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Sep 17 2008
Steven Gerrard’s brace helped Liverpool to a hard-fought win at Marseille in their Champions League Group D opener.
Sep 17 2008
Just two months ago, spiking petroleum prices were emboldening confrontational oil exporters such as Venezuela, Russia and Iran, fueling inflation anxiety at the Federal Reserve, raising expectations at American biofuel producers, and crimping the...
Sep 16 2008
It was a busy time for pole dancers in Amsterdam at the weekend. While the red light district’s troupe were gyrating as usual on Friday night, a host of girls from Albania to Spain flew in to compete for the European pole dance championship...
Sep 16 2008
New York Gov. David Paterson on Monday said Wall Street might lay off 40,000 workers in a worst-case scenario following Lehman Brother’s bankruptcy filing and problems at other big financial firms.
Sep 16 2008
Is 22-year-old Natalie Dylan making a “potentially lucrative” business deal by auctioning off her virginity to pay for college, said Jeremy Taylor in AOL News, “or is it an immoral act with long-term ramifications?” It’s hard to say. But even...
Sep 15 2008
Astronomers believe they have taken the first amazing pictureof a planet around another star like the Sun. The alien world shows up as a tiny orange disk in the image captured by Canadian scientists with a giant telescope in Hawaii..
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Aug 25 2008
And, as a conference of archaeologists and climatologists meeting in the Swiss capital Berne has been discussing, the finds are also providing key indicators to climate change. Everyone knows the story of Oetzi the Ice Man, found in an Austrian glacier...
Aug 25 2008
The Arbroath RNLI team was investigating reports of cries for help coming from local caves on Tuesday. After scouring the area they spotted a rope ladder which led into a cave house built into the rocks. The dwelling, about half way up the 120ft...
Aug 22 2008
Indian boxer Vijender Kumar settled for a bronze medal at the Beijing Olympics after being out-punched by Cuban Emilio Correa Bayeaux in the semifinals of the 75kg category here today. The 22-year-old was simply out-thought by his Cuban rival who...
Aug 18 2008
Des Moines’ only alternative high school hopes to boost graduation rates with an idea that has triggered controversy nationwide: Pay students to perform. Teacher Anita Dutta intends to launch a “learn and earn” program at Scavo Campus...