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I'm So Sorry About Blast Deaths...

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US could take over mortgage giants Fannie, Freddie: report...

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WASHINGTON (AFP) — The US government is considering a plan to take over mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac if their finance problems deepen, US media reported on Friday.

Citing people briefed on the plan, the New York Times said the administration of President George W. Bush was weighing the possibility of having to place one or both companies in a conservatorship to protec...

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Agriculture Department announcing meat recall rule...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Next time there's a meat recall, you may be able to find out if your local grocery store received any of the tainted meat.

Prodded by fallout from the nation's largest beef recall, the Agriculture Department was expected to finalize plans Friday to make retailers' names public during some meat recalls. That's something that now doesn't happen at all, except i...

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Exeter Around the Town...

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EXETER — Former members of Results Health and Fitness, also known as Exeter Health and Fitness, which closed abruptly in January without warning, are eligible for refunds.

The state Attorney General's Consumer Protection Bureau says the former health club had posted a $50,000 surety bond through National Grange Insurance that will be used for refunds. To receive a refund, former cl...

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Canadian Employment Falls 5k in June, Unemployment Rate Up to 6.2%...

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In the last 12 months, employment has grown 1.7% or 290,000 jobs.

Only the professional scientific and technical services sector saw any notable employment gains in the month with 37,000 new jobs. Statistics Canada noted the industry has been among the top performers along with health care, public administration and social assistance. On a year over year basis, the sector's employment ha...

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Fair Isaac Corporation to Announce Third Quarter Fiscal 2008 Results...

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Probe into derelict hospital data...

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A health board has launched an investigation into reports that confidential patient information was found in a derelict hospital.

X-rays with patients' names, photographs and other paperwork are said to have been discovered at Law Hospital near Carluke, Lanarkshire.

NHS Lanarkshire said inquiries were under way and it had started a full search of the site to clarify the details of ...

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Rasta smoker wins appeal against conviction in marijuana case in Italy...

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ROME — If you're a Rastafarian in Italy, you might be able to possess more marijuana than the law allows everyone else.

Italy's highest criminal court has ruled that the fact Rastafarians consider marijuana use a religious sacrament should be taken into account if they are tried on trafficking charges.

Smoking pot in Italy is not a crime, but being caught with amounts consi...

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SCV Outdoor Report: California Here I Come...

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Court rejects Bush's signature air pollution rule...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court unanimously struck down a signature component of President Bush's clean air policies Friday, dealing a blow to environmental groups and likely delaying further action until the next administration.

The regulation, known as the Clean Air Interstate Rule, required 28 mostly Eastern states to reduce smog-forming and soot-producing emissions t...

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Rocking the world...

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In a career that has spanned three decades and more than 100 countries, Jeffrey Sachs, perhaps the world's most famous macroeconomist (and certainly the economist with the most famous friends), has never come across a problem he ...

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Study: As gas prices go up, auto deaths drop...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — High gas prices could turn out to be a lifesaver for some drivers. The authors of a new study say gas prices are causing driving declines that could result in a third fewer auto deaths annually, with the most dramatic drop likely to be among teen drivers.

Professors Michael Morrisey of the University of Alabama at Birmingham and David Grabowski of Harvard Medical ...

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Analysis: A new financial crisis at the worst time...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The last thing the Bush White House and the rest of the country needed in these economically trying times was another financial crisis. But they got one.

The Republican administration and Democratic-run Congress now are facing the possibility that mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, once staid and stable, could need a bailout or even go under.

Their ...

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Amy's father reveals smoking danger...

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Schwarzenegger: Films shouldn't 'erase' smoking...

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W.Va. settles selenium lawsuit with coal mine...

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Magnum Coal has agreed to give West Virginia $3.5 million and an enormous pile of love-seat-sized rocks to settle a Clean Water Act lawsuit over dumping selenium into a southern West Virginia river.

While the state Department of Environmental Protection says the settlement announced Friday calls for $4 million in payments, the agreement allows Hobet Mining ...

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Hit the trail: Running tips for beginners...

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It's summer, and just about anywhere you go, you can see runners and joggers hitting the sidewalks and trails.

Thinking about joining them? If you've never run before, here are some tips from the pros.

"First and foremost, you've got to have a goal," says Eric Clarke, who owns Running With E's in Adrian, Mich., with his wife, Kerri. "You have to really identify why you want to d...

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Women find strength in sisterhood...

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'); reprint or license print email Digg it del.icio.us AIM Melantha Herron and her best friend, Alantria Harris, are proud members of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority.

To have a sister is as simple as sharing the same parent. But to be a sister, to have sisterhood is a serious matter. It's unconditional, hardworking solidarity.

For 100 years, the ladies of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority hav...

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