Voting in Annapolis

It seems that I don't actually live in Annapolis. Not in the political sense, I reside outside of the official boundaries. Click on the map above for a large view or this link here. I lived in Annapolis for a couple of years on Acton Road (Ward 1), but my Harness...

Asian stocks soar on rate cut hopes

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U.S. Africa Command

U.S. Africa Command is officially operational. www.Army.mil

Katrina Pain Index: New Orleans Three Years Later

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Haiti food aid lags, hunger deepens

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New drive to ban race preferences

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Video shows Hospital did nothing to help dying Mental Patient

A shocking video shows a woman  fall to the floor the psychiatric ward of  Kings County Hospital in New York.  A hospital worker, sitting in a chair, gets up and walks right past the...

Hubby buys wife a £4k 'new body'

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Nurses to be rated on how smiley they are

Well a smile is great but getting a 'drip' in a vein well and with as little pain as possible will do - smile or not. " Nurses are to be scored on how compassionate they are towards patients as part of a government plan to improve quality in the NHS to be unveiled in...

Team news for Leeds v Carlisle Play Off Semi Final

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Girl marries dog in India to break 'evil spell'

Here is a new twist on the "Man Bites Dog" story ..." ...

And then there were two: Edwards drops out

I know this happened yesterday but I didn't have internet access.  Anyway, I was happy to see it.  I never really liked Edwards for some reason.  He talked about poverty the way Princess Dianna talked about land-mines.  Who isn't against such...

Edwards drops out of presidential race

"by The Times-Picayune Wednesday January 30, 2008, 7:34 AM By David Hammer and Bill Walsh Staff writers Ending his presidential bid in the same city he started it 13 months earlier, Democrat John Edwards told a crowd at the Musicians' Village in the 9th Ward today that he is...

Selfless cop's story made into children's book

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