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Republican lawmakers kill California budget proposal
The California state assembley had a rare Sunday night session last night, with the state's republicans rejecting a Democratic plan to fix the state's budget shortfall by raising taxes on wealthy citizens and corporations."Assembly Republicans on Sunday blocked a proposed...Alcohol A Problem For Stressed Returning Soldiers
The issue of how the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have been affecting the soldiers that fight in them, has been an issue since the wars were started in 2001. The article below states that "National Guard and Reserve...911 callers told of carnage at Texas bus wreck
" Witnesses who called 911 after a chartered bus crash that killed at least 16 people described a chaotic scene, telling emergency personnel of bloody passengers crushed beneath the smoking wreckage, according to calls released Saturday by police. ADVERTISEMENT ...
US holds Mexican police official
Things keep getting crazier and crazier in Mexico. This drug war is becoming pretty intense."A Mexican police chief and three other people have been charged in the US with holding more than $500,000 (£254,000) from... Topless chicks KFC demo
After PETA's sucess against KFC in Canada (see NowPublic Here) the Australian section protest against KFC farming methods. Again PETA manage to hit the headlines - here in the tabloid The Sun - by using page 3... U.S. exports cigarettes, bras, bull semen to Iran
"WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. exports to Iran -- including brassieres, bull semen, cosmetics and possibly even weapons -- grew more than tenfold during President Bush's years in office even as he accused Iran of nuclear ambitions and helping terrorists. ... Learning to be British and Muslim
I'm not a believer in state schools being religious - Christian, Muslim, whatever. I feel that state run schools are best being secular. If a parent wants something different then by all means but not on the state.... Earth 'not at risk' from collider
Well, that's one less thing to worry about. If we did disappear down a black hole, it would probably be over pretty quickly anyway."Earth 'not at risk' from collider ... Another Female Suicide Bomber Strikes Iraqi Province, Killing 15 Near Courthouse
Another female suicide bomber has struck in Iraq, this time killing 15 people."The latest in a wave of female suicide bombers killed 15 people and wounded more than 40 others on Sunday near a heavily fortified courthouse and government outpost in central Baquba, Iraqi...Flooding batters Iowa, forces evacuations
Iowa is experiencing its worst flooding in 15 years, and now there's word that some of the flooding has reached Ohio."he worst flooding in 15 years has paralyzed large sections of eastern Iowa, with heavy rains and...President Declares Major Disaster For Mississippi
"WASHINGTON - The head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) today announced that federal disaster aid has been made available for Mississippi to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms...Egypt: The Great Sphinx of African BPO Outsourcing Rises!
" In July 2007, AT Kearney ranked Egypt 13th in their list of top 50 outsourcing destinations worldwide. This placed Egypt at the top-most position among all African countries featured in the report, an annual compilation by the well-respected research... Best Buy enters Europe with Carphone retail deal
Best Buy, the world's biggest electronics retailer, is set to take on Europe. They are paying $2.1 billion for half of Britain's Carphone Warehouse chain to break into the European consumer market."The deal creates a... Major British oil pipeline being shut down ahead of possible strike
A pipeline that carries nearly half of Britain's oil is gradually being shut down today ahead of a possible strike over pensions that has already closed a major refinery and started some panic fuel buying.The...BA's Terminal 5 losses top £16m
It is really no surprise that the fiasco that was Terminal 5 last week has cost BA a lot of money - but 16 million pounds is a scary amount of money. I'm sure they can come back from that loss, but it's going to take...
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