World stocks rally strongly
October 13, 2008
LONDON - European markets rallied strongly Monday following Asia's lead in response to the widespread government efforts over the weekend to shore up the world's battered financial system. Yahoo News
Carpenters picket near bus stop
October 8, 2008
About nine carpenters picketed with signs and chanted into microphones at the site of the new residence halls near the bus stop today.
The State Hornet
NY election mix-up: 'Osama' on the ballot
Fri Oct 10, 8:21 PM ETTROY, N.Y. - Who is running for president? In an upstate New York county, hundreds of voters have been sent absentee ballots in which they could vote for "Barack Osama."
Yahoo News
UK university holds artificial intelligence test
October 12, 2008
READING, England - Computers argued, cracked jokes and parried trick questions Sunday, all part of an annual test of artificial intelligence carried out at the University of Reading.
Yahoo News
Under ‘No Child’ Law, Even Solid Schools Falter
October 12, 2008SACRAMENTO — Prairie Elementary School had not missed a testing target since the federal No Child Left Behind law took effect in 2002. Until now.
New York Times
Shelters and Soup Kitchens Hold Crisis Front Lines
October 9, 2008
New York - Wall Street may be in the throes of agony, but business is booming at the Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen a bit farther north in the Manhattan neighbourhood of Chelsea.Truth Out
Race Starts With Little Fuel, and Goes Uphill From There
October 12, 2008BERKELEY, Calif. — It is a classic road rally, 600 miles from the liberal embrace of Berkeley to the anything-goes lights of Las Vegas. No speeding is allowed, or in some cases even possible. And if you stop to refuel, it had better be in someone’s trash.
Karissa and Kristina Shannon: Can They Be the Next Holly, Bridget and Kendra?
October 9, 2008Hugh Hefner has always given unique meaning to the phrase "out with the old, in with the new."
E!Online
Connecticut Supreme Court legalizes same-sex marriage
October 11, 2008
HARTFORD, Connecticut (CNN) -- The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled Friday that gay and lesbian couples have the right to get married.
CNN
Speaker at McCain rally says non-Christians want an Obama win
October 11, 2008
DAVENPORT, Iowa (CNN) – A minister delivering the invocation at John McCain’s rally in Davenport, Iowa Saturday told the crowd non-Christian religions around the world were praying for Barack Obama to win the U.S. presidential election.
Would you risk life and limb to save your pet?
October 10, 2008
Last week, a man from the Florida Keys miraculously rescued his dog from the jaws of a shark. It was just another daily swim at the marina for carpenter Greg LeNoir's 14-pound rat terrier, Jake, when a five-foot shark suddenly surfaced and grabbed the dog's entire body in its mouth. LeNoir said he yelled, then balled up his fists and jumped headfirst into the water off a pier. He hit the shark in the back several times until it finally released its grip on Jake. SFGate
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