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Yahoo News |
10:47am PDT |
California students arrested in major drug bust
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Police have arrested 18 San Diego
State University students on drug-related charges stemming from
an undercover investigation there, a spokesman for the college
said on Tuesday. |
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BBC News |
10:43am PDT |
Parents had drinks spiked - claim |
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Summary: A couple who allegedly passed out drunk while their children were taken into care in Portugal had their drinks spiked, it is claimed. |
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Yahoo News |
10:42am PDT |
Austrian incest victim may sue for compensation
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Austrian Elisabeth Fritzl, who was
imprisoned by her father for 24 years and gave birth to seven
of his children, may sue her father for compensation, her
lawyer said on Tuesday. |
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BBC News |
10:30am PDT |
Mangrove loss 'left Burma exposed' |
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Summary: Mangrove deforestation in Burma left coastal areas exposed to the full fury of Cyclone Nagris, a top politician suggests. |
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Yahoo News |
10:29am PDT |
House Democrats favor timetable for Iraq troops
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Democratic leaders in the House of
Representatives have agreed on a plan to fund the Iraq war into
next year but included a provision to withdraw combat troops by
the end of 2009, aides said on Tuesday. |
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Yahoo News |
10:28am PDT |
Clinton, Obama vie 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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Yahoo News |
10:26am PDT |
Obama, Clinton await judgement of North Carolina, Indiana
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Voters in North Carolina and Indiana weighed in on the fates of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton Tuesday, in the most significant contests left in their gripping presidential showdown. |
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BBC News |
10:25am PDT |
'Saddam's jail diaries' published |
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Summary: A newspaper prints what it says are excerpts from diaries by ex-Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein before his execution in 2006. |
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BBC News |
10:20am PDT |
Darling 'assures' 10p tax rebels |
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Summary: Alistair Darling has given MPs a "categoric" pledge to help people hit by axing the 10p tax rate, the BBC learns. |
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Yahoo News |
10:19am PDT |
Jury in New York City convicts fan of stalking Uma Thurman
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A lovesick former mental patient was convicted Tuesday of stalking and harassing Uma Thurman for more than two years, showing up on her front doorstep and movie set and sending the actress a series of creepy love letters. |
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BBC News |
10:18am PDT |
Brazil rescuers find plane wreck |
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Summary: Rescuers searching for a missing plane carrying four British men, find wreckage on a Brazilian beach. |
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Yahoo News |
10:05am PDT |
NCAA academic report: some college teams may be hit hard
(AP)
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Summary: AP - College teams that consistently underperform in the classroom are getting hit harder by the NCAA. |
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Yahoo News |
10:04am 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 |
10:03am PDT |
60 years of Israel |
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Summary: The history of the Jewish state, in video and text |
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BBC News |
10:03am PDT |
Israel's 60 years |
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Summary: A special look at Israel's history, in video and text |
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Cnn.com |
9:58am PDT |
Drug bust nets 96 at San Diego State |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
9:53am PDT |
Paddick 'won second vote race' |
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Summary: Lib Dem Brian Paddick picked up by far the most second preference votes in the race to be mayor of London. |
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Cnn.com |
9:50am PDT |
Dead thrown into rivers; living wait for aid |
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Summary: The destruction of Myanmar's deadly cyclone spared few.
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Yahoo News |
9:39am PDT |
Nearly 100 students at San Diego State arrested in drug bust
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Authorities say nearly 100 students have been arrested at San Diego State University on drug-related charges. |
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BBC News |
9:33am PDT |
Man convicted of stalking Thurman |
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Summary: A man who was accused of making actress Uma Thurman "panicked" and "frightened" is found guilty of stalking. |
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BBC News |
9:24am PDT |
Spain seizes 'priceless' antiques |
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Summary: A couple in arrested in Spain, accused of trafficking artefacts plundered from Latin American archaeological sites. |
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Yahoo News |
9:21am PDT |
NYC jury convicts fan of stalking Uma Thurman
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A lovesick former mental patient was convicted Tuesday of stalking and harassing Uma Thurman for more than two years, showing up on her front doorstep and movie set and sending the actress a series of creepy love letters. |
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Yahoo News |
9:13am PDT |
Asia sets $2.5 bln farm boost, aid in food price fight
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The ADB pledged $2.5 billion in
emergency aid and loans in Asian nations hit hardest by soaring
food costs as finance chiefs agreed on Tuesday to boost farm
output as a long term solution to the crisis. |
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Cnn.com |
9:07am PDT |
Britney in court, fans stay away |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
8:59am PDT |
Scots referendum date 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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Yahoo News |
8:54am PDT |
Yahoo shares up on hope of talks
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Investors in Yahoo Inc
latched onto hopes the company could resume talks with
Microsoft Corp , though an executive at the software
maker cast doubt on Tuesday about any return to a deal. |
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Cnn.com |
8:48am PDT |
Kilauea's toxic gas kills crops, sickens islanders |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Cnn.com |
8:48am PDT |
Town evacuated as volcano spews ash |
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Summary: Officials have ordered a total evacuation of a nearby area after the Chaiten volcano spewed lava and blasted ash more than 12 miles (20 kilometers) into the sky on Tuesday.
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BBC News |
8:45am PDT |
Make doping a crime, says Lewis |
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Summary: Olympic legend Carl Lewis tells BBC Sport governments should make the use of banned substances in sport a criminal offence. |
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BBC News |
8:39am PDT |
Alexander makes referendum threat |
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Summary: Scottish Labour leader Wendy Alexander may bring forward plans for a public vote on independence. |
