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| Hurricane Ike Caused 3,800 Workers From a Hospital to Be Laid Off |
The effects that Hurricane Ike had on Galveston can still be felt now. The University of Texas Medical Branch from Galveston was badly damaged by the strong winds and rain that Ike brought during this fall. Because the teaching hospital is running out of money, nearly 3,800 workers will be laid off. The next three months will be crucial for the hospital,... |
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 President Harry S. Truman’s only daughter, Margaret Truman Daniel died
Tuesday in Chicago.
She was 83 when she died, after a brief illness, a
statement from the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum in Independence, Mo.,
said.
According to the San Francisco Chronicle,
her family refused to disclose a specific cause of death....
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 The judge presiding over the quadruple-murder case of a man accused
in a 2005 courthouse shooting spree announced Wednesday that he is resigning due
to comments in a magazine article.
Fulton County Superior Court Hilton Fuller recused himself
in a letter to Chief Judge Dorris Downs, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
reported. The...
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The body of an infant was found recently on the side of a road
in Galveston, the Texas state police launching a search for the baby’s father.
Investigators managed to identify the infant’s father and
are now searching for the 21-year-old man, who has been called “a person of
interest” in the investigation.
Police...
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 US Attorney General Michael Mukasey told a Senate committee
that the CIA method for interrogating terrorism suspects known as waterboarding
could be used again in the future.
Mukasey made the remark in a letter Tuesday night to the
Senate Judiciary Committee, which was to have its first oversight hearing with
him Wednesday, The...
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 The San Francisco suspended the investigation into the fatal tiger attack at the local zoo, saying they are waiting for new evidence or witnesses to emerge.A statement from the San Francisco Police Department said the investigation is on hold "pending new witnesses being interviewed and/or new evidence" emerging, the San...
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 The tight race for the Democratic presidential nomination will soon lose another competitor, reports saying John Edwards is intending to end his bid for the presidency.Edwards was scheduled to give a speech on poverty and employment in New Orleans early Wednesday afternoon but his aides told CNN it would be a resignation address...
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 Rudolph W. Giuliani is going to drop out of the presidential
race after occupying a disappointing third place in Florida, finishing well
behind John McCain and Mitt Romney, reports said Wednesday.
Media reports revealed that Giuliani will abandon his
presidential bid and throw his support behind fellow Republican McCain.
NBC...
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 Senator John McCain claimed an important victory in the race
for the Republican presidential nomination Tuesday night, defeating his main
adversary Mitt Romney in the Florida primary ahead of the crucial February 5 “Super
Tuesday.”
With three-fourths of the vote counted, McCain, a senator
from Arizona, led Romney, a former...
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 Florida voters were heading to polling stations on Tuesday, as election officials expected a record number of electors to participate in the state’s presidential primary.As polls opened at 7:00 am (1200 GMT), Republican candidates crossed their fingers and hoped the Florida primary will offer them a clear advantage in the race for the...
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 20 inches of snow fell around Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, and 71
homes have been evacuated due to the avalanches, which destroyed four houses
and a garage in northwest of Ketchum. The heavy snow has left without
electricity thousands of people from Idaho, Utah, Colorado and Washington.
John Livingston, a National Weather Service...
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 Teen Kills Himself in Front of Webcam
An official told Fox News on Friday that a teenager from Florida committed suicide in front of his webcam after he had posted online messages announcing everyone about...
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Today is Thursday, June 5
the 157th day of 2008 with 209 to follow. The moon is waxing. The morning stars are Venus, Jupiter, Neptune and Uranus. The evening stars are Mercury, Mars and...
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 General Petraeus Set for Central Command
It appears that U. S. President George W. Bush’s favorite
general has been handed the task of winning the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
as well as confronting the...
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 A culinary journey through Crete
Almost as soon as you set foot on the southern Mediterranean island of Crete the poignant smell of oregano, wild flowers and wild teas tickles your senses while the...
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