Britain's longest marriage lasted 81 years. Frank and Anita Milford met at a YMCA dance in Plymouth, Devon, in 1926 - the year of the invention of penicillin. The couple married two years later. Frank Milford was 101 when he passed away. Frank and Anita Milford had two...
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Frank McCourt, the Irish-American schoolteacher turned author, has died at the age of 78. The writer of the bestsller Angela's Ashes died of metastatic melanoma.McCourt won a Pulitzer for Angela's Ashes, which dealt...
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"By SUSAN SCHMIDT WASHINGTON -- When Rep. Barney Frank was looking to aid a Boston-based lender last fall, the Massachusetts Democrat urged Maxine Waters, a colleague on the House Financial Services Committee, to...
"Washington, Dec 22: The US space agency marked the 40th anniversary of the historic Apollo 8 mission that brought three astronauts to orbit the moon for the first time.
On December 21, 1968, Apollo 8 blasted...
Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid says there will be a vote on the Auto Bailout dispite Congressional Republican Opposition. The vote will be today or Wendsday."Congress and the White House are working...
"WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)--As Capitol Hill remains under siege from all sides of America's faltering economy, pressure to stem the tide of foreclosures continued to make inroads as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac became the latest to join the foreclosure freeze movement.The...
Sarah Palin, former vice presidential nominee and Alaska Gov. speaking to the annual meeting of the republican governors association, said her defeated party must return to core values for instance limited...
Update. LA Governor has declared a state of emergency. A fire in Porter Ranch has scorched more than 5,000 acres and 19 homes. The Marek fire near Lake View Terrace has burned 5,300 acres.The dry and warm...
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A very sad case is being reported in the UK. A city banker and father of two has died after trying to depend a young couple, who were strangers to him, from a gang attack. "A senior banking executive died of head...
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Many people across the web are complaining that are having difficulty accessing the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 via the Speaker of the House and the Financial Services Websites. We have...
" NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The congressional negotiations over the proposed $700 billion bailout of the financial system were set to resume on Friday - a day after hours of talks ended in a partisan divide. ...
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"ANCHORAGE, Alaska (CNN) -- Alaska lawmakers voted Friday to subpoena Gov. Sarah Palin's husband, several aides and phone records in their investigation into Palin's firing of her public safety commissioner, setting up what one senator called a "branch-versus-branch...
"Paulson readies the 'bazooka'Big buyers of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac debt have been shying away. The Treasury secretary wants to coax them back.By Colin Barr, senior writerLast Updated: September 7, 2008: 9:56 AM EDT Special Report Rescue cost: The big...
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