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Jackson apologizes for comment about Obama :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Barack Obama (U.S., 20 articles)
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WASHINGTON - The Rev. Jesse Jackson apologized on Wednesday for critical and crude comments he made about Senator Barack Obama, remarks in which he accused Mr. Obama of " talking down to black people. BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Spike Lee says the Rev. Jesse Jackson's crudely phrased criticism of Barack Obama won't affect the Democrat's campaign, which the filmmaker expects to succeed at bringing "seismic" change to the world. While speaking to Reed Tuckson from the UnitedHealth Group, Reverend Jackson had some negative comments about Senator Obama's recent support for faith-based charities operating with government funds. Jesse Jackson's foul-mouthed tirade against Barack Obama in a Chicago television studio this week might have delivered the presumptive Democratic presidential candidate an unwitting political gift. Do Black Activists Want a Black President? Jesse Jackson's Comments Echo Debate in Black Community About the Best Way to Address Problems. Mr. Jackson said Wednesday that he felt there were other important issues to be addressed for black voters, such as unemployment and the number of blacks in prison. The remarks came Sunday as Jackson was talking to a fellow interviewee, UnitedHealth Group executive Dr. Reed V. Tuckson.
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McCain: "We Will Not Allow" Fannie and Freddie to Fail (U.S., 15 articles)
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The word began spreading across Wall Street trading desks on Monday morning: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac might be in trouble. The Senate moved ahead with a housing-rescue bill on Thursday just as the mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac seemed to be reeling and in dire need of a helping hand. Shares in both companies have plunged throughout the week and on Thursday hit their lowest since 1991, severely limiting their ability to raise the capital they will need to purchase home loans and hold down mortgage rates.
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Salmonella signs point to peppers - (U.S., 15 articles)
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Echoing federal officials, who said this week that tomatoes remain the prime suspect, the health officials said that tomatoes cannot be ruled out as the cause of the outbreak. WASHINGTON - Federal health officials blame raw jalapenos for some of the illnesses in the three-month-old salmonella outbreak and Wednesday advised the elderly, infants and people with compromised immune systems to avoid them. Investigators still think tomatoes - the original suspect in the outbreak - have made people sick and are considering the possibility that the same rare strain of salmonella has contaminated tomatoes and peppers.
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Democrats Take Control of Senate As Allen Concedes to Webb in Va. (U.S., 13 articles)
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Democratic challenger James Webb held a slim lead over Republican Sen. George Allen early today in Virginia's U.S. Senate race, a dramatic and nasty battle that almost certainly will be decided by a recount next month. With more than 99 percent of the votes tallied by about 2 a.m. today, Webb claimed victory with a lead of about 7,800 votes among the more than 2.3 million cast a difference of three-tenths of a percent. Some absentee ballots in Loudoun County, Richmond and Virginia Beach were still being counted in the early morning.
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Air Force tanker rebid fair to Boeing, Northrop (U.S., 13 articles)
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The Pentagon's announcement Wednesday that it will rebid the Air Force tanker contract was initially greeted as good news by most supporters of Boeing's bid for the $35 billion job. EADS shares have fallen on news the US government has reopened a $35bn ($17bn) contract to supply the US Air Force with refuelling tankers. The decision is a blow to the Century City-based aerospace giant, which was the surprise winner of the $35-billion contract over archrival Boeing Co. in February.
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Post Newsroom Leader to Retire (U.S., 17 articles)
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Columnist Jeffrey Birnbaum was online Tuesday, Jan. 2 at 1 p.m. ET to discuss the intersection of business, politics and government. Join in each weekday morning at 11 a.m. as a member of The Washington Post's team of White House and congressional reporters answers questions about the latest in buzz in Washington and The Post's coverage of political news. Chris Cillizza, political blogger was online Friday, June 6 at 11 a.m. ET to discuss the latest news in politics.
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He's in love, but she's rarely there and can't com... (U.S., 13 articles)
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Over the last three years, her mother and father passed away, our children started college and her job will soon disappear. Help her plan positively for the job change, by considering taking time to just relax awhile, take some courses, pursue interest in another field, etc. ASK ELLIE Group outings are altered to avoid him; should his wife be told? DEAR ELLIE: My husband and I cannot stand my best friend's husband.
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Bush approves surveillance bill (U.S., 9 articles)
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US President George W Bush has approved a bill to shield telephone companies who helped in the White House's controversial wiretaps programme. Respecting liberties' Signing the bill into law, President Bush said it "will play a critical role in helping to prevent another attack on our soil". WASHINGTON - The Senate gave final approval on Wednesday to a major expansion of the government's surveillance powers, handing President Bush one more victory in a series of hard-fought clashes with Democrats over national security issues.
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Northwest Airlines imposes fees for first checked bag, slashes jobs (U.S., 9 articles)
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The carrier announced Thursday that movies are the most recent casualty of the fuel crisis because the heavier the plane, the heftier the fuel bill. Northwest Airlines will cut 2,500 jobs because of high fuel prices, and will charge $15 to check a single piece of luggage and as much as $100 to redeem a frequent-flier award ticket. Nontheatrical distribution contributes $25 million or more per studio in annual revenue and more than $300 million among all media companies, with film and TV sales to airlines accounting for about 80% of that total.
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Obama's idea of slavery (U.S., 12 articles)
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281 volunteer... slaves? whaaaa? Jonah needs to take some of his mommy's money and go on a nice long vacation 282. How could anyone possibly equate slavery and civic volunteerism? That is insulting and a slap in the face to all African Americans whose ancestry endured involuntary servitude. Is this what passes for journalism in major markets now? No matter what level of hyperbole is used, Mr Goldberg's comparison of volunteerism to slavery is tasteless and would not be tolerated or even contemplated if Nr.
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Redskins' Run Brings Joy to Taylor's Father (U.S., 12 articles)
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Richard Sharpstein, Taylor's former attorney and family friend, was online Wednesday, Nov. 28, at 2 p.m. ET to talk about the investigation and the life of Sean Taylor. Judge Dennis J. Murphy chastised attorney Michael Hornung, who represents Hunte, for statements about the case made to reporters Thursday and threatened to place a gag order on attorneys if the disclosures did not cease. Taylor died on Nov. 27, a day after the defendants allegedly broke into his Miami home in what police have described as an attempted burglary.
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Thomas C. 'Tom' Jenkins: Lead photographer for the Dallas Museum of Art (U.S., 11 articles)
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Thomas C. 'Tom' Jenkins: Lead photographer for the Dallas Museum of Art 03:03 PM CDT on Thursday, July 10, 2008.
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Parents rest better when kids are covered :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Health News (U.S., 11 articles)
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Hundreds of volunteers will be at locations throughout the area to help parents register their children for the state's All Kids program, which provides health insurance coverage to kids at a reduced cost. There are no income or citizenship requirements to enroll in the program, and kids with pre-existing health conditions are also eligible to apply. ALL KIDS HEALTH INSURANCE Every kid needs to go to a doctor Zehra Quadri knows the figures show the North Side has the city's highest percentage of people without health insurance.
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AMA apologizes for racially biased policies (U.S., 6 articles)
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While the association did not have a formal policy barring black doctors, physicians were required to be members of the local groups to participate in the association, said Dr. Ronald M. Davis (CNN) The American Medical Association, the nation's largest organization of physicians, apologized Thursday for its history of discriminatory policies toward African-American physicians, including those that effectively restricted membership to whites The American Medical Association planned to issue a formal apology Thursday night for its discriminatory policies that prevented blacks from joining the physicians' group for more than a century, theAssociated Pressreported.
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Rove ignores committee's subpoena, refuses to testify (U.S., 6 articles)
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WASHINGTON (CNN) Karl Rove refused to obey an order to testify before a House Judiciary Committee hearing Thursday. The panel is investigating allegations that Rove and his White House allies dismissed U.S. attorneys and prosecuted officials who they saw as political opponents. The panel subpoenaed Rove in May after his lawyer , Robert D. Luskin, made clear the former White House deputy chief of staff would not appear voluntarily.
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Olmert's lawyers: We'll need to extend Talansky cross-examination (U.S., 5 articles)
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Police vow to take gloves off in new PM interrogation This Friday's questioning of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is going to be dramatic, police officers said: They 'll be " taking off the kid gloves. Police officials unleashed unprecedented criticism of the prime minister in response to statements by Olmert's media adviser that the police had leaked details of the investigation in order to lead the main witness, American fundraiser Morris Talansky. A source said yesterday that Olmert was trying to scare his investigators, and had " crossed a very dangerous red line.
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Wildfires burn 3 homes in Spokane WA suburb (U.S., 11 articles)
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SACRAMENTO Exhausted firefighters continued to wage a blaze-by-blaze battle Thursday against the swath of wildfires bedeviling the state, with the biggest showdown looming in Butte County as flames plowed toward several tiny backwoods towns and threatened the town of Paradise. That 48,000-acre blaze in Northern California was elevated to the top firefighting priority in the state after destroying as many as 50 homes earlier this week. SPOKANE, Wash. - New wildfires pushed by strong winds burned three homes in a wooded area of suburban Spokane Valley late Thursday, and other homes were being evacuated.
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Prison won't heal Baltimore's blight, but helping out its victims would - (U.S., 10 articles)
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Alittle more attention must be paid: Keith Harrison has been deeply engaged in the effort to get drug dealers and drug addicts out of that miserable game. Like street-corner missionaries, Harrison and his colleagues from the Baltimore Police Department's Get Out of the Game unit have been encouraging hard-core drug offenders to change their lives. There are still too many homicides in Baltimore - though, at 242, not as many as the 259 last year at this time - and too many men and women addicted to heroin and cocaine.
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Kennedy Casts Key Vote as Medicare Bill Passes (U.S., 6 articles)
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TED KENNEDY 'S dramatic appearance Wednesday to cast a decisive vote on a Medicare bill is a reminder of how much poorer American politics would be without the Massachusetts lion in the Senate. Kennedy's surprise appearance, five weeks after undergoing brain surgery, to rescue the imperiled healthcare legislation was a vintage combination of shrewd politics, progressive policy, and more than a bit of poetry. Nine Republicans, swept along in the moment or just recognizing defeat, switched their votes to give the bill a veto-proof majority.
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Two feet found in B.C. belong to one person; identity a mystery (U.S., 4 articles)
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(CNN) Two of five feet that have washed up on the shores of British Columbia are from the same person, but authorities said Tuesday they are a long way from solving the mystery of where they came from. The British Columbia Coroners Service said Thursday that DNA tests indicate a right foot found on February 8 and a left foot found on June 16 were from the same male. " The evidence shows that the feet were separated from their bodies by a natural process of decomposition Linteau said in a press conference Thursday.
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Two hour delay at Dublin Airport (U.S., 4 articles)
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Ms Cassin said air traffic controllers have experienced similar problems over the last four to five weeks, but that Wednesday's malfunction was the longest period the code system had failed. More than 200 flights at Dublin Airport were delayed, diverted or canceled Wednesday after air traffic controllers deemed their radar system too malfunction-prone to operate safely. The authority, which oversees air traffic control, said its own engineers and experts from the radar system's supplier Thales Group of France, would work overnight to try to fix the problems.
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Eric Nicoli believed failed tax scheme was 'risk free' (U.S., 4 articles)
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Mr Hands described his approach while giving evidence on the fourth day of a $23 million trial in which he and 74 other individuals are suing accountants Baker Tilly and a leading barrister for giving what they claim was negligent tax advice. The scheme, put together by Baker Tilly and reviewed by Mr Shipwright, was designed to take advantage of tax breaks available to investors in the UK film industry. Nicoli believed tax scheme was risk free The former EMI head is one of several investors suing accountants Baker Tilly for negligence over a $23m failed investment.
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Corpus Christi hospital says pharmacy made error in infants' blood thinner that killed two (U.S., 4 articles)
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McALLEN, Texas - A hospital in Corpus Christi said Thursday that a mixing error that led to a blood thinner overdose in as many as 17 infants was caused by its pharmacy. The error was unrelated to product labeling or packaging of pediatric heparin, according to the statement by Dr. Richard Davis Texas authorities are investigating the death of two infants after a Corpus Christi hospital gave 17 babies in its neonatal unit an overdose of the blood-thinning drug heparin.
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Gay-marriage advocates hope to repeal old law (U.S., 4 articles)
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The state Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that marriage benefits for same-sex couples don't extend back to a time before the justices legalized gay marriage in the state. The ruling, released today, was part of a malpractice case brought by Michelle Charron and Cynthia Kalish, who had lived as a couple for more than a decade before marrying in 2004, when the court legalized same-sex marriage. The Senate is expected to take up the legislation Tuesday, and the House will follow shortly afterward, according to several lawmakers.
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ABC News: VA: New Drug Protocols in Wake of Chantix Debate (U.S., 4 articles)
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WASHINGTON- The AFL-CIO is mobilizing union members who are military veterans to work against Republican presidential candidate John McCain and other office seekers it opposes, officials said Thursday. The union, which endorsed Democrat Barack Obama for president last month, plans to form state councils of union veterans in key election battlegrounds, including Wisconsin, Minnesota, Colorado, Ohio and West Virginia. AFL-CIO's Union Veterans Council released its first ad today, " Not Now which will begin running tomorrow in Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin.
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ABC News: Brinkley Gets the Kids, Cook Gets $2.1M (U.S., 10 articles)
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CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. - Christie Brinkley's lurid divorce trial came to an abrupt end Thursday when lawyers for the former supermodel and her fourth husband reached an out-of-court settlement that gives her custody of their two children. The $2.1 milliion payment to Cook was part of a deal hammered out in all-night negotiations and announced shortly after dawn today. Hopes for a settlement in Christie Brinkley's divorce trial appear to have crumbled after three hours of negotiations failed to yield an agreement on child custody and other issues.
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New DNA Technology Clears the Family of JonBenet Ramsey (U.S., 9 articles)
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John Ramsey, a software entrepreneur who now lives in Michigan, said yesterday that he is hopeful that the killer will be found, based on the DNA evidence Even worse, his DNA might already be in a police filing cabinet somewhere, still waiting to be processed and entered into the national DNA databank. NEW YORK - Crime scene DNA is typically recovered from blood or semen stains, but the DNA that exonerated members of JonBenet Ramsey's family came from invisible skin cells.
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Ten by-election records under threat (U.S., 5 articles)
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The Haltemprice and Howden by-election has already made British electoral history due to the sheer number of candidates on the ballot paper. With two of the big three parties sitting the contest out, pundits believe Haltemprice and Howden could produce the lowest turnout in by-election history. Tory candidate David Davis - perhaps trying to talk expectations down - has said it could be as low as 5%, or about 3,500 voters.
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Sats results expected to fall (U.S., 4 articles)
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MPs have called in the head of England's exams watchdog to ask for an explanation of what is being called the "shambles" of this year's Sats marking. Ken Boston, head of the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA), will be at an emergency session of the committee of MPs on Monday. The number of primary school children eating school meals has risen for the first time since healthier school meals were introduced in 2006.
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When owners jump through hoops for their dogs (U.S., 4 articles)
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In an unusual Chinese campaign against canine-based cuisine, Beijing has called on local hotels and restaurants to stop serving dog meat during the Olympic Games next month. The move is part of a broad drive by the Chinese capital to present its best possible face during the games. The campaign recalls efforts by South Korea - where dog meat is highly popular - to ban its consumption during the 1988 Seoul Olympics after fierce criticism from western animal rights groups.
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Lewis faces 2 challengers in Ga. 5th District (U.S., 4 articles)
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ATLANTA- Rep. John Lewis has not faced a primary election fight in 16 years, but now two younger challengers want to apply Barack Obama's talk of change and unseat the civil rights icon who initially backed Hillary Clinton in the Democratic presidential race. Lewis is on the ballot for Tuesday's 5th District primary with a 31-year-old minister and a state legislator who unsuccessfully ran against Lewis in 1992 and is 18 years his junior. A few months ago the right-wing press scalped Ken Livingstone's black man , Lee Jasper, and last week the liberal press bagged Boris Johnson's, Ray Lewis.
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Ehrlich realizes we all have a stake in the city's schools - (U.S., 7 articles)
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Although 75 percent of the voters said Bush would not be a factor in the governor's race, nearly 20 percent said one reason for their vote for governor would be to express opposition to Bush. " Michael Steele's attempts to hide his support for the Bush agenda have failed said Oren Shur The poll's depiction of where the race stood between last Sunday and Thursday presents a hefty burden for the two Republican candidates, said Paul S. Herrnson College Park.
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Toyota to build Prius in U.S., slash truck output (U.S., 6 articles)
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DETROIT - Toyota acknowledged Thursday that, like its rival automakers in Detroit, it misjudged the drastic swing in the American market away from larger vehicles. With sales of pickups and big S.U.V.'s tumbling, Toyota said it would shut down truck production at two United States plants for three months and consolidate its pickups into one factory next year. While overall vehicle sales have dropped 10 percent this year, sales of large pickups are down about 25 percent through June, and S.U.V. sales have fallen over 30 percent, according to data compiled by Ward's Automotive Group.
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EPA Won't Act on Emissions This Year (U.S., 6 articles)
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A Bush administration proposal to tighten national air pollution standards for lead might not go far enough to protect the public from the metal's toxic effects, environmental and health experts told a government panel in Baltimore yesterday. The Environmental Protection Agency's hearing to gather comments on lead in the air drew a sparse turnout, but several of those who attended said the agency should adopt the strictest standards possible for acceptable levels of lead. Officials said a few senior White House officials were unwilling to allow the EPA to state officially that global warming harms human welfare.
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Body of missing Lawrence soldier discovered in Iraq (U.S., 6 articles)
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DETROIT - The bodies of two U.S. soldiers missing in Iraq for more than a year have been found, their families said Thursday night. The father of Army Sgt. Alex Jimenez, of Lawrence, Mass., said the remains of his son and another soldier, Pvt. Byron W. Fouty had been identified in Iraq. An arrest warrant was issued on Wednesday and that same afternoon Vancouver police arrested Trochez-Jimenez in a park, Urquhart said.
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Funding system for Wales 'unfair' (U.S., 5 articles)
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A Wales Broadcasting Committee report for the assembly said broadcasters fail to reflect Welsh lives and issues in their programming across the UK. The AM who chaired the inquiry, Alun Davies, said references to Wales were largely missing from the main television channels - BBC, ITV and Channel 4 - and it was "no longer acceptable". Rows over funding treatment for Welsh patients across the border has left some feeling like "second-class citizens" a report from MPs is warning.
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Window watch: Luis García, Tottenham, Portsmouth, Khaleem Hyland, Newcastle United, Sébastien Bassong (U.S., 5 articles)
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David Moyes is planning another raid on Manchester United as he tries to persuade Darren Fletcher that his talent is being wasted at Old Trafford. Moyes also hopes to sign a centre forward and has identified Darren Bent and Diego Milito as candidates. Tottenham Hotspur hope to complete a deal with Espanyol next week to sign Luis Garcia, the Spain forward, who was the club's top scorer with 13 goals last season.
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On the Right Course (U.S., 5 articles)
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As the eyes of golfers focus on Scotland on the eve of the Open, what do those eyes behold? A world-class row about a golf resort that Donald Trump wants to build among the dunes north of Aberdeen. To finally reach this new golf course 70 miles west of Washington, you spent 90 minutes navigating through miserable traffic and 10 minutes pulled over on the side of the highway for speeding. For golf aficionados, there are a number of top-notch courses scattered across the globe with reputations so glowing that money is no object.
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Watauga man released from jail after no traces of drugs found in cookies (U.S., 5 articles)
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An 18-year-old Watauga man accused of delivering drug-laced cookies to police was released from jail today after lab results showed no traces of drugs. Christian Phillips was released shortly after 5 p.m. from Lake Worth jail and went home with his father, according to his lawyer , L. Patrick Davis. The 18-year-old man was arrested after taking cookies to the Lake Worth police station, said Brett McGuire
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Gardasil HPV Vaccine Side Effects (U.S., 5 articles)
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No longer simply inactive viruses, vaccines now include attenuated, live viruses, and researchers use new technologies to address drug-resistant, emerging and reemerging diseases. Health officials now say children between the ages of 6 months and 5 years should get flu shots; previously, the range was 6 months to 2 years. During the past 50 years, the scientific community has studied the influenza virus in great detail, and has developed an effective vaccine that is administered widely each year.
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ZDNet: Tech News, Blogs and White Papers for IT Professionals (U.S., 5 articles)
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On this week's EIC-squared podcastLarry Dignan asked me what I would do to fix Vista's tarnished brand if I were in charge of Microsoft's marketing for a day. OK, I 'll... Tags: Service Pack 1, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, Ed Bott, Frank Shaw, Software, Microsoft Windows. Jul 10, 2008 5:31 PM PDT Moving house: diary of a dial-up user (part 1) Here at ZDNet, we all get on most of the time and I 'm lucky to be working with some absolutely lovely people.
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Va. Handing Airports Authority Keys to Toll Road, Dulles Rail (U.S., 4 articles)
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Virginia leaders who are nearing a decision on whether to build a Metrorail line below ground through Tysons Corner face a question that goes well beyond disputes over cost estimates and construction timelines. The extension's top congressional sponsors warn that delays and cost escalations associated with a tunnel could imperil the 23-mile line to Dulles. Virginia officials are considering a proposal from contractors allied with a major Tysons Corner landowner to take over construction of at least half of the Metrorail extension to Dulles International Airport, a prospect that threatens to further delay the project.
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FDA calls for urgent warning on tendon risks (U.S., 4 articles)
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BELTSVILLE, Maryland (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc said its epilepsy drugs do not increase the risk of suicidal behavior and should be exempt from tougher warnings being sought for similar medications, despite concerns from U.S. health regulators. The company told a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel on Thursday that its Lyrica and Neurontin drugs work differently than those of rivals. That agency revealed Tuesday that it was asking manufacturers of fluoroquinolone drugs to put a "black box" warning - the FDA's most stringent safety labelling requirement - on their products.
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Immigration Americans can live with (U.S., 4 articles)
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Governor Deval Patrick launched a statewide initiative yesterday to find ways to integrate immigrants into Massachusetts "as quickly as possible" at a time when their numbers are booming. The New Americans Initiative, modeled after a similar approach in Illinois, calls on state officials, policy advisers, and advocates to hold a series of public meetings across the state and draft a report with policy recommendations by July 1, 2009. Patrick's approach comes at a time when immigrants 'influence on Massachusetts' workforce, population, and schools is at its highest since the 1950s.
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Webb Aide Tried To Take Gun Into Senate Building, Capitol Police Say (U.S., 4 articles)
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A top aide to Sen. James Webb was charged yesterday with trying to carry a loaded pistol and extra ammunition into a Senate office building, U.S. Capitol Police said. Thompson a longtime friend of Webb's and the senator's executive assistant, was jailed pending an appearance today in D.C. Superior Court. The gun was discovered at 10:30 a.m. when Thompson arrived at the C Street entrance of the Russell Senate Office Building, according to Sgt. Kimberly Schneider
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Celebrity Current News (U.S., 4 articles)
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Last... more LIARS ' ROUND-UP ON SECURITY, FACTS MATTER June 28, 2008 - THE facts about your security are being torn to shreds by activist liars. FIXING THE NATION 'S SACRED MOMENT July 4, 2008 - MECKLENBURG COUNTY, N.C. THE impatient patriots here had splen didly short fuses in 1775. Working... more SOOTHING OBAMA, TWEAKING MCCAIN June 27, 2008 - TWO of yesterday's Supreme Court rulings both decided 5-4, and with the same alignment of justices concerned the Constitution's first two amendments.
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Steele: Vick case leaving no stains on NFL - (U.S., 4 articles)
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The comments were ripped straight from Chapter 1 of the Universal Commissioners' Textbook, repeated in various formats by every league boss in history when scandal breaks. Atlanta, Vick's NFL home for the time being, is the burning-hot exception; with all the football and societal factors involved, the city might never stop engaging in this. Though, the NFL's offseason of discontent was reduced to a bunch of Pacman, Tank and Bengals punch lines.
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News for Dallas, Texas (U.S., 4 articles)
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The dream scenario for someone selling his or her home is a long line of prospective buyers shouting at the top of their lungs in a protracted bidding war for the home. Unlike traditional negotiations, there should not be a "winner" or "loser" in the process. Real estate agents generally have a variety of standard forms, including residential purchase agreements that are kept up to date and made available to those who use the services of an agent.
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Daniel Sonnex held over ‘Tarantino murders’ of French students (U.S., 4 articles)
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LONDON, England (CNN) Police have arrested another person in connection with the stabbing deaths of two French students in London, police said Thursday. The arrest was made hours after Nigel Farmer appeared in court charged with arson and murdering Laurent Bonomo and Gabriel Ferez. Farmer, arrested when he walked into a police station on Monday, is also charged with " attempting to pervert the course of justice.
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Beware Of Movers Who Take You For a Ride (U.S., 4 articles)
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Few things in life match the stress and expense of a big move just ask anyone who has recently changed addresses. " Moving is a major decision that can really impact your financial status said Paul Golden which recently issued a list of tips to help make your move a smoother ride. It's timely advice, given a recent report issued by the Government Accountability Office on the regulation of interstate moving companies by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
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Coppell, Irving leaders consider bidding on North Lake land (U.S., 4 articles)
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By JON NIELSEN / The Dallas Morning News jnielsen City leaders in Coppell and Irving are discussing the possible purchase of more than 900 acres at North Lake. The deal involves about 750 acres of the lake and 175 land acres, including property north of the lake that is home to a natural gas power plant owned by Luminant Energy. The Coppell-based company, which makes dietary supplements and skin care products, said Thursday it will cut 60 jobs in order to lower costs.
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In What Respect Do You Mean 'Respect'? (U.S., 4 articles)
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In recent years, it has become commonplace for sales clerks, wait staff, bank tellers and other employees in service industries to converse in foreign languages in the presence of customers and other employees who do not understand what is being said. One often hears customers speaking in foreign languages in front of sales clerks or other workers who are nonspeakers, as well as friends holding conversations with one another or family members in a foreign language in front of other nonspeakers. Pointedly excluding someone who belongs in the conversation has always been recognized as rude, and so has pointedly intruding into conversations in which one doesn't belong.
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A Pickup Truck With an Identity Crisis (U.S., 4 articles)
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Empty boxes, unused curtain rods, old floor tiles and dismantled kitchen cabinets all went into the cargo bed of the 2007 Ford F-150 King Ranch Super Crew pickup truck. And get this: While Ford is considered an energy-conservation laggard by many of its critics in the United States, the company is regarded as a clean-and-green, fuel-sipping leader in oil-rich Russia where gulp. It's enough to provoke violent head-scratching, especially considering Ford's numerous missteps at home, partly represented by the 2007 Ford Explorer Sport Trac Limited vehicle I drove in Virginia several days before coming here.
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'Clean Crab' idea draws dirty looks - (U.S., 4 articles)
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A legislative oversight committee approved tough new regulations yesterday aimed at restoring the Chesapeake Bay's blue crab population by significantly cutting the harvest of female crabs. The rules - approved over the protests of watermen and Eastern Shore lawmakers - mean the season for females will end Oct. 23, about two months early. " There is no doubt that this iconic symbol of the bay is in trouble said state Natural Resources Secretary John R. Griffin.
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Howard invests in solar energy - (U.S., 4 articles)
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Standing in the bright sunlight atop the roof of the East Columbia library yesterday, Howard County Executive Ken Ulman showed off the government's latest energy project - 24 panels of solar receptors. The panels are expected to generate about 30 percent of the building's energy and enthusiasm among residents for alternative energy, Ulman says. The Nashoba Regional School District has spent years pursuing creative ways to cut its energy costs, said William Spratt including a recent effort to install solar panels atop two school buildings.
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