Archive for September, 2007
Sunday, September 30th, 2007
divinecaroline.com: It doesn't have to be Earth Day for me to think about how I can make an impact (or less of an impact) on our planet. Here are a few of my favorite tips:
1. Lower your thermostat. Buy a programmable thermostat.
2. Reuse your water bottle. Avoid buying bottled water. ...
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Sunday, September 30th, 2007
msnbc: After 161 games, it's come down to this: Four teams left fighting for two playoff spots.
The Philadelphia Phillies spent all season trying to overtake the New York Mets. And once they took the lead, they gave it away. The Phillies (88-73) lost to the Nationals on Saturday, falling back ...
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Sunday, September 30th, 2007
cnn.com: United Nations envoy Ibrahim Gambari met Sunday with Myanmar's detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in an effort to quell recent tensions between the country's military leaders and protesters, the U.N. confirmed in a news release.
The hour-long meeting took place in the Myanmar city of Yangon. No other ...
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Saturday, September 29th, 2007
msnbc: RENO, Nev. - The search for the suspect in the videotaped sexual assault of a little girl was shifted Saturday from a rural county to Las Vegas, where the man was last known to live and where it's believed the chilling tape was made.
Chester "Chet" Arthur Stiles was ...
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Saturday, September 29th, 2007
miamiherald.com: BOSSIER CITY, La. -- Yankees beat out Southerners for the top spots in what was billed as the first World Grits Eating Championship at Louisiana Downs on Saturday.
Pat Bertoletti, a mohawk-sporting chef from Chicago, gulped down 21 pounds of buttery, goopy blandness in 10 minutes to win $4,000.
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Saturday, September 29th, 2007
eweek.com: Today, I think of Vista as the zombie operating system. It stumbles around, and from a distance you might think it's alive, but close up it's the walking dead.
The first sign that Vista was in real trouble was when major vendors started to offer XP again on new ...
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Saturday, September 29th, 2007
newsvine.com: WEST LAFAYETTE — Kory Sheets rushed for 141 yards, and Purdue beat Notre Dame 33-19 on Saturday to keep the Irish winless. With former quarterback Drew Brees in attendance, the Boilermakers (5-0) got off to their best start since 2004. Curtis Painter passed for 252 yards and two touchdowns, ...
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Saturday, September 29th, 2007
msnbc: TEHRAN, Iran - Iran’s parliament on Saturday approved a nonbinding resolution to label the CIA and the U.S. Army “terrorist organizations.” The move is seen as a diplomatic tit-for-tat after the U.S. Senate voted in favor of a resolution urging the State Department to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary ...
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Saturday, September 29th, 2007
usatoday.com: TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — The Topps Meat Co. on Saturday expanded its recall of frozen hamburger patties that may be contaminated with the E. coli bacteria and sickened more than a dozen people in eight states.
Topps said it was recalling 21.7 million pounds of ground beef products distributed to ...
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Saturday, September 29th, 2007
wcco.com: (CBS) PHILADELPHIA Doctors in Philadelphia are testing a revolutionary new treatment that is restoring life and bringing people back from the dead. CBS Station KYW-TV in Philadelphia Medical Reporter Stephanie Stahl has details.
During cardiac arrest, the heart stops beating. It's a trauma alert and people are often declared dead ...
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Saturday, September 29th, 2007
msnbc: WASHINGTON - Very young children simply should not take some commonly used cold and cough medicines, federal health officials say in recommending that the “consult your physician” advice to parents on the labels be dropped.
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Saturday, September 29th, 2007
usatoday.com: WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush said Saturday he will sign a bill to prevent a government shutdown, but not without complaint.
Bush lambasted the Democrats who control Congress for not sending him a single one of the dozen spending bills funding the day-to-day operations of 15 Cabinet departments, requiring ...
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Saturday, September 29th, 2007
msnbc: BAGHDAD - A military panel on Saturday sentenced an Army sniper to five months in prison, a reduction in rank and forfeiture of pay for planting evidence in connection with the deaths of two Iraqi civilians.
Spc. Jorge G. Sandoval, 22, was acquitted of murder charges in the April ...
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Friday, September 28th, 2007
msnbc.com: LAS VEGAS - A young girl who was seen being sexually assaulted in a homemade videotape has been found and is safe with family members and sheriff's officials, an investigator said Friday.
"We found the victim. She's safe," Nye County sheriff's Detective David Boruchowitz told The Associated Press.
Widespread media accounts ...
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Friday, September 28th, 2007
myfoxla.com: Palmdale, CA -- It all started with a piece of birthday cake, but it ended up with a high school girl being beaten and expelled. The incident, which occurred last week at Knight High School in Palmdale, was caught on a cell phone camera.
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