"Afghanistan provides more than 90% of the world's heroin, which is made from poppies. The amount has skyrocketed since the Taliban regime that sheltered
Osama bin Laden was toppled in 2001.
The poppy boom feeds...
" May 3, 2007 North Carolina - One firefighter was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries and another fell through a roof and hurt his back while battling a blaze Wednesday afternoon on Back Creek Church Road in northeast Charlotte. A volunteer from the Newell...
" April 28, 2007 Texas - Two Dallas firefighters received minor injuries Friday after falling into a pit while battling a blaze at a vacant warehouse. Firefighters responded to a call about 3:30 p.m. in the 2800 block of Westmoreland Road North, said Dallas Fire-Rescue...
"Legal battling over the validity of charging annual "fees" to holders of water rights licenses and permits intensified April 11 when the California Supreme Court decided to step into the controversy. The California Farm Bureau Federation contends that these so-called fees...
Neal Shine, who loved the Detroit Free Press so much he needed two
retirements to leave, died today of respiratory failure after a recent
illness.
Shine started at the Free Press as a copyboy in 1950 and by 1995...
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I don't know anything about this story beyond what is printed in the article itself. Friends of mine fly Garuda all the time; it is a popular carrier between Australia and England. This particular plane was carrying several government officials as well as journalists along...
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"Pennsylvania - One firefighter was killed and another injured while battling a blaze early Sunday, officials said. Jeremy LaBella, 27, died after the roof of a former motorcycle shop at the rear of the house...
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No matter how much you love your job, you may not love it all the time. Folks with the most fulfilling of professions can still find themselves battling a case of the "Sunday Night Blues." And, from time to time, we may all feel a sense of disenchantment with our employer...
""It's a very serious fire," Luther said. "There are Santa Ana conditions and the fire is fast moving."
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger told reporters that three firefighters were killed fighting the blaze. The U.S....
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"Illinois - At 3:30 pm on October 24, 2006, the Chicago Fire Department dispatch received a call of a fire in the basement of a 6 story loft-type building at 630 S. Wabash Avenue. The building was 75 x 125 and...
" By Natalie Finn 2 hours, 49 minutes ago Calling all angels. Original Charlie's Angel and 1970s bombshell Farrah Fawcett " /> SEARCH News | News Photos | Images | Web " /> Farrah Fawcett has confirmed that she is battling intestinal cancer. The 59-year-old actress recently...
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"Firefighters in north-western Spain are battling more than 100 fires that have already devastated some 10,000 hectares (24,700 acres) of land, officials say.
Some 1,200 soldiers are being deployed in the Galicia...
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" Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Benny Parsons has beaten the odds before, rising up from the foothills of North Carolina to a job driving taxis and then all the way to the top of NASCAR. Now he'll try to win an even bigger battle - this time with cancer. Parsons, the...
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" 2 hours, 19 minutes ago By Jenna Fryer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Benny Parsons has beaten the odds before, rising up from the foothills of North Carolina to a job driving taxis and then all the way to the top of NASCAR. Now he'll try to win an even bigger battle - this time...
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" Former NASCAR champion Benny Parsons has been diagnosed with lung cancer and began treatments today. Last update: July 26, 2006 – 9:49 AM Printer friendly E-mail this story Sports Golfer health lands in bunker, survey shows Access Vikings: Greenway unsigned, but on...
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