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News National News National General Farewell, Jane McGrath, fighter to the end MALCOLM BROWN, JONATHAN PEARLMAN AND JAMIE PANDARAM 23/06/2008 2:10:00 PM JANE McGRATH was 31 and happily committed to her future husband, the Test fast bowler Glenn McGrath, when she stepped out of the shower one morning in 1997, c...Health News
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Mkts weak; capital goods, realty, power stks down...
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Moneycontrol India :: News :: Mkts weak; capital goods, realty, power stks down :: :: Local Markets :: market, sensex, nifty
The markets have shown a bit of recovery from day's low but still trading sharply lower due to selling in capital goods, realty,...
Comedian George Carlin dead at age 71...
A publicist for George Carlin says the legendary comedian hasdied of heart failure at a hospital in Santa Monica, Calif.
Jeff Abraham says Carlin went into St. John's Health Centeron Sunday afternoon, complaining of chest pain. Carlin died at 5:55p.m. PDT. He was 71.
Carlin, who had a history of heart trouble, performed asrecently as last weekend at the Orleans Casino and Hotel in ...
AmeriChoice Approved to Expand...
23. Juni 2008 Artikel versenden AmeriChoice Approved to Expand Coverage in Florida Healthy Kids SCHIP Program
AmeriChoice, a UnitedHealth Group company (NYSE: UNH), has been awarded a significant geographic expansion of its service area for the Florida Healthy Kids program for uninsured children.
AmeriChoice plans to expand this product line to a total of 15 counties, with project...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Acerbic standup comedian and satirist George Carlin, whose staunch defense of free speech in his most famous routine "Seven Words You Can Never Say On Television" led to a key Supreme Court ruling on obscenity, has died. Carlin, who had a history of heart trouble, went into St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica on Sunday afternoon complaining of chest pain and died...
Bottles of fruit juice recalled...
Thousands of bottles of juice have been recalled over fears they contain high levels of a potentially harmful toxin, health chiefs said.
The Food Safety Authority (FSAI) ordered Killowen Orchard to be taken off the shelves after officials testing the drink found the contaminant, patulin. The toxic chemical is produced naturally by moulds on fruit and large quantities could damage the nerv...
George Carlin mourned as counterculture hero...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television. Some People Are Stupid. Stuff. People I Can Do Without. George Carlin, who died of heart failure Sunday at 71, leaves behind not only a series of memorable routines, but a legal legacy: His most celebrated monologue, a frantic, informed riff on those infamous seven words, led to a Supreme Court decision on broadcasting offen...
AM Best Affirms Ratings of Agrinational Insurance Company...
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OLDWICK, N.J., Jun 23, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- ADM PowerRating -- A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of A-(Excellent) and issuer credit rati...
Walgreen 3Q profit rises on cost controls...
CHICAGO (AP) — Drugstore chain Walgreen Co. said Monday its fiscal third-quarter profit rose 2 percent as it focused on cost control and maintained a rapid expansion pace in a difficult retail environment.
Despite the modest gain, the results fell slightly short of Wall Street's expectations and Walgreen shares slipped back after initially climbing nearly 3 percent.
Overall,...
Lost generation? Exodus of youth presents oscary" challenge on ......
HALIFAX — Scott Wetton stares at a graph that depicts a grey-haired future in Atlantic Canada, shakes his head and says, "That is scary."
The graph produced by the Atlantic Provinces Economic Council shows how the East Coast will become what one economist calls "a canary in the coal mine" for the country's coming era of labour shortages, unless there are big increases in immigrati...
Strained states to make cuts felt by everyone...
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(AP) - With a new fiscal year beginning in most states next week, budget cuts are about to bite.
That means less money for school children in Florida, the end of help with utility bills for poo...
Slow progress on child poverty - PM...
The Government has not done enough to tackle child poverty in Britain since 1997, Gordon Brown has admitted.
But the Prime Minister insisted slow progress so far would not make him "retreat" from the target of halving the problem by 2010.
The confession came as Mr Brown outlined a package of measures designed to boost social mobility.
Families from deprived areas in England ar...
Zimbabwe opposition leader takes refuge in Dutch embassy...
HARARE (AFP) — Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was holed up in the Dutch embassy in Harare Monday after pulling out of a run-off election he said should be declared "null and void" due to violence.
As international pressure mounted on Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, with Britain and the United States raising the prospect of UN Security Council action, the Dutch forei...
Seven words ... and a few more about a comic 'genius'...
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LOS ANGELES — Acerbic standup comedian and satirist George Carlin, whose staunch defense of free speech in his most famous routine "Seven Words You Can Never Say On Television" led to a key Supreme Court ruling on obscenity, has died.
Milwaukee Police officers lead comedian George Carlin off the Summerfest ...
BCC receives $10 000 grant...
THE Barbados Community College's (BCC) Architectural programme received a grant of $10 000 from the Ministry of Environment yesterday.
Making the presentation was Minister of Family Youth, Sport and the Environment Dr. Esther Byer-Suckoo at the Ministry's Hincks Street headquarters.
According to the Minister, "It is important that we develop a cadre of young architects who are fam...
US Provides Humanitarian Assistance to India...
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New case of mad cow disease found in BC; third in three years...
OTTAWA — The discovery of another case of mad cow disease in B.C. will have no impact on Canada's already hard-hit beef industry, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency says.
The agency announced Monday that another cow has been identified as having bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or BSE.
"This should have no impact as far as trade, or significant impact directly within Canad...
Cameron vows to ditch NHS targets...
Labour's internal NHS targets will be ditched and patients simply told which hospitals get the best results, under radical Tory plans.
Conservative leader David Cameron is to promise patients information on performance and power over their own care in a bid to save 100,000 lives a year.
He will also set out a series of goals so voters could hold a Conservative Government to account...