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There is only one word to describe Robert Mansell, and that is "hero." Mr. Mansell was forced to land his airplane near the Caribbean island of Bonaire. A tragic loss of engine power gave only the option of an emergency landing,...
A panel of federal judges said they planned to order the system, swollen to about double its capacity last year, to cut down to 120 percent to 145 percent of capacity within two to three years. They did not give a target headcount, but thousands would...
Theft at school lands man in jail for six months Wednesday, February 4th 2009 Grimaldi Miro, 22, of Peter's Rest appeared before Superior Court Presiding Judge Darryl Donohue and was sentenced to three years in prison with all but six months suspended...
Over the weekend, yet another hapless prisoner stuck at Guantanamo Bay for the last six years was determined to have been wrongly detained, this time by a military panel that decided he “should no longer be deemed an enemy combatant.” The...
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A bill to allow electronic slot machines at Kentucky racetracks will likely get an overhaul in coming days, but still could come up for a committee vote by mid-February, said Rep. Dennis Keene, D-Wilder. Keene, chairman of the House Licensing and Occupations...
A teenage political activist, who was sentenced last month to three years imprisonment for taking part in the 2007 monk-led demonstrations, was transferred last week from Insein Prison to Shwe Tathay labor camp in Twante Township, according to a source...
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Brooks, the University of Sydney student who stole David Hicks's heart, looks set to become his wife. The couple have spoken about marriage to a Sydney pastor, who yesterday told The Australian the former Guantanamo Bay detainee had been waiting for court-imposed...
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This latest assault is on clean water and it may be Bush's worst one yet. There are great running lists of all Bush's midnight regulations as he secures his infamous place as the "worst president ever" in our country's annals. Apparently not satisfied...
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The White House on Tuesday approved a final rule that will make it easier for coal companies to dump rock and dirt from mountaintop mining operations into nearby streams and valleys. The rule is one of the most contentious of all the regulations emerging...
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guessing who will replace Jerry Yang at the helm of the troubled Internet giant Yahoo. Yang, a Yahoo co-founder, said last week that he will relinquish the chief executive role once a successor is named and revert back to being "chief Yahoo," the strategy...
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