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4:27pm PDT |
McCain criticizes Obama on national security
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Summary: AP - Republican John McCain on Monday dismissed Democratic rival Barack Obama as having zero national security experience. Arriving in North Carolina on the eve of the presidential primary, McCain said there are stark differences between him and the two D |
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4:18pm PDT |
Last big battles |
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Summary: Democrats fight for Indiana and North Carolina |
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4:09pm PDT |
Parents 'stop children cycling' |
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Summary: Cycling campaigners say over-anxious parents are stopping their children from riding on the roads. |
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4:07pm PDT |
Ga. board denied killer's clemency bid
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Summary: AP - Barring a last-minute intervention by the courts, a Georgia man who killed his girlfriend is likely to become the first inmate put to death since a U.S. Supreme Court review halted executions last September. |
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4:03pm PDT |
Variation in child asthma care |
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Summary: There is an eight-fold difference in children admitted to some hospitals for asthma attacks, a charity warns. |
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4:03pm PDT |
Disparity in child asthma care |
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Summary: There is an eight-fold difference in children admitted to some hospitals for asthma attacks, a charity warns. |
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4:01pm PDT |
Painkiller may cut dementia risk |
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Summary: Long-term use of ibuprofen may reduce the risk of getting Alzheimer's disease, a large US study reports. |
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3:28pm PDT |
Israeli fuel allows Gaza reprieve |
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Summary: A last-minute delivery of fuel by Israel to a UN agency in the Gaza Strip allows aid deliveries to continue. |
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3:25pm PDT |
Jenna Bush to wed near lake, in front of cross |
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3:25pm PDT |
'Sex and the City' director addresses death rumor
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Summary: AP - Will "Sex and the City" have a "Death in the City?" It's been a persistent rumor in cyberspace as the buzz kicks into overdrive for the film opening later this month. |
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3:24pm PDT |
Man accused of double murder |
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Summary: A man is charged with the murder of a brother and sister found dead at a house in Fife at the weekend. |
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3:24pm PDT |
Man is charged over double murder |
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Summary: A man is charged with the murder of a brother and sister found dead at a house in Fife at the weekend. |
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2:55pm PDT |
AP IMPACT: More than 3.5 million new voters, AP survey finds
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Summary: AP - Voter excitement, always up before a presidential election, is pushing registration through the roof so far this year — with more than 3.5 million people rushing to join in the historic balloting, according to an Associated Press survey that offers t |
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2:54pm PDT |
Top US commando says strain of war limits forces elsewhere
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Summary: AP - The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are making such heavy use of the nation's Green Berets and other elite warriors that they cannot fulfill their roles in other parts of the world, the military's top commando told The Associated Press on Monday. |
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Cnn.com |
2:48pm PDT |
GOP senators call for easing of ethanol rules |
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Summary: Sen. John McCain Monday joined other GOP senators urging environmental regulators to ease rules demanding a sharp increase in ethanol use to help head off further increases in food prices.
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2:46pm PDT |
AP Interview: Eight Belles' trainer defends jockey's conduct
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Summary: AP - The trainer of euthanized filly Eight Belles adamantly defended the way jockey Gabriel Saez handled the Kentucky Derby runner-up. In an interview with The Associated Press on Monday, Larry Jones said Saez applied the whip only to prevent Eight Belles |
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2:30pm PDT |
Olmert and Abbas 'make progress' |
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Summary: Differences have narrowed, officials say, as Israeli and Palestinian leaders meet for a new round of talks. |
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2:29pm PDT |
China leader begins Japan visit |
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Summary: Chinese President Hu Jintao arrives in Japan on a five-day state visit, the first such trip in a decade. |
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2:29pm PDT |
China leader to begin Japan visit |
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Summary: Chinese President Hu Jintao is set to begin a five-day state visit to Japan, the first such trip in a decade. |
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Cnn.com |
2:22pm PDT |
Martin: Wright will haunt conservative media |
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Summary: Now that Sen. Barack Obama has denounced his former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, many of his critics, especially those who call themselves conservative, are happy he has put the dashiki-wearing, American-criticizing former Marine in his place.
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2:12pm PDT |
Polygamy roll lists 21 wives for 1 member |
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Summary: In the secretive, illegal world of American polygamy, life has been good to 67-year-old Wendell Loy Nielsen of Eldorado, Texas.
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2:03pm PDT |
River search teams recover body |
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Summary: Coastguards searching for a missing boy who was swept into the River Foyle in County Donegal recover a body. |
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2:00pm PDT |
On eve of Indiana, NC, Clinton, Obama duel on gas prices
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Summary: AP - Dueling over gas prices, Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama strained for every last vote on Monday, the eve of the Indiana and North Carolina primaries that are the biggest prizes left in their epic Democratic nomination fight. |
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1:43pm PDT |
Brazil tour offers 'chance to meet drug dealers' |
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Summary: Visitors taking tours of Brazil's shanty towns are being introduced to armed drug dealers, a Brazilian newspaper reports. |
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1:29pm PDT |
Obama and Clinton clash on gas tax before big votes
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Summary: Reuters - Democrats Barack
Obama and Hillary Clinton renewed their battle over gas tax
relief on Monday in a late push for support on the eve of
critical presidential showdowns in North Carolina and Indiana. |
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Cnn.com |
1:29pm PDT |
Denial of clemency paves way for execution |
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Summary: Georgia's Parole and Pardon Board has denied a condemned inmate's request for clemency, paving the way for William Earl Lynd to die by injection at 7 p.m. on Tuesday.
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1:22pm PDT |
Diaries show Saddam feared getting AIDS in prison
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Summary: AP - Saddam Hussein feared catching AIDS or other diseases during his U.S.-supervised captivity, a leading Arab newspaper said Monday in publishing excerpts of his prison writings. |
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Cnn.com |
1:20pm PDT |
Captain's 'heart sank' when pirates attacked |
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Summary: Colin Darch piloted his ship off the Somalia coast when pirates surrounded him and opened fire. It was the start of a 47-day hijacking. Sometimes, the pirates slaughtered goats in front of everyone. "We were told that if we behaved no one would get hurt, |
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1:19pm PDT |
Top US commando sees more demand for elite forces in Iraq
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Summary: AP - Even as the overall U.S. force in Iraq shrinks, the number of elite troops known as special operations forces is likely to grow, the military's top commando told The Associated Press on Monday. |
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1:17pm PDT |
Mildred Loving, matriarch of interracial marriage, dies
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Summary: AP - Mildred Loving, a black woman whose challenge to Virginia's ban on interracial marriage led to a landmark Supreme Court ruling striking down such laws nationwide, has died, her daughter said Monday. |
