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Inmate given $75,000 to settle suit based on electrical injury Inmate given $75,000 to settle suit based on electrical injuryThe Columbus Dispatch - Wed, 19 Apr 2006 11:14:00 GMTAn inmate severely burned in an explosion while working on an electrical panel at a Lancaster prison received $75,000 in a settlement of a lawsuit he filed against the prison system. On Interpreting the QuranNews From Bangladesh - Wed, 19 Apr 2006 10:13:35 GMTEver since I began talking on the Internet about the Quran, I have often been told by many Muslims as well as by non-Muslim readers that I needed to correctly interpret its contents before saying anything about them. Today's SituationArgia - Wed, 19 Apr 2006 09:35:11 GMTThe last day of Passover 2006 was marked by artillery shelling of Gaza in retaliation for a Qassam rocket that fell in the Negev, reports from Iran about Tehran recruiting tens of thousands of suicide bombers ready to die killing Israelis and other infidels, and picnic spots throughout Israel so crowded with Israelis that the noon news carried a list of parks where there was no more parking 'Whites only' school now viewed as 'investment' propertyCharleston City Paper - Wed, 19 Apr 2006 08:33:47 GMTCharleston has more than its fair share of blue blood, with the Jenkins family being a prominent example. Wealthy Welsh landowners, the Jenkins family originally moved to the Carolinas in the 1700s when this was still a land-grant colony. Kelly coming full circleState Press - Wed, 19 Apr 2006 07:42:56 GMTAside from executing tumbling passes, doing flips on a beam and breaking records for the ASU gymnastics team, Ashley Kelly's hobby is making scrapbooks. Kannur: A history of violencerediff.com - Wed, 19 Apr 2006 07:41:48 GMTKannur is one of the most volatile districts in Kerala. High-Tech Home Has China's Leader as VisitorLos Angeles Times - Wed, 19 Apr 2006 07:27:08 GMTPresident Hu Jintao gets a red carpet welcome at Microsoft, where he tours the futuristic house. He will meet Bush on Thursday. Locals Only: Baked Goods: Home and Garden digs into the vaults to re-release its first two albumsCleveland Free Times - Wed, 19 Apr 2006 04:47:34 GMTPere Ubu is probably the most revered name in Cleveland music, its fabled history and output known to aficionados around the world. Less well known is Home and Garden, formed by Ubu drummer Scott Krauss and bassist Tony Maimone following Ubu's 1982 break-up. 'Gospel of Judas' Surfaces After 1,700 YearsNew York Times - Wed, 19 Apr 2006 04:15:58 GMTThe text gives new insights into the relationship between Jesus and the disciple who betrayed him, scholars said. Outrage at Funeral Protests Pushes Lawmakers to ActNew York Times - Wed, 19 Apr 2006 04:07:12 GMTA tiny fundamentalist splinter group is showing up at funerals claiming that God is killing soldiers in Iraq to punish America for condoning homosexuality. Links:Lexus RX400hLexus LX 450LexusLexus CarsLexus LS 460Lexus GX 470Lexus SC300Lexus ES300Lexus JX 470Lexus IS300Lexus LF-ALexus GS 430 | | Friday, April 14th, 2006 | | 3:45 am |
Paralyzed Girl, 5, Confronts Shooter Paralyzed Girl, 5, Confronts ShooterThe Houma Courier - Fri, 14 Apr 2006 00:40:45 GMTBOSTON - Five-year-old Kai Leigh Harriott sat in the front of the courtroom in her wheelchair and looked directly at the man who had just pleaded guilty Thursday to firing the shot that paralyzed her. Skilling makes passionate defenseKRIS-TV Corpus Christi - Fri, 14 Apr 2006 00:33:54 GMT HOUSTON -- In what he has described as a fight for his life, Jeff Skilling turned passionate and fought to control his anger. "I'm sorry, I have to calm down," the former Enron... Skilling says he never broke the lawContra Costa Times - Fri, 14 Apr 2006 00:09:05 GMTFormer Enron Corp. Chief Executive Jeffrey Skilling spoke up Wednesday for company founder Kenneth Lay in his third day on the witness stand in the pair's fraud and conspiracy trial, saying they were a "good team" that committed no crimes. Today's BusinessThe Myrtle Beach Sun News - Thu, 13 Apr 2006 22:53:39 GMTHouston | Former Enron Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Skilling spoke up Wednesday for company founder Kenneth Lay in his third day on the witness stand in the pair's fraud and conspiracy trial, saying they were a "good team" that committed no crimes. An egg for EasterDeccan Herald - Thu, 13 Apr 2006 22:47:44 GMTAunty Vera was spending Easter with Anjali. Russian by birth, Aunty Vera had always lived in India. Anjali’s parents, who had got to know her soon after their wedding, had later requested her to be Anjali’s godmother. Unravelling September 11's enduring toxic legacyThe Age - Thu, 13 Apr 2006 22:39:46 GMTWalking through the World Trade Centre debris - in a cloud of toxic dust - three men pass the ambulance driven by paramedic Marvin Bethea on September 11, 2001. Boston man pleads guilty in shooting that paralyzed girlWFSB 3 - Thu, 13 Apr 2006 21:27:25 GMTBOSTON -- Five-year-old Kai Leigh sat in the front of the courtroom in her wheelchair and looked directly at the man who had just pleaded guilty Thursday to firing the shot that paralyzed her. What Did They Know—and When the Heck Did They Know It?Gay City News - Thu, 13 Apr 2006 21:20:23 GMTThe controversy surrounding the famous “Vote for Cuomo, Not the Homo” posters that poisoned the 1977 mayoral primary battle between a future mayor and a future governor threatens not to quiet down in time for Andrew Cuomo—the son of the man who lost that mayoral primary but was elected governor in 1982—to finish his run for New York State attorney general. BUSKEN TRIAL: Sanchez found guilty of murder; man could get death penalty in slaying of Benton womanBenton Courier - Thu, 13 Apr 2006 21:10:58 GMTA Norman, Okla., jury has convicted a man in the death of a Benton woman who was attending the University of Oklahoma when she was abducted, raped and killed as the Christmas break started more than nine years ago. Busken's parents testify in penalty phase of trialBenton Courier - Thu, 13 Apr 2006 21:10:27 GMTThe father of slain University of Oklahoma dance student Juli Busken of Benton told jurors Thursday of the central role his daughter occupied in the lives of himself and his wife. Links:Lexus RX 400hLexus JXLexusLexus LX 470Lexus LS430Lexus GX 470Lexus SC 430Lexus ES250Lexus JX 470Lexus IS 350Lexus LF-ALexus GS 350 | | Tuesday, April 11th, 2006 | | 5:50 am |
Working life peers list unveiled Working life peers list unveiledicCroydon - Tue, 11 Apr 2006 02:44:59 GMTThe names of almost two dozen individuals being awarded party-political seats in the House of Lords have been unveiled by Downing Street. A total of 23 working life peers are to be created - nominated by Prime Minister Tony Blair and other party leaders. Working life peers list unveiledDaily Mail - Tue, 11 Apr 2006 02:40:08 GMTThe names of almost two dozen individuals being awarded party-political seats in the House of Lords have been unveiled by Downing Street. Buying cows at St John'sEuroa Gazette - Tue, 11 Apr 2006 02:00:45 GMTStudents at St John' Primary School in Euroa are raising money to buy a cow, not with the intention eps/Year 1s succeeded in creating the longest line with their coins. The school is aiming to raise the total amount required for a cow by the end of Lent. ... Blair backs down on increasing Labour lordsThe Scotsman - Tue, 11 Apr 2006 00:26:17 GMTTONY Blair has abandoned attempts to increase Labour's numbers in the House of Lords following the "loans for peerages" scandal. Communiversity challengeGuardian Unlimited - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 23:53:04 GMTThe church, declared redundant by the archdiocese of Liverpool after 50 years of service to the Catholics of Croxteth, is dedicated to St Swithin, the rainy saint. But he is not the subject of the larger-than-life sculpture suspended high up on the outside of the east wall. Communiversity challengeGuardian Unlimited - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 23:51:57 GMTA Liverpool church is being transformed into a skills centre for local people. David Ward reports. SPMH: Court filing shows that equipment sold, other ‘lent’ by CEOSanta Paula Times - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 23:50:07 GMTRepresentatives of the County of Ventura knew that work was needed on Santa Paula Memorial Hospital, but they - as well as members of the Creditors Committee - weren’t prepared for what they found, or rather, didn’t find, when they visited the shuttered facility in September 2004. Dollar slips against euro after Friday surgeChannel NewsAsia - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 23:32:07 GMTNEW YORK : The dollar dipped against the euro on profit-taking after making big gains at the end of last week on speculation of steeper US interest rate hikes. Blair drops Labour lenders from his list of 28 new peersIndependent - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 23:25:36 GMTTony Blair has ended a damaging stand-off with a Lords sleaze watchdog by dropping four businessmen who lent Labour £3.5m from a list of 28 working peers in a humiliating climbdown over the "peerages for cash" scandal. Dollar slips against euro after Friday surgeTurkishPress.com - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 23:14:02 GMTThe dollar dipped against the euro on profit-taking after making big gains at the end of last week on speculation of steeper US interest rate hikes. But traders said the talk of higher Federal Reserve rates had not gone away, especially after oil prices surged on Monday. Links:Lexus RX300Lexus LX470LexusLexus GX 470Lexus LS600hLexus GX 470Lexus SC430Lexus ES 330Lexus JXLexus IS200Lexus LF-CLexus GS 400 | | Sunday, April 9th, 2006 | | 6:10 pm |
Out of nine London plays, just about all prove to be letdowns Out of nine London plays, just about all prove to be letdownsPittsburgh Post-Gazette - Sun, 09 Apr 2006 04:18:40 GMTLONDON -- The riches of London theater are so many and varied that even when you pack nine shows into six days, as I did in March on a Post-Gazette theater tour (the slim-trim, Critics Choice model), you're aware of how many appealing shows you're missing. Where Have All the Strivers Gone?New York Times - Sun, 09 Apr 2006 04:13:43 GMTIn today's literary fiction, the craving for worldly success has become the love that dare not speak its name. Nitt Witt Ridge close, but not exactly a rival to Hearst's CastleInside Bay Area - Sat, 08 Apr 2006 10:38:23 GMTIN 1919, newspaper baron William Randolph Hearst turned a 250,000-acre dude ranch into a vacation hideaway now known as Hearst Castle. Complex communismGuardian Unlimited - Sat, 08 Apr 2006 00:46:48 GMTMati Unt was a member of the Estonian "Sixties Generation", a group who rose to prominence in the latter part of that decade and benefited from the relatively open nature of the communist regime. As boldly eccentric as his timesCalendarlive.com - Fri, 07 Apr 2006 22:55:54 GMT* A Louvre survey puts Jean-AugusteDominique Ingres in his place amid a society of whipsawing extremes. Paris — HANDS down, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres is the weirdest artist France produced in the first half of the 19th century. The toiling modern individualFinancial Express - Fri, 07 Apr 2006 17:20:19 GMTLife at the dawn of the 21st century is far more complex than it was a century back. The last century was also equally complex compared to the yet earlier times. When egos collideSydney Morning Herald - Fri, 07 Apr 2006 15:41:32 GMTMike Parr's highly original work is the most compelling of three shows of self-images and celebrity, writes John McDonald. - J P McManus: Man of the peopleBelfast Telegraph - Fri, 07 Apr 2006 11:38:38 GMTHe may be one of racing's richest figures, but J P McManus remains true to his roots: a lover of the sport and a fearless and much admired gambler. District and Circle By Seamus HeaneyIndependent - Thu, 06 Apr 2006 23:47:27 GMT"Why should not old men be mad?" asked WB Yeats. Seamus Heaney (born 1939) is not yet old, and, as he puts it in a version from Horace, "Anything can happen". But the work of Heaney's maturity suggests that sanity will continue to get his vote - as it has done for the 40 years since the publication of his first, hugely influential book Death of a Naturalist, which is republished alongside his new Countdown to the Grand National: Man of the peopleIndependent - Thu, 06 Apr 2006 23:21:30 GMTIn 1960 a nine-year-old Limerick boy had his first bet - "a few bob" - on the Grand National favourite. Merryman II won at 13-2. Any investment made by J P McManus on the favourite at Aintree tomorrow would cause a ripple of panic across the betting ring, even measured against nationwide turnover expected to reach £150m. Links:Lexus RX 330Lexus LX 450LexusLexus CarsLexus LS460LLexus GXLexus SCLexus ESLexus JX 470Lexus ISLexus LF-ALexus GS 430 |
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