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Cnn.com |
10:23am PDT |
Navarrette: Hispanics could be key swing voters |
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Summary: Whether the code word of the day is "patriotism," "liberation theology" or "working-class voters," some will continue to cast this presidential election in the tired old paradigm of black and white. But, I'd ask Barack Obama and John McCain to look beyond |
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Cnn.com |
10:23am PDT |
Navarrette: Candidates wise to court Hispanics |
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Summary: Whether the code word of the day is "patriotism," "liberation theology" or "working-class voters," some will continue to cast this presidential election in the tired old paradigm of black and white. But, I'd ask Barack Obama and John McCain to look beyond |
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Cnn.com |
10:20am PDT |
British mercenary gets 34 years for coup plot |
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Summary: British mercenary Simon Mann has been jailed for 34 years for his part in plotting a coup in Equatorial Guinea, according to British news organization ITN.
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Cnn.com |
10:20am PDT |
Mercenary gets 34 years for coup plot |
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Summary: British mercenary Simon Mann has been jailed for 34 years for his part in plotting a coup in Equatorial Guinea, according to British news organization ITN.
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Cnn.com |
10:20am PDT |
Mercenary jailed for coup plot |
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Summary: British mercenary Simon Mann has been jailed for 34 years for his part in plotting a coup in Equatorial Guinea, according to British news organization ITN.
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Cnn.com |
10:13am PDT |
Taxi fares rising with gas prices |
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Summary: Mikhail Glikberg remembers when he made a decent living as a taxi driver in Boston. He could work a 12-hour shift and take home up to $80 a day after expenses.
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Yahoo News |
10:09am PDT |
Standoff continues on global warming, other issues
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Bush encountered resistance on his climate-change policy as he and other world leaders sought to strike a balance between framing a deal on global warming while coping with inflation and slumping economic growth. |
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BBC News |
10:08am PDT |
Mann sentenced for E Guinea plot |
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Summary: Former British soldier Simon Mann is sentenced to more than 34 years in jail over a 2004 coup plot in Equatorial Guinea. |
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BBC News |
10:00am PDT |
Theme park's guilt in ride death |
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Summary: A theme park admits breaching health and safety laws over the death of a teenage girl on a water ride. |
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BBC News |
9:46am PDT |
Sats test delay inquiry launches |
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Summary: A former Ofsted chief is to head the inquiry into the embarrassing delay of this year's Sats results. |
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BBC News |
9:43am PDT |
Council 'could shed 1,000 jobs' |
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Summary: Aberdeen City Council is told by expert advisers compulsory redundancies may be unavoidable due to cuts. |
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Yahoo News |
9:39am PDT |
Kidman gives birth Monday to girl named Sunday
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Nicole Kidman gave birth Monday to a baby girl named Sunday. In a statement e-mailed to The Associated Press, Paul Freundlich, a publicist for Urban, said: "Nicole and Keith Urban are delighted to announce that Nicole Kidman gave birth to a baby girl |
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BBC News |
9:22am PDT |
Job losses at car parts companies |
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Summary: A car parts maker is to close its Cardiff plant where 157 jobs will go, while 75 redundancies are planned at a sister firm. |
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BBC News |
9:21am PDT |
Baby bonding |
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Summary: The nursing scheme designed to help vulnerable families |
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Yahoo News |
9:21am PDT |
Cargo plane crash in Colombia kills three on ground
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Three Colombians were killed early on
Monday when a 747-200 cargo plane crashed into their house near
the capital city Bogota while all eight crew members on board
the aircraft survived, authorities said. |
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Cnn.com |
9:17am PDT |
Details emerge of killing suspect's capture |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Cnn.com |
9:16am PDT |
Climate change makes island kids bony, stunted |
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Summary: Maria can barely breathe. She weighs less than half of what a 15-month-old should -- just 10 pounds, about the size of a bowling ball. It's not raining in the part of West Timor where she lives, and it hasn't for awhile. Crops won't grow. Nearly everybody |
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BBC News |
9:16am PDT |
Hard graft |
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Summary: China clamps down on corruption as it rebuilds post-quake |
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Yahoo News |
9:14am PDT |
Obama to accept nomination at football stadium
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Summary: AP - Barack Obama will accept the Democratic presidential nomination at Invesco Field at Mile High, a 76,000-seat stadium home to the Denver Broncos, the Democratic National Committee announced Monday. |
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BBC News |
9:13am PDT |
Twenty20 tie off after player row |
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Summary: Durham's match with Yorkshire is postponed because Tykes spinner Azeem Rafiq is alleged to be an ineligible player. |
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Yahoo News |
9:10am PDT |
No early sign of deal after Polish-U.S. missile talks
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw
Sikorski met Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Monday to
salvage negotiations on a missile defense system opposed by
Russia, but there was no early sign of a deal. |
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BBC News |
9:02am PDT |
US and EU urged to cut biofuels |
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Summary: Rich nations should produce less biofuel and more food to help relieve hunger, the World Bank chief tells a G8 summit. |
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BBC News |
9:01am PDT |
UK to slow expansion of biofuels |
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Summary: The UK is to cut the rate of growth of biofuels because of "increasing questions" over their impact, MPs are told. |
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BBC News |
9:01am PDT |
Nicole Kidman gives birth to girl |
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Summary: Oscar-winning actress Nicole Kidman gives birth to a girl called Sunday Rose in Nashville, Tennessee. |
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Yahoo News |
8:56am PDT |
Publicist says Kidman has given birth to girl
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A publicist for Keith Urban says Nicole Kidman has given birth to a baby girl in Nashville. |
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Yahoo News |
8:54am PDT |
Brewers trade for Sabathia
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Milwaukee Brewers have traded four prospects to the Cleveland Indians for reigning AL Cy Young Award winner C.C. Sabathia. |
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Yahoo News |
8:46am PDT |
Obama's plane lands in St. Louis for maintenance
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The airplane carrying Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama made a safe, unscheduled and precautionary landing in St. Louis on Monday after a flight control problem arose en route from Chicago to Charlotte, N.C. |
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BBC News |
8:38am PDT |
Austria ruling coalition crumbles |
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Summary: The leader of Austria's conservative party pulls out of the governing coalition, prompting a fresh poll within months. |
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Cnn.com |
8:29am PDT |
Bush urges world unity on Zimbabwe sanctions |
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Summary: President George W. Bush has urged the international community to punish the Zimbabwe government for suppressing its political opponents and using violence at the ballot box
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Cnn.com |
8:25am PDT |
747 freighter crashes in Colombia |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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