show how the British government tried to send thousands of Palestine-bound Jewish survivors of the Nazi genocide back to postwar Germany without inflaming world opinion. |
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4:00pm PDT |
Worry over incubator 'emissions' |
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Summary: Electromagnetic fields from incubators may be interfering with newborn babies' heart rates, claim researchers. |
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3:58pm PDT |
Bolivia region 'chooses autonomy' |
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Summary: Voters in Bolivia's eastern Santa Cruz region have voted for greater autonomy in an unofficial poll, exit polls suggest. |
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3:51pm PDT |
Bush hails graduates in twister-ripped town |
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Summary: President Bush addressed a high school graduation Sunday in Greensburg, Kansas, a year after a tornado took 11 lives and destroyed 90 percent of the small Midwestern town.
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3:51pm PDT |
Bush to twister-hit town: Celebrate recovery |
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Summary: President Bush addressed a high school graduation Sunday in Greensburg, Kansas, a year after a tornado took 11 lives and destroyed 90 percent of the small Midwestern town.
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Cnn.com |
3:50pm PDT |
Dems clash on Iran, gas tax before primaries |
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Summary: Illinois Sen. Barack Obama today accused Sen. Hillary Clinton of echoing the "bluster" of President Bush when she said the U.S. would be able to "obliterate" Iran if it used nuclear weapons against Israel. Two days before critical primaries in Indiana and |
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Cnn.com |
3:50pm PDT |
Dems clash on Iran, gas tax before key primaries |
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Summary: Illinois Sen. Barack Obama today accused Sen. Hillary Clinton of echoing the "bluster" of President Bush when she said the U.S. would be able to "obliterate" Iran if it used nuclear weapons against Israel. Two days before critical primaries in Indiana and |
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3:47pm PDT |
Obama says Clinton's talk on Iran too much like Bush's
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Summary: AP - Barack Obama likened Hillary Rodham Clinton to President Bush for threatening to "totally obliterate" Iran if it attacks Israel and called her gas-tax holiday a gimmick as he tried to fend off her challenge ahead of two pivotal Democratic primaries. |
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3:43pm PDT |
Clinton dismisses "elite" economists on gas tax plan
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Summary: Reuters - Democratic presidential candidate
Hillary Clinton on Sunday dismissed the "elite opinion" of
economists who criticized her gas tax proposal, using a term
that has dogged rival Barack Obama in recent weeks. |
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3:36pm PDT |
Kobe scores 38 as Lakers beat Jazz 109-98 in series opener
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Summary: AP - Kobe Bryant, celebrating what is expected to be his first NBA MVP award, did just enough to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to another postseason victory. Bryant had 38 points, six rebounds and seven assists Sunday, and the Lakers made it five straight p |
