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Yahoo News |
9:02am PDT |
Norman clings to lead at British Open back 9
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Summary: AP - Despite a shaky front side, Greg Norman was nine holes away from becoming the oldest major champion in golf history. |
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Yahoo News |
8:58am PDT |
Paulson: Banking system sound, deposits protected
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The treasury secretary says the list of troubled bank will grow longer as they struggle to cope with big losses on bad mortgages. |
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BBC News |
8:40am PDT |
Obama urges focus on Afghanistan |
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Summary: US presidential hopeful Barack Obama says Afghanistan should be the focus of the "war on terror", on a visit to Kabul. |
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Yahoo News |
8:40am PDT |
Obama calls fight in Afghanistan 'precarious'
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama says the situation in Afghanistan is "precarious" and "urgent." |
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Cnn.com |
8:31am PDT |
'Dark Knight' sets opening weekend record |
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Yahoo News |
8:28am PDT |
Economy needs months to recover: Paulson
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The U.S. economy will need months to
recover from a growth slowdown caused by a home mortgage
crisis, turmoil in financial markets and high energy prices,
Treasure Secretary Henry Paulson said on Sunday. |
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Cnn.com |
8:26am PDT |
Corpse in baby mystery identified |
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Summary: Authorities have identified 18-year-old Kia Johnson as the woman found tied up with her uterus cut open inside a Pennsylvania apartment, the Allegheny County Medical Examiner's office said. The apartment belonged to another woman who arrived at a hospital |
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BBC News |
8:19am PDT |
'Rewards for medics' excellence' |
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Summary: Surgeons could be rewarded with bonuses for successful operations under a plan being considered by the UK's largest hospital trust. |
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BBC News |
8:16am PDT |
Floods legacy |
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Summary: How one town is trying to pick up the pieces one year on |
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Yahoo News |
8:09am PDT |
'Dark Knight' sets weekend record with $155.34M
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A Warner Bros. executive says the Batman sequel "The Dark Knight" has taken in $155.34 million to top "Spider-Man 3" for best opening weekend ever at the box office. |
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Yahoo News |
7:58am PDT |
Obama calls situation in Afghanistan 'precarious'
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama says the situation in Afghanistan "precarious" and "urgent." |
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Yahoo News |
7:54am PDT |
Norman gets off to shaky start at British Open
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Trying to clinch a win for the ages, Greg Norman got off to a very shaky start Sunday at the British Open. |
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BBC News |
7:54am PDT |
Obama gives pledge against terror |
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Summary: US Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama vows a vigorous response to terror, in talks in Afghanistan. |
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BBC News |
7:41am PDT |
Betancourt in plea to Farc rebels |
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Summary: Ingrid Betancourt urges Colombia's Farc rebels to free all hostages, as huge crowds prepare to march for peace. |
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BBC News |
7:40am PDT |
Burma to dominate Asean summit |
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Summary: The annual summit of the Association of South East Asian Nations is to begin in Singapore, with Burma high on the agenda. |
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Yahoo News |
7:36am PDT |
Work resumes at Iraq refinery in once-violent area
(AP)
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Summary: AP - An oil refinery in Iraq's western desert has resumed production, the government said Sunday, as part of an outreach to an area once controlled by Sunni insurgents. |
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Yahoo News |
7:28am PDT |
Bin Laden driver faces first Guantanamo trial
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Osama bin
Laden's driver will face a controversial form of American
justice on Monday in the first Guantanamo war crimes trial,
6-1/2 years after the United States opened its prison camp in
Cuba to jail fighters in the "war on terror." |
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BBC News |
7:25am PDT |
Tory quits after harassment claim |
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Summary: The Conservative election candidate in Watford resigns after police launched an inquiry into claims of harassment. |
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Yahoo News |
7:22am PDT |
Obama talks terrorism and drugs with Karzai
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Democratic presidential candidate Barack
Obama discussed terrorism, corruption and drugs at a meeting
with Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Sunday, day two of a trip
meant to bolster his foreign policy credentials. |
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Cnn.com |
7:18am PDT |
British PM demands end to Israel settlements |
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Cnn.com |
7:13am PDT |
Buy this house, get a car |
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Summary: New appliances and vacation packages aren't unusual giveaways in the housing slump, but one woman is taking the unorthodox step of throwing in a car with the purchase of her home.
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Yahoo News |
7:00am PDT |
Troop withdrawal timeline concerns Pentagon chief
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A fixed timetable for withdrawing U.S. combat troops from Iraq could jeopardize political and economic progress, the Pentagon's top military officer said Sunday. |
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BBC News |
6:34am PDT |
Hamilton fights back for victory |
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Summary: Lewis Hamilton wins the German Grand Prix despite a questionable strategy from his McLaren team. |
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Yahoo News |
6:34am PDT |
Obama tells Karzai he plans to continue terror war
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama pledged steadfast aid to Afghanistan in talks with its Western-backed leader Sunday and vowed to pursue the war on terror "with vigor" if he is elected, an Afghan official said. |
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Yahoo News |
6:25am PDT |
U.S. troops kill son of Iraqi governor
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. forces shot dead the 17-year-old
son and another relative of the governor of northern Iraq's
Salahuddin province in a raid on Sunday, local officials said. |
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BBC News |
6:24am PDT |
Girl, 16, held after beach death |
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Summary: A 16-year-old girl is held over the death of a man who was found on a beach in Cornwall with serious head injuries. |
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BBC News |
6:05am PDT |
Bomb blasts hit Spanish resorts |
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Summary: Four bombs explode near Santander in northern Spain, but there are no reports of casualties. |
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Yahoo News |
5:52am PDT |
Tropical Storm Cristobal strengthens off NC coast
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Tropical Storm Cristobal, the first system to menace the Southeast seaboard this hurricane season, strengthened slightly off the North Carolina coast Sunday, and was expected to dump several inches of rain in some areas of the drought-stricken state. |
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BBC News |
5:51am PDT |
Service marks floods anniversary |
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Summary: Hundreds of people attend a service at Tewkesbury Abbey to mark the first anniversary of devastating floods. |
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Yahoo News |
5:45am PDT |
ETA blamed for blasts in northern Spain
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Three bombs exploded at popular seaside
resorts in Cantabria, northern Spain on Sunday, after warning
calls from the Basque separatist group ETA. |
