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Dear Annie: A friend of mine has a major milestone birthday coming up this summer. A group of his teammates from a sports league wants to surprise him by renting a house in a resort town 800 miles away.
They plan to split the birthday guy's share of ...
DATE: Apr 09, 2008
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Middle-aged adults whose thyroid gland is mildly underactive, but still functioning in the normal range, may be more prone to weight gain, a new study suggests.
The thyroid is a gland in the neck that produces hormones tha...
DATE: Apr 09, 2008
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) – It's that time of year when New Orleans slathers up and chills out.
Never mind how spring temperatures tend to sizzle. Get a big hat, plenty of suntan lotion and everything will be cool in the Big Easy for the last weekend of April...
DATE: Apr 09, 2008
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Congratulations to:
Arnold and Brenda Astwood, of Hook N Ladder Lane, Somerset, who celebrate their ninth wedding anniversary today.
Natascha Focke, of Warwick, who celebrates her birthday today.
Zijae' Jones, of Bailey's Bay, who celebrates his four...
DATE: Apr 09, 2008
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It takes many qualities to be a member of the United Dance Productions (UDP) Junior Company, each of whom is admitted by audition, but the rewards are many – as the public will see when they present their varied dance programme at City Hall stage on ...
DATE: Apr 09, 2008
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LONDON (AP) – It's a storm in a Stormtrooper's helmet.
Lawyers for George Lucas' Lucasfilm Ltd. and a British prop designer faced off in London's High Court yesterday over rights to the moulded white Stormtrooper uniforms from the "Star Wars" films.
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DATE: Apr 09, 2008
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LOS ANGELES (AP) – Shane Felux is an independent filmmaker whose "Star Wars Revelations" was seen by over four million people in its first three months. His next project, "Pitching George Lucas'', reached even more.
But unless you've downloaded his o...
DATE: Apr 09, 2008
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WASHINGTON (AP) – Antibiotics for breakfast? The drugs are supposed to kill bacteria, not feed them. Yet Harvard researchers have discovered hundreds of germs in soil that literally gobble up antibiotics, able to thrive with the potent drugs as their...
DATE: Apr 09, 2008
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NEW YORK (AP) – On television, CBS' "Big Bang Theory" is a traditional, half-hour sitcom about two super-smart dweebs fumbling around their sexy neighbour. On the Internet, that premise is cut to its essence on "Talk Nerdy 2 Me", a series of clips fr...
DATE: Apr 08, 2008
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Dear Annie: Every 29 seconds, another student drops out of the US public school system. Before this year ends, more than one million children will have dropped out – passing on their best chance for a productive adulthood. Strengthening our schools i...
DATE: Apr 08, 2008
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