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BOISE, Idaho — Hit the mute button for a moment of silence: The co-inventor of the TV remote has died.Robert Adler, who won an Emmy Award along with fellow engineer Eugene Polley for the device that made couch potatoship possible, died Thursday of he...
DATE: Feb 17, 2007
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Buses running every 15 minutes from first thing in the morning until midnight, smaller community buses for outlying areas and a new "Warbaby Fox" type ferry are amongst an armoury of transport initiatives designed to improve the experience for the tr...
DATE: Feb 17, 2007
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Al Gore announced on Thursday a series of worldwide concerts to focus on the threat of climate change, with a powerhouse lineup from the Red Hot Chili Peppers to Snoop Dogg to Bon Jovi.The 24-hour event on July 7 is part of a kicko...
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The Budget statement brought to light new programmes in the areas of crime prevention, justice, and the Regiment.
The Ministry of Public Safety and Housing has a $122 million allotment for the next fiscal year and that does not include millions more ...
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The undersea community of Bikini Bottom on ?SpongeBob SquarePants? is holding its first presidential election. And you?re invited to vote.
The race between SpongeBob?s best friend Patrick Starfish and Crustacean Party candidate Larry the Lobster will...
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Martin Scorsese revisits the world of contemporary crime gangs and delivers his biggest box-office hit ever, a best-picture nominee at the Academy Awards that may bring the directing Oscar that has eluded hi...
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TORONTO (Bloomberg) — Canadian stocks rose to a record, extending a week-long rally after phone companies Telus Corp. and Rogers Communications Inc. reported earnings and gave forecasts that exceeded analysts’ estimates.Talisman Energy Inc. paced gai...
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North Hamilton can expect a positive 2007 after Government announced a youth organisation will receive $250,000 to encourage entrepreneurship.
Youth On the Move, based in the North Hamilton Economic Empowerment Zone (EEZ), was awarded a $250,000 gran...
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A 'Good Samaritan' who employed a convicted conwoman on prison work release faced near-ruin after she stole more than $24,000 from her.
Kind-hearted Doris Goodman, 74, saw one of her businesses collapse after career fraudster Phyllis Marva Iona Soare...
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A battling Michael Sims overcame a wobbly start to the second round of the $600,000 Jacob’s Creek Open in Australia yesterday to make his first Nationwide Tour cut of the season and assure himself of collecting a second straight pay cheque.
But he ca...
DATE: Feb 17, 2007
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