Agger in frame for return to fill Liverpool gap
Guardian Unlimited - The Liverpool defender Daniel Agger could make a surprise return against Middlesbrough tomorrow, five months after the metatarsal fracture that has plagued his season. The Denmark international visited a specialist in Norway yesterday for a final
Plane with 46 passengers on board reported missing in Venezuela
MSN UK News - A commercial airliner with 46 people on board was reported missing Thursday in western Venezuela, officials said. The twin-engine plane failed to contact control towers in two cities as expected after it took off from the Venezuelan city of Merida en
Rutgers’ McCurdy out for the season
Bridgeton News - C. Vivian Stringer played the role of eternal optimist yesterday after the fifth-ranked Scarlet Knights were hit with a bit of sobering news. Myia McCurdy, the engine behind Rutgers’ full-court press, will miss the remainder of the season after
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Winona Daily News - WAUKESHA, Wis. — A father and son who allegedly appeared on YouTube stunning each other with a Taser gun stolen from an East Troy police officer have been charged with illegal possession of an electric weapon. Paul M. Crowell, 22, of North Prairie
Three years later, Jessica Lunsford’s parents plan lawsuit
St. Petersburg Times - On Thursday, Lunsford stood outside his Homosassa home, the same spot as those tearful news conferences three years ago. But this time he planned to sue the Sheriff’s Office, the county and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
David Miliband admits US flights used base
Daily Telegraph - A British military base was used for American “torture” flights, the Government admitted yesterday, despite categorical denials from Tony Blair and Jack Straw. Foreign Secretary David Miliband apologised to MPs David Miliband, the Foreign Secretary
Storming of embassy in Serbia sparks U.S. outrage
MSN UK News - BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serb rioters enraged by Kosovo’s secession stormed the U.S. embassy in Belgrade and set it on fire, leaving one person dead and drawing swift condemnation from Washington and the U.N. Security Council. The U.S. Say Department
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Dallas Morning News - Speculative data center, Plano: The 150,000-square-foot high-tech building on Pinecrest Lane is in the Legacy Business Park. The building is constructed with a concrete roof and 9-inch-thick concrete walls. It’s designed to shrug off 175-mph winds
Surgeon: No support for burn unit
Charleston Post & Courier - The state’s only adult burn unit shut six years ago because cardiac surgery was the main priority at the Medical University of South Carolina, a former burn surgeon said Thursday. “It was a constant fight to get the unit enough attention, to get
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Conroy’s filtering can’t fix Web 2.0 demons
ZDNet Australia - The main risks to Australian youth from the World wide web are those associated with Web 2.0 services that are not addressable by current filtering technologies according to a report released yesterday. “Risks to Australian youth are primarily the dangers
Economy echoes past recessions
The Washington Times - The figures, in conjunction with downbeat news about manufacturing and a murky employment picture, sent stocks down yesterday. More dour news came from the Philadelphia Federal Reserve, which reported a much lower-than-expected manufacturing index for
Pakistan coalition partners mull PM choice
MSN Philippines News - Pakistan’s two biggest opposition parties concurred to try to form a coalition government that could drive President Pervez Musharraf from power, but it was unclear Friday who would be prime minister. Ex-premier Nawaz Sharif and the widowed husband of
Peers and Treasury battle over Northern Rock
Daily Telegraph - Alistair Darling’s nationalisation of Northern Rock was attacked by the Home of Lords yesterday, with peers demanding that the state-owned bank be made more open and subject to scrutiny. Peers passed amendments that would subject Northern Rock to
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Winona Daily News - RUSHFORD, Minn. — At night, Karen Wilkemeyer and her four kids wrap a blanket around themselves and huddle near the heat register in the middle of the room. It’s just one aspect of the Wilkemeyer family’s new winter routine to stay warm in
Oil futures push past $101 a barrel
Times and Democrat - Oil investors can interpret such news in one of two ways: Selling on concerns that the economy, and thus demand for oil, is cooling; or buying on the prospect that interest rates will fall, weakening the dollar and feeding new buying of oil futures.
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