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Wills and Kate are married, and for those of you in the states who got up early to watch the ceremony (or pretended like you weren’t watching it but happened to have the TV on while getting ready for work, raising my hand) you know it was a classy and lovely affair. In other words, [...]
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Yesterday: No blossoming dandelions in sight on the lawns in our neighborhood. Today: Dandymania. Here’s a cell phone picture of the first yellow blooms of the season in our dreadful yard. This marks the resumption of hostilities between me and these dreaded weeds that began (too late) last summer when I was [...]
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4:40pm UK, Saturday April 30, 2011 Mark Stone, in Tripoli Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi says he is prepared to enter a ceasefire and negotiations, provided Nato “stops its planes”. [...]
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© DC Comics / Vertigo Jonathan Vankin has revealed some of the first plot details about his upcoming DC Comics miniseries, which sees the reintroduction of Vertigo characters Swamp Thing and John Constantine back into the main DC Universe. It was announced earlier this month that the conclusion to Brightest Day would see thetwo characters [...]
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The Taliban on Saturday announced the beginning of their spring military offensive against the U.S.-led coalition, a day after a new Pentagon report claimed that the militants’ fighting spirit was low after sustaining heavy losses on the battlefield. Read more
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Sacramento — The clock is ticking on California’s budget deficit. And Guv Jerry Brown promised not to raise taxes without a vote of the people. So what if the Guv can’t find two Republicans to support… Read more
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PARIS – Switzerland freezes plans to build new nuclear plants, Germany raises questions about its nuclear future, and opposition to atomic reactor construction mounts from Turkey to South Africa. Read more
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SOMA, Japan – Radiation leaked from a crippled nuclear plant in tsunami-ravaged northeastern Japan after a third reactor was rocked by an explosion Tuesday and a fourth caught fire in a dramatic escalation of the 4-day-old catastrophe. The government warned anyone nearby to stay indoors to avoid exposure. Read more
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A division of Johnson & Johnson is recalling 43 over-the-counter medicines made for infants and children — including liquid versions of Tylenol, Motrin, Zyrtec and Benadryl — after federal regulators identified what they called deficiencies at the company’s manufacturing facility. Read more
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VENEZUELA Chávez opponents jailed in crackdown Two foes of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez who had publicly criticized the socialist government in recent days found themselves in jail this week as part of a crackdown on opposition figures that has prompted alarm about the state of democracy in the oil-rich Latin American country. On Monday, former [...]