Archive for January, 2008
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
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Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008
Iran received the fifth shipment of nuclear fuel from Russia on Tuesday for a power plant being constructed in the southern port of Bushehr, state radio reported.
The 11-ton consignment of enriched uranium arrived at the light-water Bushehr nuclear power plant on Tuesday morning, and the remainder of the fuel will ...
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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008
NYPD spokesman Paul Browne told the AP that Heath Ledger had an appointment for a massage at the Manhattan apartment that is believed to be his home. The housekeeper who went to let Ledger know the masseuse was there, and found him dead at 3:26 p.m, Browne said.
The Australian-born actor ...
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Saturday, January 19th, 2008
Vexed by soggy cookies and cakes, a trio of inmates is suing an Illinois sheriff for $2 million, claiming their rights have been violated by the provision of lousy baked goods. Which, if memory serves, is exactly what led to the Attica uprising:
In the Kane County Circuit Court complaint, the ...
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Thursday, January 17th, 2008
The state of Oregon won't be issuing drivers' licenses any longer to illegal aliens, as Oregon takes action to make its licenses more secure. A well-organized, well-funded coalition has formed to protest that responsible, prudent, and intelligent action by the state government. That group, that coalition, well, they say it ...
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Tuesday, January 15th, 2008
We all know littering is illegal, but the mayor in one local town is so sick of the trash, he wants police to throw offenders in jail.
Sikeston may not have more litter than any other town, but the mayor says something's gotta be done.
"It drives me crazy." Every mayor ...
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Saturday, January 12th, 2008
When Anna Kozlov caught sight of the elderly man clambering out of a car in her home village of Borovlyanka in Siberia, she stopped dead in her tracks, convinced her eyes were playing tricks.
There, in front of her, was Boris, the man she had fallen in love with and married ...
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Saturday, January 12th, 2008
Carl Karcher, the Ohio farm boy with an eighth-grade education who turned his $326 investment in a hot dog stand into a multimillion-dollar fast food empire, died Friday afternoon. He was 90.
Karcher, who suffered from both the aftereffects of a stroke and Parkinson’s disease, developed pneumonia New Year’s Day and ...
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Friday, January 11th, 2008
The Bank of Edwardsville filed a breach of contract suit against Reed Overbeck in Madison County Circuit Court Jan. 8, alleging Overbeck defaulted on a promissory note.
According to the complaint, Overbeck entered into the agreement on Feb. 6, 2007, in which he was obligated to make monthly payments in the ...
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Friday, January 11th, 2008
ST. LOUIS -- A rural Missouri school district's long-standing practice of allowing the distribution of Bibles to grade school students is unconstitutional, a federal judge has ruled. - How is the handing out of Bibles in public school by Gideons International, a private non-profit organization, unconstitutional?
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