"TAMPA - A man arrested after trying to board a Southwest Airlines flight with a box cutter concealed inside a hardcover book was sentenced in federal court today to a year's probation. Benjamin Baines Jr., 22, of Clearwater pleaded guilty to a federal weapons violation in...
"The End of White Flight For the First Time in Decades, Cities' Black Populations Lose Ground, Stirring Clashes Over Class, Culture and Even Ice Cream By CONOR DOUGHERTYJuly 19, 2008; Page A1 Decades of white flight transformed America's cities. That era is...
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"Startup Ideas We'd Like to Fund Paul Graham July 2008 When we read Y Combinator applications there are always ideas we're hoping to see. In the past we've never said publicly what they are. If we say we're...
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Democratic Presidential hopeful Barack Obama has spelled out his priorities for the deployment of US forces. He would like to cut down the forces presence in Iraq and Kuwait and...
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Two World Records have been set:" The first coin was placed on the ground Tuesday evening. By Friday night, the group had assembled a 64-kilometre-long chain of pennies in a school parking lot. Volunteer Diana...
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International aid groups have been stating their case as the G8 leaders began their summit in Japan, accusing Canada of being behind on development aid for Africa. They also said Stephen Harper's government was...
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No doubt his punishment was ten "Hail Mary's""A fake priest was caught trying to hear confessions in St Peter’s Basilica, a Vatican judge said today. Judge Gianluigi Marrone, who is a member of the court system...
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"Cuba on Wednesday accused U.S. diplomats of instigating opponents of the communist-run government to hold public protests to mark American Independence Day."There has been an escalation of provocative actions organized and financed by the U.S. Interests Section in Havana,"...
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John McCain, who has had trouble convincing the religious right of his Christian credentials, went to Billy Graham's Blue Ridge mountaintop retreat in western North Carolina to meet with the powerful preacher...
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"A 17 year-old teen boy was decapitated by a roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia after allegedly jumping a fence into a restricted area trying to retrieve a lost hat."
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China called for help today from developed countries to tackle climate change. The government stated that climate change is top on their list of priorities, but that it needs some help to achieve any goals."Hu...
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"A 21-year-old German man broke into his female neighbour's home and put on a one-man lingerie fashion show for himself. He was caught, panties in hand. The young man, who lives in the town of Teuchern in...
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Good governance need to be improve in Indonesia. I must admit for Corruption Eradication Commission team who had done a remarkable job. Well done!!" Former Bank Indonesia governor Burhanuddin Abdullah stood trial...
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"As the late Sen. Everett McKinley Dirksen once said, "A billion here, a billion there -- pretty soon you're talking real money." But what can Obama and the Democrats do with all the money they expect to raise? The post-Watergate campaign rules, one national consultant...
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