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Paula Abdul quits American Idol
Paula Abdul quits American Idol American Idol judge Paula Abdul is quitting the TV singing contest after eight years. Making the announcement on Twitter, the 47-year-old said: With sadness in my heart, I've decided not to return. She did not give any reasons for her decision which ends weeks of speculation about contract talks. On Tuesday, i...
Aug 5, 2009, 7:59 am - NBey6

Big quake off New Zealand triggers small wave
Big quake off New Zealand triggers small wave No injuries or major damage reported after 7.8-magnitude earthquake The Associated Press updated 8:47 a.m. ET, Wed., July 15, 2009 WELLINGTON, New Zealand - A 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck off New Zealand's western coast Wednesday genera...
Jul 15, 2009, 10:33 am - NBey6

Heidi's way.
Heidi is the proprietor of a bar in Detroit . She realizes that virtually all of her customers are unemployed alcoholics and, as such, can no longer afford to patronize her bar. To solve this problem, she comes up with new marketing plan that allows her customers to drink now, but pay la...
Jun 11, 2009, 9:08 am - jarasan

IRS: Set to pursue 'other banks' on tax evasion
IRS says set to pursue other banks on tax evasion By Tom Brown Tom Brown Mon Apr 27, 4:33 pm ET MIAMI (Reuters) The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is preparing to pursue other foreign banks for allegedly facilitating tax evasion by wealthy Americans following its high-p...
Apr 28, 2009, 4:52 am - NBey6

Bar Owners Pay $100,000 for Tuna
By MARI YAMAGUCHI, Associated Press Writer Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press Writer Mon Jan 5, 8:13 am ET...
Jan 5, 2009, 3:46 pm - truesee

DHL to cut 9,500 jobs in the U.S.
DHL to cut 9,500 jobs in U.S. Mon Nov 10, 2008 11:38am EST By Maria Sheahan BONN (Reuters) - Deutsche Post said on Monday it was shutting down its U.S. domestic express parcel busin...
Nov 10, 2008, 12:06 pm - NBey6

"unprecedented increases in electricity prices.
From Powerlineblog.com, live links ________________ The Arrogance of Barack Obama Source Powerlineblog.com November 3, 2008 Posted by John at 11:25 AM Maybe the American people just didn't have quite enough time to get to know Barack Obama. It seems inconceivable to me that a candidate as arrogant as Obama could be ahead in the polls if the voters had fully absorbed how out...
Nov 3, 2008, 4:33 pm - konane

"Olympic nightmare: A red tide in the Yellow Sea
Well looks like the Olympics may serve to direct environmentalists attention to real pollution problems. If that happened in the US the media would have the the rest of the world throwing a hissie-fit at us. Having kept an aquarium in the past there is a cycle in which waste is broken down with phosphate as the final by-product. Phosphate is not toxic to fish but is a superb fertilizer for algae which is what happened here on a much larger scale. Alg...
Jul 1, 2008, 8:08 am - konane

Will Bush Cancel The 2008 Election?
It is time to think about the unthinkable. The Bush Administration has both the inclination and the power to cancel the 2008 election. The GOP strategy for another electoral theft in 2008 has taken clear shape, though we must assume there is much more we don t know. But we must also assume that if it appears to Team Bush/Cheney/Rove that the GOP will lose the 2008 election anyway (as it lost in Ohio 2006) we cannot ignore the possibility that they would s...
Aug 18, 2007, 7:06 am - LOTTOMIKE

Two-Hour Delay Is Linked to Bad Lead At Virginia Tech
BLACKSBURG, Va., April 17 The police identified Cho Seung-Hui , a 23-year-old student, as the killer of 32 people in the shooting rampage at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute , releasing new information on Tuesday about the troubled mind of a young man few people on campus knew. Federal investigators said Mr. Cho a South Korean immigrant who Americanized his name and preferred to be known as Seung Ch...
Apr 19, 2007, 3:56 am - LOTTOMIKE