Archive for April, 2008
Monday, April 28th, 2008
Austria
Police in the Lower Austrian town of Amstetten have arrested a 73 year old man who is alleged to have kept his daughter, now aged 42, locked in the cellar of his house in Amstetten since 29th August 1984.
The man, identified by police as "Josef F.", is alleged to have ...
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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
nyTimes: We don’t hear a great deal about education in the presidential campaign. It’s much too serious a topic to compete with such fun stuff as Hillary tossing back a shot of whiskey, or Barack rolling a gutter ball.
The nation’s future may depend on how well we educate the current ...
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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. authorities arrested an American engineer on Tuesday on suspicion of giving secrets on nuclear weapons, fighter jets and air defense missiles to Israel during the 1980s, the Justice Department said.
Ben-Ami Kadish acknowledged his spying in FBI interviews and said he acted out of a belief that ...
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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
yahoo news: WASHINGTON - Sales of existing homes fell in March as a severe slump in housing showed no signs of abating. The median price of a home fell compared with the price a year ago.
The National Association of Realtors said sales of existing single-family homes and condominiums dropped by ...
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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
United States presidential candidate Hillary Clinton warned Iran against an attack on Israel. "I want the Iranians to know that if I'm the president, we will attack Iran," the former First Lady said.
Clinton was speaking in an interview on ABC's Good Morning America television program.
"In the next 10 years, during ...
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Sunday, April 13th, 2008
usa today: SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton kept up her attack Sunday on Democratic presidential rival Barack Obama who has been thrown on the defensive over his remarks about bitter voters in small towns which could hurt his chances in upcoming primaries.
Obama tried to quell the furor ...
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Sunday, April 13th, 2008
the independent: What used to be called the Olympics are likely this summer to become the Paramilitary Games. China is planning to deploy more than 94,000 security personnel at the Beijing celebration in August, which means that uniformed and plain-clothes operatives will outnumber the 10,500 athletes by nearly nine ...
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Sunday, April 13th, 2008
yahoo news: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Wachovia Corp. said Sunday it will move up the release of its first-quarter financial results, an announcement that closely followed a report that the nation's fourth-largest bank is about to get a multibillion-dollar cash infusion.
The Charlotte-based bank, which is struggling to digest its admittedly ...
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Sunday, April 13th, 2008
yahoo news: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Damage to cells lining the mouth can predict similar damage in the lungs that eventually leads to lung cancer in smokers, U.S. researchers reported on Sunday.
They hope it may be possible to some day swab the mouths of smokers to predict who is developing ...
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Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
yahoo news: NEW YORK - Two hours north of New York City, a mile-long stream and a marsh the size of a football field have mysteriously formed along a country road. They are such a marvel that people come from miles around to drink the crystal-clear water, believing it ...
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Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton leads Barack Obama by 6 points among likely Pennsylvania Democratic primary voters but he is chipping away at her lead, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released on Tuesday.
With two weeks to go until the state's April 22 primary, Clinton has a ...
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Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
the independent: The US commander in Iraq, General David Petraeus, set himself on a collision course with the two Democratic contenders for the White House yesterday, asking for what amounted to an open-ended commitment to the war in Iraq. He warned that pulling out "too many troops too quickly" ...
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Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
how stuff works: Have you ever visited a store for the first time and had it feel eerily familiar? Or maybe you're deep in conversation with a friend and you suddenly get the feeling that you've had the exact conversation before, even though you know that you haven't. If you've ...
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Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
zenhabits.net: I’ve written a lot about simplicity and decluttering (I can’t help it — I’m passionate about it!) and I’ve noticed that a lot of readers share my ideal of having an uncluttered home or workplace, but don’t know where to start.
When your home is filled with clutter, trying to ...
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Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
DALLAS - American Airlines said it was canceling up to 500 flights Tuesday, potentially more than one-fifth of its schedule, to check the bundling of wires in some planes, the same issue that caused the airline to scrap more than 400 flights last month.
American, the nation's largest carrier, said the ...
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