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Hurricane rakes coasts of Texas and Mexico

iht.com     12 hrs ago   7 related          

Hurricane Dolly moved onto the Gulf shores of south Texas and northern Mexico Wednesday afternoon, raking the border area with a deluge of rain and gusts of high winds and raising fears of flooding along the Rio Grande,...                

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theage.com.au: Damien Richardson, City Homicide, is surprised by how much there is to learn about acting in series television. theage.com.au

Arrested emotions

theage.com.au     14 hrs ago          

TV detectives need to deny their feelings, reports Bridget McManus. DAMIEN Richardson used to have a "superiority complex" about long-running series television. Having worked either in film (The Jammed, Noise), or in guest...                

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Missouri health care network to pay $60 million settlement

semissourian.com     yesterday   6 related          

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Springfield-based health care system has agreed to pay $60 million to settle claims it engaged in illegal kickbacks with area doctors and billed Medicare for costs not allowed under federal laws.                

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New DVDs: 'Pleasure Factory,' 'War Games: 25th Anniversary Edition'

scrippsnews.com     yesterday          

"PLEASURE FACTORY." "Pleasure Factory" may sound like a porn title, but, in fact, it's an old-fashioned melodrama by director Ekachai Uekrongtham set in Singapore's red-light district, known as Geyland. Uekrongtham shot the...                

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Mayoral appointments show populist streak

kansascity.com     yesterday          

Kansas City Mayor Mark Funkhouser has announced a new set of appointments to economic development boards, and there's not a pro-development booster in the bunch. They mostly reflect grass-roots and neighborhood or community...                

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Market overview: Losses reduced at the close (ShareCast)

yahoo.com     yesterday   14 related          

LONDON (ShareCast) - Vodafone (LSE: VOD.L - news) and Enterprise Inns (LSE: ETI.L - news) battled all day to avoid being the worst performing blue-chip and at the death Enterprise just avoided the dubious honour. Vodafone's...                

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Funkhouser names seven to PIEA, one to TIF Commission

bizjournals.com     yesterday          

Kansas City Mayor Mark Funkhouser has appointed seven members to the Planned Industrial Expansion Authority and one to the Tax Increment Financing Commission of Kansas City. The PIEA considers requests from developers to abate...                

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American Express ends FTSE rally

timesonline.co.uk     yesterday   11 related          

The three day recovery in bank stocks and sell off in commodities came to an end today as American Express figures in the US last night showed far worse profit fall than expected. This, combined with far lower than expected...                

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Aviva loses ground ahead of results

timesonline.co.uk     Jul 21, 2008   2 related          

Aviva, the Norwich Union insurer, was one of the worst performing blue chips, down 5 per cent at 512p ahead of first-half results on Wednesday. Panmure Gordon's Barrie Cornes is forecasting a slowdown in new sales of life and...                

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London Markets: Resource plays lift U.K. stocks; HSBC climbs but HBOS slips

marketwatch.com     Jul 21, 2008   1 related          

Resource plays lift U.K. stocks; HSBC rises By Steve Goldstein, MarketWatch LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Resource shares held the spotlight Monday in London, as renewed tensions over Iran's nuclear program pushed oil and gold...                

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