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Five die in Italian Riviera train-gas blastCNN International(CNN) — A gas explosion from a cargo train carrying fuel tanks killed at least five people and injured 35 others Monday night in a town in western Italy, a local government official said. Flames engulf cars near the Viareggio railway station in …Italy Train Gas Tank [...]
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Justices to Review Campaign Finance LawWashington PostThe Supreme Court announced yesterday that it will consider whether to uphold a ban on corporate spending in federal elections, a move that campaign finance experts said could have a dramatic effect on the 2010 and 2012 federal …High court will rehear 'Hillary' documentary caseUSA TodayNew Hearings Ordered [...]
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Waiting to See Madoff, an Angry Crowd Is DisappointedNew York TimesMiriam Siegman, a victim of Bernard L. Madoff's Ponzi scheme who spoke at his sentencing, said he had discarded her like “road kill.” By ZACHERY KOUWE Victims of Bernard L. Madoff protested outside the courthouse where he was sentenced Monday, …For Madoff victims, jail can't [...]
Matt downsizes his studio gear with a rolling drawer system.
He says, “For the longest time I was using 2 tables for my studio gear and it wasn’t until I moved to an apartment that size became an issue. So I figured out a way to put all my gear together right in front of me. [...]
ABC News
Inside Michael Jackson's last show: The old magic was thereUSA TodayBy Reuters By Edna Gundersen and Anthony Breznican, USA TODAY LOS ANGELES — A hovering orb, a flaming bed, mutant spiders, 20-foot puppets, 3-D effects, pyrotechnics and the return of the crooning, spinning, moonwalking King of Pop. …Black Reverence for Jackson Is Now UnreservedNew [...]
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New Honduran leader sets curfewBBC NewsInterim President Roberto Micheletti has imposed an overnight curfew in Honduras, hours after being sworn in. The Congress speaker took office after troops ousted elected leader Manuel Zelaya and flew him to Costa Rica. The removal of Mr Zelaya came …World leaders condemn Honduran coupAljazeera.netHonduras' president ousted in military [...]
Washington Post
Obama Wary of Tariff ProvisionWall Street JournalWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said House legislation curbing greenhouse-gas emissions represents "an extraordinary first step," but signaled strong concern about a proposal to impose tariffs on goods from countries that don't match …White House Won't Rule Out Benefits TaxWashington PostObama champions energy bill but not its tariffsLos [...]
New York Times
South Carolina Politics Looks Past Affair to Its Effects on …New York TimesGov. Mark Sanford, a Republican, walking back toward his office with his aides after his news conference last week in the Statehouse in Columbia, SC By SHAILA DEWAN and JIM RUTENBERG COLUMBIA, SC — The future of Gov. Mark Sanford's political [...]
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Chicago gay pride parade glows in its growing acceptanceChicago TribuneGay pride marched Sunday in Chicago, noisy and joyous. It was the crash of marching band cymbals, the megaphoned whoops of celebration, the sirens, the car horns and the ground-shaking roar of Harleys straddled by …A celebration of gay pride in a difficult yearSan Francisco [...]
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Iran Arrests Iranian Employees of British Embassy as Protests ReturnNew York TimesProtesters in Tehran showed a "V" for victory in support of Mir Hussein Moussavi on Sunday. By MICHAEL SLACKMAN CAIRO — Iran's government said Sunday that it had arrested Iranian employees of the British Embassy, while the police in Tehran beat and …Iranian [...]