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| Posted on: Tuesday, 11 November 2008, 18:00 CST Strong turnout and a robust scientific program marked the largest and most comprehensive ophthalmic educational meeting in the world, the American Ac... |
| Tom Cruise admits to having made mistakes as he makes a comeback |
| London, Nov 25 : American actor Tom Cruise has admitted that he has made some mistakes in the past, and that he could have handled certain things better. |
| Nestle says withdrawing Brazil-made cereal in U.S |
| NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nestle says it is withdrawing Farinha Lactea cereal in the U.S. because it may contain traces of a pesticide not approved for wheat in the U.S. |
| Quake kills at least 3 in Indonesia |
| The authorities, who have improved their ability to respond to disasters since the 2004 quake, issued a tsunami warning. |
| New legal American poker site launches |
| WHITE BEAR LAKE, Minnesota -- (PRESS RELEASE) -- Your heart is pounding. Palms sweating. You have a full house and he has a flush – or does he? Find out and win big in a game of poker at ZOSOZ. Fro... |
| Syria site hit by Israel resembled atom plant: IAEA
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| Reuters - A Syrian complex bombed by Israel bore features that would resemble those of an undeclared nuclear reactor and Syria must cooperate more with U.N. inspectors to let them draw conclusions, a watchdog report said on Wednesday. |
| San Francisco Plans To Be Electric Car Capital |
| US: November 24, 2008 SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco Bay Area cities promised to build the electric car capital of the United States, announcing a plan Thursday to work with start-up Better Place to ... |
| Long Beach, Calif., police baffled by 5 slayings |
| The crime scene, alongside a busy freeway off-ramp, was shielded from view by dense brush and tangled tree limbs. |
| Candidates press campaigns in key states |
| Obama has Gore appearing for him and McCain calls on Schwarzenegger. |
| Florence Wald, leader in US hospice, dies at 91 |
| Florence Wald, a former Yale nursing dean whose interest in compassionate care led her to launch the first U.S. hospice program, has died. She was 91. |
| GM reports $2.5B 3Q loss, says running out of cash |
| General Motors Corp. said Friday it lost $2.5 billion in the third quarter and warned that it could run out of cash in 2009 if the U.S. economic slump continues and it doesn't get government aid. |
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'Towers of Gold: How One Jewish Immigrant Names Isaias Hellman Created California,' by Frances Dinkelspiel |
Like Dr. Johnson's epitaphs, the subtitles of histories in search of a popular readership are not "given under oath." |
| Venezuela Steps Up Efforts To Thwart Cocaine Traffic |
| ELORZA, Venezuela -- Facing criticism that cocaine trafficking is out of control, Venezuela's government this year has embarked on an aggressive program to track drug-smuggling planes and destroy clandestine airstrips used by Colombian drug clans, Venezuelan drug enforcement and military official...
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| BART stations close over large protest crowds heading to San Francisco |
| BART trains are currently not stopping at the Coliseum and Fruitvale stations in Oakland as BART officials try to deal with a flood of high school students who have jumped the turnstiles on their way ... |
| American Reprographics Company Acquires Texas-Based Reprographics Fort Worth, Inc. |
| ARP ), the nation's leading provider of reprographics services and technology, today announced the acquisition of Reprographics Fort Worth, Inc., a provider of document management, document reproduc... |
| Correction: Anti-Hispanic bias crimes story |
| In a Nov. 12 story about anti-Hispanic bias crimes, The Associated Press misidentified the dean at the University of California Davis School of Law. He is Kevin Johnson, not Kevin Brown. |
| Tough times will test luxury Miami Beach hotel-spa |
| Canyon Ranch is about to open in Miami Beach, selling a healthy (and quite expensive) lifestyle. Will self-indulgence remain profitable in a bad economy? |
| Lie, cheat and steal: high school ethics surveyed |
| In the past year, 30 percent of U.S. high school students have stolen from a store and 64 percent have cheated on a test, according to a new, large-scale survey suggesting that Americans are too apathetic about ethical standards. |
| For wealthy Mexicans, bodyguards are a necessary expense |
| As drug-related violence spirals out of control, security measures have become a way of life for affluent Mexicans. |
| Atlanta officer enters guilty plea in deadly raid |
| ATLANTA – A former Atlanta police officer pleaded guilty Thursday to federal conspiracy charges for his role in a botched drug raid that ended in the shooting death of a 92-year-old woman. Ar... |
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