Alleged mastermind of a $7 billion fraud, Allen Stanford, is back in his jail cell after suffering a mild concussion, broken nose and two black eyes in a prison brawl last week. "Stanford, 59, was injured in a...
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A Chinese clothing manufacturer has caused a stir in Iran by selling jeans with a sentence from the Qur'an inscribed on them. The sentence reads "In the name of God, the compassionate, the merciful"...
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" Sue Lyon a former actress is back in the headlines this week,after her classic work aired on TMC,this Saturday.The talented artist exploded as Dolores “Lolita” Haze,in Stanley Kubrick’s 1962...
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"August 28, 2009 So what is it now, you medical experts?We need to learn how to sit?Oh, puhleeze. We've been doing it all our lives.For many, sitting for eight hours straight is...
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"Everyone on the bus got off at the immigracion on the Argentine side, people were running out of the bus to be ahead of the queue, i just followed them, it took no more than 5 minutes for me to be processed, then boarded the same bus which luckily was still there. It was...
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" It’s important to encourage and protect whistleblowers—they’re the ones who expose the wrongdoing. Business Week: " Employees lead the pack in corporate whistleblowing, accounting for 19% of those reporting...
After many years of facing extinction in Italy, brown bears now appear to be bouncing back, as a successful conservation programme in the areas around Rome has seen dozens of cubs recently roaming the forests. The...
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Three climate change activists from Plane Stupid against the Heathrow expansion project, carried out a night-time attack on the Department of Transport in London as they hurled bricks through the window and threw...
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This probe found at that at least 129 EMT workers have been accused of sex-related crimes in the last 18 months. With nearly 900,000 EMT workers employed in the U.S., this is something that should be investigated...
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"Jon Favreau, future White House director of speechwriting, has so far been at a loss for words over Facebook pictures of him at a recent party. Pictures of Favreau, 27, at a recent party appeared on Facebook Friday. In one of the photos, Favreau, who...
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"Employers cut 533K jobs in Nov., most in 34 years Dec 5, 2008 Economy Dec 5, 3:22 PM (ET) By JEANNINE AVERSA WASHINGTON (AP) - Skittish employers slashed 533,000 jobs in November, the most in 34 years,...
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" Edgar Renteria is back in the National League, where he thinks he belongs.Renteria became the second free agent to join the San Francisco Giants in two days, receiving an $18.5 million, two-year contract...
Some of the customers injured in Friday's horrific stampede at a Walmart on Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving in the US when stores open early and offer big deals for people who come at dawn, are planning...
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Google on Monday formally announced full support for the CalDAV protocol along with the release of a small piece of software for Mac computers that lets users easily link up their Google Calendars with the iCal...
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