Chicago Public Schools feel a $10 million pinch at the pump
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Out of curiosity, I called the Chicago Public Schools the other day to ask a seemingly small question that had been on my mind:
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Series of Blasts Rock Indian City
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7:30pm UK, Saturday July 26, 2008
At least 29 people have been killed and around 90 wounded in a series of blasts in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad.
The earlier explosions in Bangalore
Police said one of the blasts occurred at a diamond-trading market in Ahmedabad, the commercial capital of Gujarat state.
A television station said the explosives […]
Sara and Darnell cosy up on the carpet
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Sara and Darnell shared a few intimate moments this afternoon as they curled up on the floor of the living room area in Hell.
As Darnell spoke with Dale about the chilli eating task they had completed, he found SaraÂ’s hand across the carpet.
The pair locked hands for a few minutes as they chatted to one […]
Seven bombs hit India’s Ahmedabad, two killed
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By Rupam Jain Nair
AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) - At least seven small bombs exploded in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad on Saturday, killing at least two people and wounding 55, just a day after another set of blasts in the country’s southern IT hub, officials said.
On Friday, eight bombs exploded in quick succession in the […]
300+ SURVIVE JET DIVE
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A jumbo jet bound for Melbourne, Australia, was forced to make an emergency landing in the Philippines yesterday after a massive hole opened up in the side of the aircraft at 29,000 feet.
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McCain’s Veep
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With Obama wrapping up his grand tour this weekend having not only avoided gaffes but hitting several home runs including the Maliki endorsement (we won’t mention Der Spiegel’s, see Marinucci below), McCain is threatening a veep pick next week before the Olympics to try to get back on page one.
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Beijing Olympics: Let the Games begin (already)!
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More notes about the primping, prepping, preliminary propagandizing and providing for protesters that are taking place during the lead-up to the Olympic Games in Beijing; the big event will begin on August 8:
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With Age Comes Hardship in Latin America
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WASHINGTON — My mother just wrapped up her annual visit. Usually, she would take over our house and our lives. But this time it was different. Two weeks in, she looked at me, pointed in my direction and said: “I hope you never get old.”
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For U.S. Basketball Team, The Opening Act Is a Hit
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LAS VEGAS, July 25 — When the U.S. Olympic men’s basketball team made its first and only appearance on American soil Friday night, the names were hard to find on the backs of the sleek white uniforms worn by Jason Kidd, Kobe Bryant, Dwyane Wade, Carmelo Anthony and Dwight Howard. Their household names blended into […]
Organized Blasts Hit Tech Hub Of India
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NEW DELHI, July 25 — At least seven small blasts tore through India’s high-tech hub of Bangalore on Friday afternoon, killing two people and injuring at least 20 in the second high-profile attack on an Indian city in 10 weeks.
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U.S. Broadens Sanctions to Pressure Mugabe
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President Bush yesterday signed an executive order expanding sanctions against companies and individuals linked with Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, part of an effort by Western nations to ratchet up the pressure on a government accused of killing and terrorizing political opponents in order to remain in power.
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McCain’s Day of Contrasts
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ASPEN, Colo., July 25 — It was a Friday of war and peace for Republican presidential candidate John McCain.
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Israeli Leaders Find Generous Donors in U.S.
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JERUSALEM — American businessman Morris Talansky has riveted Israel with tales of bankrolling the plush lifestyle of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert: the expensive cigars and five-star suites, a fine watch and an Italian vacation.
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Karadzic escaped arrest in Austria last year: report
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VIENNA (Reuters) - Radovan Karadzic evaded capture last year when Austrian police raided a Vienna apartment where he was staying but did not recognize the disguised war crimes suspect, an Austrian newspaper reported on Friday.
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Obama wraps up foreign tour with London visit
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LONDON (Reuters) - Presidential candidate Barack Obama, on a tour abroad where he has got a rock star reception, will wrap up his trip on Saturday with talks in London on the Middle East conflict, Iran and Afghanistan.
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Karadzic appeal deadline passes
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A deadline for ex-Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic to appeal against extradition to the Netherlands on genocide and other charges has expired.
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Qantas jet lands with gaping hole in fuselage (AP)
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The passengers, on a flight from London to Melbourne, had just been served a meal after a stopover in Hong Kong when they described hearing a loud bang, then their ears popping as air rushed out the hole. The pilots put the plane into a quick descent to 10,000 feet, where the atmosphere is still […]
Hurricane Dolly breaks the border
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Hurricane Dolly,
which unleashed its fury of winds and rain on the US-Mexico
coastline, weakened to a tropical storm yesterday — but concern remained
over flooding along the populous Rio
Grande Valley.
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Mosley wins record damages over ’sick Nazi orgy’ claims
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Formula One boss Max Mosley won a record £60,000 (€76,000) in privacy damages yesterday for the “probably unprecedented” distress and indignity he suffered over a British newspaper’s “sick Nazi orgy” story.
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