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Yahoo News |
1:29pm PDT |
Obama and Clinton face new tests in White House duel
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton
faced critical tests in their grueling White House duel on
Tuesday, as millions of voters in Indiana and North Carolina
cast ballots in the latest Democratic showdowns. |
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BBC News |
1:27pm PDT |
Alexander in 'referendum threat' |
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Summary: Scottish Labour leader Wendy Alexander may bring forward plans for a public vote on independence. |
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Cnn.com |
1:21pm PDT |
Sect's 'Messiah' arrested on sex charges |
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Summary: The leader of an apocalyptic New Mexico church who claims to be the Messiah was arrested Tuesday on sex charges, state police said.
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BBC News |
1:19pm PDT |
Europe PS3 sales 'overtake 360' |
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Summary: Sony says sales of the PlayStation 3 console in Europe have overtaken those of Xbox 360. |
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Yahoo News |
1:11pm PDT |
Nearly 100 arrested in California university drug bust
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Nearly 100 people, most of them
students, were arrested during a lengthy undercover
investigation targeting drug trafficking at San Diego State
University in California, authorities said on Tuesday. |
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Yahoo News |
1:08pm PDT |
Trainer: Eight Belles was not on steroids
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The trainer of Kentucky Derby runner-up Eight Belles on Tuesday ordered drug testing as part of the autopsy, intent on dispelling any suggestion the fallen filly may have been on steroids. |
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Yahoo News |
1:07pm PDT |
75 students arrested in San Diego University drug bust
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Dozens of San Diego State University students were arrested after a sweeping drug investigation found that some fraternity members openly dealt drugs and one even sent a mass text message advertising cocaine, authorities said Tuesday. |
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Yahoo News |
1:07pm PDT |
Clinton, Obama battle in Indiana, North Carolina primaries
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama battled in the Indiana and North Carolina primaries on Tuesday, the last big-delegate prizes left in their marathon race for the Democratic presidential nomination. |
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BBC News |
12:55pm PDT |
Sarkozy 'non' to Blair presidency |
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Summary: Nicolas Sarkozy has withdrawn his backing of Tony Blair to become the first EU president, sources say. |
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Yahoo News |
12:51pm PDT |
Committee chairman accuses VA of criminal negligence
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Department of Veterans Affairs' top mental health official said Tuesday he made a poor choice of words when he sent his colleagues an e-mail about suicide data that started out with "Shh!" |
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Yahoo News |
12:47pm PDT |
Iraqi civilians flee fighting in Baghdad militia stronghold
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A rocket slammed into Baghdad's city hall and another hit a downtown park Tuesday as more frightened civilians fled a Shiite militia stronghold where U.S.-led forces are locked in fierce street battles. |
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Yahoo News |
12:45pm PDT |
Chile volcano blasts ash 20 miles high, forcing evacuations
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The long-dormant Chaiten volcano blasted ash some 20 miles (30 kilometers) into the Andean sky on Tuesday, forcing thousands to evacuate and fouling a huge stretch of the South American continent. |
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Yahoo News |
12:27pm PDT |
Hearing brings change in Britney Spears' custody order
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A change has been made to Britney Spears' child custody arrangement following a low-key hearing attended by the troubled pop star and ex-husband Kevin Federline in Los Angeles. |
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Yahoo News |
12:17pm PDT |
Co-founder of Baskin-Robbins ice cream stores dies at 90
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The man who helped build the 31-flavor craze at ice cream store Baskin-Robbins has died at age 90. |
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Yahoo News |
12:17pm PDT |
Students claim police chief who shot himself was careless
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The police chief who shot himself in the ankle was waving a loaded pistol and being careless, according to two students who were attending his class to qualify for a concealed-weapons permit. "We were told the gun is the chief's personal sidearm, but |
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Cnn.com |
12:15pm PDT |
Cheney's chief of staff subpoenaed |
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Summary: A House of Representatives committee has subpoenaed Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff as part of its investigation into the treatment of suspected terrorists, the White House confirmed Tuesday.
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Cnn.com |
12:10pm PDT |
Nearly 100 arrested in university sting |
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Summary: Almost 100 people have been arrested after an undercover drug operation at San Diego State University in California.
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Yahoo News |
12:06pm PDT |
U.S. set for first execution after moratorium
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Georgia is set to execute a convicted
murderer on Tuesday, the first person to be put to death in the
United States since the Supreme Court ended a de facto
moratorium on capital punishment last month. |
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Yahoo News |
11:58am PDT |
Fannie Mae sees sharper home-price declines, loses $2.2B
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The steeper slide in home prices is accelerating the pace of foreclosures, Fannie Mae said Tuesday as it outlined plans for shoring up its finances following a $2.2 billion first quarter loss. |
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BBC News |
11:39am PDT |
Assembly backs victims' bill plan |
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Summary: The Assembly votes in favour of giving the first and deputy first ministers the option to appoint a Chief Victims' Commissioner. |
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Yahoo News |
11:36am PDT |
Nearly 100 arrested in drug investigation at San Diego State
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Nearly 100 people, most of them students, were arrested in an undercover drug investigation at San Diego State University that began after a student's fatal cocaine overdose last spring, authorities said Tuesday. |
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Yahoo News |
11:35am PDT |
Fannie Mae posts loss, to cut payout
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Fannie Mae on Tuesday posted a
massive quarterly loss, its third straight, on the protracted
U.S. housing market slump, prompting it to slash its dividend
and set plans to raise $6 billion of fresh funds. |
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BBC News |
11:28am PDT |
Let them eat brioche! Barnsley baker sells bread to the French |
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Summary: A baker from the northern England town of Barnsley starts selling brioche to France. |
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BBC News |
11:28am PDT |
Let them eat brioche! Barnsley baker sells bread to the French. |
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Summary: A baker from the northern England town of Barnsley starts selling brioche to France. |
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BBC News |
11:28am PDT |
Airliner bomb suspects 'bugged' |
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Summary: Conversations between members of an alleged terror cell about a plot to blow up planes mid-air were recorded, a court hears. |
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Yahoo News |
11:14am PDT |
Georgia court refuses to stay impending execution
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The Georgia Supreme Court refused to
issue a stay of execution for a convicted murderer due to die
by lethal injection at 7 p.m. local time/ 2300 GMT on Tuesday. |
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Yahoo News |
11:04am PDT |
Greed behind food price rises: development bank head
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The food price crisis is caused
largely by greed and speculation rather than food shortages,
the head of Southern Africa's development bank said on Tuesday. |
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BBC News |
11:03am PDT |
Man cautioned over web fight |
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Summary: A man is cautioned after footage is posted on the internet showing two young boys being forced to fight each other. |
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BBC News |
10:58am PDT |
Police return fire in shoot-out |
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Summary: Armed police return fire after they are shot at in a square just off the popular Kings Road shopping area in London. |
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Yahoo News |
10:51am PDT |
Yahoo shares up on hope of talks, Google deal
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Yahoo Inc investors latched
on to hopes the company would resume talks with Microsoft Corp
or soon forge a deal with Google Inc , sending
shares up 6 percent on Tuesday. |
