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US Troops Detain UK Journo in Iraq... |
According to reports in the Guardian , U.S. troops on Jan. 8 stormed into the Baghdad home of journalist Ali Fadhil, firing bullets into the room where he and his wife and children were sleeping.
Fadhil was hooded and taken away for questioning. Troops also seized videotapes shot for a "Dispatches" program on Channel 4, a U.K. TV station. Fadhil has been released, but the tapes have not b...
Beating the back-to-work blues... |
Feeling a case of the back-to-work blues? You're not alone according to Mental Health Foundation Chief Executive, Judi Clements.
“With more hectic Christmas and New Year schedules, people are often returning to work feeling like they have not had a chance to recharge their batteries,” she says.
A study in Australia found that workers returning from their Christmas vacations are of...
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Websites Scotsman.com websites News Sport Business The Scotsman Scotland on Sunday Edinburgh Evening News Dating Jobs Motors Property Travel Business Finder Member Centre Web Feeds Media Pack Site Help Digital Archive ...Las Vegas' James Lesure with Kelly Clark and Gretchen Bleiler... |
NBC's Las Vegas is coming down with Olympic fever. For tonight's episode (airing at 9 pm/ET), three top U.S. snowboarders — two of them 2002 gold medalists — will be the reigning celebrities at the show's Montecito Resort & Casino and star in a two-and-a-half-minute "minimovie" to promote the 2006 Winter Games at the end of the show. According to Olympics host NBC, the strategy of embedd...
Film Studies: Born poor, raised to splendour. But will this story ...... |
Interviews from The Independent & The Independent on Sunday Home > Enjoyment > Film > Features
When I think of all the bad, or unnecessary movies made by Sir Michael Caine, there is one story that cries out to be filmed. It is his own, or a version of it. The full marvel and intrigue of this situation began to sink in as I read Christopher Bray's excellent new biography - Michael Caine...
No tax hike, but you'll pay somehow... |
The General Assembly reconvenes Tuesday for the second year of its two-year session, which ends July 1. Here is a rundown on the session.
There are 21 members of the Senate, with Democrats holding a 13-8 majority. The House has 41 members, and Republicans have a 25-15 majority, with one independent member. Information on each member, along with e-mail addresses and phone numbers, can be f...
Whale migration in Santa Cruz... |
Now is a good time for visitors to the California coast near Santa Cruz to view gray whales. Between December and March, about 20,000 gray whales make the long journey from Alaska's Bering Sea along the California coastline to the warm lagoons of Baja. There they give birth to 1,500-pound calves and begin the return trip home to Alaska in the spring.
The waters of the Monterey Bay Natio...
Tribe seeks land NJ sold in 1801... |
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Two centuries later, a band of Native Americans want back the land they say the state of New Jersey sold out from under them in 1801.
In a federal lawsuit filed last month in Camden, they demanded that everyone now living on the former Brotherton Reservation be evicted.
The only ...
Gaming commission chief had busy year... |
Orange County casino was greatest challenge, Yelton says
INDIANAPOLIS — As a 25-year veteran of the bench, former Clay Circuit Judge Ernest Yelton handled a number of complicated and high-profile cases.
He also was a state and national leader in judicial organizations and a finalist four times for other state or federal judicial appointments.
Despite that background, he ...
DFLer's Entenza E-mails End Up Online... |
(AP) St. Paul Some state House Democrats are questioning whether Minority Leader Matt Entenza should continue to lead the caucus as he gears up to run for attorney general.
In an e-mail string posted Thursday on a political blog, Rep. Al Juhnke, DFL-Willmar, urged his fellow Democrats to "set aside a substantial block of time for our caucus leadership election." He went on to call for a "...