China's Xi says EU debt problems are 'temporary' (AFP)–2 hours ago DUBLIN — China believes the EU’s economic problems are temporary and it will continue to support the bloc’s efforts to deal with its debts, leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping said Saturday ahead of a visit to Ireland. “China does not think one should ‘talk down’ or …
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Feb 18
Man tries to evict his 98-year-old mother
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Peter Kantorowski wanted his 98-year-oldmother to move into a nursing home or live with him. She wouldn’tgo; she didn’t want to leave her home of nearly 60 years. Finally, Kantorowski went to court — and served his mother withan eviction notice shortly before her 98th birthday inDecember. Mary Kantorowski says she …
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Feb 14
Onassis papers made public at JFK Library reveal hands-on style with White House decor – Metro – The Boston Globe
Much is known about her elegant clothing and the way she wore her hair, but a newly released collection of notes by Jacqueline Kennedy, some handwritten, reveal her hands-on manner of transforming the White House into a living museum. “her understanding of decoration and furniture and history is remarkable,’’ said Jennifer Beaton, an archivist at …
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Feb 09
New airport security rules will let some passengers keep their shoes, belts on
WASHINGTON — a new passenger screening program to make check-in more convenient for certain travelers is being expanded to 28 more major U.S. airports, the government said Wednesday. There will be no cost to eligible passengers, who would no longer have to remove their shoes and belts before they board flights. The airports include the …
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Feb 08
Prosecution urges rejection of Sandusky request over visit
HARRISBURG, Pa | Wed Feb 8, 2012 3:10am EST HARRISBURG, Pa (Reuters) – Pennsylvania prosecutors who have charged Jerry Sandusky with sexually abusing boys filed a fierce response on Tuesday to the former Penn State assistant football coach’s request to be allowed to see his grandchildren in his home. Sandusky, 67, faces 52 criminal charges …
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Feb 03
U.S. no-fly list doubles in year: source
WASHINGTON | Thu Feb 2, 2012 6:25pm EST WASHINGTON (Reuters) – the number of people banned from flying under the U.S. government’s terrorism watch list has more than doubled over the last year, a counterterrorism source said on Thursday. The list banning people from flight to the United States, or within it, has risen to …
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Feb 02
Xstrata in Merger Talks With Glencore
BY ALEX MACDONALD LONDON—Anglo-Swiss miner Xstrata PLC said Thursday that it is in talks with commodities titan Glencore International, having received an approach regarding an all-share merger of equals. If the negotiations are successful, this would be the culmination of a long-touted tie-up that is expected to change the face of the mining sector, creating …
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Feb 01
Holy war over health care law? Obama angers Catholic leaders
While President Obama will deliver another speech on the economy Wednesday in Northern Virginia to keep the focus on jobs, Catholic leaders across the country are warning another issue may blow up in his face come November. Catholics are fired up over new rules implementing Obama’s health care reform law forcing Catholic universities, hospitals, and …
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Jan 30
Megaupload Files: Deleted By Thursday?
Two Web storage companies that hosted data for the now-defunct Megaupload could start deleting their files as early as Thursday, according to new court filings. On the same day that the Justice Department shut down Megaupload for massive copyright infringement, the government also executed search warrants on servers owned by Virginia-based Carpathia Hosting and D.C.-based …
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Jan 24
Allen Stanford’s Prospective Jurors Probed for Bias by Judge
January 23, 2012, 8:33 PM EST by Laurel Brubaker Calkins and Andrew Harris (Updates with questioning of jury in seventh paragraph.) Jan. 23 (Bloomberg) — the R. Allen Stanford who arrived at the Houston federal courthouse in shackles to start his $7 billion investment fraud trial today is far different from the Texas billionaire prosecutors …
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