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Husband, Rope Help Blind Runner Reach Paralympic Podium - Xinhua News Agency
beijing, sept. 10 (xinhua) -- at the blocks, adria santos stands with her husband rafael waiting for the start gun to go. tying the couple is an 18-inch rope tether. both know they are connected in more ways than a literal tie. being blind since ...
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Court Overturns Klansman's life Sentences
a federal appeals court on tuesday overturned the conviction of a reputed ku klux klan member serving three life sentences for his role in the 1964 abduction and killing of two black teenagers, one of whom was the brother of a colorado man.
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Two Given life For Racial Murder In K.c.
kansas city, mo., sept. 9 (upi) -- a federal judge tuesday sentenced two white missouri men to life in prison for shooting a man to death as he walked to work in 2005 because he was black.
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Russia's Petrova Shaking Off Mid-career Blues - Reuters India
bali, indonesia (reuters) - she has earned more than $6 million in prize money, lives in monte carlo and travels the world as a pampered tennis professional, but still nadia petrova is not immune to career crises. despite enjoying all the trappings ...
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Mum Says Thanks To life-saving Hospital - This Is Scunthorpe
a scunthorpe mum is raising cash for the hospital which saved her baby son's life. tristan montaque was born with a congenital heart defect in june 2007 and has already been through open heart surgery several times. mum kerry card (27) wants to help ...
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A Day In The Glam life Of Vivica A. Fox
actress vivica a. fox takes the glam life seriously. she has designs on her own fashion line, promotes her work with vigor and knows how to accent her best features. fox and her sidekick, stylist phillip bloch, who together helm vh1's reality show glam god, pulled back the curtain and invited usa today to chronicle their day at new york fashion week.
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Two Long Beach Men Could Face life In 2006 Slaying
orange county prosecutors say two gang members robbed and fatally shot a young actor and injured another person. two long beach gang members could face life in prison without parole for allegedly killing a young actor and wounding another man outside an anaheim denny's two years ago, prosecutors said tuesday.
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Old Mutual Ceo Resigns; Sees $135 Million Writedowns - Reuters
london (reuters) - british insurer old mutal (oml.l: quote , profile , research , stock buzz ) said on wednesday chief executive jim sutcliffe would resign with immediate effect, and would be replaced by julian roberts. a statement gave no reason for ...
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Barratt Developments, Next, Ryanair: U.k., Irish Equity Preview - Bloomberg
sept. 10 (bloomberg) -- the following is a list of companies whose shares may have unusual price changes in u.k. and irish markets today. stock symbols are in parentheses and prices are from the last market close. the benchmark ftse 100 index fell 30 ...
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Baby Boy Slated For life-saving Surgery
by ryan kost, globe correspondent the story of how frank matos lopez, a 10-month-old child from the dominican republic, made his way to the united states for a life-saving surgery wednesday is one of connections. it began with a...
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Eileen Slevin Named To New York life’s Executive Management Committee Svp And Cio, Slevin Is Responsible For Setting ...
eileen slevin, new york life insurance company's senior vice president and chief information officer, has been appointed to the insurer's executive management committee. the committee is made up of new york life's senior executive leadership and helps the ceo in setting company policy.
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John Moores Painting Prize: A Brush With Genius - Times Online
a lot of my work involves photography. photographs that i've found in a book or in the real world as well. for instance i've been trying to make a painting of someone's head sticking out of the water but i haven't been able to find the right one. i ...
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Lance Armstrong Coming Out Of Retirement For Tour - Forbes
lance armstrong is ready to swear off the chips and salsa, climb back on the bike and win an eighth tour de france. three years after retiring, the 36-year-old says he'll return to competition and the tour de france in 2009, giving up relaxed days of ...
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Lm's First Aegis Weapon System Comes To life On Is Navy Cruiser Moorestown Nj (spx) Sep 09, 2008
lockheed martin's new aegis open architecture weapon system came to life during the week of aug. 25 -+ on schedule and exactly as planned -+ aboard the u.s. navy's guided missile cruiser uss bunker hill (cg 52). the aegis open architecture configuration was installed aboard bunker hill as part of that ship's modernization.
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Cold Water Rings Dinner Bell For West Coast Salmon, Other Sea life
a federal oceanographer says a flip-flop in atmospheric conditions is generating a feast for salmon and other sea life off the west coast, reversing a trend that contributed to a virtual shutdown of west coast salmon fishing this summer.
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Australian Gynecologist Charged With Sexual Assault, Genital ... - Msn Uk News
police have arrested a former gynecologist and charged him with 17 counts of sexually assaulting and mutilating patients during surgery. graeme reeves was arrested in sydney following an investigation into 113 allegations of misconduct against at ...
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Rpt-old Mutual Ceo Resigns; Sees $135 Mln Writedowns - Reuters Uk
london, sept 10 (reuters) - british insurer old mutal (oml.l: quote , profile , research ) said on wednesday chief executive jim sutcliffe would resign with immediate effect, and would be replaced by julian roberts. a statement gave no reason for ...
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Two Sentenced To life For Hate-crime Murder
prosecutors and a grieving mother applauded tuesday when a judge assessed life sentences against two kansas city men in the racially motivated murder of a kansas city pedestrian.
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Kc Man Gets Three life Terms In Double Murder
a federal judge tuesday sentenced a kansas city man to three consecutive life prison terms for his role in the 2002 double murder of a kansas city couple.
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Armstrong Coming Out Of Retirement For Tour - Forbes
look out france, lance armstrong is making a comeback. the 36-year-old armstrong is breaking out of his three-year retirement and aiming to win yet another tour de france in 2009. this is sure to shake things up across the atlantic and sure to give a ...
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