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'Dunblane-style attack will happen again and we cannot prevent it'ANOTHER Dunblane-style massacre is inevitable, according to an emergency planning expert who helped to deal with the aftermath of the tragedy.
Scotsman sábado, 17 de octubre de 2009Freeze on Social Security Means Seniors Must ScrimpJoan McGarr, left, and other seniors sit in the Southwest Focal Senior Center in Pembroke Pines, Fla. Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009. There will be no cost-of-living increase for more than 50 million
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Canadastandard.com sábado, 17 de octubre de 2009Gene Linked With Human Kidney Aging? A gene has been associated with human kidney aging, according to researchers from Stanford University, the National Institute on Aging, the MedStar Research Institute, and the HudsonAlpha Insti...
Canadastandard.com sábado, 17 de octubre de 2009Vancouver Police Ask For Help to Find 71- year old Woman10/16/2009 Vancouver Police are hoping members of the
public can help them find a 71- year old woman who's gone missing. Police say Joy Hussey was last seen
around 3pm Friday October 16th, when ...
Chicago Chronicle sábado, 17 de octubre de 2009Union Leaders Press D.C. Council to Probe Rhee's LayoffsUnion leaders asked the D.C. Council on Friday for an investigation into the layoffs of 266 teachers and staff members, including an independent audit of the
school system's
decision to hire 934 educators this spring and summer.
Washington Post sábado, 17 de octubre de 2009Earthworks: Last Remains of the Hopewell PeopleIf you didn't know any better, you might mistake the Newark Earthworks in southern Ohio for the product of some giant celestial spirit who went crazy with an Etch A Sketch. The Earthworks (or what's left of them) are actually a series of huge geometric mounds that anthropologists believe were created two millennia ago by ancestors of Native Americans
called the Hopewell people. The most significant feature still standing is known as the Octagon, which has 550-foot-long earthen walls and a footprint big enough to hold four Roman Colosseums. The structure is connected, via two parallel embankments, to a perfect, 20-acre circle. Together the two shapes form a sophisticated astronomical observatory-
scientists have discovered that the structure is precisely aligned with the 18.6-year lunar cycle's northernmost moonrise. The residents of Newark will tell you that it is also precisely aligned with the ninth fairway at the private Moundbuilders Country Club.
Newsweek sábado, 17 de octubre de 2009U of L Foundation gave Ramsey $1.9 million in retirement fundsThe University of Louisville Foundation paid U of L President James R. Ramsey $1.9 million in 2007 to compensate him for state retirement benefits he forfeited, according to the foundation's most rece...
Canadastandard.com sábado, 17 de octubre de 2009Lisa Leslie keeping busy in weeks after retirementNEW YORK ? Lisa Leslie isn't just sitting
around after her recent retirement from the WNBA. In the three weeks since playing her last game for the Los Angeles Sparks, the three-time MVP has...
Canadastandard.com sábado, 17 de octubre de 2009Seniors lament cost-of-living freezeIf her check was bigger, 76-year-old Agnes Conti might be able to spring for a better cut of meat for her pot roast. She could afford to send her nine grandchildren more than $20 for their birthdays a...
Canadastandard.com sábado, 17 de octubre de 2009Wrist magnets, copper bracelets 'ineffective' in relieving arthritis painWashington, Oct 17 : Copper bracelets and magnetic wristbands are ineffective in relieving the crippling pain of arthritis, experts have claimed.
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