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SIU Continues Investigation into Death in Strathroy...

Posted in by admin on Thu, 2008-08-14 04:25

TORONTO, Aug. 13 /CNW/ - The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) has sentthree field investigators and two forensic investigators to Strathroy to probethe circumstances surrounding the death of a local man Tuesday morning. On August 11 at around 9:30 p.m. 48-year-old Richard Jones had contactwith a Strathroy-Caradoc Police Service (S-CPS) officer on Albert Street. OnAugust 12th around 2:50 a.m. t...

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Georgia says Russians pulling out of Gori...

Posted in by admin on Thu, 2008-08-14 06:25

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) - Georgia's Interior Ministry says Russian troops have begun pulling out of Gori, the strategically key city where their presence raised fears that Russia would challenge a cease-fire agreement.

Ministry spokesman Shota Utiashvili said Thursday that Russian troops have also left Poti, a Black Sea port city with an oil terminal that is a key piece of Georgia's fragi...

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Neighborhood health centers vital to communities...

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Bush as Human Rights Champion?...

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The visit of George W Bush to Bangkok early this month to mark the 175th anniversary of relations between Thailand and the United States drew great attention to the Burmese pro-democracy communities in Thailand.

Bush visited Thailand in October 2003 during his first term to attend an Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting, where he was met with demonstrations by thousands of Tha...

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Branching Out Can Leave Verbs Out on a Limb...

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 2008 Branching Out Can Leave Verbs Out on a Limb Over millennia of language use and study, one powerful message survives: The creation of meaning –- expression of a complete thought -- requires a subject and a verb, the king and queen of comprehensibility. And the king and queen are most powerful when they sit on thrones beside each other rather than in separate castles far...

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Wal-Mart's 2Q profit rises 17 percent...

Posted in by admin on Thu, 2008-08-14 11:25

NEW YORK (AP) — Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said Thursday second-quarter profit rose 17 percent and raised its full-year forecast as the world's largest retailer benefits from low prices that are attracting financially squeezed shoppers in a challenging economy and its campaign to cut costs.

The Bentonville, Ark.-based retailer said that net income was $3.45 billion, or 87 cents per shar...

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Amid shaky truce, Russia says 'forget Georgian territorial integrity'...

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GORI, Georgia — Explosions were heard near Gori on Thursday as a Russian troop withdrawal from the strategic city seemed to collapse. A fragile ceasefire appeared even more shaky as Russia's foreign minister declared that the world "can forget about any talk about Georgia's territorial integrity."

The declaration from Sergey Lavrov came simultaneously with the announcement that R...

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Stocks head for lower open after inflation data...

Posted in by admin on Thu, 2008-08-14 13:25

NEW YORK (AP) — Stock futures pointed to a lower opening Thursday after the Labor Department reported another hefty jump in consumer prices.

The 0.8 percent overall rise in July's Consumer Price Index was not as large as June's increase, but it was twice as high as the market expected, and brings inflation to its highest annual pace in 17 years. The core index, which eliminates f...

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ImageXpres Announces iPowerStation(TM) Advertising Kiosk...

Posted in by admin on Thu, 2008-08-14 14:25

ROCHESTER, NY -- 08/14/08 -- ImageXpres Corporation (PINKSHEETS: IMJX) today announced that the Company has officially launched the first member of a new class of interactive digital kiosks, designed to bring high impact digital advertising content, accompanying discounts and rewards to consumers, at high traffic locations such as airports, shopping centers, restaurants and vacation resorts.

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Clinton backers to make noise at Democratic nomination convention...

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WASHINGTON — Still sore from an epic primary battle, some of Hillary Clinton's supporters aren't buying the unity theme planned for the Democratic National Convention.

They weren't mollified when nominee-in-waiting Barack Obama gave prime-time speaking slots to Clinton and her husband, the former president. Instead, they're itching for a fight and plan to wage one in Denver.

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Islander influx helps horticulture...

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Teens misjudge risk of injury, death from accidents, feel ......

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Plutonium exposure was low...

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Results from a second, more sensitive test confirm that employees exposed to plutonium at the National Institute of Standards and Technology earlier this summer are not expected to experience any significant heal...

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How America Lost the (Self-Appointed) Title of “Greatest Nation On ......

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The New York Times' Thomas L. Friedman sent a postcard from Copanhagen recently.

In an Aug. 9 op-ed column titled "Flush with Energy," Friedman drew a stark contrast between America's energy policy and that of Denmark.

That the United States – the all-powerful, lone (for now) superpower –  can so easily be t...

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Scrapyard boss cleared of death charge...

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Judge orders Schwarzenegger to testify on prisons...

Posted in by admin on Fri, 2008-08-15 00:25

E-mail Print Text Judge orders Schwarzenegger to testify on prisons Published: August 14th, 2008 05:22 PM SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A federal judge has ordered Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to answer questions under oath in a lawsuit over California prison crowding.

Magistrate John Moulds of the U.S. District Court in Sacramento issued an order Thursday requiring Schwarzenegger, his chief of sta...

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President-elect says chaos possible for Paraguay...

Posted in by admin on Fri, 2008-08-15 01:25

ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) - The odds are against Paraguay's president-elect even before he takes office on Friday. Fernando Lugo says his impoverished nation ``could go up in flames'' within months.

The former Catholic bishop has made history by ending 61 years of authoritarian one-party rule, but his first task is to avoid political chaos and civil unrest, even as elements on the left a...

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