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BBC News |
1:30pm PDT |
Van Nistelrooy quits Dutch set-up |
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Summary: Dutch striker Ruud van Nistelrooy announces his retirement from international football at the age of 32. |
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Cnn.com |
1:28pm PDT |
Anthrax suspect called obsessed with sorority |
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Cnn.com |
1:23pm PDT |
Students harness sun in Quetzaltenango |
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Summary: In spring 2007, University of California Berkeley Energy and Resources Group professor Ashok Gadgil challenged students in his Design for Sustainable Communities class to come up with an affordable and efficient solar water heater that could be used in lo |
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Cnn.com |
1:21pm PDT |
Slain minister's wife gets daughters back |
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Yahoo News |
1:19pm PDT |
Pentagon closes controversial intelligence unit
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The Pentagon on Monday said it was
closing a controversial intelligence office that had raised
concerns about domestic spying by the military after the
September 11 attacks. |
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Yahoo News |
1:17pm PDT |
Ohio inmate says he's too fat for execution
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A death row inmate scheduled for execution says he's too fat to be put to death, claiming executioners would have trouble finding his veins and that his weight could diminish the effectiveness of one of the lethal injection drugs. |
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Yahoo News |
1:15pm PDT |
Officials: Anthrax suspect obsessed with sorority
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The top suspect in the 2001 anthrax attacks was obsessed with a sorority that sat less than 100 yards away from a New Jersey mailbox where the toxin-laced letters were sent, authorities said Monday. |
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Yahoo News |
1:14pm PDT |
Obama backs limited drilling, tapping oil reserve
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Barack Obama put forward a broad energy plan Monday designed to end U.S. reliance on imported oil within 10 years and shore up his standing amid a tightening White House race and high-anxiety over gas prices. |
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BBC News |
1:01pm PDT |
Anglican views |
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Summary: Global reflections as the Lambeth Conference ends |
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BBC News |
1:01pm PDT |
Divine reflections |
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Summary: Four Anglicans review the Lambeth Conference
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Yahoo News |
12:56pm PDT |
Fla. man dials 911, complains his sub had no sauce
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The sauce for a spicy Italian sandwich was apparently a must have for one Florida man. The man, Reginald Peterson, called 911 twice after a sandwich shop left off the sauce. |
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Yahoo News |
12:44pm PDT |
Obama backs some drilling, tapping oil stockpile
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Barack Obama put forward a broad energy plan Monday designed to end U.S. reliance on imported oil within 10 years and shore up his standing amid a tightening White House race and high-anxiety over gas prices. |
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BBC News |
12:43pm PDT |
Alert as snake escapes from home |
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Summary: People are urged to keep their doors and windows shut after a boa constrictor escaped from a home. |
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Yahoo News |
12:35pm PDT |
Officials: Sorority obsession seen in anthrax case
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The top suspect in the 2001 anthrax attacks was obsessed with a sorority that sat less than 100 yards away from a New Jersey mailbox where the toxin-laced letters were sent, authorities said Monday. |
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Yahoo News |
12:34pm PDT |
11 feared dead after K2 avalanche; 3 men rescued
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A helicopter plucked two frostbitten Dutch climbers from K2 on Monday after an avalanche and exposure left at least 11 people presumed dead on the world's second-highest mountain. An Italian who was also stranded made his way down the slope with a re |
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Yahoo News |
12:31pm PDT |
Prosecutors say man to plead guilty in ricin case
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A man believed to have poisoned himself with toxic ricin in his Las Vegas motel room will plead guilty to federal charges, prosecutors said Monday. |
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Yahoo News |
12:28pm PDT |
Bush running out of time on nuclear threats
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Bush is rushing the clock and running out of time as he tries to stare down nuclear threats on three fronts. Bush has seen Iran ignore a weekend deadline to say whether it will haggle with the U.S. and others worried that Iran is racing tow |
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Yahoo News |
12:13pm PDT |
Lens implant offers chance at beating lazy eye
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Dr. Paul Dougherty delicately slipped a tiny lens inside the right eye of 7-year-old Megan Garvin — a last-ditch shot at saving her sight in that eye. |
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Yahoo News |
12:12pm PDT |
Ailing columnist Robert Novak retires
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Political columnist Robert Novak, who
was diagnosed with a brain tumor a week ago, said on Monday his
prognosis was "dire" and announced his immediate retirement. |
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Cnn.com |
12:04pm PDT |
The downside of cheaper oil |
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Summary: Oil prices are falling sharply, and that's good news. But not nearly as good as you might think.
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BBC News |
12:04pm PDT |
Storm relief sends oil below $120 |
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Summary: Oil prices drop below $120 a barrel as Tropical Storm Edouard appears unlikely to hit oil facilities in the Gulf of Mexico. |
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BBC News |
11:58am PDT |
Morgan Freeman hurt in car crash |
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Summary: US actor Morgan Freeman is in a serious condition in hospital after being injured in a car accident in Mississippi. |
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BBC News |
11:52am PDT |
SA president denies bribe claims |
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Summary: The office of South African President Thabo Mbeki denies reports claiming he was paid millions to approve an arms deal. |
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Yahoo News |
11:45am PDT |
Consumer spending falls as prices surge
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Consumer spending, after adjusting for inflation, fell in June as shoppers were hit with the second biggest increase in prices in nearly three decades. |
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Yahoo News |
11:42am PDT |
Morgan Freeman injured in car wreck
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Oscar-winning U.S. actor
Morgan Freeman was hospitalized in serious condition on Monday
after the car he was driving careened off a rural highway and
rolled several times, authorities said. |
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Yahoo News |
11:38am PDT |
Obama proposes tapping oil stockpiles
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Barack Obama put forward a broad energy plan Monday designed to end U.S. reliance on imported oil within 10 years and shore up his standing amid a tightening White House race and high-anxiety over gas prices. |
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BBC News |
11:37am PDT |
Families 'devastated' by killings |
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Summary: The families of a couple shot during their honeymoon in Antigua say they are 'absolutely devastated' by their loss. |
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Yahoo News |
11:34am PDT |
Man calls 911 after Subway left sauce off sandwich
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Jacksonville police say Reginald Peterson needs to learn that 911 is not the appropriate place to complain that Subway left the sauce off a spicy Italian sandwich. |
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Yahoo News |
11:30am PDT |
Packers president says team will welcome Favre
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Brett Favre is back. It remains to be seen whether he'll still be the leader of the Pack. |
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Cnn.com |
11:27am PDT |
Morgan Freeman injured in car accident |
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Summary: Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman is in serious condition at a Memphis, Tennessee, hospital after being involved in a car accident Sunday night, according to hospital officials. CNN affilliate WMC-TV of Memphis reports Freeman was in a wreck in Tallahatc |
