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11:57pm PDT |
SKorea hails US-NKorea deal, but Japan critical
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Summary: AFP - South Korea said Sunday that a US decision to take North Korea off its terrorism blacklist put the communist state's nuclear disarmament back on track, but a Japanese minister called the move "extremely regrettable." |
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Cnn.com |
11:18pm PDT |
Residents flee after Pennsylvania chemical leak |
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Summary: A leak at a western Pennsylvania chemical plant formed a toxic cloud on Saturday. Some residents fled their homes while others huddled indoors with windows shut, authorities said. Officials said three people were taken to area hospitals.
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11:04pm PDT |
Alonso wins as title duo collide |
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Summary: Fernando Alonso wins in Japan as Felipe Massa cuts Lewis Hamilton's lead to five points after a clash between the title rivals. |
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11:04pm PDT |
Hamilton misses out as Alonso wins in Japan |
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Summary: Fernando Alonso wins in Japan as Felipe Massa cuts Lewis Hamilton's lead to six points after a clash between the title rivals. |
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11:04pm PDT |
F1 rivals implode as Alonso wins |
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Summary: Renault's Fernando Alonso wins the Japanese Grand Prix as title rivals Lewis Hamilton and Felipe Massa have wild races. |
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Yahoo News |
10:59pm PDT |
More than 100 Taliban killed in Afghan clashes
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Summary: AP - Taliban militants launched a surprise attack on a key southern Afghan town, sparking a battle that killed some 60 insurgents, an Afghan official said Sunday. A second clash in the same region killed another 40 militants. |
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10:56pm PDT |
NATO and Afghan troops kill 65 Taliban overnight
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Summary: Reuters - Afghan and NATO-led forces killed 65 Taliban militants overnight near the provincial capital of the southern province of Helmand, the provincial governor's spokesman Daud Ahmadi said on Sunday. |
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10:56pm PDT |
Rays beat Red Sox 9-8 in 11 innings; even ALCS 1-1
(AP)
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Summary: AP - B.J. Upton and the Tampa Bay Rays won a game of home run derby with a shallow fly ball. |
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10:33pm PDT |
Australia guarantees bank deposits to combat crisis
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Australia will guarantee all bank deposits for three years and guarantee wholesale funding to Australian banks in an attempt to combat the global credit crisis, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said on Sunday. |
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10:31pm PDT |
EU chiefs confront markets crisis |
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Summary: The 15 eurozone leaders are to meet in Paris to try to establish a common approach to the global financial crisis. |
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10:09pm PDT |
North Korea may resume disablement after deal: South
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Summary: Reuters - South Korea said on Sunday the U.S. decision to remove North Korea from a terrorism blacklist and salvage a faltering nuclear deal could lead Pyongyang to soon resume taking apart its plutonium-producing nuclear plant. |
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Cnn.com |
10:08pm PDT |
Pennsylvania chemical leak prompts evacuations |
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Summary: A leak at a western Pennsylvania chemical plant formed a toxic cloud on Saturday. Some residents fled their homes while others huddled indoors with windows shut, authorities said. Officials said three people were taken to area hospitals.
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10:05pm PDT |
'Blair intervened' on tobacco ban |
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Summary: A Sunday newspaper claims Tony Blair did personally intervene in the Bernie Ecclestone affair despite claims to the contrary. |
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Yahoo News |
10:03pm PDT |
Obama opens 6-point lead over McCain
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Summary: Reuters - Democrat Barack Obama has opened a 6-point lead over Republican rival John McCain in the U.S. presidential race, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Sunday. |
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9:53pm PDT |
Australia to guarantee bank deposits for three years: PM
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Australia will guarantee all bank deposits for three years and will also guarantee wholesale funding to Australian banks in an attempt to combat the global credit crisis, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said on Sunday. |
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9:48pm PDT |
Red Sox, Rays in extra innings tied at 8 in ALCS
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Dustin Pedroia hit two early home runs, then dashed home on Tampa Bay reliever Dan Wheeler's wild pitch in the eighth inning to leave the Boston Red Sox and Rays tied at 8 after nine innings Saturday night in Game 2 of the AL championship series. |
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9:38pm PDT |
Hurricane Norbert weakens, nears Mexico mainland
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Hurricane Norbert barreled toward the Mexican mainland early Sunday after tearing off roofs and forcing hundreds of people to flee widespread flooding on the Baja California peninsula. |
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9:15pm PDT |
North Korea nuclear deal gets mixed reviews in Asia, U.S.
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - South Korea welcomed while a hawkish Japanese minister derided the U.S. decision to remove North Korea from a terrorism blacklist and salvage a faltering nuclear deal in the final months of the Bush administration. |
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8:55pm PDT |
Tebow, Gators rout defending champ LSU 51-21
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Tim Tebow and No. 11 Florida looked like the juggernaut everyone expected this season. |
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BBC News |
8:51pm PDT |
Live text - Japanese Grand Prix |
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Summary: Lewis Hamilton aims to extend his lead in the drivers' championship as he starts on pole for the Japanese Grand Prix in Fuji. |
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8:44pm PDT |
Japan objects to US N Korea move |
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Summary: Japan describes as "extremely regrettable" the US decision to remove North Korea from its list of state sponsors of terrorism. |
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Yahoo News |
8:40pm PDT |
North Korea nuclear deal gets mixed reviews in Asia, U.S
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - South Korea welcomed while a hawkish Japanese minister derided the U.S. decision to remove North Korea from a terrorism blacklist and salvage a faltering nuclear deal in the final months of the Bush administration. |
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8:28pm PDT |
Rays lead Red Sox 8-7 after 6 innings in ALCS
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Evan Longoria homered and drove in three runs off Josh Beckett, helping the Tampa Bay Rays rally to take an 8-7 lead over the Boston Red Sox after six innings of Game 2 in the AL championship series. |
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Cnn.com |
8:26pm PDT |
About 2,500 flee chemical leak in Pennsylvania |
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7:19pm PDT |
North Korea nuclear deal cheered, jeered in Asia
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Summary: Reuters - South Korea welcomed while Japan derided on Sunday the U.S. decision to remove North Korea from a terrorism blacklist and salvage a faltering nuclear deal in the final months of the Bush administration. |
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7:07pm PDT |
Singer Lisa Marie Presley gives birth to twins
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Lisa Marie Presley is a mom again. A publicist says the 40-year-old singer gave birth Tuesday to twin girls, whose names were not released. One baby weighed 5 pounds, 15 ounces and the other came in at 5 pounds and 2 ounces. |
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7:01pm PDT |
Rays take 4-3 lead over Red Sox after 3 innings
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Evan Longoria and B.J. Upton homered off Josh Beckett and Carl Crawford delivered a go-ahead single, giving the Tampa Bay Rays a 4-3 lead over the Boston Red Sox after three innings of Game 2 in the AL championship series Saturday night. |
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6:56pm PDT |
Congressman says McCain 'sowing seeds of hatred'
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Summary: AP - Rep. John Lewis, a Georgia Democrat and veteran of the civil rights movement, says the negative tone of the Republican presidential campaign reminds him of the hateful atmosphere that segregationist Gov. George Wallace fostered in Alabama in the 1960 |
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6:55pm PDT |
IMF warns of meltdown; France says Europe to act
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Summary: Reuters - The IMF warned on Saturday the world's financial system was near meltdown and France promised that a meeting of European leaders in Paris will detail measures to keep a market panic from triggering the most severe global downturn in decades. |
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6:33pm PDT |
'US missiles' hit Pakistan town |
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Summary: At least four people die in a missile attack on a town in a Pakistani tribal region near Afghanistan, officials say. |
