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8:33am PDT |
Britney Spears arrives at LA courthouse with little fanfare
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Summary: AP - Britney Spears showed up at the county courthouse for a custody hearing Tuesday, but there were no screaming fans, no signs or banners, no frenzied chase into the parking garage. |
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Cnn.com |
8:31am PDT |
Heavy turnout for today's primaries |
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Summary: Poll workers in Indiana and North Carolina report heavy turnout for today's primaries that could be crucial to the Democratic presidential nomination battle between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Polling officials at one Indianapolis precinct said that |
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8:30am PDT |
Pandemic flu threat remains substantial, health experts say
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Summary: AP - The world still faces a substantial threat of a flu pandemic and countries need to speed up preparations for a global outbreak, health experts said Tuesday. |
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8:29am PDT |
Gas explosion destroys city house |
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Summary: Forty people are led to safety from a street in Birmingham after a gas explosion destroys a house. |
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8:24am PDT |
ADB to fight food crisis with $500mln emergency loans
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Summary: Reuters - The Asian Development Bank said on
Tuesday it would give up to $500 million in emergency loans to
regional economies hardest hit by the food price crisis and
double investment in the farm sector to $2 billion in 2009. |
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Cnn.com |
8:16am PDT |
Oil hits yet another high |
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8:12am PDT |
Fannie Mae loses $2.2B in 1Q, warns of severe weakness
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Summary: AP - Fannie Mae reported losses of $2.2 billion in the first quarter and the nation's largest buyer of home loans said Tuesday it would cut its dividend and raise $6 billion in new capital, with expectations that the housing slump will persist into next y |
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Cnn.com |
8:10am PDT |
Schools to build tornado safe rooms |
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8:06am PDT |
Darling 'to meet 10p tax rebels' |
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Summary: Chancellor Alistair Darling is due to meet Labour rebels over the scrapping of the 10p tax rate, the BBC learns. |
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8:04am PDT |
BBC News website wins Webby vote |
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Summary: The BBC News website wins the People's Voice prize in the news category at this year's Webby Awards. |
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Cnn.com |
8:01am PDT |
Bush to Myanmar: 'Let us help' |
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Summary: President Bush joined a chorus of international leaders urging Myanmar's reclusive military government to allow the flow of aid after a disastrous weekend cyclone killed tens of thousands of people.
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7:57am PDT |
Volcano in Chile spews lava and blasts ash 12 miles into sky
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Chaiten volcano spewed lava and blasted ash more than 12 miles into the sky on Tuesday, prompting a total evacuation of the provincial capital and other settlements. |
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7:49am PDT |
'Hide away' foreign hotel staff |
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Summary: Invest NI denies asking a hotel to keep foreign staff away from business delegates at a major US conference. |
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Cnn.com |
7:49am PDT |
Gwyneth Paltrow is back on her own terms |
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7:38am PDT |
Nigeria oil rebels pledge truce if Carter mediates
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Niger Delta rebels said on Tuesday that
former U.S. President Jimmy Carter had agreed to act as a
mediator if invited by Nigeria's government, and the group
promised to declare a ceasefire if talks went ahead. |
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Cnn.com |
7:34am PDT |
'Sex and the City' death rumor addressed |
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7:30am PDT |
Child virus fears spread to China's capital
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Fears of a virus that has killed at
least 26 children in China gripped parents in Beijing as
officials on Tuesday temporarily closed two kindergartens amid
a spreading outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease. |
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7:24am PDT |
Fannie Mae posts loss, to cut payout, raise capital
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Fannie Mae on Tuesday cut its
dividend and set plans to raise $6 billion in fresh funds to
weather the severe U.S. housing market slump, driving its
shares and the broader U.S. stock market lower. |
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7:10am PDT |
Chile eruption spurs evacuations |
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Summary: The erupting Chaiten volcano in southern Chile begins spewing out lava, forcing more people from their homes. |
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6:56am PDT |
Chambers not wanted by Castleford |
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Summary: Castleford decide to end their interest in former athletics star Dwain Chambers. |
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6:52am PDT |
Colbert, will.i.am among special Webby award recipients
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Summary: AP - Stephen Colbert's use of the Internet to connect with fans earned the Comedy Central host special recognition as recipients of the annual Webby awards for Web sites and online achievements were announced Tuesday. |
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Cnn.com |
6:52am PDT |
How to drive without burning money |
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Summary: Gas prices have been surging to record highs. But it's not just the gas bill that drivers are getting socked with. The costs of car insurance, tires, licensing and registration are on the rise, too. But there are some strategies you can use to cut the cos |
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6:41am PDT |
Russia, U.S. sign civilian nuclear pact
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Summary: Reuters - Russia and the United States signed on
Tuesday a long awaited civilian nuclear cooperation pact that
will allow firms from the world's two biggest atomic powers to
expand bilateral nuclear trade. |
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BBC News |
6:38am PDT |
'Few benefits' from mail shake-up |
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Summary: Opening up the UK postal service has offered "no significant benefit" for homes and small firms, a study says. |
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Yahoo News |
6:38am PDT |
Myanmar cyclone death toll soars past 22,000: state radio
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Summary: AP - The cyclone death toll soared above 22,000 on Tuesday and more than 41,000 others were missing as foreign countries mobilized to rush in aid after the country's deadliest storm on record, state radio reported. |
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Yahoo News |
6:29am PDT |
Elderly couple is accidentally sealed inside New Delhi home
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Summary: AP - The Wadhwas were enjoying a nap after lunch when a team of overzealous New Delhi officials padlocked their gate, trapping the elderly couple inside and inadvertently bringing them to the center of a heated debate about zoning laws and illegal busines |
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6:26am PDT |
It's the politics |
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Summary: Why green groups can't create mass climate movement |
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6:24am PDT |
Chambers trial at Castleford ends |
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Summary: Castleford Tigers decide to end their interest in former athletics star Dwain Chambers. |
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6:22am PDT |
Serbs to have easier travel in EU |
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Summary: Seventeen European countries are offering Serbs free visas, ahead of key Serbian elections at the weekend. |
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Cnn.com |
6:19am PDT |
3,500 U.S. troops to head home from Iraq |
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Summary: A "surge" brigade deployed to Iraq last year is heading back to the United States, the U.S. military said Monday.
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